Eight Riverside Graffiti Walls Reopen Across TaipeiPost date：2026-07-03
Updates：2026-07-03
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The Taipei City Hydraulic Engineering Office (HEO) announced that the eight designated graffiti walls located within Taipei's riverside parks have recently been repainted and restored to blank canvases. The walls are now officially open for public use, inviting creative residents to express themselves through graffiti and transform the riverside parks into vibrant spaces for urban art.
Taipei currently offers eight designated riverside graffiti mural art zones. The largest is the Chengmei Left Bank Riverside Park Graffiti Zone in Nangang District, covering 2,120 square meters. The second largest is the Guanshan Riverside Park Graffiti Zone in Songshan District, with an area of 1,450 square meters. Additional graffiti zones are located in Meiti, Fuhe, Jingmei, Chengmei Right Bank, Longshan, and Yingfeng Riverside Parks. These walls regularly feature impressive works by local artists and have gradually evolved into distinctive urban art spaces.
To maintain a dynamic visual landscape and keep the embankment walls looking fresh, HEO repaints the graffiti walls white every four months before reopening them for new creations. As a result, artwork may remain on display for up to four months. However, any content containing obscene language, inappropriate imagery, or political slogans and messages will be removed immediately. Through this regular maintenance program, HEO hopes to foster a more welcoming public art environment where residents can unleash their creativity and tell their own stories through art.
HEO also reminds the public that graffiti is permitted only within the eight officially designated riverside graffiti zones. Graffiti in any other area of the riverside parks is prohibited and constitutes a violation of regulations. Under Article 11, Subparagraph 10 of the Taipei City Park Management Ordinance, unauthorized writing, painting, flag placement, hanging, or posting of materials on park facilities is prohibited. In addition to requiring offenders to remove the graffiti, penalties ranging from NT$1,200 to NT$6,000 may be imposed pursuant to Article 16 of the same ordinance.
Unauthorized graffiti negatively affects the city's appearance. Members of the public who observe illegal graffiti are encouraged to report it through the Taipei Citizen Hotline 1999.
Information on Taipei's eight designated riverside graffiti zones is available at: https://heo.gov.taipei/cp.aspx?n=F0C117C22579454F
Taipei currently offers eight designated riverside graffiti mural art zones. The largest is the Chengmei Left Bank Riverside Park Graffiti Zone in Nangang District, covering 2,120 square meters. The second largest is the Guanshan Riverside Park Graffiti Zone in Songshan District, with an area of 1,450 square meters. Additional graffiti zones are located in Meiti, Fuhe, Jingmei, Chengmei Right Bank, Longshan, and Yingfeng Riverside Parks. These walls regularly feature impressive works by local artists and have gradually evolved into distinctive urban art spaces.
To maintain a dynamic visual landscape and keep the embankment walls looking fresh, HEO repaints the graffiti walls white every four months before reopening them for new creations. As a result, artwork may remain on display for up to four months. However, any content containing obscene language, inappropriate imagery, or political slogans and messages will be removed immediately. Through this regular maintenance program, HEO hopes to foster a more welcoming public art environment where residents can unleash their creativity and tell their own stories through art.
HEO also reminds the public that graffiti is permitted only within the eight officially designated riverside graffiti zones. Graffiti in any other area of the riverside parks is prohibited and constitutes a violation of regulations. Under Article 11, Subparagraph 10 of the Taipei City Park Management Ordinance, unauthorized writing, painting, flag placement, hanging, or posting of materials on park facilities is prohibited. In addition to requiring offenders to remove the graffiti, penalties ranging from NT$1,200 to NT$6,000 may be imposed pursuant to Article 16 of the same ordinance.
Unauthorized graffiti negatively affects the city's appearance. Members of the public who observe illegal graffiti are encouraged to report it through the Taipei Citizen Hotline 1999.
Information on Taipei's eight designated riverside graffiti zones is available at: https://heo.gov.taipei/cp.aspx?n=F0C117C22579454F
