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Dr. Fukuda’s research interests include environmental design and engineering; spatial design support; computer-aided architectural and urban design; virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR); and media architecture. Below is one example of Dr. Fukuda’s research themes: Development of an augmented reality/ mixed reality system for studying the landscape and thermal environment.

He is an active member/officer of CAADRIA, eCAADe, the City Planning Institute of Japan, and Architectural Institute of Japan.

Tsai received Master of Art History from the National Taiwan University of Art. He devotes himself to digital art research, promotion, and creation. He was the project manager of Acer Digital Art Centre, planner of many digital art creations and centers, host of the Digital Art Exchange Platform, and creative director of microplayground.

Escher Tsai is one of the founders of Dimension+, a creative team that devotes itself to the interactive digital environment. Dimension+ is constantly been generating new ideas that deal with digital and analog technologies. We also dedicate ourselves to digital art education and environmental change.

Jr-Gang Chi established the Jr.Gang (ar-ch) architectural lab in 2002 in New York City and relocated it to Taipei in 2009. Chi conceives architecture as everyday actions, instead of the backdrop for them. His design foregrounds the playful dynamism in architecture in today's everything-connected world. Chi's research work (and forthcoming book), Operative Theory, aims to integrate design with theory. Inspired by Tafuri's critique on "Operative Criticism," Chi conceives Operative Theory as a productive form to decipher history. Acting as an interface, Operative Theory selects and remixes certain theories to generate them anew.

His design work has been published by Princeton Architectural Press, the New York Times, and was featured in Future (Spain), Portable Houses (United States), Taiwan Architecture, Time + Architecture (China), and Shikenchiku (Japan), among others. Chi has taught at Ohio State University, Tunghai University, National Chiao Tung University, and Tamkang University.

Chi received a B.S. degree in atmospheric science from the National Taiwan University and a master of architecture from the University of Michigan.

Borden Tseng worked at Rafael Vinoly Architects, Perkins+Will, and I.M. Pei & Associates in New York, in the US before returning to Taiwan in 2006, to join Q-Lab as a partner and design director. Borden's achievements include many large public works such as the Zhonghe Civil Sports Center, the Tu-Cheng Civil Sports Center, the NTFSH Gymnasium, and the Wulai parking tower, for which he has won a number of prizes. The Zhonghe Civil Sports Center was selected as one of the 27 Coolest New Buildings on the Planet. Borden has also won the grand prize at the Architizer A + Awards in New York, the Taiwan Architecture Merit Award, the SDA 100 Award, the Far Eastern Architectural Design Award – Popularity Award, and has been shortlisted at the WAF Awards for several consecutive years, the FIABCI-Taiwan Real Estate Excellence Awards and the 2016 ADA Awards for Emerging Architects, among other prestigious honours.

Dr. Fukuda’s research interests include environmental design and engineering; spatial design support; computer-aided architectural and urban design; virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR); and media architecture. Below is one example of Dr. Fukuda’s research themes: Development of an augmented reality/ mixed reality system for studying the landscape and thermal environment.

He is an active member/officer of CAADRIA, eCAADe, the City Planning Institute of Japan, and Architectural Institute of Japan.