The client is an elderly couple, retired from Taipei, wants to begin their new life at their country hometown, Yilan. They, who grew up at Jhuangwei, Yilan, has great nostalgia for the sloping black terracotta roof, red brick walls, and the scenic view of Gueishan Island's. Their experience, the small road wandering through the rice field and the passage across the watering ditch, has been discussed constantly and become the core of this project?s concept, related to home.

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Architects: UrbanCarve

Location: Yilan,Taiwan

Area: 284.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: mwphotoinc

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The client is an elderly couple, retired from Taipei, wants to begin their new life at their country hometown, Yilan. They, who grew up at Jhuangwei, Yilan, has great nostalgia for the sloping black terracotta roof, red brick walls, and the scenic view of Gueishan Island's. Their experience, the small road wandering through the rice field and the passage across the watering ditch, has been discussed constantly and become the core of this project?s concept, related to home.
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Design Strategy- Glazed gable voidBy shifting two solid masses backwards and forwards, a void is generated and set as the core of a ?home?. It functions as household alter of family?s ancestor. And we want to redefin...