Chi Ti-Nan
Born in Taiwan, 1957. Studied architecture in Tunghai University, Taiwan, and Yale University, U.S.A. (among
others, the living classic Frank Gehry was his teacher).
Established his own office Chi’s Workshop, 1993 and Chi Ti-Nan Architects in Beijing, 2004. Chi Ti-Nan is
considered one of the most innovative architects in Asia.
His projects include cultural establishments, public squares, houses and business buildings, urban planning and
interior design. Chi has advised cities of Nanjing and
Shenzhen, China; Kolhapur, India; Brussels, Belgium; Pittsburgh, U.S.A. and Liverpool, U.K. Since 1999 leads the
workshops called Urban Flashes, which search new perspectives to the development of different cities. Chi has
taught in Tunghai University; Buffalo University, N.Y.; Sinhgad College, India and currently in the Bergen School
of Architecture, Norway.
Micro-urbanism
Elena
07 Apr 2011
Chi Ti-Nan develops a project to preserve Hong Kong
coastline Tai Long Sai Wan
TLSW Comprehensive Recovery and Preservation Project is a public project
commissioned by a local charity in response to a Facebook group which gathered
more than 80,000 members promoting the protection of a Tai Long Sai Wan. The
beautiful eastern coast line, described as ‘the last pristine area in Hong Kong' was
under threat last year as new developments started on the beach which drew
unprecedented public attention. The construction was later drawn to a halt by the city
planning authorities and a new programme led by Chi Ti-Nan, the founder of Urban
Flashes, was set up In order to preserve both natural landscape and real life in the
four seaside villages.
This project is an exemplary case of Chi Ti-Nan's micro-urbanism practice. 15 micro-
zones were identified as points for recovery in which micro-projects have been
carefully proposed to involve the public on different levels, aiming to resolve conflicts
among property owners, villagers, and the general public.
The project includes reforestation, the restoration of agricultural land and the reuse
of buildings, such as an abandoned church, a school and historical houses. The
team plans to provide facilities for the communities such as marketplace, renewable
energy stations, a community centre and a bridge to help connect the four villages in
the area. On the northern part of the site, there are two empty artificial lakes. One is
going to be revived to help the farming land. The other will be developed into an eco-
friendly living complex for visitors with a large fish [Link] overall site area is
16947 m² which includes an area of reforestation of 5966 m², 3058 m² of restored
farming land and a total built area of lodging quarters of 649 m².
The implementation and management of this project will be in collaboration with
newly established Hong Kong Countryside Foundation under public and private
funding. Is expected to run from February 2011 to January 2014.
Taiwanese architect and academic Ti-Nan Chi is looking with micro urbanism at the vulnerable
and insignificant side of contemporary cities around the world identified as micro-zones, points
for recovery in which micro-projects have been carefully proposed to involve the public on
different levels, aiming to resolve conflicts among property owners, villagers, and the general
public.[
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Chi, Ti-Nan was born in Taipei. His parents were immigrants from Manchu after WWII. He
received architectural training from Tunghai University in Taiwan.
In 1988, He completed his graduate study at Yale University in the United States, under architect
Frank Gehry and philosopher Karsten Harries .
Currently he is the principal of Chi Ti-Nan Architects in Beijing.
Considered as one of the innovative architects in Asia, his drawing of the Style for the Year 2001
won the 2nd price in the Shinkenchiku international competition in 1985 and Z house project won
him Asakura Award of SD Review in 1995 in Japan.
Since 1999, as the founder of Human Environment Group NGO, he has been the curator of a
series of Urban Flashes workshops, conferences and exhibitions held over Euro-Asia continent,
as part of his research on Micro-Urbanism.
He taught at State University of New York at Buffalo and Tunghai University .
Since 2004, he joined the faculty of Bergen School of Architecture in Norway . Since 2006, he
has been invited as visiting professor to schools in Maharashtra area in India.