1st Edition

Heteroglossic Asia The Transformation of Urban Taiwan

By Francis Chia Hui Lin Copyright 2015
186 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

186 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

186 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Heteroglossic Asia presents an analysis of geographic, historical, cultural, economic, spatial and political factors underlying Taiwan’s maritime urbanity by means of case studies based on Taipei and Kaohsiung; two cities which represent the multi-accentual character of Taiwan’s urban environment and its recent changes and development through architecture. Focussing on the concept of a... Read more

1. A Quasi-Colonial Context, 2. Hong Kong, 3. Singapore, 4. Taiwan, 5. When the Otherness becomes Selfness, 6. Theorising Urban Architecture for the Asia Pacific, 7. A Paradigm of the Contemporary Urban Asia Pacific, Conclusion

Biography

Francis Chia-Hui Lin, PhD is a Lecturer in the School of Architecture, Building & Design at Taylor’s University, Malaysia. His areas of expertise lie in the critical discourse on the practice and profession of architecture and urbanism within a wider context of history and theory. Francis’s research and teaching interests include the Asia Pacific region, architectural and urban history, theory, art theory, architectural and urban design, (post)colonialism, the humanities and cultural history.