tower of force

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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. 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.