This residential project is designed for a four-member family living in Taiwan near the ocean. The 1,400 square foot house has two floors, with the first floor containing living areas like the kitchen, dining room, living room, and guest room. The second floor contains bedrooms, a study, and children's bathroom. The house is designed to accommodate the family's needs like enjoying time with visitors on weekends and hobbies like cooking and art. Materials and furniture were chosen to complement the coastal location with a modern yet natural style.

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Goal
Year
Instructor
Residential Design
Main House
Fall 2014
Ernest Mariotto
This residential project is designed for a family
who want to build their new house near the
ocean in Taiwan. The house is around 1,400
sq.ft. Followings are the project contents.
Site
Target User
Programming
Floor Plans
Elevations
Perspectives
Materials
Furniture
- Dieter F. Uchtdorf
The desire to create is one of the deepest yearning of the human soul.

2. This house is located in the Sanchich township in
the north of Taiwan. To the west side is the Taiwan
Straight, and it also neighbors with Shimen District,
Jinshan District, Tamsui District, and has a boundary,
Datun Mountain, with Beitou District. With the 101
highway crossing this district, traffic is convenient.
The unique terrain feature is rock and sand mixed
shore, which has eroded and accumulated; the wide
intertidal zone has algal reef which is also called by
people as “coral stone.”
Because Datun Mountain is in the south east, it can’t
stop wind blowing; the weather in this district is cold
and humid in winter and hot and dry in summer.
Recent years, few coffee store and restaurants have
opened, many artists moved into this district, and
more and more people want to visit. On the other
side, the government transforming agricultural land
into tourist ranches.
Site
This house is designed for a four-member family.
They really enjoy weekends with friends and
family. Sometimes they have visitors stay one
or two nights. The father always busy during
week days; the mom likes cooking, baking, and
painting. Daughter is studying in other city, and
she only comes home on weekends; the son
is still in high school. He plans to study in the
university near home.
Family Members profile
Father
Mother
Daughter
Son
Garage
Kitchen
Dining Room
Living Room
Family Room
Guest Room
Guest Restroom
Studio
Study Room
Children’s Bathroom
Restroom
Master Room
Master Room Restroom
Target User
Progamming
45-year-old, a business man
Likes reading, watching movies
46-year-old, an artist work at home
Likes cooking, watching movies
20-year-old, an university student
Likes listening to music, dancing
18-year-old, a high school student
Likes exercising, playing game
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3. LIVING ROOM FAMILY ROOM
GUEST
BEDROOM
GUEST RESTROOM
KITCHEN DINING AREA
STUDIO
1F FLOOR PLAN
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1F SPACE PLAN
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4. 2F FLOOR PLAN
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2F LIVING ROOM
STUDY ROOM
MASTER BEDROOM
CHILDREN’S ROOM CHILDREN’S ROOM
CHILDREN’S
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RESTROOM
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5. 1F LIVING ROOM ELEVATION
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MASTER BEDROOM ELEVATION
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6. KITCHEN KITCHEN FROM LIVING ROOM
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8. 1F LIVING ROOM 2F LIVING ROOM
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10. MASTER ROOM RESTROOM 2F STUDY ROOM
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11. Chosen materials have clear grains. They will
make people feel natural without bringing in
trees and stones. I try to bring the feeling of
the ocean so the color also uses natural colors.
Materials from top to bottom, left to right
Entrance Floor
Master Room Bed Head
Master Room
Balcony
Kitchen Counter Top
Kitchen Floor
Furniture
Stairs
1st Floor
Materials
Furniture is chosen with simple and modern
style. To bring the feeling of the ocean, I chose
furniture with simple structure, modern style,
and most of it has bright color, such as white
and light brown. Some dark color pieces of
furniture are chosen for balancing the spaces
color tone.
Furniture
Slate
Coconuts
Wallcovering
Wood Flooring
Corian
Slate
Wood
Corian
Marble
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