Slope House
Adaptive Co-Housing Typology
How to create human-scale cohabitation between the terrain?
"Slope House" is a typical housing type in Jiufen, usually built with retaining walls against the hills, shaping the common landscape in town.
Due to the existing steep terrain, there are independent entrances upstairs and downstairs, which can be used as storefronts and garages seperately. This housing type is currently being challenged as the local population structure shifting from nuclear to single-family in recent years. The project aims to provide further flexibility and affordability to the typology and encourage cooperative living.
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2018
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Studio Project (NCKU Architecture)
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Cooperative Housing
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Jiufeng, Keelung
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Tze-Chun Wei
Co-living in Between the Landscape
This project is based on the premise of increasing dual-families and proposes a new co-living house type with more adaptability, flexibility, and affordability for the typical hillside terrain.
Double House: Two Families with One Public Core
Two families have separate rooms and studios, with shared carport, kitchen and living spaces. The public core provides opportunity to communicate in the process of going up and down.
A House with Two Ground Levels
As the site locates between a slope, the upper level faces the living street, and the lower level connects to the main driveway. Both levels have independent entrances.
Co-Living Space: Atrium in Between the Terrain
The height difference is well connected through the atrium to introduce sufficient light and public views while shaping an appropriate scale for various flexible events between residents.
