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Sustainable Architecture and Design Program

Developing homegrown talent in Taitung...

Sustainable Architecture and Design Program at Taitung’s Kung-Tung Technical Senior High School (KTTSHS), was first initiated in 2013, as an extracurricular program named, Playing with Architecture. The program, developed and taught by The Alliance Cultural Foundation’s (ACF) volunteer, Norman Yang, retired Director of M. Moser Associates Ltd. (Taiwan Branch), and lead architect of Taipei 101, was incorporated into the school’s twelfth grade curriculum as a required academic course, after two intriguing semesters of running as an afterschool program, offering students three credits per term.
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Students of the Sustainable Architecture and Design Program
Sustainable Architecture and Design Program aims to foster homegrown talent who will carry the skills to design sustainable architectures, while integrating the local environment, climate, and indigenous culture into its designs. The course involves lectures, as well as experiential learning to inspire its students. Having the program incorporated into KTTSHS’ required curriculum is a remarkable step for ACF’s involvement. The school not only accepts the program, and recognizes it as one that will be beneficial to the futures of its students; it has also committed a teacher to attend the course through the entire year to ensure its continual success.
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Field trip study
With only a handful of architects developed in Taitung, many of the city’s existing structures have been established by firms from outside of the city. In this pristine region, ACF dreams not only to create home-based career opportunities, to create sustainable architecture that applies practically to the local needs, but also to preserve the character of the city, particularly through the youths of Taitung, who are most in touch to their land and its environment.
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Treehouse project
In the first semester of Playing with Architecture, Mr. Yang received a group of students from different fields of study in KTTSHS, and aimed to nurture their fundamental knowledge of sustainable architecture, and to foster their appreciation, observation, and understanding of the industry. Through a series of six courses, the program led several field trips for students to study existing architectures in Taitung, and to discuss the pros and cons of its designs.
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Treehouse project
In the second semester, students were given the project to design a sustainable treehouse. Mr. Yang brought students to visit an existing treehouse project, where they witnessed real life dialogues between an owner and architect; as well as the opportunity to discuss and to practice interacting with an owner.
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Visit to existing treehouse
After 40 years of committing to the architectural industry professionally, directing his commitment to the classroom has brought Mr. Yang inspiration and meaning to life more than ever.
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Norman Yang and students
“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” – Pablo Picasso

Playing with Architecture

After two semesters of running as an after-school program, the "Playing with Architecture" program, renamed "Sustainable Architecture & Design Program" is now incorporated into the school’s twelfth grade curriculum as a required academic course offering students three credits per term.

The “Playing with Architecture” extracurricular program at KTTSHS developed by Norman Yang, retired Director and Head of Office of M. Moser Associates Ltd. (Taiwan Branch), who directed the Taipei 101 project, aims to inspire children to have the fundamental know-how to design architectures that not only characterize a town, but to design sustainable buildings that apply to practical local needs. With only a handful of designers and architects from Taitung, developing talents locally will not only create further job opportunities within the region, but will also be utilizing talents that already have an in-depth ecological understanding to create a successful sustainable environment.

“Playing with Architecture” is a leisurely afternoon program which involves bringing students to appreciate existing architecture of the township, and demonstrating its design pros and cons. The program aims to nurture a fundamental basis for potential talent.

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About KTTSHS
Founded in 1957, KTTSHS was established by a group of Swiss missionaries who sought to help the Taiwanese youth during its time of poverty. The missionaries developed a mechanical vocational-technical school, an area Switzerland was renowned for. Throughout its years of operation, KTTSHS has developed successful industry professionals, presently owning factories and businesses.
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