業主是有著傢俱製作專長的一對年輕夫妻，計畫返鄉與務農的父母共築三代同堂的家。基地位於台灣台中市近郊的農地，因相關法規條件規定，其可建築的面積約僅有一般農舍面積的一半。周遭環境除了四季變化的稻田、花田所構成的美麗風景之外，便是台灣中部農村很典型的農村工廠，呈現一種農業與工業混雜的狀態。
如何在這些面積限制和混雜環境的條件下，設計出一個具有新意的三代同堂住宅，則是我們的重要課題，其相應之策略如下：
田中的田字平面
我們提出的策略是以「田字型」平面構成，將四個高程不一的小房子合而為一，創造出一棟三個樓層卻有著十三個樓板高程的建築。樓板之間的縫隙引發了空間的流動性，讓人有著小而大的空間感知，並在有限的平面中創造具剖面深度的視覺延伸感，建立出三代親人之間，那種緊密又獨立的空間關係。
上下及框景開口
我們由內而外地思考開口形式，向上引導的開口讓人可望向天空同時保有住家的私密性，向下引導的開口則讓視線由樓板延伸至農田同時阻隔西曬的陽光；其他開口則以局部框景的方式來過濾外部混雜的環境元素，臨路側也兼作業主對外的傢俱展示櫥窗。
天光下擺動的樓梯
不同時刻的天光，透過挑空中的樓梯灑落在每一個高程，用光串連起住家中的生活空間，也同時引導出行進時的多方向視線風景。
我們期待在這案子，以流動性的居住空間形態，形塑出一種簡單而豐富的日常生活。
The client is a young couple who specialize in furniture making. They plan to return to their hometown and build a home with their parents who are farmers. The site is located on a farm land in a suburb of Taichung city. According to the building code, the building coverage ratio of this site is half of the regular ratio for farmhouses. The site is surrounded by typical rural factories. It is a blend of both agricultural and industrial landscape.
Building a creative house for three generations with the limited site area and chaotic environmental conditions is the most significant challenge. As a result, we developed the following strategies in response to the challenge.
The gridded plan in the gridded farmland
We proposed a strategy of forming a plan with a 2x2 m grid. Combining four houses with different hierarchies, this creates a three floor building with 13 floor plates in different heights. The voids between different floor plates trigger dynamic spatial relationships. This allows a tight but also uninterrupted spatial condition between the three generations.
The openings framing views from up and down
The openings leading upward allow people to look up to the sky and secure the privacy of the house. The openings leading downward extend horizontally to the farmland, blocking the afternoon sunlight from the west. The other openings framing views filter the chaotic environmental elements. The opening next to the road also serves as a showcase of the furniture designed by the clients.
The swaying staircase under the skylight
The sun light during different times of the day cascades through the staircase in the atrium. The light connects different living spaces and also led our eyesight to multiple views as we move through the house.
We expect to create a simple but rich daily life with the dynamic living spaces in this project.