He graduated at age eighteen from the Taipei Institute of Technology and because of his high marks was recommended by the college president to audit architecture classes at Tokyo University. At Tokyo University he studied under the noted architects Kishida Hideto and Yoshitake Yasumi.
他生於日據時代的一九二一年，十八歲從台北工專畢業後，由於表現優異，被校長千千岩助太郎（後創辦成功大學工學院建築系）推薦到東大建築科當旁聽生。