Research on Postwar Taiwanese Architecture as Post-Colonial: Architectural Production Systems and the Activities of Taiwanese Architects

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K15195
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 23040:Architectural history and design-related
• Research Institution: Tohoku University (2020-2022); Meiji University (2019)
• Principal Investigator: Ichikawa Koji 東北大学, 工学研究科, 助教 (60757855)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 戦後建築史 / 植民地建築 / 冷戦 / ポストコロニアル

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Original research plan had to be drastically changed due to the difficulty of conducting overseas travel surveys caused by the covid-19 pandemic, but this study was able to achieve the following three research results. (1) A basic understanding the influence of the Japanese colonial period on postwar Taiwanese architects. (2) Clarification of the background and process of China-related architecture at the Japan World Exposition (Osaka Expo). (3) To understand the practical activities and exchange activities of Japanese architects and architectural firms in Asia during the Cold War era. In particular, China-related exchange activities of Nishiyama Uzo and the overall picture of construction activities as postwar compensation projects and ODA projects were clarified.

Free Research Field

建築史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

1945年以前の旧日本植民地の建築は、これまで日本近代建築史研究の枠組みにおいて重要な対象のひとつとされてきたが、本研究はそうした植民地建築の戦後（1945年以後）を扱った点で新規的であり、意義をもつものと考える。徐々に本格化しつつある戦後建築史研究を日本列島の外側まで視野にふくめた研究としても有意義であるはずである。また、戦後日本の言論空間においてアジアは捨象されてきたとしばしば言われるが、政治や経済においては緊密に関係を取り結んでいた。本研究はそうした戦後日本とアジアの関係を「植民建築の植民地以後」という視点からアプローチしている点に、建築学領域にとどまらない意義があるはずと考える。