The Tunghai Campus Co-planned and Co-constructed by Architecture Masters

Chen Chi-Kwan loved arts since he was a child, and to him, architecture was his profession as well as his hobby, depending on the characters, preferences and tastes of his clients. He played a very significant role during the establishment of the Tunghai University, which became the base of his life and his career.
/By Kwan Hwa-San

陳先生自小愛好藝術。建築對他而言，是正業也是副業，端看案件特性與業主品味，定奪他願不願意施展情思藝想。在東海建校期他扮演著重要角色，以致他以台灣為一生事業、生活的根據地。

東海大學建校的校園、校舍，可謂為幾位我國現代建築大師們的集體創作。主要包括貝聿銘、陳其寬、張肇康與鳳後三等四位先生。若再加上將之實現的大陸工程、光源營造團隊，都是東海教育大業的實質環境奠基者。 依筆者拙著「東海校園迷思」，東海校園是上世紀韓戰後自由中國台灣的現代建築傳奇。所以上述四位先生可謂為我國的現代建築大師。本文有意進一步統合的看待東海之「整體意象」是如何被創造出來的？這包涵兩個層次：校園校舍本身的規劃設計出自何人？上述大師們如何合作又分工的？另方面，他們又是以什麼樣的文字、圖繪描述、呈現的？畢竟在眾人眼前、腦海所建立的意象，除了走訪體驗真實的校園校舍，還有那些描述它的尤其第一手的文字、圖繪。

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