Modernization of Architecture and Development of Taipei City after World War II in Taiwan：A Case Study on Zhunghua Shopping Yard

• Main Authors: Yu-Chueh Chen, 陳宇玨
• Other Authors: Pao-Ning Yin
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/933s5w

碩士 === 中原大學 === 建築研究所 === 104 === Zhunghua Shopping Yard was localed at Zhonghua Road in Taipei, which was built in April 1961 and demolished in October 1992. It was an important building in the process of the architectural modernization in Taiwan. Meanwhile, the Yard itself bears citizens’ collective memory quite a lot. This thesis explored the multiple meanings of the Yard from the point of view of modern architecture, urban development and modernization of architecture. The historical context and the building process of Yard was investigated from the making of the Zhonghua Road from the walls of the Qing Dynasty, the three lane road of the Japanese colonial period, to the KMT Government moved to Taiwan, squatting-building after the World-War-II and built the Yard in 1961. That built which like simple-square was Reinforced-concrete(RC) construction what was one of the main feature of modern architecture. It was demolished in 1992. This history reflects the processes of space remodeling that political, economic, technological, spatial-thought and decision-making under different generations. The architectural practice of the Yard case architect Zhao Feng. In the fifth chapter, we refer the Documentation and Conservation of the Modern Movement (Docomomo) to demonstrate that Yard was compliance with standard of modern architecture conservation. In sum, the case of Yard can dialogue with the academic community of the modern architecture after WWII in Taiwan. The first generation of architects who was from Mainland China after WWII was built for solving social problems that the people''s life needs. It seemed as a surface imitation from Western functionalism. However, if we should focus on the exploration and creation of modern buildings with the localization in Taiwan, we might have different answers. After 1980s, 20 years after its completion, the Yard was called "Taipei Appendix" and "Urban tumors". We need to return to the context when it just built, then it should not rather be considered to be shame without modern, then to see the efforts of participants. Besides, we can hold ours history and reflexivity. Such as the case of Yard, the value of the modern building hasn''t been seen. That is not only crisis of all modern buildings, but also the core problematic of this thesis.