Chun Tung Tse

The project explored the relationship between the guitar, luthier, and architecture through designing a community for three craft-related residences. Guitar components are abstracted into forms that generate curated three-dimensional spaces, with a secondary expression of architectural elements through the abstraction of rhythms, enriching the spatial quality and experience for visitors and luthiers. The final design celebrates the craft by having a performance stage beside the shop where visitors can appreciate the craft through musicians’ performances, and understand the crafting process that is usually inaccessible, through different lookout spots towards the workshop. The three residences further celebrate the craft through music, having their own studios that penetrate music through the house, by having void spaces that connect the house vertically.