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This residence was originally built in the 1960s as employee housing, reconstructed by CPC Corporation after taking over the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Sixth Fuel Factory. After renovation, it was transformed into a hybrid space for both living and working. The architect combined his experiences of exploring Eastern gardens with his childhood memories of life in the community, weaving together elements of nature, historical memory, and religious imagination into the space. He sought to blur the boundaries between these scenes, allowing modern life to reorganize their relationships. In doing so, this historic house avoids being forcibly restored to its past form; disconnected from contemporary life or facing demolition.

Part of the roof was replaced with transparent materials, and several interior partition walls were removed, allowing light to flow freely throughout the house on multiple levels. Sunlight filters through the roof and falls into a central pool, with reflections dancing across the walls and ceilings of adjacent spaces. The movements of goldfish in the water animate these reflections, adding a poetic quality to the space, where preserved historical textures coexist with ever-shifting light and shadow.

Spatially, the house is designed so that openings create layers of interconnection; from different vantage points, various parts of the interior overlap and interact in unique ways. Even from the street outside, one can glimpse the complex layers within, adding a sense of depth to the house’s relationship with its surroundings.

At the heart of the house lies the most intricately interwoven area of all the spatial scenes; a place where traditional religious practices, everyday meals, casual conversations among friends, and the subtle changes of natural life around the central pool all converge. These elements appear and recede in turn, blending into the rhythm of daily life. The ever-changing space becomes a quiet retreat amid the busyness of work and living, offering its inhabitants moments of stillness and reflection.

The Overlap of Field and Scene in Taiwanese Domestic Spaces In Taiwanese domestic spaces, the relationship between people and spatial information shifts rapidly and intensely. Each new stage of spatial renovation brings about a redefinition of the existing spatial relationships, reshaping how space connects with other elements across different periods. Spatial arrangements, materials, stylistic expressions, functional objects, and furniture from various eras are layered together in the same physical site. As users’ lifestyles and interactions with space continuously evolve, the internal configuration of the space is repeatedly

Architect: CABINET YFY

Photography: Studio Millspace