Honorable Mention: International Architecture Awards 2023
Lakeside Villa, Tainan City, Taiwan | 2019

Architects: Dong Lin Interior Design Construction
Lead Architect: Wei-Chiang Liao
General Contractor: Dong Lin Interior Design Construction
Client: Lakeside Villa
Photographers: Dong Lin Photo Studio

Adjoining a lake, the house surrounded by the natural environment signifies an appeased lifestyle, of which the house owner’s childhood experience inspired the design plan that was based on the theme of a magnificent “life,”. An exceptional architecture should be built on the basis of people and life, which is incubated by the architecture and space. The house decoration focusing on the family gatherings concerns particularly about the functions for affairs.

The house owner, who returned hometown in his middle age, demanded a comfortable and joyful living environment for friends and parents. Considering on the basis of the house owner’s childhood memories, the designer initiated the design plan that people live with nature. The sleek architectural exterior, in a big L structure, is decorated with stylish hole, through which the sunlight filtering is full of charms.

The subtle skill obscuring the boundaries among spaces with the large glass window artistically simulate the natural landscapes in the house. The house traffic flow advocates the “island hopping” lifestyle. “The house over pond” Figuratively featuring a bridge over lake that connected to an artificial island, under which furnished with a wine cellar. Overlooking the house, people will see a L-style architectural appearance that cordially blends into the surrounding natural environment.