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A spatial crack carved within everyday urban life.
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The Gap:Escape from Normal Life
Project locationTaipei City, Taiwan
CompanyCHENG CHIN SUNG
University/SchoolChina University of Technology
Lead ArchitectCHENG CHIN SUNG
In Taipei’s Gongguan, a traditional market pulses with noise. **The Gap** is a spatial crack carved into this routine. This opening invites visitors to leave the chaos, entering white spaces that unfold like a quiet flood. As one ascends through a slit-like staircase, past a café and gallery, the outside world dissolves. The journey ends in a room of nothingness: no objects, no purpose—only silence. In the city’s heart, The Gap creates a vital pause and an escape from everyday life.