臨水而居的現代家屋，一個奔放的念頭將家屋的內庭水域面積極大化，創造獨絕的水景以及家屋型態。室內客廳整面席榻為主體，讓人在坐臥之間壓低視角，視覺上與水面的距離更加親近，迴廊上的斜板屋簷也扮演同樣的功能，將視角導向水面，讓倒映水面上的風景成為這個院落的核心。L型的家屋對角有獨立的木造茶屋，讓水面上的家屋形式分為主屋與別屋兩種尺度，生活可以更有次第地在其間做心境的調適與轉換。院內精采的生活皆鋪排在簷廊下的半戶外空間，一堵窄橋橫跨水面銜接主屋與別屋，形成一個水面上的生活迴圈。
水院子不僅是水景建築，更是一座生態方舟。透過屋頂的雨水回收系統收集水資源，提供水域足夠且乾淨的水源，如此一來便有機會創造生態水域，復育台灣原生溪魚。這是半畝塘的未來住居計畫，每一個家屋都有機會是生態的諾亞方舟，可以復育在地原生物種，讓生活環境具有美感景觀也同時蘊養生態，形成一套生態系統服務。
A modern house situated right by the water. A bold idea maximized the inner court’s water area, creating a unique waterscape and house design. Inside the Pond House, the seating area extended across the living room, the seats are designed to lower the viewing angle allowing people lounging in the living room to be visually closer to the water. The sloped roof over the veranda also serves the same purpose of directing people’s views to the water, making the landscape reflected on the water a center piece of the Pond House. Opposite of the L-shaped main house is an independent wooden tea house, this design choice separated this residence on the water into two dimensions -- a main house and a secondary house. Going between the two spaces will allow the house owners to change and readjust their moods. All the activities inside the house revolves around the semi-open veranda, and the narrow bridge that connects the main house and the tea house completes a walking circuit.
Pond House is not merely an architecture on a waterscape, it is an ecological ark. Pond House collects water through its rainwater collection system on the roof to provide a sufficient and clean water source for the pond. Having this water source made it possible for the ecological waterscape to be created, and restoring freshwater fishes that are native to Taiwan’s rivers. This is the blueprint for BMT’s future residence plan, every house has an opportunity to be an Ark for the wildlife. Residents living in these houses will have the means to restore wildlife native to Taiwan, creating aesthetically beautiful landscape while nurturing wildlife, forming so-called Eco-system Service to human beings.