The Experiences of Climatic and Environmental Modification on Colonial Architecture during Japanese Period

• Main Authors: Szu-Ling Lin, 林思玲
• Other Authors: Chao-Ching Fu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2006
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/71234501393641025261

博士 === 國立成功大學 === 建築學系碩博士班 === 95 === This research focuses on the colonial architecture and the activities which were related with the climatic and environmental modification during Japanese colonial period in Taiwan. The proposed analytical premise is that the purposes of architectural modification due to different climate and environment were to pursue the comfortable, hygienic immigration and economical maintaining cost for the buildings, which both were the colonial advantages for Japanese. The methods of this research are to generalize and analyze the colonial documents, and then to evidence by investigation of the colonial buildings. The results of this research reveal not only the contents and meanings of activities for architectural modification, but also the relationship between the architecture and climatic environment by the knowing about application of material, construction and form for architectural modification on colonial architecture. This research indicates three processes for the experiences of climatic and environmental modification on colonial architecture during Japanese period. The first step was that Japanese learned and imitated from the experiences of the Western tropical colonies during the initial dominion. The second step was that the Japanese developed the technologies and conducted independent research during the stable dominion. The last step was that Japanese devoted to the research of tropical architecture for immigration under the policy of tropical expansion. These processes also represented the attempt at modernization in modern Japan. In addition, the characteristics of the colonial architecture due to the climatic and environmental modification were influenced by the development of architectural hygiene. The methods of architectural adaptations changed with the development of the colonial architectural styles and construction technologies. In other aspect, the historical transition of the colonial architecture appearance partly represented the need and thought of the colonial architects on architecture adaptation, which were gradually satisfied by the quick development of architectural materials and technologies. Meanwhile, the investigations of modification became a kind of the academic activities in the colony and the metropolis. The academic achievement became the additional values on solving the architecture adaptation. The occurrence of the anti climatic and environmental modification on the Japanese colonial architecture was related to the popular architectural style, consideration on construction expenses and gradual adaptation to the climate in Taiwan for the Japanese.