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01 The house of houses A House About the Common People Dwellings and the Architectural Mischief March - May, 2019 Individual Work in Personal Studio This design is an observation and translation of ordinary Taiwanese residences, which freely incorporate an array of symbols and house types, while exhibiting a discrepancy between the exterior and interior. Taiwan is a country in constant change. Residential houses here may differ in age, geographical or cultural origins but they all appear unfettered, free from any baggage – as if they had all selfdeconstructed at will in a natural and organic fashion; and then selfreconstructed - in an impromptu architectural dance.
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The House of Houses arise from existing architectural phenomenon. It emerged as an extract of privately built villas in Taiwan, reflecting their energetic utilization of collage, and their fun-loving and deceptional symbolic application. Based on similar compositional logic, innovative spatial strategies are then packaged in what appear to be practical jokes and irony.
