在「2015第十屆台北數位藝術節」的國際邀請展中,邀請由英國年輕世代建築師Alastair Parvin所領軍的WikiHouse,透過討論建築與人文的關係,並以減化設計、製作的過程,除了滿足不同需求外,更回應當代的居住問題。交通大學建築研究所和AHA台灣義築協會加入本計劃,完成結構、外觀設計和基礎建設。觀者有機會參與搭建工程,通力合作完成「維基」房屋的設置,強化本展的共創精神。之後此作品將成為「書屋」,捐贈至新竹縣新埔鎮北平國小,提供偏鄉閱讀資源,延續社會設計的公益性。
Led by the young British architect Alastair Parvin, WikiHouse not only satisfies different needs but also responds to contemporary housing problems by exploring the relationship between architecture and humanistic landscapes as well as by simplifying the procedure of design and production. The Graduate Institute of Architecture of National Chiao Tung University (NCTU) and the Association of Humanitarian Architecture, Taiwan are in charge of the infrastructure as well as structural and exterior design of this project. Noise Kitchen, Department of Wood Based Materials and Design of National Chiayi University,Woodworking Training Design Research Center of National Taipei University of Technology and College of Design of Chaoyang University of Technology&Maker Union 2015 International Competition Workshop for Emerging Student Designers,Taiwan are in charge of the structure CNC cutting process. The visitors will be invited to take part in this project and accomplish the “Wikihouse” with concerted efforts, which embodies the spirit of collaboration underscored by this exhibition. The finished work will become the PPES Reading Hut to be donated to Pei-Ping Elementary School in Hsin-Bu Township, Hsin-Chu County, which represents the charitable spirit of social design by providing reading resources to remote countryside.