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”SpaceTopia” is defined as the human pursuit of the ideal living space for the future. In pursuit of the space substance, Digital Design Group (DDG) tries to redefine the space value by new ways of thinking and imagination. The ” SpaceTopia ” concept includes creating the ideal living space for the 21st century from imagination while fulfilling the pursuit of nature, ecology, culture, religion, and art. The “SpaceTopia” concept presented here presents five case studies: including exploring the topics of
A) “The Loop” of 2010s, which focuses the discussion on Tai-Jiang National Park of Taiwan, where the natural lagoon, ecology, culture, religion, folk art and 450 years of history of the evolution of Taiwan’s cultural diversity (including indigenous people, the history of Dutch and the Han Chinese people in Taiwan, architecture and cultural record) comes together.
B) “The Float” of 2010s, where the discussion details on the Ocean-front habitat of the coast of Kenting National Park which represents the fusion of ecology and technology of modern living space design.
C) “The Speed” of 2020s, which entails the discussion on the design and concept of the “one-day trips to and from Taipei and Shanghai” through the construction of a “maglev train across the Taiwan-China Strait”. The train serves as the fastest transportation between the Strait which is 47.5-meters below the surface of the ocean. It will be the link between Taipei-Shanghai and to which, a modern design which improves fast-transportation method, carbon reduction, cross-strait business, tourism, and the quality of life of the travellers.
D) “The Ark” of 2030s, is a project that offers conceptual design of offshore constructions that will offer salvation to the disappearing Maldives Island of the Pacific Ocean due to the rise of sea level caused by global warming.
E) The “Space Elevator” of 2030s, offers the discussion of a premise near Ecuador, it is a place that is 250 km off the coast and is suitable to establish the base for the space elevator which lifts space shuttles into space and transports passengers to the space station of the new human settlements (Frontier land). This design constructs the space elevator and the space shuttle using nano-materials. For the first time in human history, it offers the possibility of a man living in the high altitude that is 900 km above the Earth’s surface and the possibility of greatly improved homes. In all cases above, Digital Design Group (DDG) utilizes digital-technology tools and digital multimedia approach to describe the imagination of the ideal space for the future of mankind. The project which utilizes digital software to construct the space, multi-media to interpret the imagined space, and the technology of digital virtual and augmented reality to construct “SpaceTopia” on the Google Earth Platform. The “SpaceTopia” project uses the combination of technology and art as the principle guideline while utilizes technology to integrate culture, ecology, design and art in order to create the ultimate imaginary space of human kind.

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Alfred Chen has been Professor and former Dean of the College of Design (Creative Media) of Kun Shan University in Taiwan. His professional services include Director of the Research and Education Institute for Industrial Design at National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan, Professor and Head at the Department of Industrial Design of National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan, Senior research associate at Design Processes Lab of Illinois Institute of Technology in USA, Visiting scholar at the Department of Design of Kansas University in USA, President of China (Taiwan) Industrial Designers Association, etc. He has been giving lecturers and professional presentations internationally and gained a wide recognition and reputation; he has been appointed as honorary and guest professor by numerous universities in People Republic of China. His name and title were published in Who’s who in Design at the 6th Asian Design International Conference in the year of 2003. His interest in research has covered a wide area of virtual reality, augmented reality, ergonomics, human-computer interaction, industrial design, etc. His continuous effort on research has been honorably granted Academic Research Achievement Award by Kun Shan University in the year of 2005.