claudeverett 建筑大王

Nuts Balcony

January 7, 2018March 18, 2024yokospaceappropriation, italy, 2011, interior, nature, think twice, garden, life, diy

When we moved into our apartment in Milan, we were captured by the little balcony. It brought us fantastic view. However, the concrete floor surface was not in a good condition. We kept this in mind till we encountered a set of bed planks in IKEA.

Our Planet

GalleryJanuary 6, 2018March 18, 2024taospacearchitecture, 2013, public space

our-planet_1

our-planet_2

our-planet_3

our-planet_4

snake year

ImageJanuary 6, 2018March 6, 2024taoimageappropriation, card, 2013, cat, graphic, animal

mask

ImageJanuary 1, 2018March 18, 2024taoobjectproduct, 2012

Temp Space & Time-plot Ratio

January 15, 2018March 22, 2024taospace, researchbeijing, china, 2009, interior, research, art, public space

Elaine W. Ho went to Hong Kong for two weeks and left the work-live space of HomeShop on Xiaojingchang Hutong to Tao. As an exchange, Tao was asked to make the residency term a means “to finish a project here”. His architecture internship at the firm Limited Design consisted of working from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays including the commute, which meant that only sleeping hours were spent at HomeShop. As it happened, this project was inspired by just such a relationship between time and space.

Sponge

ImageDecember 20, 2017March 18, 2024taoimageart, appropriation, 2014

Instant Garden

ImageDecember 20, 2017March 18, 2024taoobjectappropriation, art, garden, 2012

You Are Designed!

December 20, 2017March 18, 2024taoresearchitaly, research, milan, art, 2012, public space

Via Conte Rosso 36 is our home when we were studying in Milan. It was next to one of the main exhibition area of Salone di Mobile (Milan Design Week). The official guide map suggested people a walking path from metro/train station to the exhibition area. It passed right under our balcony.

But we didn’t know it until that day.

Birds

ImageDecember 20, 2017September 17, 2020taoimageaffordance, italy, nature, milan, animal, bird, photography, 2012

Merlo

ImageDecember 20, 2017September 17, 2020taoobject2012, italy, appropriation, milan, product, diy, life

Emergency Shelter

January 15, 2018March 18, 2024taospace2009, user participation, architecture, product, public space

For an easier and faster construction during emergency, we tried to minimise an individual’s private space into two insulated boxes, one vertical and one horizontal—something in-between a tent and a sleeping bag. More units could be stacked and arranged in various ways, hosting families in different sizes, with public spaces naturally created.

Invisible 900m²

January 11, 2018March 19, 2024taospacearchitecture, 2009, renovation

The commission was challenging, creating a 900m² column-less exhibition hall in a historical building in the historical area of Hunan university. It was a dormitory built in 1930s by the first Chinese modernism architect: Liu Shiying.

Sticks

January 15, 2018March 20, 2024taoobject2008, china, urban, user participation, product, public space

It was the third year of our undergraduate program, a new café called C6 opened near our dormitory. Soon, it became a gathering place for students. They came here for dating, chatting, reading, and partying. The owner, Zhang Fan, was also an university student, majoring in marketing.