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Kaohsiung Science Park is located between Luzhu, Gangshan, and Yongan districts in Kaohsiung City, covering approximately 570 hectares. The park's primary industries include optoelectronics, precision machinery, and biotechnology (medical devices). It can be accessed via Provincial Highway 1 through the Science Park Interchange and outward connecting roads. Public transportation options include Taoyuan Luzhu and Gangshan Stations on the Taiwan Railways, followed by Provincial Highway 1. Visitors can also take Bus 69B from the Kaohsiung Rapid Transit System to the park, or ride a free shuttle bus from Luzhu Station to the park. In the future, the Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) will extend to Luzhu, greatly enhancing transportation convenience. The park is approximately 35 kilometers from Kaohsiung International Airport and 40 kilometers from Kaohsiung Port, offering a strategically advantageous location for international transportation. Within the park, local industries such as the Luzhu Four Treasures (tomato, cauliflower, egg, and Taiwanese carp) are integrated with the park's development. The park aims to preserve natural resource sustainability and promote technological advancement by installing many artworks highlighting local cultural characteristics. These artworks explore cultural heritage through historical and spatial elements, using diverse materials like mosaics, stainless steel, galvanized steel, pebbled concrete, fiberglass, and others to express regional culture and industrial aesthetics, such as Code 35, Spatial Memory, Blue Magpie, Good Day for the Bear, and the Dance of Flakto. ◆ **Code 35**: Inspired by a large egg, this artwork incorporates the Luzhu Three Treasures (tomato, cauliflower, egg) and symbolizes the concept of "production." The cracked shell of the egg reveals a side profile, representing the birth of human wisdom and conveying the humanitarian care behind the development of biomedical devices. ◆ **Good Day for the Bear**: Preserving Earth's ecological balance and natural resource sustainability is one of the most urgent challenges of the 21st century, a global concern for modern science and art. A "good day" everyone dreams about involves restoring clean rivers and ensuring bears have abundant fish to eat. It also means fostering coexistence between humans and their natural environment for a dual-win scenario, where environmental conservation and human prosperity thrive together. Let us harness technological and artistic efforts to make this "good day" a reality with the bear. ◆ **Spatial Memory**: The science park has transformed from farmland and parks to its current state despite changing environments. People's love and identity for this land remain constant. This artwork conveys the idea of transcending temporal boundaries using technology to preserve memories of beauty across time. It also blends regional landscape concepts to enable public interaction and create shared, meaningful experiences. ◆ **The Dance of Flakto**: Just as genetic codes at microscopic scales record macroscopic biological structures, fractals provide a new perspective to observe the world. ◆ **Blue Magpie**: The bird's wings and tail are made of membrane structures, while its body and framework use steel structures for stability. ◆ **Revived by the Spring Breeze**: The Tang dynasty poet Bai Juyi described resilience through "burned by wild fire, yet reborn by spring wind." United Orthopedics focuses on biomimetic technology to turn "miraculous rejuvenation" into reality. Its main products are artificial joints for orthopedic use, restoring patients' mobility when their joints are damaged. United Orthopedics alleviates joint pain and helps patients regain mobility, becoming the "spring breeze" for those in need. ◆ **Mama Duck and Her Family**: Featuring a family of colorfully adorned ducks, this artwork evokes warmth in the science park. The image of a mother duck leading her young symbolizes the park's sustainability and enduring success. The entire art installation also serves as an inviting space for the public to interact, embrace, rest, and enjoy. ◆ **Idea Sparks Innovation**: Designed as a computer mouse symbolizing digital transformation, this artwork features cascading gears representing diverse technological advancements. The rotating gear metaphorically reflects industrial transformation, linking to the park's historical heritage and future development. ◆ **Colorful Life Enriched**: Nature is inherently vibrant, but optical technology enhances our visual experience beyond natural limitations. Taiwanese company Taiwankoku International hopes to enrich life with colors through innovation, making daily happiness more vivid. ◆ **Mirror Observation**: Composed of twin elliptical reflective surfaces, this sculpture serves as a dynamic container capturing the surrounding environment and recording changing moments. One side reflects pedestrians, while the other mirrors the vast sky. The semi-open site blurs internal and external boundaries, offering passersby the chance to observe nature and ponder their surroundings. ◆ **Power of the QR Screw**: Combining futuristic digital imagery and QR codes with screw symbols, this artwork allows visitors to scan the QR code to instantly connect to the Southern Science Park's network. The tiny screw represents the robust strength of tech professionals, supporting a vast world from microscopic precision. This installation highlights local deep roots and global potential. ◆ **Companionship**: Still under development, the Kaohsiung Southern Science Park lacks a mature identity system. Despite its numerous high-tech facilities and buildings, the park's distinctiveness is yet to be fully realized. With vibrant colors and modern, playful designs, the park's large-scale directional artworks create a memorable artistic identity, even for those not visiting the science park, enhancing the experience of art in everyday urban navigation.