Taipei City Government

After installing a number of indigenous culture-inspired bus stops across all 12 administrative districts in 2017, the Public Transportation Office (PTO) continues its effort to promote indigenous culture by replacing 2 aged bus stops in Nangang and Shilin districts with new ones boasting indigenous elements.
 
The two stations are officially inaugurated on Indigenous Peoples Day (August 1).
 
According to PTO, the design for the new bus stops is handled by indigenous artist Milay. The new facilities – “Nanggang High School” stop located at Nangang District and “Wesley Girls High School” stop at Shilin District respectively – incorporate the indigenous totem images owl, mountain, and forest with the characteristics of Beiyuan Hall and Indigenous People’s Park to create vivid and three-dimensional works which merges traditional and modern art.
 
The agency stressed that the concept of the bus stop outside Nangang High School is based on the concept of “encountering owls.” The facility adopts steel plate painting, spray lacquer, and totem-design benches to provide a 3-dimensional appearance of the art decorations. For indigenous culture, owl is the auspicious symbol representing good fortune.
 
On the other hand, the key concept for the design of the bus stop at Wesley Girls High School is “waiting for you in the mountains and forest.” Milay produced an artwork incorporating the beauty of rural lifestyle and objects symbolizing the colors and vitality of the great outdoors, hoping to evoke tranquility for those waiting at the bus stop and freeing them from the confines of busy urban life.