荷蘭東印度公司殖民城市的空間研究，多聚焦於公司自身規劃理念與城市型態的討論，較少關注在政權更迭過程中，荷蘭東印度公司在繼承葡萄牙殖民城市時，如何面對既有城市並進行改造。本研究以17世紀中葉荷蘭東印度公司繼承葡萄牙殖民城市為背景，選取馬六甲、可倫坡以及科欽三座城市為案例，分析荷蘭東印度公司在城市既有空間結構下的改造與城市變化，進而探討在改造過程背後所反映的規劃意涵。
葡萄牙和荷蘭因各自不同的地理環境和歷史背景等條件下，造就不同的城市空間型態，又因亞洲的環境與歐洲有所差異，進一步影響了兩國在亞洲殖民城市的構成。15、16世紀葡萄牙率先抵達亞洲，在亞洲建立的殖民地多沿用原有的規劃理念建造，城市由城牆所圍繞，形成封閉的城牆城市；荷蘭東印度公司則於17世紀初進入亞洲，以歐洲本土城市基礎作延伸，新建立的城市，如巴達維亞和熱蘭遮，皆發展了「城堡—城堡廣場—市鎮」空間模式，成為荷蘭東印度公司在亞洲殖民城市的規劃模型。隨著兩國在亞洲的勢力擴張，荷葡之間的競爭與衝突日益加劇，至17世紀中葉，荷蘭東印度公司陸續佔領多座葡萄牙重要據點，並面臨如何在既有城市結構下進行改造的課題。
馬六甲為荷蘭東印度公司最早佔領的葡萄牙城市之一，雖然有多個改造計畫方案，但最後城市在理想和現實條件之間做取捨，城堡區域幾乎延續了葡萄牙時期原有的結構。在城堡外的區域，荷蘭東印度公司雖有試圖規劃城堡和市鎮之間留設空地，但最後未依照此構想完成，轉而利用馬六甲河作為兩者之間的緩衝空間，城堡和市鎮形成的城市，反映荷蘭東印度公司現實條件下的折衷結果。
可倫坡被定位為荷蘭東印度公司在南亞的首府，此一定位部分源於總督範・胡恩斯的戰略意圖，使其在改造階段受到重視，並擁有更多的資源投入在城市的改造。改造後的可倫坡承襲了荷蘭東印度公司在亞洲殖民城市的規劃理念，擁有城堡、城堡廣場和市鎮的空間結構，是三個案例中最接近荷蘭東印度公司亞洲殖民規劃模型的案例。
科欽為荷葡戰爭間荷蘭東印度公司最後佔領的城市，其主要目的在於戰略地位之重要性。因此，荷蘭東印度公司在改造初期階段就預計將科欽精簡為一個足以維持軍事活動的城市。改造後的科欽不同於馬六甲和可倫坡，未形成城堡與市鎮分隔的空間模式，而是如葡萄牙時期封閉的城牆城市，但在城市內空間機能隨公司需求而有所變動。
綜觀三座城市的改造歷程，荷蘭東印度公司並非以單一模式改造葡萄牙殖民城市，而是依據各城市在貿易網絡中的定位、地理條件與現實限制，採取差異化的改造策略。本研究透過對三個城市的比較和分析，揭示在政權更迭下，荷蘭東印度公司如何利用城市空間的改造，呈現多元的殖民城市樣貌，為理解荷蘭東印度公司在亞洲殖民城市規劃的彈性與局限提供具體的比較研究之基礎。

Research on the urban space of the Dutch East India Company colonial cities has predominantly centered on the Company's own planning ideologies and urban morphology, with relatively limited attention devoted to the manner in which the VOC confronted and transformed existing urban structures upon inheriting Portuguese colonial cities during periods of political transition. The present thesis is set against the backdrop of the VOC's succession of Portuguese colonial cities in the mid-seventeenth century. This study utilizes Malacca, Colombo, and Cochin as case studies to analyze the VOC's urban transformation strategies under pre-existing spatial conditions and to explore the planning implications reflected in the transformation process.
The three cities exhibit distinctly different outcomes, shaped by their respective roles within the VOC's Asian trading network. Malacca, situated between ideal planning and practical constraints, has largely preserved its Portuguese-era castle structure, with the Malacca River serving as a buffer zone between the castle and the town. Colombo, designated as the administrative capital of the VOC in South Asia, received substantial resources and most completely realized the VOC's spatial model of "castle — castle square — town." The city of Cochin was valued primarily for its strategic military importance. It was reduced to a minimal enclosed walled city, a development that did not include the castle-town separation seen in the other two cases.
Through a comparative analysis of these three cities, this thesis illuminates how the VOC, amid political transition, adopted differentiated transformation strategies rather than a uniform planning model, providing a concrete comparative foundation for understanding the flexibility and limitations of VOC colonial urban planning in Asia.

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