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2025 Thesis Exhibition: International Public Critique and Exchange

2025/06/05

Waseda University (Japan) × National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan)

The 2025 Graduation Design Exhibition of the Department of Architecture at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan Tech) will feature a public review and exchange session. We are honored to invite professors and students from Waseda University, Japan, to join us for in-depth dialogue and academic exchange with our faculty and students.

This event aims to stimulate design thinking through professional critique, broaden students’ international perspectives, and deepen their understanding and engagement with architectural practice and global trends.

This cross-border, inter-university design exchange is not only a platform to showcase creativity and professional competence, but also a valuable opportunity to lay a strong foundation for students’ future careers and global competitiveness. We sincerely invite you to join us in witnessing this inspiring and boundary-pushing architectural event.

Event Details:

Date: Saturday, June 14, 2025
Time: 14:00–19:00
Venue: Warehouse No.1, Songshan Cultural and Creative Park
Address: No. 133, Guangfu South Road, Xinyi District, Taipei City

Critique Panel:

  • Taishi Watanabe / Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Waseda University; Principal Architect, Link Architects Co.

  • Fufei Yang / Project Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, NTUST; Graduation Design Coordinator

  • Vincent Chiou / Professor, Department of Architecture, NTUST

  • Chung Wei Su / Adjunct Professor-level Expert, Department of Architecture, NTUST; Principal Architect, JJP Architects & Planners

  • April Yang / Adjunct Professor-level Expert, Department of Architecture, NTUST; Director, JingZhe International Consultancy

Student Participants:

Waseda University, Department of Architecture:

  • Mone Arai / Memorizing the Realm

  • Yuzuha Takeno / The Temporal Nodular Network

  • Sho Takashima / Stitches Between Sky and Field

National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Department of Architecture:

  • Hsin Chao Wang / M(?)SEUM: A Children’s Art Museum in Four Dimensions

  • Wen Hung Lin / Taiwanese Aesthetics: Revitalizing Dormitory Spaces

  • Chun Kai Shih / Gestalt of the Mind: Healing Space Design

  • Yuan Hao Lee / Timescraper: Urban Redevelopment of Beimen Post Office

  • Li Heng Shen / Guan Pu Wonderloop

  • Yuan Jin Chen / East Coast Environmental School

  • Chun Yean Siah / Symbio Algae: A Green Future Powered by Microalgae

Organizers:

  • Department of Architecture, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

  • NTUST Architecture Graduation Exhibition Planning Committee

Sponsors:

  • NTUST Department of Architecture Alumni Association

  • AICA – Taiwan Aica Industrial Co., Ltd.

  • NTUST USR Program – Urban Mountain City: Sustainable π-shaped Talent Cultivation in Southern Taipei, International Collaboration & Social Responsibility

  • NTUST USR Seed Project – Local Revitalization from Farm to Stage

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