Master：KUN-CHEN CHANG

Specialties：architectural history and theory, traditional architecture and terroir, heritage and urban preservation

Master：CHING-CHUAN LIN

Specialties：Geographical Theory Research, Theory and Practice of Landscape Architecture, Ecological Research, Urban Design, Environmental Art Theory, Landscape Design Methodology

Master：SHAO-YU HUANG

Specialties：Global Cities and Informal Urban Landscapes, Architecture and Urban Spatial Infrastructure Networks, Critical Theory of Contemporary Urbanism and Architecture, Architectural Design and Research Methods

Master：NAN-WEI WU

Specialties：Architectural Design and Theory, History of Eastern and Western Architecture, Theory of Architectural Construction and Material Culture, History of Architectural Construction, Cultural Asset Restoration Practices, Planning for the Reuse of Idle Spaces

The Design Theory Group of the Graduate Institute of Architecture and Urban Design at Taipei University of Technology focuses on theories and practices related to architectural design. Under the leadership of the four faculty members, the courses taught include architectural typology, spatial culture, Chinese and foreign architectural history, cultural landscape, spatial aesthetics, global landscape, critical architectural theory, preservation of cultural assets, and human-environment interaction. The teaching objectives of this group are to guide students to use observation, analysis, induction, and creative thinking to dialogue with users, to enhance students' humanistic concern for the environment, to propose an analytical framework and theory of the environment, and to promote the theory through practice.