Blank Interior Design by Yi-Lun Hsu and Chen-Chia Chang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design Competition Category.
BronzeInterior· 2022
Blank Interior Design
by Yi-Lun Hsu and Chen-Chia Chang
Client: Minature Interior Design Ltd.
Bronze A' Design Award Winner in Interior Category
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About Blank Interior Design
The charm of river and mountains is the most attractive scenery that the blank design team want to keep indoors. The concept of this project is based on the corridor as the main axis through the center of the house. On the corridor, they apply restrained and calm black, white and gray tones, with lighting with barrier-free handrails. They try to highlight the river scenery outside the window with low-key blank space.
The Recognition
About the Bronze A' Design Award
Blank Interior Design is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a highly prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. Blank Interior Design is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. Blank Interior Design splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.
Interviews
Grand Interview
Your innovative integration of the Touqian River views throughout Blank Interior Design beautifully merges interior and exterior spaces - could you elaborate on how this natural connection influenced your design decisions and material choices?
The project is situated south of a river. Standing on the balcony, one can look eastward to the Central Mountain Range and westward to where the river meets the sea. The elevated river view is the defining feature of this location. The designer aimed to preserve the essence of the river and mountains as the most captivating scenery within the interior. Fully aware that no amount of interior materials or elaborate techniques could outshine the natural beauty, the designer simplified the indoor space and forms as much as possible.
The corridor serving as the main axis in Blank Interior Design creates a compelling narrative flow - what inspired this architectural storytelling approach, and how does it enhance the residents' daily experience?
In the hallway, we adopted a restrained and serene palette of black, white, and gray, complemented by lighting integrated with accessible handrails. As the spatial sequence unfolds, the lush and dynamic river views outside the windows shift and flow, representing the most captivating scenery we aimed to preserve within the interior.
The sophisticated use of restrained black, white, and gray tones in Blank Interior Design creates a striking canvas for the river scenery - could you share your philosophy behind this careful balance between interior aesthetics and natural views?
This project emphasizes three key principles: greenery integration, corridor circulation, and minimizing the indoor backdrop. The designer employed understated blank spaces in the interior, highlighting the changing window views throughout the four seasons.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- This project is located in Zhubei City, Hsinchu County and embraces the Touqian River to the south. When anyone stands on the balcony, the central mountain range can be seen to the east, and the Touqian River merges into the sea to the west. Having a commanding view of river scenery is the biggest feature here.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- This space is 248 square meters.
- Tags
- Interior Design, Residence
- Production Technology
- Step into the entrance, oncoming is the balcony planted with tall trees. The shoe cabinet, the hidden door of the guest bathroom and the entrance wall are covered with white stone grain tiles. The designer tries to highlight the river scenery outside the window with low-key blank space. The concave space at the border of the entrance and the living room, with dark gray distressed texture tiles as the background, fits into the altar table.
- Design Challenge
- Considering the needs of transparency and sound insulation, the glass frame is made of steel and glued glass, which effectively reduces the indoor audio frequency and also keeps the design without corner columns.
- Research
- Considering that the hostess is accustomed to hot stir-frying and she hopes to have interaction with families when making light meals and baking, the hot frying area is separated from the island area by a sliding door. Built-in refrigerators and electrical equipments are integrated with the same color cabinets of the island area. The island uses a single-sided V-shaped table to define the seating area and the work area. Due to the need for barrier-free environment in the home, smart automatic doors are installed in the kitchen, storage room and bathroom of the parent’s room. Through manual induction and anti-pinch device, the designer ensures the convenience and safety of users.
- Inspiration
- The charm of river and mountains is also the most attractive scenery that the designer wants to keep indoors. The concept is based on the corridor as the main axis through the center of the house. On the corridor, we apply restrained and calm black, white and gray tones, with lighting with barrier-free handrails. As the space sequence connects the entrance, living room, kitchen, dining room, study room and bedroom, the gorgeous scenery of the river outside the window also changes.
- Project Duration
- The project finished in october 2021 in Hsinchu County, Taiwan.
- Operation Flow
- In order to preserve the continuity of the river view, there is no fixed main TV wall between the living room and the dining room. The designer team set up an infrared receiver to control the audio-visual equipment in the cabinet, and reserved sockets and connecting wire slots on the floor. In the future, a movable TV can be placed in the living room, which looks like an art easel when standing. The living room space is infused with a strong artistic atmosphere.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to Minature Interior Design Ltd., 2021.
- Team Members
- Yi-Lun Hsu and Chen-Chia Chang
- Image Credits
- Chi-Shou Wang
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