AIA International Taipei - Cultural Front: Kinmen Public Library & Arts Museum
Event Description
JJP’s competition winning scheme for the Kinmen Public Library & Arts Museum tells the story of the site and Kinmen as a whole, while demonstrating exuberant enthusiasm and creativity in the design. The jury was particularly impressed by the proposal’s response to the unique terrain of the site, and its emphasis on sustainable ecological design.
This talk will cover how the design for this new cultural landmark is inspired by the unique layers of Kinmen, the different ways in which the design tells the story of the place, and what the future of Kinmen could be.
CES: Estimated 1 LU/ HSW for AIA Members
Speaker
David Lee, AIA, Director of International Affairs, JJP Architects and Planners
Moderator: Jenny Ling, Taipei Regional Representative, AIA International; co-founder, Origo Workshop
With extensive experience in both the United States and abroad, David Lee, AIA specializes in complex commercial and civic projects. Through a combination of creative design and practical solutions, together with a commitment to collaboration and sustainability, David has a track record of award-winning projects, including the Giant Group Global Headquarters, Kaohsiung International Airport New Terminal, Kinmen Public Library and Arts Museum, and Delta Americas Headquarters, which recently obtained LEED Zero Energy certification. Other major clients include Cathay Life Insurance, Fubon Land, and Qualcomm. He received his Bachelor of Architecture from the University of California Berkeley and completed his Master of Architecture at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. David has been at JJP since 2011 and currently serves as its Director of International Affairs.
Moderator: Tzen-Ying (Jenny) Ling is a licensed architect and co-founder of Origo Workshop., a modular system service start-up company based in Singapore. She combines her position as the leader of the CReS Lab and Associate Professor in Resilience Thinking at Tamkang University. Tzen-Ying had practiced in New York after graduating from Columbia University; upon moving to Taiwan in the late 1990’s, Tzen-Ying took a post with the central government and held position as the client rep in various large-scale development projects. She founded her inter-disciplinary practice concentrating in combining small to large scale projects, coordinating within the various discipline.
She has been invited as a jury critic, lecturer and tutor in numerous institutions.
Tzen-Ying is currently based in Taipei where her practice and research received several design awards and accolades. Her work is focused on the resilience integration in the design process while showcasing how modularity is integrated early in the design phase. She is best known for 921 memorial park and the “Green Elf” vertical green system design. Tzen-Ying is currently serving as a member of the board of GSAPP Columbia and the Taipei Regional Representative for AIA International, working toward the formation of the section branch in 2023.
