Courtyard House

Taiwan

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Courtyard House

Taiwan

Firm

dotze innovations studio

Type

Residential › Private House

STATUS

Built

YEAR

2014

SIZE

5000 sqft - 10,000 sqft

BUDGET

Undisclosed

This is an ambitious project for a 3-generation family in Changhua, Taiwan. The site is located on the roof of an existing one-story factory building.

The initial idea was to create a contemporary Chinese courtyard house with a "回" shaped volume. This is a layout with individual living units and shared family spaces.
They are connected by a looped corridor and separated by small light wells.

"Sky-Voids" are distributed in the corners of the building to provide natural lighting and ventilation. They are designed as individual small courtyards.

"Inner-View" is the idea of creating private garden views for the occupants' pleasure and blurs the visual boundary between inside and outside.

Big glazing facing the central courtyard is designed and "Sky Voids" provide inner-views of the garden. This is a project trying to re-define a modern Chinese courtyard house and explore how space can be divided individually but stay closely connected