Taipei。台北

the less than fluid project

This is an international architecture project from Portland State University. The project incorporates two different perspectives of Taipei City.

From the perspective of The Student, who was born and raised in Taipei; and after being away from Taipei for nearly seven years, she has finally come back to the city. She is re-introduced to the city, through researching, looking, listening, walking, and experiencing.

There is also the Professor's point of view. The Professor has never been to Taipei, he is being introduced to Taipei for the first time. Through images, sounds, and poetry; The Professor will make out his own unique imagination and vision of Taipei.

FOR MORE DETAILS ON THE PROJECT, GO TO THE LABEL 'SYLLABUS' ON THE RIGHT---------------------->

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Research 1/ Breif History On Taiwan

TAIWAN

History of Taiwan
Click to See The Timeline:


In the Pre historic times
Taiwan was mainly occupied by Taiwanese aborigines; the Taiwanese aborigines are related to Malay and Polynesians.

European Settlements
1544, the Portuguese discovered the main island of Taiwan and name the island "Ilha Formosa", which means "Beautiful Island."

In 1624, the Dutch colonized Taiwan, and established a commercial base on Taiwan to import workers from China. The Dutch government made the city of Tainan as the capital of Taiwan.

Koxinga and Imperial Chinese rule
Koxinga, a general from China defeated the Dutch in 1662, and established a government in Taiwan. Follow by the fall of Ming Dynasty in China; the Ching Dynasty eventually took over Taiwan in 1683. Many Chinese people from Fujian province immigrate to Taiwan.

Japanese Rule
In 1895, the Ching government lost the First Sino-Japanese War, and ceded Taiwan to Japan.
The Japanese government will colonize for 51 years. During the colonization, the Japanese government built many public structures in Taiwan, and many of them are still in use today.

The Nationalist Martial Law Rule
In 1949, after wining the Second World War, the Nationalist Party lost the civil war against the Communist Party. President Chiang Kai-shek retreated to Taiwan, bringing a large population of Chinese Immigrant with him.
Chiang Kai-shek made Taipei the capital of Taiwan and enabled the martial law: “Temporary Provisions Effective During the Period of Communist Rebellion” Taiwan will continue to be ruled by one party until 1984.

The Modern Democratic Era
After Chiang Kai-shek’s death, his son Chiang Ching-kuo began to liberalize Taiwan’s political system. In 1986, the second most popular party Democratic Progressive Party was formed legally, and in 1990 Taiwan has its first president elected by Taiwanese citizen.
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