Bird's Nest

As a resting place for an old couple who retired in Taipei and returned to Yilan to "return home", the design of "Bird's Nest" not only meets the owner's desire for the use of local materials as a jewelry designer, but also integrates the owner's desire for the childhood residence with black tile sloping roof, red brick wall, and overlooking Kueishantao Island. Moreover, the design method is applied to transform the required prayer room, and let this be a warm light guiding the field.



For the home of the owner and his wife, the designer takes the concept of swallows' return to the nest as the concept, integrates the owner's preference for the black tile slanted roof, and adopts the two misplaced slanted roof volumes, which resemble the wings of the swallows, as a personal residence for the two sons of the owner. In terms of the material, the designer makes the roof tile of Yilan's unique seven-cent stone integrated with environmentally friendly recycled glass, so that the black and white roof gives out charming luster in dark night and becomes a bright light in wide field.



The designer plans the first floor of "Bird's Nest" as the main living space of the owner and his wife, the left and right sides of second floor are the living space of their two sons, and the transparent square box in the middle is the prayer room. Therefore, the impression of natural lighting in the hall of gods is changed, which is different from the traditional bright and warm, and the relationship between prayer room and home space is redefined.



In addition to extending the outdoor paddy field landscape into the interior, the designer also creates multi-level skylights and patios in the building, such as the patio above balcony, as well as the skylights above the attic and the hall of the gods, etc., to create a sense of interest in the space through perspective displacement, and also let the bright sunlight of Lanyang naturally flow into such quiet residence.