Based in Taipei, Taiwan, petrichor is an experimental studio for learning & creations.
PETRICHOR
EXPERIMENTAL EDUCATION
TAIPEI, TAIWAN
About Petrichor
Founded in 2025, Petrichor was created as a reaction to Taiwan’s vocational education/labor landscape and cram school culture. Limited by the context of this existing milieu, we wanted to imagine something different. We believe that scientists are artists and artists are scientists, and that the continued separation of the two limits the imagination of what’s possible.
As we enter an era where AI threatens to displace conventional labor and genetic manipulation will undoubtedly transform human wellbeing, we believe it is more important than ever to think across disciplines rather than through strictly vocational frameworks.
“The only interesting answers are those that destroy the questions.”
Susan Sontag
BIODESIGN & OTHER THINGS
transdisciplinary creations through living systems
a cell, an atom, perhaps a flower
| TITLE | BIODESIGN & OTHER THINGS |
| SUBTITLE | TRANSDISCIPLINARY CREATIONS THROUGH LIVING SYSTEMS |
| INSTRUCTORS |
RAE YU-PING HSU
徐叡平
PAUL GONG
宮保睿
KUANG-YI KU
顧廣毅
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| INTENDED FOR | HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS / HIGH SCHOOL AGE |
| PREREQUISITE | ENGLISH LITERACY & CURIOUSITY |
| TIMELINE |
FEB ~ JULY 2026 EVERY SATURDAY FROM 9AM - 4PM ~15 TOTAL SESSIONS (EXACT SESSION DATES TBD) |
| COMPETITION OPPORTUNITY |
BDC 2026 (BIODESIGN CHALLENGE) @ MoMA & PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN, NYC |
| LOCATION | TAIPEI, TAIWAN |
| APPLICATION DEADLINE | 01/15/2026 |
BIODESIGN & OTHER THINGS is a project-oriented course that invites high school–age artists and scientists alike to explore the world of biodesign, an emergent transdiciplinary field that bridges biotechnology, design, and art.
In this course, students will learn to think transdisciplinarily; they will learn to utilize biodesign as a medium to engage with concepts in biotechnology, AI, and other related fields. More than that, students will be invited to imagine beyond the traditional classroom, beyond the internet’s “givens”—to not just solve problems predefined for them, but to understand the complex world we live in more deeply, so as to discover what they really matters to them.
Students will develop their own project to be presented at the 2026 Biodesign Challenge in New York (MoMA & Parsons School of Design)
BIODESIGN, AN EMERGING FIELD
“Biotechnology is spreading into every aspect of our lives—from our materials to our everyday products. As it becomes ubiquitous, society needs interdisciplinary thinkers to understand biotech’s impact and to come up with the next solutions…
Our goal is to encourage students to explore biotech’s entanglements within society—in the way it empowers people, contributes to structural inequities, and creates opportunities for change.”
- Daniel Grushkin, Biodesign Challenge.
INSTRUCTORS
Laurent Hsia
Rae Yu-Ping Hsu
Paul Gong
Kuang-Yi Ku
Dear everyone,
We are excited to announce our first program offering: a research-based biotechnology-centric program that interplays design and art for students in high school / of high school age.
關於 Petrichor
位於台灣台北，petrichor 是一個實驗性的學習與創作工作室。
成立於2025年，Petrichor是對台灣職業教育/勞動環境和補習班文化的反應。在這種既有環境的限制下，我們希望想像一些不同的可能性。我們相信科學家就是藝術家，藝術家就是科學家，而將兩者持續分離限制了對可能性的想像。
當我們進入AI威脅傳統勞動、基因操控無疑將改變人類福祉的時代，我們相信跨領域思考比純粹的職業框架更為重要。
"唯一有趣的答案是那些摧毀問題的答案。"
Susan Sontag
生物設計與其他事物
透過生命系統的跨領域創作
| 課程名稱 | 生物設計與其他事物 |
| 副標題 | 透過生命系統的跨領域創作 |
| 講師 |
RAE YU-PING HSU
徐叡平
PAUL GONG
宮保睿
KUANG-YI KU
顧廣毅
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| 適合對象 | 高中學生 / 高中年齡 |
| 先修條件 | 英語讀寫能力與好奇心 |
| 時間安排 |
2026年2月 ~ 7月 每週六上午9點 - 下午4點 ~15個總課程 (確切課程日期待定) |
| 競賽機會 |
BDC 2026 (生物設計挑戰賽) @ 紐約現代藝術博物館與帕森設計學院 |
| 地點 | 台灣台北 |
| 申請截止日 | 01/15/2026 |
生物設計與其他事物 是一門以專案為導向的課程，邀請高中年齡的藝術家與科學家一同探索生物設計的世界，這是一個連結生物科技、設計與藝術的新興跨領域。
在這門課程中，學生將學習跨領域思考；他們將學習如何運用生物設計作為媒介，深入探討生物科技、人工智慧與其他相關領域的概念。更重要的是，學生將被邀請想像超越傳統課堂、超越網路"既定框架"的可能性——不只是解決被預設的問題，而是更深刻地理解我們所生活的複雜世界，進而發現對他們真正重要的事物。
他們將發展自己的專案，並在2026年紐約生物設計挑戰賽（紐約現代藝術博物館與帕森設計學院）中展示
生物設計作為新興領域
「生物科技正在滲透到我們生活的每一個層面——從我們的材料到日常用品。隨著它變得無所不在，社會需要跨領域的思想家來理解生物科技的影響，並提出下一個解決方案…
我們的目標是鼓勵學生探索生物科技在社會中的糾纏——它如何賦權人們、如何促成結構性不平等，以及如何創造改變的機會。」
- Daniel Grushkin, 生物設計挑戰賽。
親愛的大家，
我們很興奮地宣布我們的第一個課程計畫：一個以研究為基礎的生物科技中心課程，將設計與藝術結合，面向高中/高中年齡的學生。