National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) upholds a resolute commitment to preserving natural green spaces by systematically prioritizing brownfield sites and previously developed campus land for all capital construction. In demolition and on-site reconstruction, NCKU replaced an outdated 1959 outdoor swimming pool with a modern five-story multi-purpose sports complex on the exact brownfield footprint, achieving zero greenfield conversion and entering full active operation by 2025. In adaptive brownfield reuse, the "Daxinyuan Project" rejuvenated an underused former kindergarten site on Kuang-Fu Campus, integrating sustainable architecture around mature trees to establish an active cultural hub in continuous use through 2025. In infill and campus renewal, the 993-bed Dongning Student Dormitory was completed and officially inaugurated in 2025 strictly within existing campus boundaries to meet student housing needs. Overseen by the Sustainable Campus Planning and Utilization Committee under institutional policies continuously active through 2025, NCKU embeds brownfield redevelopment into institutional governance to protect biodiversity and promote circular land stewardship.
- NCKU On-Site Reconstruction of Multi-Purpose Sports Complex on Brownfield Site
NCKU exemplifies sustainable land stewardship and brownfield redevelopment through the on-site reconstruction of its flagship sports complex, completed and maintained in full active operation by 2025. Rather than converting greenfield land, NCKU demolished an outdated single-use 25-meter outdoor swimming pool dating back to 1959, redeveloping the exact previously developed footprint into a modern multi-purpose sports complex featuring one basement and five above-ground floors (housing swimming facilities, badminton courts, table tennis, and a fitness center). Serving the community through 2025, this project provides tangible evidence of prior development that revitalizes aging, low-efficiency land into high-utility shared infrastructure with zero greenfield encroachment.https://web.ncku.edu.tw/p/404-1000-172899.php
- NCKU Daxinyuan Project: Adaptive Brownfield Regeneration of Underused Campus Land
The NCKU Daxinyuan New Construction Project represents an exemplary brownfield revitalization on previously developed land in the core of Kuang-Fu Campus, inaugurated in late 2024 and in vibrant continuous use by 2025. Formerly occupied by the university’s historic kindergarten facilities, the underused site was transformed into an interactive cultural hub housing the Alumni Club and student arts salons. Designed around existing mature campus trees with zero encroachment on natural greenfields, the sustainable glass and concrete structure balances heritage landscape preservation with functional renewal, providing robust evidence in place by 2025 of activating underused developed sites.https://archi-tec.com.tw/2024/10/%E5%A4%A7%E6%96%B0%E5%9C%92%E6%96%B0%E5%BB%BA%E5%B7%A5%E7%A8%8B/
NCKU systematically implements a spatial strategy of "campus infill and renewal on previously developed land," highlighted by the newly constructed Dongning Student Dormitory officially inaugurated in 2025. Replacing aging infrastructure within the developed Dongning Campus perimeter, this urban renewal project delivered 993 modern, affordable beds without consuming greenfield terrain. Together with the Biomedical Excellence Building integrated into the developed Cheng-Hsing medical cluster, all projects are governed by the Sustainable Campus Planning and Utilization Committee—a regulatory policy framework in continuous effect through 2025 that mandates circular land stewardship and prevents greenfield sprawl.