“漫画不仅伴随着我们成长，也是对城市内涵的重新诠释和再现。“
提到人气漫画家，人们往往会想到井上武彦、浦泽直树、伊藤润二、大友克己。然而，对于中年爱好者来说，他们最喜欢的艺术家是本土艺术家，如陈上源、蔡志忠、麦理查德、阿兑、曾正中、林正德等，他们的确是技艺精湛的大师，描绘的故事精彩而独特，风格和技巧各异，堪比日本漫画家。

“Comics not only accompany us to grow up but are also the reinterpretation and reappearance of the connotation of the city. “
When mentioning popular manga artists, people often think of Takehiko Inoue, Naoki Urasawa, Junji Ito, and Katsuhiro Otomo. However, to the middle age fans, their favorite artists are local artists, such as Chen Uen, Chih-Chung Tsai, Richard Mai, Ah Tui, Cheng-Chung Tseng, Cheng-te Lin, who are indeed skilled masters depicting brilliant and unique stories with varied styles and skills.

他们可与日本漫画家相媲美。可惜的是，随着九十年代市场的萎缩，刊物的相继停刊，台湾漫画书的人气不再，这方面的人才纷纷离去。为了振兴台湾漫画产业，文化部将华阴街36号和38号两栋老建筑作为台湾第一家漫画基地，将于今年1月24日正式开业。

They are comparable to Japanese manga artists. Unfortunately, with the shrinkage of the market in the 1990s and the successive stoppage of publications, the popularity of Taiwanese comic books has ceased and talents in this field have been leaving. In order to revitalize Taiwan’s comic-industry, the Ministry of Culture will take two old buildings, No. 36and38, Huayin Street, as the first comic based in Taiwan, which will be officially open on January 24 this year.

“台湾漫画业一度衰落，现在继承和复兴创意至关重要。“
漫画基地以 “漫画家之家 “为理念，旨在扶持产业发展，培养更多的青年艺术家。漫画基地 “Agora “共有四层，面积超过250坪（约825平方米）。位于Q广场和台北市商城漫画商圈附近。一楼为台湾原创漫画店，二至三楼为展览空间及多功能空间，适合举办展览、讲座或新闻发布会。四楼是可供艺术家通过申请的工作室，在这里可以互相交流，培养助手，激发更多的创作火花。

“Taiwanese comic industry once declined, and now it is crucial to inherit and revive creativity. “
The comic base adopts the concept of “the Home of Comic Artists” with the aim to support the development of industry and cultivate more young artists. The Comic Base “Agora” has four floors with a space of over 250 pings (about 825 square meters). It is located near Q Square and Taipei City Mall Comic Business Circle. The first floor is Taiwan’s original comic book store, and the second to third floors are exhibition space and multi-functional space, which are suitable places for holding exhibitions, lectures or press conferences. The fourth floor is studios available for artists through applications, where they could interact with each other and cultivate assistants to stimulate more creative sparks.

基地的老建筑是台湾光复后的普通建筑，其空间结构并无特色。其空间结构没有特色，采光不足。由于即使大面积改造也不能与华阴街周边的建筑相冲突，在现有的限制下，设计师对内部空间的层次进行了优化。根据漫画的特点，他在设计中运用了框架和时间轴的概念。高低错落的开间设计，使人们的视线相互接触和交流，仿佛在剧场里上演着各种故事，也像拼贴的分镜剧本（Storyboard），带给你视觉的趣味和感官的互动。

The old buildings of the base are normal architecture after the restoration of Taiwan. Their spatial structure is not distinctive while the lighting is insufficient. As even a large renovation cannot contravene the buildings around Huayin Street, under the existing restrictions, the designer optimizes the layer of the internal space. According to the comic characteristics, he uses the concept of frames and time axis in the design. Openings are designed at high and low levels so that people’s sights contact and communicate with each other, as if staging a variety of stories in the theatre, also like a collage of sub-mirror scripts (Storyboard), to bring you visual interest and sensory interaction.

二楼至三楼的展示空间设置了上下串联的楼梯，不仅作为空间、舞台、空间的装饰，更增加了人与人之间的互动。同时，运用动画和漫画格子的概念，设计垂直的动态展线，呈现台湾经典漫画作品和新一代漫画家的创作，让参观者与漫画展示元素产生多层次的情感链接。

The display space on the second to third floors are installed with stairs up and down in series, not only as space, stage and space decoration, but also to increase the interaction between people. At the same time, the concept of animation and the comic lattice is used to design vertical dynamic exhibition lines, presenting Taiwan’s classic comic works and the creation of the new generation of comic artists, so that visitors and comic display elements can produce multi-level emotional links.

针对 “漫画基地 “的城市内涵，漫画基地不仅是台湾漫画的传承与复兴之地，更试图通过命名 “Agora “作为整体空间概念的设计，强调其宣传与互动。它将跨领域的漫画活动与毗邻的华银商圈相匹配，激活了华银街的旧区，也可以吸引更多的年轻人来此。同时也能以台北西区的新面貌吸引更多的年轻人前往。例如，周边的青年旅社可以与漫画基地合作，为来此参加研讨会的外国漫画家提供住宿。

In response to the urban connotation of “comic base”, the comic base is not only a place for inheritance and revival of Taiwanese comics but also an attempt to emphasize its publicity and interaction by naming”Agora” as the design of the overall space concept. It matches cross-domain comic activities with the adjacent Huayin business circle, activates the old areas of Huayin Street. It could also attract more young people there with a new look at the west area of Taipei. For example, the neighboring youth hostels may cooperate with the comic base to provide accommodation for foreign comic artists visiting here to attend seminars.

建筑师：WAarchi
面积：825 m²
年份：2018年
摄影作品：Lee Kuo-Min Imaging Office
牵头建筑师：Hsu Wei-Yang
设计团队：UPGA@WAarchi International Design Co., Ltd., UPGA@M.C .Tsai Architect & Associates, UPGA@Engineering Consultant Co., Ltd.
设计顾问：Ih-Cheng Lai
漫画顾问：Zhi Wang
视觉设计：Qing-Yang Xiao
施工单位：Sweetie Group
运营：世新大学
城市：台湾大同
国家：中国
Architects: WAarchi
Area: 825 m²
Year: 2018
Photographs: Lee Kuo-Min Imaging Office
Lead Architects:Hsu Wei-Yang
Design Team:UPGA@WAarchi International Design Co., Ltd., UPGA@M.C .Tsai Architect & Associates, UPGA@Engineering Consultant Co., Ltd.
Design Consultant:Ih-Cheng Lai
Comic Consultant:Zhi Wang
Visual Design:Qing-Yang Xiao
Construction:Sweetie Group
Operation:Shih Hsin University
Other Participants:Ministry of Culture, Taiwan
City: Taiwan Datong
Country:China