Chen Yung-sung, who took part in the project, recalls that given the rectangular shape of the land where Tang Village was to be built, the usual design would have been two parallel rows of long, narrow structures set back-to-back, divided by only a narrow lane. But that would have generated little natural interaction between residents, so they arranged for the homes to intersect spatially.
當時參與設計的陳永松回憶，按照「唐莊」的長方形基地條件，一般作法一定是設計成背靠背的兩排連棟透天厝，中間隔著窄小陰暗的防火巷，居民彼此不相往來。