"Fundamentally speaking though, Tunghai University was built according to the principles of modern architecture," says Chen. The designers sourced locally the stones and red brick for the walls and, preferring to remain faithful to the materials on hand, chose to do without the curved lines of the past.
陳其寬指出，由於設計者尊重材質，所以校舍屋頂找不著傳統建築所強調的「曲線」；此外，卵石台基、紅磚山牆，則就地利用地方建材。