Oct 9, 2009
20+10+X World Architecture Community Awards 4th cycle: Chen House by Marco Casagrande
Chen House
Taiwan, 2007-2008,
Residential buildings / Country houses
Marco Casagrande (1971) 
CHEN HOUSE - 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. -
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