STUDIO HUA JIAO

Ting-jia Zhang

Architect, artist and sound designer.

Ting-jia Zhang is an architect, artist, and sound designer dedicated to integrating cross-disciplinary design, allowing observers to experience the beauty woven from architecture, space, and the five senses. He served as the CEO of the National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) Design Center and currently holds positions as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture at NCKU and an Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Architecture at the National University of Kaohsiung. His representative works, produced in collaboration with the Taipei Hakka Cultural Theme Park, the Taipei Culture Foundation, and Treasure Hill Artist Village, include "House of Blue Dye," "Reel Memories," and "Shui Yuan Market."

His musical compositions often feature non-pitch-anchored, experimental, collage, and displacement techniques. His representative EP, "TYPO-STRUCTURE," involved sampling sounds of typing, cash registers, and carving from three renowned Taiwanese typography workshops—Ri Xing Type Foundry, Chen Sculpture Office, and JSFonts—to create experimental soundscapes exhibited alongside spatial installations. For architect Ting-jia Zhang, space is not merely a manipulation of matter, but a collective product of materials, experiences, events, memories, and culture.
Education
2024-
PhD Student, Structural studies, D.arch, NCKU.
2014-2017
Master, Design Theory, D.arch, NCKU.
2010-2014
Bachelor, Engineering studies, D.arch, NCKU.
Experience and Current position
2025-
Co-host, NAN DESIGN FIRM
2024-
Adjunct lecturer, D.arch, NUK.
2023-
Adjunct assistant professor, D.arch, NCKU.
2023-2024
CEO, Design Center, NCKU.
2023-
Co-researcher, C-Cube Lab CO., LTD. (Design research)
2022-2023
CD, Design Center, NCKU.
2022-2023
Adjunct lecturer, D.arch, NCKU.
2021-2022
Project lecturer, D.arch, NCKU.
2021-
Co-founder, STUDIO HUA JIAO. (art installation)
2017-
Studio Ting-jia Zhang
2012-
Co-founder, UNDER ROOM SET. (music label)
Publicatuions
2026
Universe
2024
Deeper Information (Coming Soon)
2023
Take notation as a design method
2022
Lab Any-project-whatever 2021-2022
2021
Forest
2020
Ting-jia Zhang 2017-2020
2017
Any-object-whatever
Spatial crafts and public art
2025
Taipei Taipei City Hakka Cultural Park and Treasure Hill Village "Project Rebirth"
2025
Taipei Treasure Hill Art Village "Shui Yuan Market"
2025
Hsinchu 241 Art Space "Typo-structure"
2024
Taipei Shui yuan market "Jiajiauniverse retrospectives"
2020
Taipei Huashan1914 Art Center "Reel Memories"
2019
Taipei Taipei City Hakka Cultural Park "House of blue-dye"
2017
Kaohsiung Wei-wu-ying Art Center "Sensory Machine"
Music Album (Apple music, spotify)
2025
Project Rebirth (LP)
2025
Shui Yuan Market (LP)
2025
Typo-structure (EP)
Spatial Design
2023
Tainan "Studio Hua-jiao Kai Yuan"
2021
Kaohsiung "5% Design Action Lab"
2021
Chiayi "SIN TAI KA™"
2021
Tainan "Studio Hua-jiao Dong Cheng"
2020
Tainan "C.E. School"
2018
Tainan "House of Sugarcane"