It wasn't until his junior year in Tamkang University's architecture department that he became enamored of traditional architecture, often riding out to Tahsi and Hukou on his motorbike to lose himself in the old streets and buildings.
直到就讀淡江大學建築系，大三那年，他開始認識並愛上了傳統建築，經常一個人騎著野狼 125 到大溪、湖口的老街古厝群裡沉緬。