Root

After the storm, a serene strength flows.

Having ascertained the direction, Yun-cheng knew two people's strength was better than one. And there was no better choice; brother Yun-wu was definitely the partner for running the business together. The two brothers wore the same pants growing up. The relationship and tacit understanding between the two was very good. Yun-wu is humorous and passionate; Yun-cheng is reserved and composed. Despite the opposite personalities, both brothers aspired to run a successful business on their own. At the time, Wu was working at an electronics & technology company; he was admired by all as the new distinguished gentleman in the electronics industry. However, underneath the flashy title lay a negligent investment that left Wu with a debt of four million dollars. After the typhoon, he received Cheng's call and his dream of entrepreneurship was suddenly stirred up from deep within. Wu thought for a few days. The failure of past investment overshadowed him and had in fact caused him to lay aside his fighting spirit and dreams. After all, it is not too bad living a life of nine to five, especially when you do not want the experience of past partnerships to repeat. Most importantly, he did not want to spoil the relationship with his brother. Wu almost made up his mind to refuse, but ended up with insomnia for three days. For, more than anyone, his brother knew his aspirations which he had hid within. The more he persuaded himself to give up, the clearer the answer was before him.

Three months later, two young men started with a clean slate, held tight onto their dreams, and set barefoot on the path of rebirth. This pair of brothers jointly founded MOSIA to advocate the value of bamboo and step out of the boundaries of traditional construction markets.

With almost nothing to fall back on, the amazing explosive potential of these two young men was evoked. The key issue for MOSIA in entering the timber-based mainstream construction market was to make everyone aware of bamboo as the perfect building material. The application of bamboo in fact began several thousands of years ago. It is outstanding in aspects of environment, health and well-being. It has a natural shortcoming of being unable to fight insect attack, so timber has monopolized the market. MOSIA has successfully mastered a key technique and completely solved this problem. 'Substituting wood with bamboo' is definitely the path all should tread on. A person's strength is little, while if everyone changes, the strength would be large.

Their first store was established in an unstable climate in Shilin. Having not come from a rich family, the brothers had to be shameless in raising capital from relatives and friends. At the time, they put most of their funds into decorating the shop. 'Creating a virtual building site and allowing the bamboo to speak for itself so that the customers entering the shop may feel the difference for themselves,' was MOSIA's first step. They would have the customers take off their shoes and feel the breathable bamboo floor with their own skin. Then the customers would sip tea from cups made of bamboo charcoal at an elegant bamboo tea table, slowly and relaxed. Differing from shops selling traditional construction materials that display their products by stacking, MOSIA was first in service and attitude to set up a quality shop and deliver an open and comfortable space so that customers' feelings can be accommodated first.

Besides arousing a relatively large discussion amongst others of the same trade, MOSIA's brand new bamboo materials also caught the attention of domestic and international designers and were highly inquired after. The first big order at the time was from a developer who was building a well-being residence and it gave MOSIA peace of mind and stabilized its take off. During an international construction material exhibition, which was dominated by a few renowned brands, MOSIA's high quality bamboo material lit up many international purchasers' eyes. The top three South Korean construction groups, after half a year's rigorous testing, evaluation and observation, sent personnel to Taiwan particularly and imported the entire series of MOSIA's bamboo products. From this point on, there was no limit to MOSIA's sky.

From product, construction to warranty, MOSIA drew up a comprehensive up-market service line. Considering that even good materials would affect overall space presentation due to problems in the level of expertise in construction, MOSIA hired an exclusive construction team. Besides enhancement and training in techniques, the essence of craftsmanship was also integrated. A tour to the birth place of the bamboo was also arranged for all team members so they may feel the characteristics of bamboo as being reserved and calm and incorporate this experience into their construction process. MOSIA believes that real service begins after the sale. Once, in order to repair a hundred or so square foot floor for customers, the brothers resolutely decided to re-introduce a style they had stopped selling. The cost of this service was equivalent to multiplying the stock by 200 times. Putting losses aside to win a customer's sincere gratitude is what MOSIA's service is all about. They also offer 3-year free guarantee service, which is the first in the industry.

Both brothers believe that manpower is the company's richest assets. Personal attributes are the key criteria for determining partners. With key leadership talents and an exclusive construction team, MOSIA's quality team was gradually built up. They adopt an open leadership style and treat employees as partners; they use talents and treasure them also. In the round table meeting held on a weekly basis, they will engage in open discussions that 'with communication have no distance.' They would be blunt with each other and consolidate consensus in the right direction. Disputes would be left on the conference table and after that they would pat each other on the shoulder and go out for supper. No hard feelings.

Farewell to the past and walk out on the high wall of traditional industry with a brand new vision.

Young, vital, ambitious, adventurous and innovative, these are the new generation entrepreneurial qualities which can be seen from these two brothers. MOSIA exercised the power of the new generation and awakened Taiwan's bamboo assets, which is ranked in the world's top three, from a legacy of thousands of years.

Vigorous Stem

把竹子当成学习的原点

对茂系亚的伙伴来说生活与工作是同一件事。把竹子当成学习的原点，每年总要探访几次原生故乡，吐吶之间就是生活的境界。 探索、领略、练习，调整，我们学习，然后蓄发更饱满的能量放到工作场域。相较于疏离冷漠的有形制度，茂系亚带入深具人文思考无形制度，从竹子延伸至各种领域的生活体验，实践在空间创作当中。因为了解每个步伐的深厚意涵，以致于参与其中的伙伴们，不知不觉将工作与生活当成同一件事。

能量共振的伙伴

因为气息相近，我们的伙伴不只在茂系亚。 建筑师、设计师、创意工作者、书法家…..，跨领域探索与化学作用，触发了茂系亚的能量网。人与人的火光、知识与经验的交集，都是我们走入空间时的创作灵感。

会说话的情境会馆

茂系亚第一家门市—士林馆(现在的天母馆)在飘摇风雨中成立。没有雄厚的家庭背景，把向亲友门筹措来的资金几乎丢进会馆规划中。「创造一个真实体验的情境会馆，让竹材自己说话，让进到门市的客人自己去感受。」这是茂系亚的第一步作法。他们会让客人换下鞋子，让肌肤亲自去感觉会呼吸的竹地板，在雅致的竹茶几上沏上一壶竹炭杯盛的好茶，不急不徐，细细品味。不同于一般传统建材行堆栈展示方式，茂系亚首开精品服务态度，创造舒适开放的空间，第一时间照顾客人的心情。

取材技术是和竹子沟通

友善地取得资源并做最有效的利用，就是对大自然的尊重。对我们来说取材技术是工具，和竹子沟通的工具。 茂系亚在技术上的更臻一步是来自对竹子特性的了解，并寻找最有效的沟通方式，呼应竹子生长方式和生命周期的主观条件，采取更有智慧的方法去展现每寸价值。竹子的菁华从主干到枝节末稍，完完全全地利用，制成竹建材、竹炭乃至于醇酒，每段都有自己发挥的天地。

Made In Taiwn 台湾制造

崭新的竹材除了在同业间造成不小的议论，也引起国内外设计师引起高度询问率。当时接获的第一笔大订单即来自建设公司的养生住宅，彷佛一颗定心丸，稳固了茂系亚的起步之路。在一次国际性建材展览会上，原来是由几家知名品牌割据市场的局面，年轻的茂系亚以高质量的竹材成绩让许多跨国采购团眼睛为之一亮。韩国前三大建材集团，经过严格的测试评估观察，半年之后，特地派员来台亲自拜访，全面引进茂系亚竹材系列产品。这一步开始，茂系亚的天空没有界线。

枝繁叶茂

允政︱ 允武

从2002年参加国际建材展后，茂系亚这个品牌在许多国家已经不陌生了。 原来快要被遗忘的台湾竹林资产，在许多人不放弃的努力之下浮现曙光。竹材吸引国际注意最重要的因素莫过于环保上优异表现，突出完美的建材 性能，就像王建民的快速伸卡球同样让大家直呼过隐。我们兄弟有机会参 与其中，把竹子带进人们的生活走出台湾传播到世界各地，实在相当雀跃 期待。几次国际交流的机会，竹材的能见度开始爬升，我们相信以竹代木将是全球性的运动，也会为了这份目标全力以赴，为了争取更多发声的平台，我们很乐意和您分享竹子聊不完的美好。「梦幻建材 台湾制造」茂系亚已经蓄势待发。

Standing from the position of living in the future, MOSIA has devoted itself to the traditional building industry and brought about the total upgrade of living spaces through evolutionary thinking. It has thus transformed into an entity in the cultural industry, offering people healthier and more comfortable living, so that the living culture of the future, with emphasis on natural ecology and more humanistic technology, may be actualized in the now.

When it comes to people-oriented living spaces, besides the organic practicalities, MOSIA is deeply mindful of the body, mind and spirit of the whole person. The company uses the abundant bamboo resources in Taiwan to research and develop green building materials that possess all the innovative values of health regimens, ecological friendliness, and resource renewal and high performance for the new age. At the same time, MOSIA integrates the materials with design craftsmanship and re-interprets space aesthetics, offering contemporaries burden-less/sleek quality with more art deco weight-less quality and state-of-the-art relish.

The innovative values of MOSIA are also evident as can be seen from our service team. Besides exceptional carpentry, comprehensive and professional consultation and construction work, and after-sale satisfaction guarantee service, the cultured expertise and temperament of every staff member is all the more emphasized. Adapting the perceptions of a decorative art worker, our staff will provide you with innovative thinking and advice, so they not just satisfy you but proactively discover and fulfill your life style pursuits. We collaborate with domestic and international builders, architects and art designers to advocate the idea of substituting wood with bamboo for a bamboo-styled house. In the future, we will extend the bamboo element to every level of living to further enrich the innovative and dynamic values of bamboo.

To learn from bamboo which poses as ordinary but accomplishes extraordinary things, MOSIA extends the bamboo personality to space presentation to create an evolutionary and futuristic culture. Our efforts have gained the support and cooperation from friends in Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Europe and the United States. Using green materials as the platform, all our friends work to echo conservation and maintain the balance of global ecology. Whether now or in the future, undoubtedly, MOSIA will continue to pass on the incessant vitality of bamboo and its cultural essence that has lasted a legacy of thousands of years from Taiwan to all parts of the world.