House of Stones

House of Stones
© Tze-Chun Wei

HOUSE OF STONES

Ospace Architects

PHOTOGRAPHS
Tze-chun Wei

AREA
360 M²

YEAR
2014

LOCATION
Taiwan, Taiwan (Roc)

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

The House of Stones is an individual 4 storeys house located in Changhua, Taiwan.

House of Stones
House of Stones
© Tze-Chun Wei

The site is in irregular triangle shape, where using the typical structural grid system is not applicable and not efficient. In this circumstance, we come up with the following two concepts.

Our initial inspiration comes from the rock in Zhangjiajie, and we see the site as a stone full of shapes, which then set out the composition strategy of our projects.

House of Stones
© Tze-Chun Wei
House of Stones
© Tze-Chun Wei

All the opening of the building is followed by the idea of shaping a stone, where windows and roof are excavated and cut like a big rock.

In order to express the concept of a floating stone and the different functions of the house, we separate the ground floor that is commercial use with exposed concrete and the upper floors that function as a private house with a white painted volume.

This then presents a picture of a floating white stone sitting on an irregular rock column.

House of Stones
© Tze-Chun Wei
House of Stones
© Tze-Chun Wei
House of Stones
© Tze-Chun Wei

The subtropical weather in Taiwan is considered in this project. There is a pool placed on the south side of the building and a void in the center that helps generates the stack effect of the wind.

In this case, the wind runs over the pool to cool down its temperature and flows through the building by the central void, and this creates the pleasant of living with natural lighting and ventilation.


House of Stones
© Tze-Chun Wei
House of Stones
© Tze-Chun Wei
House of Stones
© Tze-Chun Wei
House of Stones
© Tze-Chun Wei


House of Stones
Concept
House of Stones
Concept


House of Stones
1st Floor Plan
House of Stones
2nd Floor Plan
House of Stones
3rd Floor Plan
House of Stones
4th Floor Plan
House of Stones
Roof plan
House of Stones
Model