Roan Ching-Yueh is a Taiwanese architect

Architect

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, writer

Writer

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, curator

Curator

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 and an Associate Professor of Department of Art Creativity and Development, Yuan Ze University

Yuan Ze University

Yuan Ze University is a private university located in Taoyuan, Taiwan.The university is situated on the northern part of the island of Taiwan, half an hour from the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport.- Presidents :* Wang Kuo-ming : 1989–1999...

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Books

He has published more than 20 books in both Taiwan and China

China

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, including architecture

Architecture

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 and literature

Literature

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 writings. One of his novels, Lin Xiu-Zhi and Her Family, was included in the 10 best Chinese books of 2004 by Yazhou Zhoukan

Yazhou Zhoukan

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 in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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Awards

He has won literary awards including Taiwan Literature Awards 2001, Taipei Literature Awards 2003 and Wu Yongfu Literature Awards 2003.

The Taiwan Pavilion

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

Hsieh Ying-chun

Hsieh Ying-chun , Hsieh Ying-chun (謝英俊), Hsieh Ying-chun (謝英俊), (born 1954 in Taichung County (now part of Taichung City, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese architect and contractor.In his socially engaged work Hsieh has been helping people rebuild their homes ever since the devastating earthquake in Taiwan...

 and Marco Casagrande

Marco Casagrande

Marco Casagrande, , is a Finnish architect, environmental artist, architectural theorist, writer and professor of architecture. He graduated from Helsinki University of Technology department of architecture .- Early life :...

. The WEAK! operates an independent architectural research centre Ruin Academy

Ruin Academy

Ruin Academy is an independent cross-over architectural research center in the Urban Core area of Taipei City, Taiwan. It is 'set to re-think the industrial city and the modern man in the box' through research and a series of workshops....

as their headquarters in Taipei.

External links

• Architecture of the WEAK! Robin Peckham, Kunsthalle Kowloon, 2009
• Cicada Nikita Wu, SZHK Biennale, 2009
• WEAK! Architecture News Plus, 2010