Han Pao-teh
Taiwanese architect (1934-2014)
Han Pao-teh (Chinese: 漢寶德; pinyin: Hàn Bǎodé; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hàn Pó-tek; 19 August 1934 – 20 November 2014) was a Taiwanese architect, educator, scholar, writer, museum curator and calligrapher.
Early life and education
Han was born on August 19, 1934, in Shandong, China. His family fled the Second Sino-Japanese War and, following the outbreak of the Chinese Civil War, ultimately moved to Taiwan during the Great Retreat in 1949. After migrating through Qingdao and Zhoushan, they settled in Zuoying, Kaohsiung, then moved to Penghu.
Han studied architecture at National Cheng Kung University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in 1958. As a senior undergraduate, he founded an architectural design magazine, Shutters (百葉窗), dedicated to traditional Taiwanese architecture and, after graduation, worked as a teaching assistant at Cheng Kung. He then won a full scholarship to complete graduate studies in the United States at Harvard University, where he earned a Master of Architecture (M.Arch.) from the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1965. In 1967, he also earned a Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) in history and architecture from Princeton University.
Career
Han was invited to return to Taiwan in 1967, and was appointed the Chair of the Department of Architecture at Tunghai University in Taichung, where he introduced a new system of education during his 10-year tenure. He was the Dean of the College of Science and Engineering at National Chung Hsing University from 1977 to 1981.
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