Nanachoushoku 菜菜朝食

The nanachoushoku is located in a historic town with loads of brick buildings in Taipei.

We aim to revive the old community by providing organic food, accommodation and an events space for sharing of body mind spirit experiments, both locals and tourists can gather at this multipurpose community hub where they could hang out to have a chat, and where tourists could visit to deepen their individual view of wellness benefits and the story the historic town.

The venue occupies a tiny area between the number of buildings along a sunless lane.

We added the building with fuzzy glass on the bricked façade so-called “light from the gap” to give the space in darkness the same air of openness and conviviality and helping to diffuse direct sunlight.

The restored pinewood of the roof structure and polished terrazzo staircase instead of the cold iron elements create a homely atmosphere, as the glass window allows the landscape to be clearly visible from the space, sunlight can be seen shining to flow through the whole loft. 

An attempt to extend the concept of “light from the gap” also made the mood in brightness to fill in whole areas of this space such as rooms, the social hub and a bathroom where below the staircase.  

It is a fantastic example of how to reuse the existing structure of typical old Taiwanese buildings due to the limited condition in a modern way with traditional materials. The result of restoration can be seen in reviving the small community from the typical situation of population outflow in a historic town in Taiwan.

菜菜朝食位於台北市大同區古鎮”大稻埕”，一個擁有大量磚砌建築的歷史城區。以提供健康蔬食、分享居住生活及共享身心靈實驗的活動空間來復興舊有社區。當地居民與遊客都可以聚集在這個小小的社區中心，在那裡他們可以交流，加深他們對來自於內心及悠悠古韻的小鎮帶來的感受，寄託於其中。

該場域位於在一條日光照射較不優渥的小巷，擠身在眾多街屋之間。

由於建物外牆因年久失修關係產生些許裂縫，而也讓我們聯想到

”萬物皆有裂痕，那是光照進來的地方”。

嘗試擴展縫隙中的光的概念也使明亮充滿空間，測試與觀察日照型態後我們嘗試在原有立面磚牆上增加了一開口，原本日月無光的空間引進猶如從”石縫之間的光”，讓密閉的空間也一起分享了新鮮的空氣及充沛柔和的自然光。

修復屋頂原有的松木結構及重新拋光水磨石樓梯取代現代冰冷的金屬材料，營造出台式街屋原有的溫暖居家氛圍，窗口使得戶外的城區老街景清晰可見，也讓陽光照耀著並流通整個閣樓。

嘗試延伸 “石縫之間的光”之概念也使明亮的氛圍充滿了這個空間所有區域，例如臥室、共享區及樓梯下方的浴室。

我們深感到榮幸利用了原有傳統材料，以現代方式活化了條件有限的典型台式街屋原有場域。 並也同時提供這個青年人口外移的小社區一點活力以及可預見的深遠影響。