Our project explores the external and internal influences on Taiwanese architecture.

What fascinated us about Taiwan’s architecture was how influenced it was from outside forces. One can argue that Taiwan doesn’t have its own style of architecture. Rather, the architecture styles seen in Taiwan are brought over by people who migrated, like Westerners and people from the Fujian province. It is also influenced by the colonizing forces, like the Japanese, and of course, owes a lot of influence to China. The architecture in this country owes itself to a fusion of an array of cultural styles and designs.

That’s what makes it uniquely Taiwan.

Welcome to AAS221 Group 5’s Project.

In our project, we explored the influences that shaped Taiwan’s architecture.

Click on the pages above to explore, and try to answer these questions afterwards.

Focus Questions

1. What are aspects of traditional Chinese style are found in Taiwanese architecture?
2. How did the Asian religions influence Taiwan’s architecture?
3. How did the Japanese colonization impact Taiwan’s architecture?
4. What are the internal and external influences on Taiwanese architecture?

Enjoy!

-Brianna Young, Fatima Najimi, Jia May Zheng, Nicolas Deassis, and Anthony Porras

Special thanks to Librarian Min-Huei Lu for all of her help! We couldn’t have done it without you.