About Taipei Info Hub
關於臺北記憶倉庫
About the Venue
場館介紹
「臺北記憶倉庫」為一座興建於日治時期的紅磚造建築。其空間作落在北門、臺北車站旁，且鄰近淡水河、大稻埕碼頭，反映當時臺北興盛的貿易發展，見證商貿運輸從水路轉向陸運的歷程。
本館以山林資源與物產貿易為主題，以流域與城市發展脈絡為故事，透過上中下游的空間演變述說土地上的人們如何使用、創造資源的歷程，同時創造多元觀點對話平臺。
“Warehouse of Taipei Memory” is a red brick building constructed in the Japanese colonial period. It is located adjacent to Taipei Old North Gate and Taipei Main Station, and also near Tamsui River and Dadaocheng wharf. The location does reflect the booming trade development of Taipei at the time, and witnesses the course of trade transportation from water way to ground transportation.
The subject of the venue is forest resource and trading. With the context of basin and city development and through the space evolution of upstream, midstream, and downstream, a story tells the audiences how did people utilize and create resources, while a dialogue platform of diversified viewpoints is created at the same time.
History
歷史沿革
「三井倉庫」全名為「舊三井物產株式會社北門倉庫」，為興建於日治時期約1913-1914年間的紅磚造二層建築，是臺灣日前少數保有三井集團菱形商標的歷史建築物。1914-1920年間，三井集團與廣通運輸社簽訂合作關係，三井倉庫作為廣通運輸社存放三井物產貨品的倉庫使用，直到1935年，因倉庫損壞嚴重，因此著手進行翻修，完工後則轉由日東商船組使用；戰後，倉庫轉交由臺灣省物資局管理，並於2002年轉移給臺灣鐵路管理局接管。
至2016年，配合臺北市西區門戶計畫實施，三井倉庫以遷移保存與異地重組的方式向東搬遷51公尺，規劃作為展覽空間，於2018年11月開始正式對外以「記憶倉庫」為核心概念重新亮相。一樓入口處仍可見當時切割保存的山牆，讓參觀民眾懷想日治時期三井倉庫的歷史風華。作為串聯周邊文化資產群前導資訊站，以北門為中心，連結撫臺街洋樓、鐵道部、北門郵局等，為臺北城的代表性建築，見證清領、日治時期至戰後臺北城區、鐵路交通的現代化發展。
三井為日治時期臺灣最大的集團，經營茶、米、砂糖、樟腦、食鹽、菸草等專賣品輸出，並投資臺灣製糖、基隆炭礦、日本樟腦、三井合名、臺灣電氣化學工業等事業，幾乎涵蓋當時日常生活中的所有商品。三井物產株式會社為三井集團擴大產業經營而於1876年成立的公司，由三井武之助、三井養之助創辦，專門經營推銷各類委託物品，賺取商業佣金；然而，二次世界大戰之後，日本戰敗，舊三井物產受駐日盟軍總司令要求去財團化，於是在1947年解散，現今的三井物產為1959年重整後再創立的公司，與舊三井物產在法律上並無存續關係。
The full name of “Mitsui Warehouse” is “Former Mitsui & Co. Taipei warehouse.” It was a red brick two-story house constructed around 1913-1914 in the Japanese colonial period, and one of the few historical buildings that still keep the trade mark of Mitsui Group. In 1914-1920, Mitsui Group had signed a partnership agreement with Guangtong Transportation Company allowing Guangtong to store Mitsui owned goods in Mitsui warehouse until 1935 when the warehouse had seriously been damaged. The warehouse had then been rebuilt and handed over to Nitto Merchant Ship Kumi (Company) for use after the construction completed. After World War II, the warehouse had been transferred to be under the management of Taiwan Supply Bureau and handed over again in 2002 to Taiwan Railways Administration.
In 2016, due to the implementation of Taipei West Gateway project, Mitsui Warehouse was relocated 51 meters eastward by means of Preservation relocation and Relocated reconstructing. With the designing concept of “Warehouse of Memory,” the space was planned for exhibition and reopened formally starting from November 2018. The cut gable was from the time was preserved near the entrance of the ground floor, allowing the visitors to recall the history of Mitsui Warehouse during the Japanese colonial period. Served as a guiding information station that connects the surrounding cultural assets, the warehouse is centered on North Gate and connects Futai Street Mansion, Ministry of Railways, and Taipei Post Office built in 1910, 1913, 1919, and 1930 respectively. It is an iconic building of Taipei City, witnessing the Qing Dynasty, the Japanese colonial period, unit the post-war Taipei city as well as the modern development of railway traffic.
Mitsui was the largest group in Taiwan during the Japanese colonial period. It was engaged in the exportation of monopoly products such as tea, rice, sugar, camphor, salt, tobacco, as well as invested in the industries of Taiwan Sugar Company, Keelung Coal Mine, Japanese Camphor, Mitsui Co., and Taiwan Electronics, which had almost covered all the goods needed in daily life at the time. Mitsui & Co., Ltd. was established in 1876 by Mitsui Group for the expansion of its industrial management. It was founded by Takenosuke Mitsui and Yonosuke Mitsui, and specializes in selling various consigned goods to earn commissions. However, after World War II, the former Mitsui & Co. was requested to dissolve the consortium by the commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces in Japan. Therefore, it was dissolved in 1947. The present Mitsui & Co., Ltd. was established in 1959 after reorganization and it has no legal relationship with the former Mitsui & Co.