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Tunghai University-News--Tunghai’s Luce Chapel officially listed as a city monument
Having been founded in 1955, Tunghai University has unique buildings and architecture. To preserve these precious assets, Tunghai University drafted and established the Campus Cultural Asset Preservation and Renovation Planning Committee Organization Charter, as well as the committee itself. Tunghai’s board members decided to propose the listing of the Luce Chapel and Bell Tower as city monuments and the old art center and Wesley House as buildings of historical importance. This was the first time a university took the initiatives to propose campus buildings as cultural assets.
According to the Cultural Heritage Department of the Taichung City Government, the Luce Chapel was built in 1963 as a collaborative design of three renowned architects, Ieoh Ming Pei, Chi-Kwan Chen, and Chao-Kang Chang. The architecture demonstrates innovation in its structure, materials, spatial design, and visual design, making it a contemporary classic reinforced concrete shell structure. On the other hand, the Priest Bell Tower was donated and built in 1966. Named after Tunghai’s first chief accountant, Elsie Priest, the tower commemorates her contribution to the school. The tower is covered by the same yellow tiles used for the chapel, shaping a clean image of design. The city’s designation of the Luce Chapel and Priest Bell Tower as monuments serves as a testimony for the historic development of foreign missionaries’ work of establishing universities in Taiwan after the Second World War.
The “Tunghai University Old Art Center” was built in 1962 and is one of architect Chi-Kwan Chen’s most significant designs. The building is an integration of a reversed V-shaped reinforced concrete shell structure and has a traditional courtyard compound. As modern as it seems, it also conveys a hidden traditional sense. The elevated performance hall is built to accommodate the rising of the land while opening up fully towards the central courtyard, allowing great flexibility for both space usage and cultural performances. It serves as one of the most symbolic buildings in Tunghai’s early founding years.
Also designed by architect Chi-Kwan Chen and built in 1963, the “Wesley House” is built with an indoor elevation. The structure helps natural air convection, while brilliant creativity is implemented in its materials, space, foundation, and detailed designs. Now, the Wesley House serves as the dormitory for single faculty members.
The Cultural Heritage Department pointed out that Tunghai University has set an example for other universities by proposing the listing of campus buildings as cultural assets. Besides demonstrating the history of post-war Christian education, it also contributes greatly to protecting historic assets.
Tunghai’s Luce Chapel officially listed as a city monument
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- Date : 2017-11-01
Having been founded in 1955, Tunghai University has unique buildings and architecture. To preserve these precious assets, Tunghai University drafted and established the Campus Cultural Asset Preservation and Renovation Planning Committee Organization Charter, as well as the committee itself. Tunghai’s board members decided to propose the listing of the Luce Chapel and Bell Tower as city monuments and the old art center and Wesley House as buildings of historical importance. This was the first time a university took the initiatives to propose campus buildings as cultural assets.
According to the Cultural Heritage Department of the Taichung City Government, the Luce Chapel was built in 1963 as a collaborative design of three renowned architects, Ieoh Ming Pei, Chi-Kwan Chen, and Chao-Kang Chang. The architecture demonstrates innovation in its structure, materials, spatial design, and visual design, making it a contemporary classic reinforced concrete shell structure. On the other hand, the Priest Bell Tower was donated and built in 1966. Named after Tunghai’s first chief accountant, Elsie Priest, the tower commemorates her contribution to the school. The tower is covered by the same yellow tiles used for the chapel, shaping a clean image of design. The city’s designation of the Luce Chapel and Priest Bell Tower as monuments serves as a testimony for the historic development of foreign missionaries’ work of establishing universities in Taiwan after the Second World War.
The “Tunghai University Old Art Center” was built in 1962 and is one of architect Chi-Kwan Chen’s most significant designs. The building is an integration of a reversed V-shaped reinforced concrete shell structure and has a traditional courtyard compound. As modern as it seems, it also conveys a hidden traditional sense. The elevated performance hall is built to accommodate the rising of the land while opening up fully towards the central courtyard, allowing great flexibility for both space usage and cultural performances. It serves as one of the most symbolic buildings in Tunghai’s early founding years.
Also designed by architect Chi-Kwan Chen and built in 1963, the “Wesley House” is built with an indoor elevation. The structure helps natural air convection, while brilliant creativity is implemented in its materials, space, foundation, and detailed designs. Now, the Wesley House serves as the dormitory for single faculty members.
The Cultural Heritage Department pointed out that Tunghai University has set an example for other universities by proposing the listing of campus buildings as cultural assets. Besides demonstrating the history of post-war Christian education, it also contributes greatly to protecting historic assets.
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