Star House by Atelier Gratia is a bold concrete addition to the urban landscape of the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung
Star House takes its name from its site's history, rather than its shape. Located on the fittingly named Star Street in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung, it also sits on the cross between two urban grids, two planning systems developed during different periods in this urban environment's history, which overlap and find common ground at this point. The result is an angular, loosely star-shaped plot, which lent the home its name.
Beyond its conceptual strength, the residence also features a powerful aesthetic, its volume carefully crafted in angular concrete, which cuts a bold shape its in residential street. Inside, the concrete's roughness is complemented by swathes of glass, which allow the space to visually flow, as well as timber, in the more private parts of the some-600 sq m home.
'Different living quarters are connected like stars in a constellation through intermediary spaces that offer buffer and transition, where a balance between family unity and individual privacy can be maintained,' the architecture team say.
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