Campus
The current 15-acre (61,000 m2) campus, completed in 1989, consists of a four-story complex with more than 180 classrooms and other facilities. In September 2010, TAS broke ground for the construction of three new buildings on its current campus: the new upper school building featuring science and technology classrooms with research and robotics laboratories, an arts building, and another gymnasium with covered and outdoor tennis courts.
Current facilities include:
- Wireless campus
- 600-seat auditorium and a small theater
- Lecture Hall
- Instrumental Practice Rooms
- Weight/Fitness Room
- 2 cafeterias with two hot meal lines, a snack bar, a salad bar, a pizza bar, a baked potato bar
- An outdoor Fitness Cafe beside the upper school library
- Three gymnasiums and an indoor 25m swimming pool
- A dance studio and gymnastics room
- Outdoor basketball courts
- Outdoor confidence course
- Indoor rock climbing room
- Terrace Tennis Court
- A softball field made of artificial turf (installed in 2009)
- An artificial turf field surrounded by a 400m track
- Five libraries: lower school, middle school, upper school, Mandarin, and audio visual (AV)
- Video production studio
- IT department with two student help desks supporting the grade 6-12 one-to-one laptop program
- Lower school computer labs and netbook trolleys
- A recreational area for seniors in the Faculty Dining Room.
The independently operated Taipei Youth Program Association (TYPA) is located at TAS and uses the campus facilities. The school is located directly across the street from Taipei Japanese School.
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