Abstract
In Taipei, Taiwan, the mixing of residential and commercial use within the same apartment building is very popular. It brings advantages like reducing commuting time, bringing more vitality to the city, but also brings disadvantages like a deterioration in the quality of the living environment.
In this paper, in order to make clear the mechanism for creating orderly mixed-use in apartments, we analyze how architects and developers take a step to do the mixed-use apartments' typical projects in Taipei. The results are as follows: 1) under meeting the needs of self-employed persons, and making great profits, many small mixed-use units of dwelling-business and dwelling-commerce are provided. 2) it is easier to take a step to do the projects of small mixed-use units of dwelling-business, rather than the usual cases of diversion of dwelling use in mixed-use apartments. 3) the commercial units are almost vertically separated from dwelling units and business units. 4) the communal management is necessary for the small commercial units and small business units in condominium ownership.
