Taipei Hydraulic Engineering Office's Huanggang Creek Revitalization Wins Taipei Design Award Grand Prize and CommonWealth Governance Award
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The Huanggang Creek Revitalization project by the Taipei Hydraulic Engineering Office won the Grand Prize at the 2026 Taipei Design Award and an environmental protection distinction in the 2026 CommonWealth City Governance Excellence Awards. Replacing concrete channels through urban rezoning, the scheme broadens the cross-section to add approximately 7,500 cubic meters of flood capacity.
The Hydraulic Engineering Office of the Public Works Department of the Taipei City Government announced that its Huanggang Creek Revitalization project won the Grand Prize at the 2026 Taipei Design Award, along with a distinction in the environmental protection category of the 2026 CommonWealth City Governance Excellence Awards. According to the office, this is Taiwan's first revitalization project to implement a 'room for the river' concept through urban planning rezoning, moving away from conventional concrete-lined channels. Partnering with technical consultants, the project widens the flood cross-section to add approximately 7,500 cubic meters of detention volume while preserving existing embankments and upgrading pedestrian paths into a multifunctional blue-green corridor.
Key takeaways
- The Huanggang Creek project won the 2026 Taipei Design Award Grand Prize and a 2026 CommonWealth City Governance Award distinction.
- The initiative applies urban rezoning to implement 'room for the river' policies and nature-based solutions across watercourse and park environments.
- By widening the watercourse, the project adds about 7,500 cubic meters of retention capacity while integrating parkland flood buffering.
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