Chapter One

Overview

Chapter One — to own a home for the first time is both a sense of belonging, and the ground on which one's future will take shape. This townhouse in Xitun, Taichung, unfolds as a seven-floor sequence — entry and a writing desk on the ground floor, living room with terrace on the second, kitchen with a small balcony on the third, private quarters on floors four through six, and a top-floor study with utility room. A family elevator makes vertical movement effortless.

The best light is given to where daily life happens — the living room on the second floor, the kitchen on the third. Private rooms unfold along the vertical path; each level holds its own hour and mood — a morning at the desk on the ground floor, an afternoon between living room and terrace, an evening climb to the bedrooms, a focused night at the rooftop study.