Transparent to Residence

from Yi-Hsien Tseng Portfolio 2023

by Yi-Hsien Tseng

City Playground

communication in the tainan city

Instructor : Ping Sheng Wu

Client : Shih An Cheng

Site : 22°59'30.5"N 120°12'23.5"E Tainan, Taiwan 2021 Winter

“ We don't really like each other: We all need our own part of the house, And then a space where we can gather, In between compromise and habit. ”

By cutting through the housing space with a public axis,

The bedroom, the workspace... surround the public space, Making it the intersection of all space.

West Central District, Tainan

Interface

Although residents in this Community are of similar age, there is little socializing among them. It takes external forces, such as a bazaar, longterm care services, or a baozi shop, to encourage community activities.

The living spaces are divided by a boundary of solid and void, created by the intrusion of public axes. This boundary promotes household activities and social gatherings.

Ground Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

The light well blurs the boundary between individual and public spaces, while the overlapping of spaces vaguely reveals the characteristics of each space.

Moso 101

Sustainable Interface for a Growing City

NCKU Architecture Competition 2021

Site : Taipei 101, Taiwan 2021 Spring

The Xinyi District is currently at the height of its prosperity. However, it is facing a series of challenges, including severe population loss and an M-shaped social structure. As the population continues to dwindle, the region is also gradually becoming outdated. In fifty years, the role of Xinyi District as a central business district will inevitably shift. By then, the city's hardware facilities will have aged, and the structures will need to be reinforced.

Therefore, the top priority of this case is to create a new urban interface and revitalize the aging commercial district with low environmental impact methods. The goal is to inject new life into the area by attracting more foot traffic.

New functions

will be integrated into the existing shopping malls and offices, including a waste-to-energy plant and short-term residential spaces.

The waste-to-energy plant will be located on the fourth to sixth floors of the lower building and will utilize discarded materials as fuel to generate power. It will process the waste produced by the 101 building and the surrounding neighborhood, providing a source of electricity and heat for both the 101 building and the local area.

In the future, waste-to-energy plants may become increasingly advanced, achieving zero pollution and zero emissions, allowing them to coexist harmoniously with commercial and recreational spaces.

Bamboo with its growing time of only three to five years, is a sustainable and abundant natural resource compared to artificial forests that take several decades to mature.

This project aims to optimize the living space around Taipei 101 using bamboo and create a new urban interface. Based on the maximum length of the moso bamboo, eightcubic-meter bamboo frames will be installed, extending from Taipei 101 to nearby public institutions, department stores, pedestrian bridges, and parks, creating a suitable urban space for subtropical climates.

The bamboo structure will also extend to the facade, replacing the original curtain wall system and becoming the new balcony for the residential units. In the long term,