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2026 Young Ones - Young Ones ADC
Salt Wind
School China University of Technology / Taipei City
This project develops a printed communication system visualizing Taiwan’s saline coastal environments. Addressing soil salinization caused by climate change and long-term development, the design translates environmental research into editorial graphics, maps, and printed infographics. The narrative is structured through saline soil weathering, crystallization, and adaptation, illustrating how land forms, accumulates salt, and is gradually restored.
Printed diagrams and environmental charts explain the formation of saline soil and the coastal landforms it produces. Visual documentation of salt crystallization highlights historical salt landscapes, while the adaptation section introduces salt‑tolerant crops and the agricultural potential of rehabilitated saline land.
Through the combination of data visualization, photography, and graphic storytelling in print media, the project comm unicates ecological transformation and the evolving relationship between land, agriculture, and coastal environments.