Pei-Hsien Hsu is an associate professor at Graduate Institute of Architecture, National Chiao Tung Univsity (NCTU) in Taiwan. He graduated from the University of Cambridge with a PhD degree in architecture. His teaching/research interest covers design-build based on natural materials, digital design, mixed reality, and physical interaction design. He is active on leading students to do design-build works based on the concept of “university social responsibility”, and various permanent works have been done in past years.

Position

Director, Institute of Architecture, NYCU.

Education

• Ph.D, Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge, UK, 2009

• MPhil, Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge, UK, 2004

• Master, Department of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania, USA, 1999

• BArch, Tunghai University, Taiwan, 1994

Professional Experience

• National Chiao Tung University (Graduate Institute of Architecture), Associate Professor, 2018/07 – present

• National Chiao Tung University (Graduate Institute of Architecture), Assistant Professor, 2010/02 – 2018/06

• Jingwen University of Science and Technology, Adjunct Lecturer, 2001/09 – 2002/06

• Chou Tzu-Ai Architects & Associates, Designer, 2001/09 – 2002/06

• LMN Architects, Seattle, USA, Designer, 2000/01 – 2001/08

• Driscoll Architects, Seattle, USA, Designer, 1999/10 – 1999/12

• Li Hui-Yang Architects & Associates, Designer, 1996/10 – 1998/02

Recent Honors and Awards

• Distinguished Teaching Award, National Chiao Tung University, 2018

• Excellence in Teaching Award, National Chiao Tung University, 2015

• Outstanding Course Award, Ministry of Education, 2015

• Outstanding Faculty, Service-Learning Award (Higher Education Category), Ministry of Education, 2015

• Taiwan Design Best 100 — Contribution Award for Local Culture Promotion, presented by Shopping Design, 2015

• Excellent Service-Learning Course and Faculty Award, NCTU Service-Learning Center, 2014

Publications

Books

1. Hsu, Pei-Hsien (Author & Editor), Lin, Shih-Ping, Chen, Yen-Sheng, Chang, Yu-Ching, Tseng, Sheng-Kai, Chan, Yi-Ying, Tung, Chao-Min, Tsai, Yi-Ying, Tsai, Yu, Lu, Po-Yun, & Lo, Yu-Ting. (2019, January). Lane 3067: An Educational Experiment of Disturbance and Connection in Hsinchu Old Town. Taiwan: NCTU Press. (ISBN: 9789578614369)

2. Hsu, Pei-Hsien (Author & Editor), Tseng, Tzu-Ting, Shih, Meng-Hung, Cheng, Chi-Li, & Wang, Chia-En. (2016, May). Connected Architecture: Architectural Design and Thinking in the Era of the Internet of Things. Taichung, Taiwan: Wagner Press. (ISBN: 978-986-362-279-6)

3. Hsu, Pei-Hsien. (2016, March). Between the Real and the Virtual: The Interweaving of Physical and Digital Spaces. Taichung, Taiwan: Wagner Press. (ISBN: 978-986-362-251-2)

Conference Papers

1. Tung, Hong-Cing, & Hsu, Pei-Hsien. (2019, April). An Algorithm of Rigid Foldable Tessellation Origami to Adapt to Free-Form Surfaces. 24th CAADRIA Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.

2. Tung, Hong-Cing, & Hsu, Pei-Hsien. (2019). A Curved-Folding Algorithm to Adapt to the Freeform Surface: Design and Fabrication. AIJISA Symposium, Architectural Institute of Japan, Japan.

3. Tsai, Ning, & Hsu, Pei-Hsien. (2019, August). Breath(in)Room. 5th International Symposium of Technology and Art, Taipei, Taiwan.

4. 4. Yi-Chia, Hsu ; Pei-Hsien, Hsu (2018, Nov). The fabrication and application of parametric inflatable structure. 22nd Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics, São Carlos, Brazil.

5. Chi-Yang Lee, Hsuan-Ming Chang, Chun-Heng Lin, Ming-Han Tsai, Wen-Chieh Lin, Pei-Hsien Hsu, I-Chen Lin, Yu-Shuen Wang, Jung-Hong Chuang (2017, Nov). VR lighting design. SA ‘17: SIGGRAPH Asia 2017 , Bangkok, Thailand.

6. Chia-Hung Tsou, Ting-Wei Hsu, Chun-Heng Lin, Ming-Han Tsai, Pei-Hsien Hsu, I-Chen Lin, Yu-Shuen Wang, Wen-Chieh Lin, Jung-Hong Chuang (2017, Nov). Intuitive VR Environment for Architectural Design Education. Siggraph Asia 2017, Bangkok, Thailand.

7. Chun-Heng Lin, Pei-Hsien Hsu (2017, Mar). Integrating Procedural Modelling Process and Immersive VR Environment for Architectural Design Education. 2nd International Conference on Design Engineering and Science, ICDES 2017, Kortrijk, Belgium.