Xiu Zelan

Xiu Zelan (Chinese: 修澤蘭; 1925 – 27 February 2016) was a Taiwanese architect born in Yuanling, Hunan. During World War II she attended the Architecture Department of National Central University in Chongqing (Now Southeast University School of Architecture). In 1947 she entered the Taiwan Rail Bureau.[1] She took charge of the Department of General Logistics and Engineering as an assistant engineer. Her modernist interpretations of traditional motifs gained the attention of Chiang Kai-shek, and in 1965 she took charge of Yangmingshan's Chung-Shan Building project.[2] Designed to house state ceremonies, the Chung-Shan Building brought Xiu acclaim and the project was subsequently considered to be one of her crowning achievements.[3] In 2015, on the 50th anniversary of the Chung-Shan Building's completion, she was presented with a certificate of gratitude from the Taiwanese government.[3] Xiu briefly taught

Xiu Zelan
Born1925
DiedFebruary 27, 2016(2016-02-27) (aged 90–91)

Representative works
  • Banqiao Station (板橋火車站(舊站))
  • Chung-Shan Building (中山樓) (陽明山)
  • Taipei Women's Teacher Junior College (台北女師專)
  • Viator High School Church (衛道中學教堂)
  • Lanyang Girl's Middle School Auditorium (蘭陽女中禮堂)
  • Banqiao Senior High School (板橋高中)
  • Chung-Shan Girl's Middle School Auditorium (中山女中禮堂)
  • Taipei Jingmei Girls School Library and Admin Building (景美女中圖書館及行政大樓)
  • Chih Shan Junior High School (至善國中)
  • Wu Feng Elementary School (霧峰國小)
  • National Chia-Yi Girls' Senior High School (國立嘉義女子高級中學)
  • Hu-wei Senior High School (虎尾高中)
  • National Chung Hsing Senior High School (中興高中)
  • Hualien Normal University Library (花蓮師範學院圖書館)
  • Sun Moon Lake Teacher's Hall (日月潭教師會館)
  • Taichung Teacher's Hall (台中教師會館)
  • Yangming Senior High School (陽明高中)
  • Taipei Mingde Junior High School (明德國中)
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References
  1. "Xiu Zelan". Mar 19, 2017. Retrieved Jul 31, 2019.
  2. "A 'new'monument: Chungshan Great Hall". Retrieved Jul 31, 2019.
  3. Is It Brutalism or Critical Regionalism in Taiwan? On the Dissemination of Architectural Discourse and the Re-imagination of Works of Architect Xiu, Zelan


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