明日博物館第四檔計劃「TheVerticalVillage©」展覽，邀請荷蘭籍新銳建築設計團隊MVRDV擔任策展人，並以台北市松江路旁一塊1000坪的基地作為展演舞台，預定於2009年底正式開幕。

「TheVerticalVillage©」超越明日博物館前三檔展覽規模與思維向度，將「在地」的概念由基地範圍拓展至整座台北城，策展團隊MVRDV將延伸對於台北城市中非正式都市空間的觀察與研究，實際在此建造一座實驗性、臨時性的垂直村落，並結合國際設計工作營的運作，使「全球」與「在地」在此針對東亞城市空間交換彼此研究觀點。
北京的胡同、東京的町屋，以及台北城市裡的獨棟小屋，這些小尺度傳統的、非正式的都市空間構成了極度密集並且交流緊密的社區，形成都市裡一個個深具相異性的特色村落。而在過去十年間，為因應人口密集所帶來的壓力，東亞城市出現了許多巨型建築物，逐漸取代了這些較為傳統的、獨立的、有機的都市景觀，「TheVerticalVillage©」便希望探討：當現存的舊社區面對未來將改建成巨型建物的意圖威脅時，是否能透過其他方式為這些區域解決密度問題，並同時達成原有社群的保存與個性？
MVRDV邀請荷蘭台夫特科技大學建築所博士班所組成的The Why Factory研究機構，共同與國內四所建築都市與景觀研究所師生，展開為期五個月的研究與七天的國際設計工作營，以國際視野與在地觀點的交流激盪，對非正式的都市空間環境提出自由的論述觀點，結合實體建築創造出的都市微型縮影，帶領參與者一起重新詮釋屬於台北的獨特城市文化！

The fourth exhibition by the MUSEUM of TOMORROW, TheVerticalVillage©, invites the Netherlands-based architecture and urban design office, MVRDV, to use the 1000 pings (3305.79 m²) of space on Songjiang Rd., Taipei City as the base of this curatorial operations. The project is anticipated to officially open in the end of 2009.

「TheVerticalVillage©」supersedes the structures and conceptual perspectives of MUSEUM of TOMORROW's previous three exhibitions, and the curatorial team, MVRDV, will be concretely constructing an experimental and temporary vertical village by extending from their observations and studies of Taipei's informal urbanism. Together with an international design workshop, exchanges will be made on research perspectives regarding the ideas of “globalization” and “localization” specifically for the urbanism in Asia.

From the old alleyways (hutongs) in Beijing, the town houses (machiya) in Tokyo, to the independent small residences in Taipei, these informal urbanisms are traditional yet compact in sizes, and they construct together many densely populated and heavily intermingled communities, which result in various unique towns in different metropolitan cities. In the past decade, in response to the pressure caused by the growing population, many large buildings have emerged in numerous Asian cities, and they have gradually replaced those traditional, independent, and organic urban landscapes. 「TheVerticalVillage©」hopes to discuss the issues arising from the ubiquitous threats coming from the replacements of existing old communities with giant new constructions, and asks the question of whether there are other solutions to resolve the problems caused by the expanding population, yet still be able to preserve the original characteristics of the existing communities?

MVRDV together with The Why Factory (T?F), formed by researchers and PhD candidates from Netherlands’ Delft University of Technology, will be collaborating with students and teachers of architectural, urban planning, and landscape related majors research institutes from four universities in Taiwan and together they will embark on a five-month research and a seven-day international design workshop. With exchanges based on international perspectives and local points of views, they will propose concepts and view points about the informal urbanism. Combining with concrete architectures, a micro-city will be created, and they will guide all the participants in reinterpreting a unique urban culture that is specifically for Taipei!