The site used to sit by the hill side, Jin-Mian Shang, where meets the Keelung river before the river course was changed in the1960s and early 1990s. This neighborhood was called “the Gold Lion stepping in the water” in the idea of Feng-Shui; the elders named this place “the bamboo forest” as well in terms of the very landscape. Neihu had its blossom, boats all over the river back and forth in-between the city and this suburban area, during the development history of Taipei City, since it provides the stone for the construction of old Taipei City wall during the Qing Dynasty and provides most of the architectural materials such as bricks, roofing roll tiles for the city over the past almost 200 years.
The main concept based on the different scales, city scale and pedestrian scale, to describe the idea of “Going Home”. The goal of city scale is representing the culture, living, and landscape of this place used to have in terms of sensational belonging. The pedestrian scale is the route of going home, which starts at the moment while you exit the MRT carriage. The rock looking masses are stacking up by the hill side; the caved-in viewing balcony and grill covered service balcony are connected visually and cascading down along the rocks. The cascading feels like moving and expanding along the rocks through the soffits, the shadows and the various density of balcony grill while you coming along towards the building. The green pedestrian gives an idea of nature and leads you to the 3-story high fissure where the residences enter the building and take you to embrace the historical mountain aside. The vertical service core cladding with the roofing roller tiles representing the chimney sits by the transitional visitor’s waiting area, and the other side is the great common lobby with angled green tinted glass to link together the Jin-Mian Shang while residence walk by the lobby.
基地在河道歷經兩次改道前曾位於金面山與基隆河交界的山腳下，周邊地區因地勢地形在風水形象上的關係，山體伸入基隆河水岸邊如同飲水般的獅子，因而被稱之為”金獅落水”，而地方耆老們也因為當地原本特有的景觀因素也稱這區域為”竹仔藍”。內湖在過往繁華的期間，河面上佈滿著往來市區與這郊區的船隻，在最早期台北市的都市發展而言，內湖扮演著很重要的角色，過往將近的200年間不僅提供當時清朝建造台北古城牆的石頭建材，更供應了部分市區所需的磚塊、瓦片等建築材料，此外亦供應了部分市區所需的農耕產品。
本案由都市尺度的景觀意象與人行尺度的通行路徑來敘述”回家”的概念，就都市尺度而言建築本身如何再現當地文化上、生活上與景觀上的質感記憶，如同為建築本身形塑一個屬於”她”的場域環境。就人行的尺度而言”回家”的概念從捷運站下車的那刻開始，看見岩塊般的塊體在山邊的堆疊，內凹的景觀陽台與格柵包覆的工作陽台視覺上在岩體間翻滾、攀附著岩塊依勢落下，而當接近建築本身時，依勢落下的水流意象隨著行進位置上的變化藉由塊體腹面的語彙、陰影與格柵疏密的排列方式在岩體間漸漸地擴散開來，漸漸地產生落水瀑布流動的想像，沿途人行步道綠帶的洗禮下引領到一個三層樓高岩體裂縫般的建築入口，帶著住戶進入彷彿回到大自然的懷抱，在候客區的空間壓縮與轉折下，映入眼簾的則是綠色折面的玻璃大廳連接到東南側的金面山，而另一側如煙囪般佈滿瓦片的電梯服務核帶領著住戶回到那屬於大自然的各個小天地。
- Status: Property Negotiation
- Design Period: 2013
- Location: Taipei, Taiwan
- Building Type: Residential Building
- Proposal Area: 7200 sm
