Mei Cheng

Mei Cheng (1930-2019) was a Taiwanese architect born in Shanghai, China. He moved to Taiwan in 1949 and studied architecture in Taiwan, Switzerland, and the United States. He served as a professor in the architecture departments of several universities in Taiwan and co-founded Fei & Cheng Associates with architect Philip Fei, taking on numerous large-scale public construction projects in Taiwan. 
==Biography==
After arriving in Taiwan from China in 1949, Mei Cheng joined the Peng Cheng Architects as an apprentice. In 1956, he gained admission to the Department of Business Administration at National Cheng Kung University but later transferred to the Department of Architecture. After graduating, he pursued further studies in architecture at the ETH Zürich and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. He co-founded Fei & Cheng Associates in 1974 with his university classmate, architect Philip Fei. Mei Cheng passed away in 2019. 
==Career==
After graduating from National Cheng Kung University, Mei Cheng stayed at the university as a teaching assistant for two years. After completing his studies at MIT in the United States, he worked in Boston, before returning to Taiwan to teach at Tunghai University for four years. He also worked part-time at HAN PAN HAN SUN & ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS. Subsequently, he held teaching positions for nearly twenty years at various universities in Taiwan, including Tunghai University, Chung Yuan Christian University, National Taipei University of Technology, and National Taiwan University of Science and Technology.
Mei Cheng's architectural firm, Fei & Cheng Associates, has been involved in designing large-scale projects, including educational hospitals, sports facilities, smart office buildings, residential complexes, software industrial parks, high-speed rail stations, metro stations, airports, high-tech factories and laboratories, as well as museums, among others.
In 2004, Mei Cheng initiated the establishment of the " Archi-Reform " to promote reform in the Taiwanese architecture industry. He served as the first president of the society.
==Architectural styles==
Mei Cheng insisted on the rationality of architectural structures, and his lifelong architectural designs reflected his admiration for the core values of modern architecture. He believed that the extended structures resulting from new technologies should be faithfully presented, and that all detailed designs should serve the purpose of problem-solving rather than generating unnecessary decorations.
In recognition of the aesthetic value and long-term impact of his works in shaping the interaction between the architectural community and society, he was awarded the 18th National Award for Arts by the National Culture and Arts Foundation in 2014.
==Major architectural works==
Catholic Tainan Youth Center (1962)
Tsengwen Youth Activity Center (1976)
Asia Cement Corporation Administrative Center, Hualien (1979)
National Tsing Hua University General Building (1981)
Lin Kou national chong cheng memorial sports park (1987)
National Museum of Natural Science (1993)
Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium (1999)
Xinzhuang Gymnasium (2002)
Nangang Software Park 2 (2004)
Taiwan High Speed Rail Chiayi Station and Tainan Station (2007)
Teaching Building, Bao-Shan Campus of National Changhua University of Education (2012)
Les Enphants Headquarters, Shanghai (2013)
Category:1930 births
Category:People from Shanghai
Category:Architects
Category:2019 deaths