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Exhibition curator Anderson Lee from Hong Kong University collaborated with the Tunghai Department of Architecture to organize the architecture exhibition named “Reading Single Family House: A tale of Habitation in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.” Associated professor Cosmo Liu from Tunghai Deparment of Architecture was the Taiwan planner. After the opening in Taiwan, the exhibition will move to Hong Kong and Shanghai, China, enhancing communication among the three areas.
Behind this exhibition lie cultures of hundreds of years in the Greater China region, which then link back to housing aspects in daily lives, creating a modern triphibian story of the architecture lives of China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Prestigious architects from Taiwan, Hong Kong and China were invited and devoted themselves into organizing the exhibition together, which was rare and admirable.
According to the curator Anderson Lee, the exhibition aimed to infuse such narrow topic like architecture into public discussions. They tried to evaluate land policy, ownership, economic stress, personal motives, and the impact of these factors on design. Since China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan are all different from one another in social, political, and economic aspects, opportunities and possibilities of designing single-family houses varied as well.
Taiwanese curator, Dr. Cosmo Liu shared his observation on how Taiwan, Hong Kong and China reacted differently after being exposed to the western modernism. It was like consuming different types of medications which provoked different effects and provided different cures. That caused the styles of architecture to differ in the three regions.
Chairman of the Tunghai Department of Architecture, Professor Hao-Hsiu Chiu, hosted a forum during the opening day, welcoming all architects to personally explain their works while commenting and communicating about one another’s works. Many notable guests participated in the forum, making it a significant event in the architecture community of the Greater China region.
Behind this exhibition lie cultures of hundreds of years in the Greater China region, which then link back to housing aspects in daily lives, creating a modern triphibian story of the architecture lives of China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Prestigious architects from Taiwan, Hong Kong and China were invited and devoted themselves into organizing the exhibition together, which was rare and admirable.
According to the curator Anderson Lee, the exhibition aimed to infuse such narrow topic like architecture into public discussions. They tried to evaluate land policy, ownership, economic stress, personal motives, and the impact of these factors on design. Since China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan are all different from one another in social, political, and economic aspects, opportunities and possibilities of designing single-family houses varied as well.
Taiwanese curator, Dr. Cosmo Liu shared his observation on how Taiwan, Hong Kong and China reacted differently after being exposed to the western modernism. It was like consuming different types of medications which provoked different effects and provided different cures. That caused the styles of architecture to differ in the three regions.
Chairman of the Tunghai Department of Architecture, Professor Hao-Hsiu Chiu, hosted a forum during the opening day, welcoming all architects to personally explain their works while commenting and communicating about one another’s works. Many notable guests participated in the forum, making it a significant event in the architecture community of the Greater China region.