A landmark campus beside a national memorial.
Guangfu Elementary School was founded in 1964 under founding principal Zhang Dengwang, opening with about 200 students who initially had no building of their own, borrowing classrooms from Xingya and Sanxing Elementary Schools. The government expropriated land for a permanent campus in March 1965, and the first phase of construction was completed by 1966–1967. The school celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2024 with a citywide-covered ceremony and sports exhibition.
光復國小創立於1964年（民國53年），首任校長張登旺，創校初期僅約200名學生，且尚無自有校舍，借用興雅國小與三興國小教室上課。政府於1965年3月徵收永久校地，首期校舍工程於1966至1967年間完工。學校於2024年舉辦「光復六十載．自信創未來」六十週年校慶，獲全市矚目報導並辦理運動會展演。
What makes this school worth knowing.
🏛️ Designed by a Pioneering Female Architect
首位女性建築師設計
The campus was designed by Hsiu Tse-lan, Taiwan's first prominent female architect, known for modernist, non-standardized school designs.
🌀 A Landmark Circular Building
圓樓地標建築
The campus's circular "round building" with its spiral staircase is a recognized architectural landmark, unusual among Taipei's typically standard-plan school buildings.
🎊 Sixty Years and Counting
光復六十載
The school marked its 60th anniversary in 2024 with a citywide-covered ceremony and sports exhibition, "光復六十載．自信創未來."
🏯 Beside the National Memorial Hall
緊鄰國父紀念館
The campus sits immediately beside the National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, with an unusually deep, ceremonial entrance drive atypical for Taipei elementary schools.
From munitions depot to civic landmark.
Sitting directly beside the National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall — itself built on land that was part of a former Japanese-era military arsenal and munitions depot before Xinyi's redevelopment — Guangfu Elementary's prominent architecture and location tie it to the same land-use transformation from military and industrial use to the civic and financial district Xinyi is today. See the Taipei city page for more on the region.
Find the school.
No. 271, Guangfu South Road, Xinyi District, Taipei City 110, Taiwan
臺北市信義區光復南路271號
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