Light-House is located in Hsinchu County, Taiwan. This multi-storied residential building block is designed in consideration of common Taiwanese terrace style houses. This project seeks to rethink the fundamentals of this particular housing model and intends to reinvigorate its underlining idea as ?Lian-dong? (describing a continuous housing block) and ?Tou-tian? (terrace houses describing buildings with roof spaces open to the sky) in the design approach.

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Architects: Shen Ting Tseng Architects

Location: Hsinchu County, Taiwan

Architect In Charge: Shen Ting-Tseng

Area: 1809.36 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Lucas K. Doolan, Benson Shen
Developer: Yomu Development Corp.

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From the architect. Light-House is located in Hsinchu County, Taiwan. This multi-storied residential building block is designed in consideration of common Taiwanese terrace style houses. This project seeks to rethink the fundamentals of this particular housing model and intends to reinvigorate its underlining idea as ?Lian-dong? (describing a continuous housing block) and ?Tou-tian? (terrace houses describing buildings with roof spaces open to the sky) in the design approach.

© Lucas K. Doolan

© Lucas K. Doolan

Traditionally, the more accurate implication of the term, ?Tou-tian?, described the relationship between man and nature; ?Lian-...