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.