Photo by Terry Lin
We are excited to announce and welcome our next artist in residence Taipei-based award-winning architect, curator, critic and writer Ching-Yueh Roan 阮慶岳. This residency is in collaboration with Satellites, with Roan arriving in Tāmaki Makaurau next week and Pōneke on the 4th of November.
Sign up now for the following events that will be happening during Roan’s residency in Pōneke.
City Awakening and Illegal Architecture Kōrero
A talk with Roan Ching-Yueh followed by a conversation with curator, activist and scholar Sophie Jerram
Free and open to all. Space capacity is limited to 50 people.
Please register here
Sat 9 Nov
10am-11am
Te Whare Hēra, Clyde Quay Wharf
City Acupuncture Workshop
Free and open to all. Space capacity is limited to 15 people.
Please register here
Sun 24 Nov
10.00am-12.30pm
Te Whare Hēra, Clyde Quay Wharf
Ching-Yueh Roan 阮慶岳 is an architect, curator, critic and writer based in Taipei. He received his MA from the University of Pennsylvania and is a licensed architect in both the United States and Taiwan. Between 1992-2002, he operated his own architecture office in Taipei, before moving into teaching, working as a Professor at Yuan-Ze University. He is an active architecture curator — including curating the Taiwan Pavilion for the Venice Biennale 2006 — and is WEAK! together with Hsieh Ying-Chun and Marco Casagrande, operating an independent architectural research centre, Ruin Academy. He has been the recipient of a number of awards for his works, including receiving the Architectural Critic Award 2012 from the 3rd China Architectural Media Awards and Outstanding Taiwanese Architect of the Year 2015.
He is the author of more than 30 books that span novels, essay collections, and monographs on architecture. His novel Victory Song won the 2004 Taipei Literary Award, and The Boat over a Thousand Silver Waves was recently named in the 10 Best Books of 2023 in Taiwan.
This Residency is supported by Satellites
Fresh coffee courtesy of the Good Fortune Coffee Company.