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Resplendent nature hidden within a traffic-choked city is no dream! National Taipei University of Technology’s eco-campus is an object of envy. (Hsueh Chi-kuang)
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My mind is there, my body’s here; All the fish begin to dream.
They dream of sweetly rushing waters; They dream of the moon beneath the water.
My mind is there, my body’s here; All the trees begin to dream.
They dream of humming cicadas in the distance, they dream of birds; They dream of green mountains.
—Wu Huayang, NTUT
Babbling brooks, chirping birds and buzzing insects... in the middle of a traffic-snarled metropolis? Is it even possible? This dream has become reality at the National Taipei University of Technology, in the busy heart of Taipei!
As the pedestrian passes by the main gate of NTUT on Zhongxiao East Road Section 2, his hurried pace instinctively slows down. Scenes of monotonous concrete walls shift to a lush little wilderness. On Xinsheng South Road, just around the corner from Exit 4 of the Zhongxiao Xinsheng MRT station, pretty log benches aside a little creek accompany the luxuriant foliage, beckoning us to take a quick break, or stop and delight in the eight-story-high steel tree at NTUT’s side entrance, green-leafed plants poking out from within.
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