隨著資訊科技大幅降低地理距離所帶來的溝通與交易成本，再加上台灣產業逐漸由代工走向品牌發展，未來的科學園區將可能不同於以往，因此，本文試圖討論下一代的園區形貌將會如何？未來園區運作的理論邏輯是否不同？本文回顧創新與空間相關文獻，討論地理接近性對創新的效益與限制，並參考國外新一代創意園區的案例，導引出未來創意園區的可能圖像。本研究結論包括以下四大項：(1)下一代園區重點不在於交易成本的降低，而在於水平異業碰撞所可能帶來的創意引爆效果；(2)為了避免地理接近性可能帶來的套牢效果，園區應該是開放而非封閉，同時強調在地性與非在地性；(3)透過常駐的廠商、社會人文研究者、商業化服務業者與高流動性的消費者與藝術家等五種角色，可使園區兼具研究、實驗、展示、娛樂，以及個人化商品生產與消費等多種活動內涵；(4)為了成為上述五類角色可以自由活動碰撞的空間，未來創意園區比以往更強調鄰近交通便利的都會區、大量開放的公共空間、多元包容的文化，以及寬鬆、實驗性的制度與科技環境。本文最後簡要討論未來創意園區之概念在台灣環境的適用性，並說明後續研究方向。

As information technology dramatically reduces communication and transaction cost, meanwhile Taiwanese industries gradually transform from OEM to OBM, this study tries to describe the profile of the innovation park for the future, and find out what will be the key rationale behind next generation industrial parks? We reviewed literature, discussed the benefits and limitation of distance proximity, and collected the latest international successful cases, then tried to depict the profile of innovation parks for the future. We conclude with the following four key findings. First, most critical drives for next generation innovation parks are creativity explosion caused by cross-boundary interaction instead of transaction cost reduction. Second, in order to avoid “lock-in”, this park should be more open, remain local and global at that same time. Third, it should include multiple key players, that is, firms, social researchers, commercialization service providers, consumers and artists, and contains multiple activities and functionalities, which are research, experiments, exhibition, entertainment and customized product/service and consumption. Finally, to become a place for the above players to free and easily interact, this park should locate in a convenientmetropolitan area, having plentiful public space, diversified tolerant culture and experimental institutional and technology environment. In the end of this paper, we briefly discuss its possibility to apply the above idea into Taiwan and point the direction for future studies.