A study of hotel building in Taiwan during Japanese colonial period

• Main Authors: Chiung-cheng Chen, 陳炯成
• Other Authors: Huey-Jiun,Wang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/h7n577

碩士 === 國立臺灣科技大學 === 建築系 === 95 === Study of this thesis focuses on the hotel buildings in Taiwan during Japanese colonial period as the discussion topic. The range of the time period is 1895 to 1945. The main topic would be on the historical hotel buildings, either private-owned or public-operated that are still preserved to the present day in Taiwan. The discussion also includes the correlation developments that were evolved to help discover the reason why the hotel business was formed. The first step was to collect different kind of literature and historical data. Due to the close relations between hotel business and the development of tourism. From the other developments of tourism related such as, scenery scenic spot, hot spring, and railroad to realize the evolution of these developments during the Japanese colonial period. Then, evolutions transformed to be the essences of traveling which popularized and formed the tourism. Thereupon, the hotel business became prosperous following the development of tourism. Furthermore, different types of hotel buildings were developed varying by its locations. In order to supply the demands of people from different nations, hotel business did not only change the buildings' external appearance but also the internal space. However, this transformation on the combination of both Japanese-style and Western-style had brought the hotel buildings to a balance. Therefore, the hotel buildings were not just different by their types but also their styles. Whether the hotel buildings had the similar styles or not, it is used to discuss the transformation of hotel buildings under the trend of the era. In addition, the planes of hotel building were the way to compare the space contents and planning of hotel buildings in order to analyze all similarities. The discussion concludes with the different factors that facilitated the emerging trend of the hotel business. The relations between hotel business and all these related developments were indispensable. Moreover, in spite of discussing the hotel buildings' different styles, to advance the significant meanings of a hotel and the basic principles of managing a hotel as the key point to conduct the hotel.