This paper clarifies the distribution and the building types of temples and shrines called Jibyou and Sindam in Taipei city. Ji mean Buddist temples and Byo mean confucian (taoism) temples in China. But, they also played a role as community facilities in the historical and political context of Taiwan societies which are consisted of migrants. It is said that the formation of the blocks is closely related to the distribution of temples and shrines. The major objectives is to discuss the urban structure of Taipei city focusing on the role of informal relegious facilities. This paper shows the increase of religious facilities are mostly seen in the newly developing suburbs (new town area) and especially Sindan occupy almost all the building types. This kind of facilities are not planned based on the ideas of modern urban planning. We have to learn a lot from the distribution of informal religious facilities for the community design.
