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Roan Ching-yueh

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Roan Ching-yueh
阮慶岳
Born1957 (age 66–67)
OccupationArchitect
AwardsTaiwan Literature Awards 2001
Taipei Literature Awards 2003
Wu Yongfu Literature Awards 2003
Bug Dome by WEAK! in Shenzhen, 2009.

Roan Ching-Yueh (Chinese: 阮慶岳; born in 1957 in Pingtung, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese architect, writer, curator and a Professor of Department of Art and Design, Yuan Ze University.[1]

Books

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He has published more than 30 books in both Taiwan and China, including architecture and literature writings. One of his novels, Lin Xiu-Zhi and Her Family, was included in the 10 best Chinese books of 2004 by Yazhou Zhoukan in Hong Kong.

Awards

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He has won literary awards including Taiwan Literature Awards 2001, Taipei Literature Awards 2003 and Wu Yongfu Literature Awards 2003.[2]

The Taiwan Pavilion

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Roan was the curator of Taiwan Pavilion in Venice Biennale 2006 of Paradise Revisited: Micro Cities and Non-Meta Architecture in Taiwan.[3] Roan is WEAK! together with Hsieh Ying-chun and Marco Casagrande.[4] The WEAK! operates an independent architectural research centre Ruin Academy as their headquarters in Taipei.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ [1] – Man Asian Literary Prize 2009
  2. ^ [2] – Indians dominate 2009 Man Asian Literary Prize longlist, IBN 2009
  3. ^ [3] – Ching-Yueh Roan, Yuan Ze University 2009
  4. ^ [4] – Dezeen: Bug Dome by WEAK! 2009
  5. ^ Illegal Architecture in Taipei Archived 26 May 2012 at archive.today – Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, Architizer 2011