Teaching direction
“Architecture is a profession that creates favorable environments for people and combines the disciplines of art, technology, sociology, and culture. Architectural education is the training of people-oriented knowledge and wisdom.”[JB1]
The teaching objective of the department is to design and create human environments through training the students to think logically about human life, behavioral patterns, and spatial organization and to integrate humanities, technology, and aesthetics. Teaching objectives also include fostering in students the professional literacy and skills to provide architectural professional services after graduating from a 5-year training program, and to have the ability to engage in academic research.
The graduate program aims to train advanced planning and design professionals. This objective guides our perspectives and directs us to real-world problems, practicing environments, and the professional competence of professionals in metropolitan areas in Taipei or Taiwan with an international perspective. Our purpose is to train leaders who have the ability to reflect on different cultures and who have a forward-looking vision and real-world operational capabilities.
Purchase of teaching equipment
Purchases of teaching equipment in the department are transparent and primarily for students, including computer-related equipment mainly, followed by woodworking equipment. All purchased materials are in accordance with the university’s purchasing policy; accounts are available with complete information.
Outcomes of recent improvements in spatial equipment
The computer equipment in the computer room has been upgraded continually.
The G508 lecture room was renovated; in addition, the sofa was replaced, and two projectors as well as audio equipment were installed to construct a multimedia teaching environment.
Eight digital projectors were purchased.
A laser cutting machine, computer-numerical-control engraving machine, laser rangefinder, and other precision tools were purchased.
[JB1]Dear author: Sources are normally provided for direct quotes.
