Representing Japanese Taipei : studies in urban development and architectural style (1895-1930)
While the urban development and the architecture of Taipei during the Japanese colonisation (1895-1945) has been extensively investigated, the architectural style of the shop-house has not been deeply explored. The style of these buildings has often been characterised simplistically as either 'Baroque' or 'Neo Mannerist' without any real attempt to understand the sets of associations. The Taiwanese shop-houses that were produced in this period were really much more complex in style, embracing Western, Japanese and Taiwanese features. It was more translation than imitation. In the light of all this, this dissertation studies both Japanese and Taiwanese shopÂŹhouses in Taipei. The research focuses on how and why shop-house design in Taipei changed in this period, what styles were adopted by their designers, and what meanings and associations these styles have for their audiences. The findings suggest that the Japanese shop-house was more significantly influenced by English nineteenth-century historicist architecture than the others. The Taiwanese shop-houses which built by local craftsmen, such as the Chen-GUO family, were influenced not only by the colonial Japanese architecture in Taipei (namely the Western-style
Fan, Ya-Timg
Representing Japanese Taipei : studies in urban development and architectural style (1895-1930). While the urban development and the architecture of Taipei during the Japanese colonisation (1895-1945) has been extensively investigated, the architectural style of the shop-house has not been deeply explored. The style of these buildings has often been characterised simplistically as either 'Baroque' or 'Neo Mannerist' without any real attempt to understand the sets of associations. The Taiwanese shop-houses that were produced in this period were really much more complex in style, embracing Western, Japanese and Taiwanese features. It was more translation than imitation. In the light of all this, this dissertation studies both Japanese and Taiwanese shopÂŹhouses in Taipei. The research focuses on how and why shop-house design in Taipei changed in this period, what styles were adopted by their designers, and what meanings and associations these styles have for their audiences. The findings suggest that the Japanese shop-house was more significantly influenced by English nineteenth-century historicist architecture than the others. The Taiwanese shop-houses which built by local craftsmen, such as the Chen-GUO family, were influenced not only by the colonial Japanese architecture in Taipei (namely the Western-style
representing japanese study urban_development architectural_style urban_development architecture japanese colonisation extensively investigate architectural_style shop house deeply explore style building often characterise either baroque neo without real attempt set association taiwanese shop houses produce period really much complex style embrace western japanese taiwanese feature translation imitation light study japanese taiwanese focus shop house design change period style adopt designer meaning association style audience finding_suggest japanese shop house significantly_influence english nineteenth_century historicist architecture others taiwanese shop houses build local craftsman family influence colonial japanese architecture namely western style