An exhibition at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park in Taipei starting today is to feature four proposed designs to revamp Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Park, moving it away from its autocratic roots to be more in line with transitional justice, the Transitional Justice Commission said.
Since the idea to repurpose the memorial park gained traction in September last year, multiple discussions and forums have made it clear that any repurposing should go beyond removing the central statue of Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) and renaming the area, the commission said.
Only through a complete spatial redesign can the memorial park’s “unfriendly and closed-off atmosphere, which