White Mineral Paint: Understated Simplicity and Delicate Joints

Design a contemporary Taiwanese townhouse finished entirely in a white mineral coating, where all the interest comes from how the plane is divided. Show every wall surface in the same flat chalky white silicate paint over render, matte and slightly absorbent so it reads soft rather than glossy, with no tile, stone or metal cladding anywhere on the elevation. Detail the facade as organised by a system of recessed shadow joints — fine grooves fifteen millimetres wide and equally deep — set out on a strict rhythm that aligns with the window heads, the floor levels and the parapet, so the blank white plane is quietly measured rather than empty. Show the openings as square-cut with no visible frames from outside, the render returning into each reveal and the glazing set right at the back. Detail the parapet as terminating in a slim white metal drip so no rain streaking runs down the face, and the base as a two-hundred-millimetre recessed dark plinth that lifts the white plane clear of the ground. Show the surface picking up the faint blue of the sky in its shadowed parts. Set it on a bright residential street in central Taiwan. Show clear morning sun so the joints read as fine grey lines. Photorealistic, quiet, white on white, low three-quarter view.