Allegations emerged in April that the winning design for the centerpiece of Taoyuan’s Yongan Fishing Port Cultural Park project had been plagiarized from an architectural student in London
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/05/24
By: Duncan DeAeth, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The Taoyuan City Government has completed an investigation
Image of the ‘Conch’ Building from the Taoyuan Office of Public Construction
into allegations of plagiarism that emerged after a preliminary investment of NT$9,176,000 (US$306,000) for the Yongan Fishing Port and Cultural Park project was approved by the Office of Public Construction in late March.
After the allegations emerged, the city took the matter seriously and conducted an investigation. The city announced on Thursday, May 24 that there was no evidence of plagiarism in the design, with the Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan (鄭文燦) voicing his agreement with the finding.
Originally netizens claimed that the winning design for the center piece of the Cultural Park, the so-called “Conch” building, which is reminiscent of a large conch shell, was plagiarized from an architectural student in London, Michael On, who goes by the ID “mik3yon” on Instagram. [FULL STORY]
