“Healthy is Wealthy.”

In response to Taiwan’s aging society, Health A+ (Health Across) is a proactive family healthcare platform designed to transform how families manage their health. It connects young adults with their aging parents through a shared, user-friendly app that makes health a family affair. With wearable health tracking, smart doctor matching, and a fun rewards system, Health A+ motivates daily healthy habits. Its Family View feature and partnerships with insurers and pharma companies weave a supportive network that fits seamlessly with Taiwan’s Long-term Care policies and national health records. Unlike scattered health apps or hospital-focused telemedicine, Health A+ puts families first, rewarding prevention with insurer-backed incentives and real-time health insights.

Guided by a “Healthy is Wealthy” mindset, it encourages families to invest in well-being, cutting future healthcare costs while building a culture of wellness. Through strong partnerships and cutting-edge tech, Health A+ reimagines healthcare as a connected, forward-thinking journey, leading the way in Taiwan’s booming telehealth scene and delivering lasting health benefits for families.

“Culture As Site.”

Grab a Seat is a transnational cultural exchange project that merges Taiwan’s traditional Pantoh (outdoor banquet) culture with contemporary art, design,and place-making practices.By combining Taiwan’s approach to public space with the American moving truck culture, the project transforms mobile spaces into platforms for two-wayinteraction and dialogue.

Through the format of Grab a Seat, a mobile pantoh project, exhibitions and performances are set up in public spaces across New York City. Local artists, designers, and community members are invited to co-create and participate, fostering cultural innovation and international collaboration.

Through the Strategic Design Project conducted by MSSDM students at Parsons School of Design, we collaborated with NASA on a aimed at reimagining how the International Space Station (ISS) communicates its legacy and future relevance as it nears decommissioning in 2030. The challenge centered on how the ISS could extend its cultural, scientific, and diplomatic influence into the emerging “New LEO”— a commercialized, collaborative, and inclusive ecosystem in low Earth orbit.

Through interviews with NASA personnel, stakeholder mapping, and speculative design, our team identified three core threads of ISS’s legacy: accumulated knowledge, its guiding role in human space presence, and its position as a precedent for future endeavors. We developed prototypes such as NEO, a future-facing community model rooted in values of exploration, innovation, and equity. This project aimed to ensure the ISS continues to inspire and shape the evolving space narrative—anchored in the ethics of global commons and collective progress.

In ChangHua, Taiwan, the agricultural landscape has suffered from heavy metal pollution under the process of industrialization, and grain-producing agricultural land has been repeatedly put on the white card of being sentenced to death. Therefore, the urgency of land restoration is even more critical. Based on the transition period for the relocation of the farmland factories, this project took the landscape benefit as the starting point for the research and design of the potential restoration of heavy metal polluted land, and looked at the potential for development of the biomass industry as the added value output.

The purpose is to create a bottom-up flexible portfolio design, using the remediation plan of the small farmer model management project in a free economy. This project aimed to start with the well-being of farmers and provide a set of remediation solutions with commercial profit and various added values to solve the problem of agricultural land pollution.

In today's information-saturated world, effective media literacy education has become crucial for K-12 students, especially the soon-future right to vote. However, many face challenges in critically evaluating information, distinguishing between fact and opinion, and navigating various media platforms responsibly. The need for improved media literacy education in K-12, emphasizes the urgency of equipping young minds with the skills to become discerning consumers of information, active participants in digital spaces, and responsible creators themselves.

Addressing this complex issue requires ongoing exploration and collaboration between educators, policymakers, and technology platforms to develop engaging, age-appropriate curricula, foster critical thinking skills, and empower students to navigate the ever-evolving media landscape effectively.

Casa Green is a fully simulated, policy-aligned affordable housing project based on real-world regulations, market data, and financing mechanisms. Located at 601 Union Street in Gowanus, Brooklyn, this six-story, 95-unit residential development reflects the area’s 2021 rezoning and its designation as an Opportunity Zone. The project is designed to be 100% affordable, offering below-market rents for studios, one-bedrooms, and  two-bedrooms—aligned with NYC’s Area Median Income (AMI) guidelines. The development sits on a buildable area of 95,000 square feet and is projected to generate a Net Operating Income (NOI) of approximately $1.1 million annually. Total development cost is estimated at $30.2 million, with a layered capital stack that mirrors actual affordable housing finance structures. The project leverages Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC), generating over $10 million in tax credit equity over 10 years, and includes funding from HDC bond financing ($15.4 million), HDC gap financing, HPD subsidy, and developer equity. With a qualified basis of $28.75 million and an applicable fraction of 100%, the structure adheres to the LIHTC program’s compliance requirements.

Casa Green demonstrates how deeply affordable housing can be realistically financed, developed, and operated in high-cost urban environments while contributing to equitable neighborhood growth.