The Vertical Forest
The Vertical Forest
Waterfrom Design
YEAR
2013
LOCATION
Taiwan (Roc)
CATEGORY
Houses
Text description provided by architect.
THE VERTICAL FOREST
The sky well and the patio are the most important element of this space which decide stream line.
Designer set a vertical forest to help the air circulation between indoor and outdoor, like a lung for air-breathing animal.
SKIN
The facade was combined by three different material and build in different scale. The sunshine irradiate throw different windows by different direction. all the layers has
SKYLIGHT
The concept of the architecture is utilizing four different sky well and five patio appear by retreating the architecture to solve the problem: the house is too closed to other buildings.
SCREEN
Designer wants to keep the delight on the path while we walk in the traditional Chinese architecture.
The fence makes visitor could smell the fragrance of cypress but see the beautiful metal structure.
go toward the living room, there will be a swing door decorated by black bamboo, becomes a focal point of a long corridor.
We can view, we can read and even go through the beautiful structure
SWING
As eyes to human being so is a door to interior space. Close or open, a door gives the space totally different atmosphere.
SHELTER
Using the lighting corridor to connect the major space and the minor space.
The french window were set around by open space, and for the private space, there is a sky well reveal soft lighting. All the area has appropriate nature sunshine.
