Architechture

The Former Offices of Wushulin Salt Co., Ltd. is a rare office building adjacent to salt fields and located in Yongan District, Kaohsiung. Built between 1923 and 1931, the main structure is a two-story flat roofed building. It features a combination of eastern and western architectural characteristics, with an arched (semicircular) facade. The primary gable is decorated with scrolls and blades of grass, with an embossed Wushulin Salt Co., Ltd emblem at its center surrounded by ears of rice. This differs from the commonly seen olive leaves in western architecture, and demonstrates local Taiwanese characteristics.

永安／原烏樹林製鹽株式會社辦公室

位於高雄永安區的原烏樹林製鹽株式會社辦公室，是少見的鹽場附設洋樓形式的辦公建築。烏樹林鹽場於日治時期開闢，1910年高雄富商陳中和入股並設立「烏樹林製鹽公司」經營鹽場，後重組為「烏樹林製鹽株式會社」，直至戰爭時期，被併入生產工業鹽的「南日本製鹽株式會社」；戰後隸屬台鹽，之後台電購得此地並在附近興建興達火力發電廠，製鹽廠才正式走入歷史。
原烏樹林製鹽株式會社辦公室建物約興建於日治1923~1931年間，為二層樓平屋頂建築，其特色是建築上多處結合東、西方建築形式，其山頭為圓拱（半圓）型，山牆中央有渦捲紋及草葉紋組成的裝飾，並有象徵烏樹林製鹽株式會社的標誌，此外也以類似稻穗之植物與書卷紋作裝飾，這與西方常見以橄欖葉作陪襯不同，展現出台灣洋樓建築在地化特色。

文／黃于津
圖／高雄市政府文化局

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