Taiwan: The flying saucer houses will be torn down · Global Voices
I-fan Lin

Photo courtesy of avant.
avant reported that famous flying saucer houses in Taipei County, Taiwan, are planned to be torn down.
三芝飛碟屋已經拋荒30冬，兩个月進前三芝飛碟屋突然間出現佇報紙面頂，主要是講，飛碟屋ê地主hām債權銀行已經對還債ê計畫喬好勢，台北縣政府按算欲kā飛碟屋攏總拆掉，擱起一間新ê渡假村，hām無外遠ê淺水灣沙埔仔串連起來做海濱休閒園區。 *
Lynn was one of the people who were amazed by these interesting and special houses.
This is wonderful. I'm thrilled to see this image. First, I just love the architecture for its complete difference. I hope you'll forgive me for saying this, but when I was a kid, growing up in Australia, I used to watch an American cartoon show called the Jetsons. It was extremely futuristic and these buildings really remind me of it; of what we might have thought in the '60s that we'd be living in by the 21st century. Secondly, it's an absolutely beautiful image. The colours are delicate yet still have a certain strength to them. The reflection helps to strengthen the palette. I just can't believe that this has been abandoned. I really hope that it is preserved.
Because the flying saucer houses are so special, avant proposed that we should preserve them as a national historic monument.
我感覺kā三芝飛碟屋攏總拆掉有一寡拍損，文建會應該比照台北市彼間中正廟，kah指定做國定古蹟！飛碟屋拄a好hām中正廟同款，攏是起佇1970年代。kha輸講，中正廟、圓山飯店、歷史博物館代表官方強欲佇台灣延續中國傳統宮廷建築ê思維，按 呢，飛碟屋遮呢特殊ê建築，會使講是欲掙脫當時主流ê宮廷建築風格ê束縛。擱再講，1970年代後尾，台灣通過石油危機ê考驗了後，經濟起飛，人 民ê所得kah 懸，生活有kah快活，飛碟屋渡假村ê出現，反應到彼當時ê人，毋免干單為著三頓走縱，身軀邊嘛開始有一寡錢，想beh hām先進國家ê人同款，欲試看mai怪奇、稀罕ê待誌ê心理。所以講，咱會使透過飛碟屋，瞭解到30冬前彼當時ê社會狀況hām人ê想法。飛碟屋雖然拋荒30冬，毋拘，伊猶原會使講出屬於伊hit leh時代ê故事！*
If you are interested, Marta Michałowska and Fabian Sowiński provided some background architecture information about the flying saucer houses.
*The original article was written in Hokkien, which is commonly used in Taiwan. Hokkien is currently categorized as a dialect of Chinese.