Configuring Taiwan’s Architectural Extensions

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Configuring Taiwan’s Architectural Extensions

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Victoria University of Wellington

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Amongst Taipei’s contemporary urban skyline of skyscrapers sits a secondary layer of prolific informal structures latching onto the existing modernist infrastructures of Taiwan, most prominently multistorey residential buildings. These structures resolve the spatial issue of the urban environment on the surface level and communicate a certain expression of Taiwan’s way of life, but just as importantly, they serve as a critique of modernist standards and homogeneous space.  This phenomenon is ...

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Scholarly text / Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2020

Creator

Yang, Robinson

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https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Configuring_Taiwan_s_Architectural_Extensions/17148620

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Architectural design / Speculative Architecture / Experimental Architecture / Speculative / Experimental / Informal Architecture / Taiwan / Taipei / Architectural Identity / National Identity / Informal / School: Wellington School of Architecture / Architectural Design / Degree Discipline: Architecture / Degree Level: Masters / Degree Name: Master of Architecture (Professional)

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