Kaohsiung, Taiwan
“Completely different residing quarters are linked like stars in a constellation via intermediary areas that supply buffers and transitions, by which a equilibrium amongst family unity and distinctive privateness might be maintained,” suggests Grace Ming-En Chang, lead architect of Atelier Gratia.
“The property is sort of a massive sundial the place the passing time and altering seasons are noticed: planetary actions are regularly felt by the use of the ever-changing shadows collaborating in beneath the skylights, though the hues of the sky are captured on the kaleidoscopic surfaces of the panoramic glass façades that wrap all-around the courtyard.”
Grace Ming-En Chang of Atelier Gratia has designed a family creating constructed of concrete in the course of the metropolis of Kaohsiung, located in an angular, loosely star-formed plot from which the enterprise has acquired its establish.
A sanctuary shielded by a monolithic concrete mass in a dense neighborhood, the design and elegance of Star Property revolves concerning the idea of the celebs, by which reflection, refraction and triangulation are the recurring themes.
The Star Property has a central courtyard framed by quite a few smaller sized patios that dot the ground technique of the 4 numerous tales, opening up the interiors, while producing connections and in-between spots.
It attributes a potent aesthetic, its amount diligently crafted in angular concrete, which cuts a daring type in family streets.
The concrete’s roughness is complemented by swathes of glass, which let the home to visually circulation, as correctly as timber.
Mission: StarHouse
Architects: Atelier Gratia
Direct Architect: Grace Ming-En Chang
Shoppers: Sheng-Lee Chang and Hui-Ying Yan
Photographers: Yi-Hsien Lee
