Design Methods
- Instructor: Chen, Li-Yu
- Service Recipients: Carpenter’s Home in Taoyuan City
- Course Description:
This course collaborates with Carpenter’s Home to improve the space of a second-hand store, integrating recycled materials to promote environmental awareness and providing design solutions to enhance spatial efficiency. The course fosters students’ professional skills and commitment to social responsibility, while also enhancing their collaboration and problem-solving abilities in real-world contexts.
Materials and Construction
- Instructor: Wong, Lin-Pao
- Service Recipients: Carpenter’s Home
- Course Description:
This course focuses on hands-on learning by teaching students machinery operation and arranging practical experiences in real-world settings. Students apply their structural knowledge to implement designs and improve the environment for the service recipient. The course also involves collaborative eco-friendly composite material creations with Carpenter’s Home, allowing students to explore the versatility of wood combinations, the moldability of discarded fabrics, and painting techniques. This practical approach helps students test their professional skills through action and creativity.
Space Syntax
- Instructor: Huang, Ching-Hui
- Service Recipients: Taiwan Wetland Restoration Association
- Course Description:
The course includes site visits to the design location, identifying the design needs of the collaborating organization, planning and developing designs, and finalizing the proposals. It also covers material selection, construction methods, and budget confirmation. The practical phase involves tasks such as applying primer and topcoat, sanding, assembling materials, transporting completed works, and on-site installation.The design site is located at Yongchang Ecological Farm in Nanxing Community, Daxi District, Taoyuan City. The course aims to design and construct an outdoor stage suitable for hosting various activities and two plant racks for the public to grow plants. These projects seek to create a high-quality recreational space for the community and participants.
AR & VR for Interior Design / Photography and Appreciation
- Instructor: Hsieh, Wen-Zhe
- Service Recipients: Zhongli District and Carpenter’s Home
- Course Description:
This course teaches students how to use panoramic cameras, create panoramic environments, and develop AR applications. It cultivates students’ skills in interior design rendering and photography techniques. Starting with Carpenter’s Home, students explore Zhongli through walking tours, capturing panoramic images to deepen their understanding of the local environment. While mastering technical skills, students also apply their expertise to serve the community and give back to their hometown.
Communication and Presentation Skills / Programing for Interior Design
- Instructor: Chu, Chi-Ming
- Service Recipients: Elderly Seniors
- Course Description:
This course engages students in creating needle technique drawings of urban environments, enhancing their design abilities and technical skills. It fosters environmental observation, stimulates innovative thinking, and encourages students to reevaluate urban environments, housing concepts, project planning, and graphic techniques from different perspectives.Students apply skills in spatial design, ergonomics, and environmental planning to integrate theory and practice, proposing design improvement plans tailored to the needs of seniors and underprivileged groups. Through this process, students learn how to incorporate human-centric considerations into their designs and strengthen the practicality of their work through real-world applications.
Environmental Psychology
- Instructor: Huang, Ching-Hui
- Service Recipients: Baby Potential Development Center, Taoyuan City
- Course Description:
This course integrates environmental psychology with practical design to create green therapeutic spaces for individuals with disabilities. After conducting on-site observations and needs assessments through interviews, students designed and built three plant racks to enhance spatial quality. The process emphasized empathy, teamwork, and hands-on experience, fostering students’ professional competence and social responsibility.
