ABSTRACT
This chapter contextualizes socially engaged architecture in Taiwan. The architectural profession has been controlled mainly by market forces. The clients were mostly developers and big corporations and the design accorded with the standard of western developed countries. The architectural profession has been controlled mainly by market forces. The clients were mostly developers and big corporations and the design accorded with the standard of western developed countries. Community empowerment through giving more power to the local public administrative bodies was one of the most important parts of the social movement. The community empowerment can be categorized into two streams; one was the reactive crisis relief, with the famous example of the Lukang anti-Dupont movement. Another was the proactive community improvement, like Yong Kang Jie Game Lane. The vibrant development of the community movement attracted some architecture professors and students to participate and initiated the community movement with local residents.
