Lifetime Chair Professor
Email: cdtseng@arch.nycu.edu.tw
Office: HA317
Phone: #31356
Transdisciplinary Design and Innovation Shop
Curriculum Reform Initiative Taskforce Agenda for Art and Design Education, MOE
C. David TSENG [曾 成德] is University Lifetime Chair Professor at Faculty of Architecture and the Director of the Transdisciplinary Design and Innovation Shop (TDIS) of National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, where he also served as the Vice Chancellor for General Affairs and the Dean of College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Under his leadership, NYCU (formerly NCTU) won the 2014 Solar Decathlon Europe / 2018 Solar Decathlon Middle East in categories of Urban Design, Innovation, Energy Efficiency, and Creative Solution. Tseng and his team also represented Taiwan in the 2016 Venice Biennial International Architecture Exhibition. These projects, “Orchid House”, “CAB: Creative Action Base” and the exhibit “Everyday Architecture: ReMade in Taiwan”, showcased his commitment to sustainability and innovation as well as the achievement in the excellence of design.
Tseng takes part in social services and pedagogical advancements. He has served as a member of Sustainability Education Task Force Committee and is the Director of Curriculum Reform Initiative Taskforce of Art and Design Education for Ministry of Education, Taiwan. He also served as the Consultant General of the Built Environment to the Mayor for the cities of Taichung, Taipei, Hsinchu and Taoyuan. His commitment to design excellence helped bring about significant public projects, such as the Taichung Metropolitan Opera House (Toyo Ito), Taipei Performing Art Center (OMA/Rem Koolhaas), Taipei Popular Music Center (RUR/Reiser and Umemoto), Taoyuan Museum of Art (Riken Yamamoto and Field Shop) and Taichung Gateway Park (Stan Allen).
Tseng founded CitiCrafts upon his return to Taiwan where he was selected as Emerging Talent by Taiwanese Institute of Architects. The houses he designed, Op.2/1 and House WW consecutively won top prizes in the first and second biennial Taiwan Architecture House Award. The work he involved appeared on international journals, such as Architecture+Urbanism, Plan, Architecture and Progressive Architecture, Dialogue and Taiwan Architecture.
Tseng holds a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard University Graduate School of Design. In 2017, the French government honored him with the title Chevalier de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, for his contribution to art, architecture, and culture.