Part two, here we go! Last time we saw some earlier residential projects of Huang plus some small scale public buildings, this time we are going to check out some of his large scale public buildings in Yilan.

Luodong Cultural Working House / 1999-2012

This government project went on for 14 years. Now let that sink in. 

Last weekend I had the honor to travel to Yilan with friends from J.R Architects, the firm I interned at for couple months last year. The trip focused heavily on projects of 'Fieldoffice Architects', which is a local firm in Yilan that embraces regionalism. Architect Huang Sheng-Yuan, the founder of the firm, is really shaping the city with infrastructures, and at the same time solving social and political issues.  He is also the first non-Japanese recipient of the Yoshizaka Takamasa Award, which is a prestigious architectural award in Japan. He also represents Taiwan this year for the Venice Architecture Biennale. I am going to order the list down according to the years of completion so you guys can see the progression in his work. 


Zhuangwei Zhang Residence / 1993

We stayed at one of the earliest projects of Huang Sheng-Yuan when he just got back from the U.S. Huang has designed three residential units in total and this one had been converted into a B&B. The house is a traditional Siheyuan (four-side courtyard house) with a twist. Several additional brick walls were added in to "interrupt" the floor plan and create a new sense of place with its material.