The restoration of a Paiwan home in Pingtung County was honored at the DrivenxDesign Awards Program, the Pingtung County Government said on Tuesday.
The “Breathable Paiwan Slate House” on Thursday last week won silver in the Architecture-Mixed Use-International category at the awards, which are held annually by Paris-based DrivenxDesign, a “global independent design promotion organization.”
The county-funded project was directed by community designers Lin Hui-chen (林惠珍) and Lin Chuan-hsin (林傳馨), who are descendants of the heads of the Pakedavai family, the county government said in a news release.
Information that the county submitted to DrivenxDesign said that the 80-year-old slab stone home in
WINNER IN FRANCE: DrivenxDesign announced that the 80-year-old stone house in Pingtung County won silver after it was renovated over the past three yearsBy Lo Hsin-chen and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer
INTERVIEW: Algal reef vote could save endangered species
Come August, a campaign to protect algal reefs off the coast of Taoyuan is poised to become the nation’s first ecological issue to be put to a vote. Rescue Datan’s Algal Reefs Alliance convener Pan Chong-cheng in an interview with staff reporter Huang Tai-lin discussed the importance of protecting the area from further industrialization, and criticized those who have sought to frame the campaigners as supporting nuclear power for political gain
Taipei Times: What prompted the referendum campaign?
Pan Chong-cheng (潘忠政): We have endeavored to protect the algal reef in [Taoyuan’s] Datan [Borough] (大潭) since 2012, at the time focusing on the Guansin (觀新) area under the impression that the front portion [the Guantang (觀塘) area] had already been largely polluted and Guansin was the only area remaining where the algal reefs could still be salvaged. After successful rescue work [having Guansin designated as