A Garden Within a House / A House Within a Garden
2021-2022, Garden Venue
Architecture as a Growing Landscape
Located halfway up Yangmingshan, Navi Garden was originally a women’s dormitory. Over time, it has been transformed into one of Taipei’s largest private gardens, functioning both as an artist’s workspace and a venue for weddings and public events.
The existing garden was not created as a single, finished design. Instead, it has been gradually cultivated by the owner and gardeners in response to the specific climate, topography, and ecological conditions of Yangmingshan. Through seasonal changes, the garden continuously evolves, forming a living landscape shaped over time—an ongoing process rather than a fixed composition.
Rather than redefining this condition, the project extends its logic of growth. By opening up the ground floor façade, the boundary between interior and exterior is dissolved, allowing the garden to flow into the building. Architecture is no longer conceived as an enclosed object, but as part of the landscape itself. Interior space becomes a constructed terrain shaped by plants, light, and climate.
Programmatically, spaces requiring a higher degree of domestic comfort are positioned on the second floor, forming a volume that appears to float above the garden. In contrast to the immersive condition of the ground level, the upper floor provides distance and perspective—allowing inhabitation to oscillate between immersion and detachment.
Programmatically, spaces requiring a higher degree of domestic comfort are positioned on the second floor, forming a volume that appears to float above the garden. In contrast to the immersive condition of the ground level, the upper floor provides distance and perspective—allowing inhabitation to oscillate between immersion and detachment.
In terms of construction, the project adopts a participatory approach, working closely with the owner and gardeners. Those most familiar with the site’s daily maintenance and operation are directly involved in the building process. At the same time, experimental materials and construction methods are tested and adjusted, seeking a balance between innovation and long-term sustainability.
Navi Garden is not conceived as a completed object, but as a field in continuous growth. Architecture here is not a singular act of production, but an evolving project—one that develops alongside its users, its environment, and time itself.
A Garden Within a House / A House Within a Garden
Navi Garden 設計改修工程
所在地/台北市陽明山
主要用途/私人花園
設計___________
空間：二弄九號事務所/n9a2＋Office m-sa
景觀：納美花園
工程___________
施工：渥得室內裝修有限公司
施工：納美花園
燈具：伏流物件
塗料：凡典塗料
影像___________
攝影：Studio Millspace
規模___________
地下一層面積：255m2
地上一層面積：270m2
地上二層面積：175m2
戶外平台面積：525m2
期程___________
設計期間：2020年12月-2020年07月
工事期間：2021年08月-2022年05月