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Pinakothek der Moderne opens Taiwan Acts! Architecture in Social Dialogue
D.Z. Architects & Associates, Butterfly Bamboo Pavillons. Nantou County, Taiwan, 2019 © Chih-Chieh YU and Boo-Him LO.
MUNICH
.- The exhibition Taiwan Acts! is about a particular aspect of the current building culture in Taiwan, which promotes socially engaged architectural projects of humble origins. These new approaches that have developed independently of large-scale projects by international architects are to date little known abroad.
Since the devastating Jiji earthquake in September 1999, a number of architectural initiatives that focus on the social role of building to strengthen the equality and sustainability of living conditions have emerged in Taiwan, and continue to do so. These include measures to improve urban structures, but also cultural buildings and housing in many places on the island. Projects by architects such as Ying-Chun Hsieh and Atelier-3, Fieldoffice Architects and Sheng-Yu