Casagrande Laboratory designed the ‘Chen House’ in Taiwan.
Description from the architects:
The house is realized on an old Japanese cherry-farm in the Datun -mountains of North-Taiwan. It is designed as a vessel to react on the demanding wind, flooding and heat conditions on the site.
The house is a stick raised above the ground in order to let the flood waters run under it. The different spaces are connected to a flexible movement within the axis of outdoor and indoor functions. The smaller bathroom and kitchen unit acts as a kicker stabilizing the wooden structure during the frequent typhoons and earthquakes.
The bio-climatic architecture is designed to catch the cool breeze from the Datun -river during the hot days and to let in the small winds circulating on the site between the fresh water reservoir pond and the farmlands. A fire place is used during the winter for heating and for cooking tea. In connection with the bathroom is a small sauna.
The house is not strong or heavy – it is weak and flexible. It is also not closing the environment out, but designed to give the farmers a needed shelter.
Ruin is when man-made has become part of nature. With this house we were looking forward to design a ruin.
| Firms | Casagrande Laboratory |
| Location | Taiwan |
| Design Team | Marco Casagrande, Frank Chen, Shi-Ding Chen, Nikita Wu, Shu-Gi Bai |
| Area | 138 m2 |
| Photograph | AdDa |
Chen House,
I love the new design!One thing thgouh:the navigation icons seem to be too glossy and not bright enough. It seems to me like they would be a lot more legible if they were just a bit brighter.Just my thgouhts, but overall an amazing job!