Apartment W, Taoyuan District Taiwanese Building Design, Modern Taiwan Architecture Images
Apartment W in Taoyuan District
20 Aug 2022
Architects: fws_work
Location: Taoyuan District, Qinpu, Taiwan

Photos: Suiyu Studio
Apartment W, Taoyuan District Taiwan
Residence W is designed by fws_work to bring a sense of tranquility to a home overlooking the city of Qinpu, known for its fast development and transportation hub. The owner is an airline pilot, spending most of his time constantly traveling between different countries with short stays. For him, home is a haven to provide a sense of relaxation at the moment when he arrives home.

To respond to the owner?s desire for relaxation, fws_work designs with tactile materials, such as plaster and oak wood, as the essential backdrop, accompanied with woven cane, ribbed glass, encaustic ceramic tiles, and linen furnishings to form a sensory warmth. In addition, refined craftsmanship is revealed through consistent millwork details throughout. The selective material palette and joinery details evoke the client?s memories of a country home in childhood, as well as Mediterranean retreats experienced during his travels.
fws_work combines the entry, kitchen, reading, dining, and living areas in a light-filled, open-plan space to enhance spaciousness and flexibility, while focusing on creating intuitive circulation, based on the client’s routines. The intuitive circulation is defined by freestanding fixtures, such as the half-heigh...