Bio-architecture Formosana was founded in 1999 by Ching-Hwa Chang and Ying-Chao Kuo in Taipei, Taiwan. BaF incorporates local and international architects, interior designers, design talents and engineers. As a Taiwan-based firm with global perspectives, we provide professional architecture and environmental design services. 

We implement sustainable design throughout our projects, from initial planning to operation. Our experiences and successful projects reassure the attainability of a sustainable lifestyle. Through our attentive design and planning, we hope to create a healthy environment which eliminates the boundary between human and nature.

Professional Services

Focusing on the development and implementation of design innovation, renewable energy, and environmental sustainability, our services include architecture, interior and landscape design, construction, adaptive reuse and renovation, development in solar energy, the application of eco materials, BOT and ROT planning, and land development.

3 ✖ 3  Design Principles

Wilderness - Coexistence with Nature

Locality - Design Based on Local Context/ Using Local Materials

Flexibility - Flexibility in Program for Future Adaptation

Lightness - Reduction in Material Use/ Preserve the Beauty of Lightweight Structure

Durability - Life-cycle Analysis/ Minimize Maintenance Cost

Accommodation - Accommodate Local Conditions and Traditional Living Principles

Collaboration - Collaboration with Different Fields

Adaptation - Incorporate Environmental and Social Conditions

Sustainability - Create a Network which Sustains Natural and Social Diversity

Sustainable Innovation –Brand as Service

⌞With high environmental and social sensibility, BaF perceives innovation as the core value which forges BaF ahead.

⌞Cutting edge knowledge and technology are the sources of innovation.

⌞Our goal is to provide humane, sustainable design services.

Integrated Professionals – Leading Team in the Profession

⌞Bio-architecture Formosana cultivates integrated environmental design talents, encourages consistent learning and experimentation, and coordinates architectural theory with science and technology.

⌞Incorporating BIM and parametric modeling into design process and consulting professionals in related fields enable us to examine ideas with precision.

⌞We collaborate with all sectors of the society to foster innovation and reform in the built environment.

Low-Carbon Aesthetics – New Design Principles

In the context of global warming, we propose new principles as the framework of our design. Starting from environmental analysis and modeling, incorporating low-energy consumption materials and technology, preserving biodiversity, through the craftsmanship of environmental design, BaF presents a low-carbon aesthetics which provides comforts, health and a sustainable lifestyle.