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CIVIC IDENTITY I HOW DEEP THE UTOPIA WHERE WE LIVE Location: Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan Program: Student dorm 2016 What the project intends is to fix the contradiction of city life and the initial concept of student community in the university. It starts with the study on morpho-typology of Taiwanese building and collectivity in the campus. As a student, a studio room is usually called a home, which signifies an important concept about the prototype of a home in Taiwanese society. I chose the typical street house as the prototype. The campus is located on one side of a hill in the west of Taichung city on which the sunrise can be seen from the east direction. At the end of 20 century, the city and the edge of campus had a conflict eventually. Students are still living in the contradiction which is not only about environment but also on the aspect of education between religious spirit and secular concepts.
