Merry Coast Flat by Suping Zhuo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Competition Category.

IronInterior· 2021

Merry Coast Flat

by Suping Zhuo

Client: T10+Design Alliance

A' Design Award Winner in Interior Category

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Verified Award Winner

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The Design

About Merry Coast Flat

Merry Coast is the interior design of a 280 square meter apartment in Ningbo, China. The layout is inspired by piano melodies, and the plan follows a broad and calm order. Natural light enters the rooms through curtain-like glass windows. Simple and elegant base colors support a quiet atmosphere. A round mirror in the dining hall reflects the room and widens the view. Paintings and small decoration units mark the walls and corners, so each area gains its own character. The materials include carpet, stone, wood finish and furniture.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award

Merry Coast Flat is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations. Iron winners demonstrate great skill, high specialization, expert understanding, and creative capacity of their creators. Merry Coast Flat is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished creation that is practical and innovative. This Iron A' Design Award-winning design integrates industry best practices and has competent technical characteristics linked with know-how and talent. Merry Coast Flat is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.

Image Analysis

Color Temperature: Slightly WarmSymmetry: PartialBackground: Top and Bottom

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: A round mirror is very well located in the dinning hall, as if to reflect pleasant stories from a parallel world. When walking in the space, visitors may encounter various decoration units such as unique paintings hanging on the wall. Those extraordinary decorations brighten the room, creating excellent sceneries.
Find a corner, and then decorate there with beloved things; a unique little world is thus completed by these two steps for anyone to enjoy.
Dimensions & Packaging: Project area: 280 square meters
Tags: Piano, Melody, Residence, Quietly elegant, Open, Lively
Production Technology: carpet, stone, wood finish, painting, furniture
Design Challenge: How to create amazement out of calm, how to build scenery out of frames, and how to grant impression out of life. These are the souls of this project.
Research: The project is inspired by piano melodies. The whole melody of the space is set to be broad and significant. The form is pulled out of given model, creating a brand-new design. The natural light is introduced into indoor area through curtain-liked glass windows. The order in the space is just like music notes, light and bright, reflecting the trace of time. Life is therefore more colorful and interesting.
Inspiration: The whole melody of the space is set to be broad and significant. The natural light is introduced into indoor area through curtain-liked glass windows. Great calmness is thus established together with simple and elegant base color, also creating a poetic lifestyle.
A cup of tea, a couple of books, a figure leaning at the window, and a piece of music…… all these together sketch a cozy afternoon.
Project Duration: Time: 2018.11.14 - 2019.12.15
Location: West Maocheng Road cross North Bailiang Road, Yinzhou District, Ningbo
Operation Flow: Step 1: the preliminary planning and design of space plane;
Step 2: draw the detailed space design scheme;
Step 3: the owner confirms the overall design scheme;
Step 4: draw construction drawings and confirm the list of building materials and furniture;
Step 5: deliver the construction drawings.
Image Credits: Photographer: Ying Liu