Roan Ching-yueh
Roan Ching-Yueh (born in 1957 in Pingtung, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese architect, writer, curator and a Professor of Department of Art and Design, Yuan Ze University.
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- Name
- Roan Ching-yueh
- Born
- 1957
- Birthplace
- Pingtung, Taiwan
- Awards
- Taiwan Literature Awards 2001 Taipei Literature Awards 2003 Wu Yongfu Literature Awards 2003
- Nationality
- Taiwan
- Occupation
- architect · writer
- Education
- University of Pennsylvania · Tamkang University
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Roan Ching-Yueh (born in 1957 in Pingtung, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese architect, writer, curator and a Professor of Department of Art and Design, Yuan Ze University.
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Roan Ching-yueh (born 1957) is a Taiwanese architect and writer. The architect was born in Pingtung County. Roan Ching-yueh studied at Tamkang University and University of Pennsylvania.
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• Name — Roan Ching-yueh • Born — 1957 • Birthplace — Pingtung, Taiwan • Awards — Taiwan Literature Awards 2001 Taipei Literature Awards 2003 Wu Yongfu Literature Awards 2003 • Illustration — Bug Dome by WEAK! in Shenzhen, 2009.
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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. Roan is WEAK! together with Hsieh Ying-chun and Marco Casagrande. The WEAK! operates an independent architectural research centre Ruin Academy as their headquarters in Taipei.
Roan Ching-yueh at the Bug Dome by the WEAK!. 2009 Shenzhen Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture.
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WEAK! in Bug Dome. From left: Roan Ching-yueh, Hsieh Ying-chun, Marco Casagrande.
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1957
Roan Ching-yueh was born on 26 June 1957.
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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.
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He has won literary awards including Taiwan Literature Awards 2001, Taipei Literature Awards 2003 and Wu Yongfu Literature Awards 2003.
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- 1.http://www.manasianliteraryprize.org/2009/roan.html – Man Asian Literary Prize 2009
- 2.https://web.archive.org/web/20121005040245/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indians-dominate-2009-man-asian-literary-prize-longlist/98246-40-p2.html – Indians dominate 2009 Man Asian Literary Prize longlist, IBN 2009
- 3.http://web2.yzu.edu.tw/yzu/dc/teacher-roan.html – Ching-Yueh Roan, Yuan Ze University 2009
- 4.http://www.dezeen.com/2009/12/14/bug-dome-by-weak/ – Dezeen: Bug Dome by WEAK! 2009
- 5.Illegal Architecture in Taipei – Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, Architizer 2011
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