Taoyuan is born from the confluence of people from everywhere. This city is not only a geographical gateway, but also an affective touchpoint. All flows are meant to anchor here. Through every takeoff and landing, we reorient ourselves. We invite you to step in, witness the evolution of the city created by all, and experience the vital magnetism of Taoyuan.
Step into City Pulse · Future in Motion：Become a 2040 city designer─through immersive theater, interactive exploration, and co‑creation, feel how design transforms urban life. Where people gather, life flourishes. This is Taoyuan 2040.
Centered on the idea of Convergence, the exhibition blends a stained-glass bridge with digital media to weave together three major tourism highlights: "Exploring the Northern Cross-Island Highway," "Pearl Coast," and "Da Long Men Areas." Through light, color, sound, aroma, and tactile elements, the exhibition evokes the charm of Taoyuan as a City of Convergence.
Centered on the driving forces behind business growth, "Everyday Dynamics" dissects the complex and delicate mechanics of everyday life. It reveals how brands and individuals transform every turning point into a driving force toward an ideal life through design, innovation, and intentional choices. How we move defines how we live. Every single turn is a force applied toward our desirable future.
"NEO PHASE" reflects the continuous evolution of industry. Through the IDDI program initiated by the Industrial Development Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs, businesses are encouraged to reassess their needs, connect with new resources, and move beyond conventional boundaries—turning every change into an opportunity to move industry toward the future.
Beginning in Taoyuan, "TAOPIA" connects local industries, design innovation, and circular practices to portray an evolving imagination of the future. Starting from lifestyle and industrial circular initiatives, the exhibition explores how material innovation, green manufacturing processes, and daily actions jointly shape a sustainable future. Through interactive experiences and circular space design, the exhibition invites visitors to engage in a constantly evolving circular city by means of exploration and creation.
Embarking from Taoyuan, "Markets, Action!" steps into iconic commercial districts and traditional markets across Taiwan. Through the diverse perspectives of business owners, consumers, and designers, this exhibition reveals how design drives the pulse of commercial areas, connecting people, spaces, and services, and uniting these diverse roles to orchestrate a harmonious chorus of vibrant marketplaces. Stories about design, space, and people are quietly transforming the everyday landscape of these districts and markets. We welcome you to step into "Markets, Action!" and discover who is making their grand entrance today.
As an important manufacturing base and gateway city in Taiwan, Taoyuan has now transformed into a global supply chain hub. Centered around "Taoyuan Teamwork," this exhibition maps out four major industrial systems and seven key industrial sectors, covering diverse fields ranging from consumer manufacturing and high-tech production to energy, transportation, logistics, and aviation. Interconnected with one another to form a complete supply chain, these industries have enabled Taoyuan to seamlessly evolve from a manufacturing base into a vital node connecting Taiwan with the world.
In a phygital city, our daily routines constantly feed into environmental computing. ""TAOYUAN RE:CODE"" transforms energy and carbon emissions data into an immersive space where visitors become algorithmic operators. Through choices that exert real-time impacts on the results, individual actions merge into a powerful collective force recoding the city's path toward a net-zero future.
Ripples, convergence, and infinity together formulate the urban philosophy of life around water. At every stage of the water's journey, we see the wisdom enabling humans to coexist with water and the infinite possibilities of a city striding toward a sustainable future.
Cultural Well-being・＿ ＿ Emerging. People-centric design is finding its way into the everyday streetscapes of Taoyuan, translating the life experiences of diverse generations into a livable, happy landscape. "Cultural Well-being・＿ ＿ Emerging" does not present the 'final version' of Taoyuan. Whether you are a resident or visitor, the underlined blanks deliberately left in the title are yours to fill, an ever-evolving proposition of urban life.
Themed "Shaping Taoyuan: City-Making in Progress," the exhibition, collaborative workshop, and forum bring together youth design, global perspectives, and urban action to showcase how the younger generation responds to urban development, social needs, and future lifestyles via design. Together, we explore Taoyuan's unique character and future vision to shape an ever-evolving new urban silhouette.
Taoyuan is an important entry point for the world to meet Taiwan and a gateway for Taiwan's global engagement. #TaoyuanPOV brings together global and local design perspectives, redefining Taoyuan's urban imagery through the interaction of diverse cultural backgrounds and creative thinking. Using design as a language, the exhibition expresses the city's charm in connecting with the world and shaping its future.
Starting from the concept of Convergence, the exhibition uses design as a medium to translate abstract flows into tangible urban forms. Centered on the main theme "The city in Formation" and the sub-theme "Smart Flow," the exhibition views the city as an ever-evolving dynamic system. Through visualization, it allows visitors to understand the multi-layered systems behind the convenience of urban life, depicting a future city co-constructed across diverse fields and industries.
