| 英文摘要 |
The 1950s to 1970s were a critical period for the modernization of Taiwan’s post-war architectural practice. Examining the architectural practices of this historical period helps to focus more on the history of Taiwan’s architectural modernization. This research focus on the first ten years since Architect Xiu Zelan operated her own studio with her husband since 1956. Based on the literature, drawings and interviews, this study attempts to interpret the expressions, architectural styles and meanings of Architect Xiu’s architectural practice. Through historical data collection, interpretation, and analysis, re-imagining how the post-war authoritarian rule in Taiwan, using nationalism as an aesthetic rhetoric, constructing the artistic expression as an ideology to legitimize its rule, meanwhile, corresponded to the promise of modernity Progress, enlightenment, rationality and democratic thinking, facing the era of“the modernization of Chinese architecture,”with a view to reflecting the contradictions and challenges of modern art and political reaction, as well as reflection on the poorness of contemporary architectural modernization in Taiwan. The purpose of this article is to reorganize historical materials first, to accumulate and supplement data, with a view to accumulating basic data for the study of contemporary architectural history in Taiwan. Secondly, the continuation of the pre-historical materials is tried to clarify some long-term accumulated misperceptions or distorted comments and views about Architect Xiu. Third, through the study of Xiu Zelan’s professional practice, the orientation and perspective of the post-war discussions on the history of Taiwanese architecture are promoted. |