Wednesday 24 February 2016

Taiwan's upside down house

On commission from Taiwan's Culture Department, a group of architects designed and built an ordinary American family house. The colorful home has three floors, a master bedroom and bath, and a garage. And the house and everything inside it — are upside down. Visitors take photographs outside of an upside-down house at the Huashan Creative Park in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016.
On commission from Taiwan's Culture Department, a group of architects designed and built an ordinary American family house. The colorful home has three floors, a master bedroom and bath, and a garage. And the house and everything inside it — are upside down. Visitors take photographs outside of an upside-down house at the Huashan Creative Park in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016.


A visitor poses inside an upside-down house created by a group of Taiwanese architects at the Huashan Creative Park in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. With a build price of $600,000 and over 300 square meters (3,230 square feet) of floor space filled with real home furnishings, the upside-down house will continue to be on display to visitors until July 22.
A visitor poses inside an upside-down house created by a group of Taiwanese architects at the Huashan Creative Park in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. With a build price of $600,000 and over 300 square meters (3,230 square feet) of floor space filled with real home furnishings, the upside-down house will continue to be on display to visitors until July 22.
Visitors pose inside an upside-down house created by a group of Taiwanese architects at the Huashan Creative Park in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. With a build price of $600,000 and over 300 square meters (3,230 square feet) of floor space filled with real home furnishings, the upside-down house will continue to be on display to visitors until July 22.
Visitors pose inside an upside-down house created by a group of Taiwanese architects at the Huashan Creative Park in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. With a build price of $600,000 and over 300 square meters (3,230 square feet) of floor space filled with real home furnishings, the upside-down house will continue to be on display to visitors until July 22.
A visitor poses inside an upside-down house created by a group of Taiwanese architects at the Huashan Creative Park in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. With a build price of $600,000 and over 300 square meters (3,230 square feet) of floor space filled with real home furnishings, the upside-down house will continue to be on display to visitors until July 22.
A visitor poses inside an upside-down house created by a group of Taiwanese architects at the Huashan Creative Park in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. With a build price of $600,000 and over 300 square meters (3,230 square feet) of floor space filled with real home furnishings, the upside-down house will continue to be on display to visitors until July 22.
A visitor poses inside an upside-down house created by a group of Taiwanese architects at the Huashan Creative Park in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. With a build price of $600,000 and over 300 square meters (3,230 square feet) of floor space filled with real home furnishings, the upside-down house will continue to be on display to visitors until July 22.
A visitor poses inside an upside-down house created by a group of Taiwanese architects at the Huashan Creative Park in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. With a build price of $600,000 and over 300 square meters (3,230 square feet) of floor space filled with real home furnishings, the upside-down house will continue to be on display to visitors until July 22.
A visitor poses for a photo inside an upside-down house created by a group of Taiwanese architects at the Huashan Creative Park in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. With a build price of $600,000 and over 300 square meters (3,230 square feet) of floor space filled with real home furnishings, the upside-down house will continue to be on display to visitors until July 22.
A visitor poses for a photo inside an upside-down house created by a group of Taiwanese architects at the Huashan Creative Park in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. With a build price of $600,000 and over 300 square meters (3,230 square feet) of floor space filled with real home furnishings, the upside-down house will continue to be on display to visitors until July 22.
A visitor poses inside an upside-down house created by a group of Taiwanese architects at the Huashan Creative Park in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. With a build price of $600,000 and over 300 square meters (3,230 square feet) of floor space filled with real home furnishings, the upside-down house will continue to be on display to visitors until July 22.
A visitor poses inside an upside-down house created by a group of Taiwanese architects at the Huashan Creative Park in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. With a build price of $600,000 and over 300 square meters (3,230 square feet) of floor space filled with real home furnishings, the upside-down house will continue to be on display to visitors until July 22.
A visitor poses inside an upside-down house created by a group of Taiwanese architects at the Huashan Creative Park in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. With a build price of $600,000 and over 300 square meters (3,230 square feet) of floor space filled with real home furnishings, the upside-down house will continue to be on display to visitors until July 22.
A visitor poses inside an upside-down house created by a group of Taiwanese architects at the Huashan Creative Park in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. With a build price of $600,000 and over 300 square meters (3,230 square feet) of floor space filled with real home furnishings, the upside-down house will continue to be on display to visitors until July 22.
A visitor poses inside an upside-down house created by a group of Taiwanese architects at the Huashan Creative Park in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. With a build price of $600,000 and over 300 square meters (3,230 square feet) of floor space filled with real home furnishings, the upside-down house will continue to be on display to visitors until July 22.
A visitor poses inside an upside-down house created by a group of Taiwanese architects at the Huashan Creative Park in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. With a build price of $600,000 and over 300 square meters (3,230 square feet) of floor space filled with real home furnishings, the upside-down house will continue to be on display to visitors until July 22.
Visitors look around inside an upside-down house created by a group of Taiwanese architects at the Huashan Creative Park in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. With a build price of $600,000 and over 300 square meters (3,230 square feet) of floor space filled with real home furnishings, the upside-down house will continue to be on display to visitors until July 22.
Visitors look around inside an upside-down house created by a group of Taiwanese architects at the Huashan Creative Park in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. With a build price of $600,000 and over 300 square meters (3,230 square feet) of floor space filled with real home furnishings, the upside-down house will continue to be on display to visitors until July 22.
The designers paid close attention to details: the pasta on the dinner table hangs vertically as do the bathroom towels, and a computer in the study has yellow sticky notes attached to it. A visitor poses inside an upside-down house created by a group of Taiwanese architects at the Huashan Creative Park in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016.
The designers paid close attention to details: the pasta on the dinner table hangs vertically as do the bathroom towels, and a computer in the study has yellow sticky notes attached to it. A visitor poses inside an upside-down house created by a group of Taiwanese architects at the Huashan Creative Park in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016.
The appliances are real, with working lights throughout. The overhead fireplace, though, is an LCD screen of a cozy fire. A visitor poses inside an upside-down house created by a group of Taiwanese architects at the Huashan Creative Park in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016.
The appliances are real, with working lights throughout. The overhead fireplace, though, is an LCD screen of a cozy fire. A visitor poses inside an upside-down house created by a group of Taiwanese architects at the Huashan Creative Park in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016.
The project is on display at the Huashan Creative Park, a site that once was a Japanese plum wine factory but has been turned into an arty warehouse with hip restaurants and a theater showing independent films. Visitors take photographs outside of an upside-down house at the Huashan Creative Park in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016.
The project is on display at the Huashan Creative Park, a site that once was a Japanese plum wine factory but has been turned into an arty warehouse with hip restaurants and a theater showing independent films. Visitors take photographs outside of an upside-down house at the Huashan Creative Park in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016.
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