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This study investigates Taiwanese cities by looking at the widespread condition of rules violation in construction. In this study, the original situation of a building constructed following legal procedures is perceived as the “whole”, and secondary construction - an addition to or an adjustment of the whole - as “parts”; the relation between the “whole” and the “parts” resembles the relation between a mother and her children. Through hiring people for reconstruction or DIY by the owners, a space is created that satisfies the inhabitants. This thesis uses empirical research to investigate the norms, limitations, and changing patterns of contemporary secondary construction, by collecting and organizing the building behavior of related things. Furthermore, it attempts, on the premise of improving and preserving the diverse, unrestrained increase of construction by the users, to develop a construction system that is adaptable in nature. The thesis is built up as follows: First, a case-study of contemporary construction and a related critical literature review. Second, a summary of typical Taiwanese secondary construction established to observe items of this empirical research. Third, an analysis of field investigation patterns of secondary construction. Finally, a conclusion with a design proposition and working methods. The second chapter investigates from a secondary construction material point of view the relation between the whole and the parts proliferating from it. It replenishes and analyzes cases of contemporary construction by combining the above proliferating perspective of the mother and children with Ashihara Yoshinoby’s concept of sub-whole space. Next to this, using information from a summary of contemporary secondary construction, the chapter analyzes the relationship between the proliferation and the builder, and working patterns and the material. Concluded is with the observed content and patterns of the mother and children from empirical research. The third chapter uses twenty different secondary construction spots in Taipei city as examples. It examines the construction relation between the mother and children. From the three items usability, space, and material a conclusion is conducted, that integrates professional with unprofessional construction norms, limitations, and patterns, in order to lead to a design proposition and operation. The fourth chapter is aimed at investigating one side of a certain four-floor walk up apartment in Taipei. The chapter analyzes how in a household, because of family members, time changes, and practicality occurs construction. The norms and patterns from the third chapter also get involved, acting as the source material of a design practice. Finally, this study applies the concept of proliferation to design a set of joints that can insert different kinds of material. It uses contact positions, forms, and movement of articulation to provide for ever-changing construction objects. It also leaves the possibility for the users to make future adjustments. The above design is compatible with skilled work to present an interface of two kinds construction methods as well as equipment of an additional and adaptable mechanism.
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