World Congress on

Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering

  • Renaissance London Heathrow Hotel
  • March 10-11, 2025
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Dr. Forrest Wu

 

Dr. Forrest Wu

Lijou and Associates Consulting Engineers
Taiwan

Abstract Title: Innovative Eco-Friendly Housing Solutions Redefining Sustainable Living and Space Efficiency in Taiwan

Biography:

Dr. Forrest Wu earned an MSc (1996) and PhD (2000) in Civil and Structural Engineering from the University of Sheffield. With over 20 years of experience, he is the Executive Director at Lijou Engineering Consultants and Assistant Professor at Minghsin University of Science and Technology. He specializes in foundation and bridge design, having worked as a structural engineer on Taiwan High-Speed Rail projects. Dr. Forrest Wu also holds leadership roles in professional associations, including President of the Hsinchu County Civil Engineering Association and Executive Director of the Taiwan Soil and Water Conservation Association, contributing significantly to academia and industry.

Research Interest:

The housing market in Taiwan reflects a critical need for affordable housing, compounded by a shortage of available land and an increasing demand for living space, which have caused housing prices to skyrocket. Despite these challenges, the growth of recent building technologies offers a distinctive opportunity to explore modular design as a potential solution. Such a design approach focuses on space-saving, affordability, and sustainability, providing a fresh perspective on addressing the housing crisis. This research aims to address housing more thoughtfully, exploring new living styles that allow users to transform and personalize their spaces within budget and need constraints. By emphasizing rapid and affordable construction, this approach provides an innovative solution capable of relieving some of the current housing crisis symptoms. It enables households to access affordable, mobile, and environmentally friendly housing modules that suit their needs. Additionally, this modular design model promotes home ownership while simultaneously offering an attractive, profitable investment. In the future, this modular housing concept could evolve into prefabricated housing to meet the growing demand for efficient living spaces in urban areas that are becoming increasingly crowded. A critical element of this design process is the inclusion of consumers in both design and assembly, creating new opportunities for personalizing living spaces. This consumer-focused strategy ensures that these homes are tailored to individual lifestyles while maintaining practicality and affordability. Ultimately, the modular housing system is designed to allow occupants to live comfortably in relatively small spaces without compromising on essential conveniences such as a kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom. By combining sustainability, affordability, and adaptability, this project aims to redefine urban housing and create inclusive, innovative solutions that respond to modern needs. • Enhanced Design Efficiency: Learn how modular design techniques can simplify the construction process, reduce costs, and save time while maintaining quality. • Practical Sustainable Solutions: Understand how modular housing integrates environmentally friendly practices, addressing the demand for sustainable and responsible construction. • Teaching and Research Applications: Faculty and researchers can use this framework to expand their studies or enrich curriculum materials related to urban housing, sustainability, and innovative design methods. • Scalable Urban Housing Solutions: Discover how modular housing offers scalable solutions to meet growing urban housing demands, providing an approach that is adaptable to various market needs.

Keywords: Innovative Housing Technologies, Prefabricated House, Sustainable Housing, Compact Living, Green Construction

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