日治時代就已經相當繁榮的台北「木材街」，台語原名「柴寮阿」，自民國36年起改名為寧夏路。

現在如果提到寧夏路，最知名的可能是寧夏夜市的小吃或建成圓環，但較少為人知、位於錦西街以北的區塊，從日治時代起，便是台北最重要的木工產業和木料供應集散地區，因此有木材街的稱呼。木材街區段的寧夏路以及鄰近街區，目前總共有20家左右的木工裝修行、五金行、油漆行、木材行等店家。

為表現該區的特色，這個區段的寧夏路，向東南方走不到200公尺，就可連接到興城街的五家加工區域，接著再向南走不遠，就可以到達太原路的材料密集區。這個狹長三角形區域的連接，形成了我們所稱的「台北創意加工街區」。此計畫專案，希望藉由設計，重新的針對現存的寧夏路店家，整合公部門資源進行資源盤整與再造，提出「木作名片計畫」「木作地圖設計」與「木作聚落＋商品計畫」，以現成素材作為設計切入點，建立新的街區識別系統，活化瀕臨沒落的老舊木材街。

The so called “timber street” in Taipei hasbeen bustling since the Japanese rule period, originally known as “Tsa-Liao-Ah”in Hokkien, meaning timber house, and in 1947 it was officially named as NingShia Road.

For the modern public, most people would know Ning Shia Road for its nightmarket and street food, less known for its historic background. It used to becalled “timber street” for being the wholesale and distribution center of theentire carpentry industry in the city, dating back to the Japanese colonialera, till today, about twenty shops are still operating in the area, includingtimber, interior decoration, paints and hardware stores.
A short walk to the southeast side of the timer street, is Shin Cheng Street,where several workshops specialising in industrial processing are located, andfurther down south is Tai Yuan Road, where an entire street of variouspackaging and handcraft material and hardware shops are located, these threeareas form a narrow triangle, or what we’ve named “Taipei Creative ProcessingZone”.

We’re hoping to bring timber street back to life through a series of designactivities; with the help of government resources, readymade elements are putinto use, a new street identity system has been implemented, and “timberbusiness card project”, “timber map design”, and “wood village + merchandiseproject” were also proposed and executed.