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Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
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Cheng's
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
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STATUS
Built
YEAR
2024
SIZE
0 sqft - 1000 sqft
BUDGET
$100K - 500K
Located in a 30-year-old apartment building in central Kaohsiung, this project benefits from favorable site conditions that provide excellent natural ventilation.
The primary design objective was to preserve and enhance the physical environmental qualities of the site while accommodating the dual needs of residential living and home-based digital work.
The original layout—three bedrooms and two living areas—restricted cross-ventilation, particularly impeding the entry of the southwest summer breeze.
Only when the kitchen door to the rear balcony was opened could one feel the presence of natural airflow.
To improve passive ventilation, the northeast–southwest axis was prioritized and preserved as a continuous airflow corridor. A full-height operable door was installed along the northeast wall, maximizing indoor air circulation. All public and social functions of the home—kitchen, dining, and living areas—were then arranged along this axis, creating an integrated communal core where daily activities converge.
The bathroom core was positioned centrally within the floor plan, serving as an organizational anchor around which the bedroom, workspace, and open zones were arranged. Storage was consolidated with the bathroom volume for spatial efficiency. The workspace entry was recessed near the balcony edge, strategically framing views toward the outdoor greenery and directing visual focus to the planted exterior.
To optimize daylight penetration,two small storage volumes adjacent to the dining space were reconfigured with angled door planes and reflective surfaces.These treatments function as light diffusers, drawing daylight deeper into the plan and subtly projecting shadows of balcony vegetation onto interior surfaces, a dynamic interplay between light, material, and living landscape.
A continuous birch plywood wall delineates the open-plan zones from the private areas, establishing a clean spatial hierarchy between work and domestic functions.
By implementing a large-scale spatial division rather than isolated partitions, the layout achieves both visual clarity and programmatic flexibility.
This architectural strategy supports a seamless coexistence of living and working, allowing the home to accommodate contemporary lifestyles with both spatial efficiency and calm spatial experience.
The primary design objective was to preserve and enhance the physical environmental qualities of the site while accommodating the dual needs of residential living and home-based digital work.
The original layout—three bedrooms and two living areas—restricted cross-ventilation, particularly impeding the entry of the southwest summer breeze.
Only when the kitchen door to the rear balcony was opened could one feel the presence of natural airflow.
To improve passive ventilation, the northeast–southwest axis was prioritized and preserved as a continuous airflow corridor. A full-height operable door was installed along the northeast wall, maximizing indoor air circulation. All public and social functions of the home—kitchen, dining, and living areas—were then arranged along this axis, creating an integrated communal core where daily activities converge.
The bathroom core was positioned centrally within the floor plan, serving as an organizational anchor around which the bedroom, workspace, and open zones were arranged. Storage was consolidated with the bathroom volume for spatial efficiency. The workspace entry was recessed near the balcony edge, strategically framing views toward the outdoor greenery and directing visual focus to the planted exterior.
To optimize daylight penetration,two small storage volumes adjacent to the dining space were reconfigured with angled door planes and reflective surfaces.These treatments function as light diffusers, drawing daylight deeper into the plan and subtly projecting shadows of balcony vegetation onto interior surfaces, a dynamic interplay between light, material, and living landscape.
A continuous birch plywood wall delineates the open-plan zones from the private areas, establishing a clean spatial hierarchy between work and domestic functions.
By implementing a large-scale spatial division rather than isolated partitions, the layout achieves both visual clarity and programmatic flexibility.
This architectural strategy supports a seamless coexistence of living and working, allowing the home to accommodate contemporary lifestyles with both spatial efficiency and calm spatial experience.
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