台灣西海岸由一連串河口沙洲、潟湖、紅樹林等不同型態之溼地所組成，提供豐富之基礎生產力及生態價值，不論夏候鳥或冬候鳥，台灣海岸線在亞洲候鳥遷徙的路徑中佔有極為重要的定位，近幾十年來，由於強大的開發壓力脅迫，台灣的海岸不斷重複面臨填海造陸及工業區開發的議題，在全球環境不穩定的今日，海岸溼地的價值需要由不同面向重新省思，除工業開發之經濟價值外，團隊希望藉由鰲鼓探討海岸溼地如何以隱性之環境價值穩定國土、提供生物多樣性、供給糧食、調節地方性氣候等，同時提供綠色之商業契機。鰲鼓溼地原屬河口沙洲的一部分，在短短數十年間，鰲鼓溼地歷經多次截然不同之政策變遷，也影響基地之環境變遷。民國53年以人工築堤、填海造陸所形成之鰲鼓圍墾區將基地切割，形成不受潮汐影響之獨立區域，海堤內部規劃為可永續循環式之農林漁牧系統，在理想之條件下，鰲鼓墾殖區可自給自足，不需外部之資源供給，但受台灣西南海岸整體地層下陷及農業經濟萎縮之影響，墾殖區內部分土地無法持續耕作，人為所塑造之系統開始崩解，目前僅剩一畜殖場、極少面積之耕地及大面積之造林，而鰲鼓西側廢棄之漁塭及水域反成為野鳥聚集之溼地環境，六百餘公頃之溼地已由農委會公告為野生動物重要棲息環境，成為台灣西海岸線重要之溼地之一。由於基地在短短五十年間因人為力量介入造成快速之變遷，由自然河口沙洲轉為人為墾殖區，最後成為半淡鹹水溼地，團隊以 SEED 的概念，冀望在台灣的海岸留下一塊候鳥與環境棲息喘息之地……

Over the past decades, flat and spacious coastal areas have been seen various usages and development. The contention and conflict between human development and natural conservation along the coastal area occur all around the world. The project, Aogu Wetland and Forest Park, is located in the southwest area of Taiwan, and has experienced different stages of development before it eventually reverted to natural wetland. On the estuary of the Bei-Gang River, the site was a typical tidal mud wetland before 1964. The site began the C-shaped seawall construction and reclaimed over 1,000-hectare of lands from sea in 1964 because of the farming and livestock industry. Historically, the land was desalinated and prepared for a sugar plantation, a pig farm and a fish farm. After the land subsided and several serious inundation events by the sea occurred, the soil become saline and the production of sugar ceased on the site. In 2001, the site was selected as an afforestation area. The landscape and habitat have changed dramatically in the past 40 years, and the site now consists of a combination of natural wetland and artificial woodland. The Aogu Wetland and Forest Park comes from this changing process of environment. Aogu Wetland and Forest Park is the showplace of the process of natural systems. The site has been reclaimed and reverted back to a coastal wetland, which unexpectedly has become a refuge for migratory birds and other wildlife. The aim of this project focuses on establishing a series of conservation and re-habitation strategies on sites reclaimed for human development, and emphasizes the site as a seeding process for the natural systems, as well as environmental education, eco-tourism and cultural sustainability.