Design Concept
The proposal suggests an architectural solution for a family unit which satisfies the needs of the individuals as well as provides a place of nurturing for the family, with the following concepts derived as a resolution to the dilemmas analysed above.

Overlapping program
The daily life of the family is generalized as: living, dining, working, playing, sleeping. In conventional household arrangement, these five categories are defined by partitioning of particular function 'rooms'. Through the swinging of the partition walls, each program is no longer dependent to a confined room but can be 'overlapped' beyond the constraints of time and space. Flexibility is allowed by the expansion and contraction of functional spaces which actively response to the ever-changing spatial need of each family members.

Axis of hierarchy
Traditional spatial hierarchy along axis is to be re-captured in contemporary living. Two perpendicular axis are defined representing the dynamic pattern of relationship between family members and man/nature.The longitudinal axis expresses the hierarchy of roles, lining up the life program from family gathering to self performing. The latitudinal axis is the axis of control and privacy, from the fully conditioned rooms defined by the floating walls, through the landscaped area, to the street beyond the unit.

Landscape to harmonaze
Landscape is used to dissolve the individuals to the family, the self to the nature as a harmous whole. The courtyard in a traditional China House is represented with a lawn which extends the full length of the unit and ties the individual rooms to the family zone, and the family to time and nature. The grass absorbs sunlight during the day and nurtures to place for the family gathering at night. The lawn, defined by the Walls in accordance to the spaces between, are redefined with the displacement of the Walls over the years. The marks each definition leaves accumulate as the family grows, giving traces to the history of development.