Architechture 060:Zhengqi Hall, Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages
The Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages Zhengqi Hall is the university’s first campus building; its construction began on Apr. 18, 1965. The building is a northern palace-style design with a colorful glazed hip roof, a cross in the center of the roof ridge, and a rectangular structure. Corridors in the middle and on both sides are covered by a hip roof, whereas the classrooms and offices in the three-story building share a flat roof. Zhengqi Hall is currently used by the Department of English and has been repeatedly nominated for, and won, awards for Taiwan’s most beautiful campus.
三民/文藻大學正氣樓
文藻大學的正氣樓為該大學的第一棟校舍建築,起建於1965年4月18日,建築造型為琉璃屋瓦廡殿頂的北方宮殿式建築,並於屋脊的正中間立有十字架,整體建築平面呈長方形,除了中間與左右兩側的垂直動線設有廡殿式屋頂外,主要空間為三層樓平屋頂的教室與辦公空間。
文藻大學為一所天主教科技大學,由聖吳甦樂女修會於1966年創辦,校名為紀念羅文藻主教而命名,在初期校園規劃的設計上,可能受到當時的中華文化復興運動與天主教自梵二會議後對於建築與儀式的在地化影響,而呈現了中國北方宮殿式建築風格的結果,目前正氣樓為該校人數最多的英文系所使用,更時常是台灣校園美景的榜上名單。
文/黃則維、柳青薰
圖/高雄市政府文化局