In fact, as early as 1986 the Executive Yuan had proposed turning the Songshan site into the "Sun Yat-sen Campus," which would hold a national history museum and various other government agencies concerned with culture and history. Back then little thought was given to the preservation of industrial sites. Consequently, the proposal was to tear its structures down and rebuild.
其實，早在 1986 年，行政院就曾倡議將松山菸廠規劃為包含國立歷史博物館等中央文史機構的「中山學園」，不過當時並未有「產業遺址保存」的概念，而是要將歷史建築拆除改建。