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轉載民視新聞台 2014/5/28

A paper factory and a Taipei university are working together to keep interest alive in carpentry. The cooperative arrangement not only improves vocational training but also demonstrates Taiwan’s skills in traditional crafts. 

Students practice operating tools and cutting wood patterns in a study environment that is becoming increasingly rare. To prevent the disappearance of traditional carpentry, a paper factory cooperated with National Taipei University of Technology to build a wood arts creativity center in Fengyuan, Taichung.

Hou Shou-chuan
Paper Factory CEO
They have a good foundation there for doing carpentry. The best method is adding new elements to resources that existed in the past in order to restore former glory.

The factory gave more than 20,000 ping of land, where it converted an old factory into a cultural and creative center complete with machines and other facilities. The university provided instructors who will offer classes and graduate courses in the area of carpentry.

Yao Leeh-ter
Nat’l Taipei University of Technology
Carpentry in Taiwan is gradually disappearing. The only way to spark interest in carpentry among youths, so the art can be passed down, is by adding modern design elements.

The university has also signed a cooperation agreement with two furniture dealers. Designs produced at the wood arts creativity center will be sold at 140 retail outlets worldwide.

【記者張卓婷報導】台灣技職體系沒落，傳統的木工技藝也逐漸凋零，北科大因此跟造紙業廠商合作，要在台中豐原成立木藝文創中心。由廠商提供土地跟設備，校方引進師資，未來會推動產學合作，以文創的方式，刺激木藝發展。

學生練習操作機具，切割木板模型，像這樣的學習環境，在台灣越來越少，為了避免傳統木工技藝凋零，紙業廠商跟北科大合作，在台中市豐原地區，成立木藝文創中心。

造紙業總裁 何壽川
那個地方做木業，其實它們是很有根基的，應該利用在地的已經過去有的資源，重新加上新的元素，應該會再重現它當日的風華。

紙業廠商無償提供2萬多坪土地及舊廠房，改建為文創中心，並且提供機械設備，再由北科大引進專業師資，未來不只會有木藝實習教室，還會成立木藝產業碩士專班，推動產學合作。

北科大校長 姚立德
台灣的這個木作工藝啊，慢慢要失傳了，唯有把現代設計加進去之後，才能夠激起我們年輕人對木作工藝傳承的興趣。

北科大還跟兩間家具廠商，簽定產學合作計畫，未來將透過全球140家門市，銷售文創中心設計的木藝作品。