摘自文化部《第六屆公共藝術獎專輯》─環境融合獎(Environmental Integration Award)
國立東華大學位處花東縱谷平原上，佔地面積 251公頃，湖光山色的環境，豐富多變的場域，透過知名建築家 Charles Moore 設計具後現代風格的校園規劃。校區內除建築體及公共設施外，其餘校地均保持綠帶，儘量以不破壞原有的動、植物生態為目標，讓本校擁有自然生態的景觀及全國大學中最優美的校園。此外，本校具備多元的院系及人文藝術資源，被譽為花東縱谷的學術殿堂，教學研究各項成就，屢獲名列於國內外大學排行榜，如《泰晤士報高等教育專刊》、《QS亞洲大學排名》⋯⋯等，顯見本校辦學績效已獲各界肯定。
本案公共藝術的執行與設置，期讓每件作品均能充分展現自我精神與藝術特色，並與環境結合產生對話的藝術價值，更藉由公共藝術作品的設置，彰顯教育的功能，讓藝術品與人、環境產生互動關係與美感教育，同時形塑全校師生奮發努力、追求知識與理想，以及自由民主的精神。
為使公共藝術的推動過程，可與本校產生更緊密聯結，讓部份藝術品不單單僅有視覺美感，還同時兼具生活使用功能，本校採用校園建築工程中挖掘出的大型原石，將石材活化運用，透過藝術家的巧思，賦予石材新生命，創作成具備功能性的藝術傢俱。並且將指標系統視覺色彩建置及營造美感空間等方式納入執行計畫，讓藝術可以巧妙地融入校園生活中，使所有公共藝術作品猶如寶石珠串，星羅棋布地點綴在校園，所流露的各種藝術語言與環境交互輝映，產生多層次的美感，各自燦爛發光，而流動於此區域時空的所有人，藉以潛移默化美學教育功能及建構校園美感價值，展現公共藝術作品對環境柤互結合臾畫龍點睛之效。
東華公共藝術設置歷經幾任校長的播種耕耘，在此刻開花結果，感謝東華總務處及藝術學院通力合作，更要特別感謝文化部及委員們的青睞與肯定，讓東華大學獲此殊榮，使更多人可以共享這藝術的成果，也讓公共藝術的精神發光發熱。
Public Art Project for National Dong Hwa University Acceptance Letter
National Dong Hwa University sits on the plain of the East Rift Valley. The area of the university reaches 251 hectares and encompasses a beautiful landscape of lakes and mountains as well as rich, diverse sites. Designed by the renowned architect Charles Moore, the planning of the campus shows a distinctive postmodern style. Other than school buildings and public facilities, the rest of the campus is kept as a green belt designed with the objective of preserving its original ecology with flora and fauna. Therefore, the university proudly owns one of the most beautiful and natural landscape and campus among all universities in Taiwan. Moreover, the diverse faculties as well as humanity and art resources have won the university a fine academic reputation among others in the East Rift Valley. The achievements in education and research have put the university on domestic and international lists of university rankings, including Times Higher Education and QS World University Rankings, which are recognitions of the university's endeavors.
The realization and installation of this public art project aimed to allow each artwork to demonstrate Its original spirit and creative qualities while being incorporated into the environment to generate dialogues of artistic value. It is hoped that the Installation of public artworks can highlight the function of education, create interactions among artworks, people and the environment as well as advance aesthetic education. Another objective is to motivate all teachers and students to steadfastly pursue knowledge, ideals and honor the spirit of freedom and democracy.
To create a close connection between the public artworks and the campus, some of the artworks are not only aesthetic objects that display visual beauty but also functional objects in daily life. Using large stones excavated during the construction projects on the campus, the university has re-purposed the stones and combined artists’ creativity to give them a new life, turning these stones into functional art furniture. Also, the realization of the public art projects was also incorporated with the color design of indicator system and the creation of aesthetic space, which enabled an ingenious combination of art and life on campus. All the public artworks are like jewel stones and pearls scattered on the campus. They speak a wide range of artistic vocabularies that interact with the environment with their respective beauty and create a multi-layered aesthetics. All people that pass through this area in any given time will be immersed in the effect of aesthetic education and can appreciate the value of constructing aesthetic campuses, demonstrating the mutual benefits of integrating public art into the environment and transforming the campus.
The installation of public art in the university is the result of the collective endeavors of several presidents, which has blossomed at this moment. We thank the university's Office of General Affairs and the College of Art for their collaborative efforts. We especially express our gratitude to the Ministry of Culture and all the jury committee members for the honor and recognition and awarding National Dong Hwa University. It has enabled more people to share this artistic achievement and illuminated the spirit of public art.