Bronze Interior Space and Exhibition Design · 2020
Strolling House
by Mingchun Hsu and WenYu Hsieh
- A' Design Award 2020 Bronze Winner in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Awarded April 15, 2020
- CLIENT: Mojian Design
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 9,766
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About Strolling House
Strolling is a residential interior design for a suburban house in Taipei. The layout is divided into three equal parts of 115 square meters each: a garden, a public ground floor and a private bedroom level above. The staircase marks the boundary between the public and private areas. The lower section of the staircase is made of marble to suggest rock and solidity, while the upper section is made of 9 millimeter U-shaped steel plates suspended from the ceiling. Scale, form, material and shadow are used to create a quiet and comfortable space close to nature.
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- Unique Properties
- The design is trying to find the relationship between space and environment, thus they called Find In Between. 1/3 courtyard with 1/3 public space and 1/3 private space. The house is in suburb which has a natural and greenish courtyard. Through their intent concept and using diversity material, they try to communicated with nature to find an appropriate image can illustrate Nature. By using scale,form,material and shadow,people can feel thick,light,bright and deep when they are walking or seating in the house to enjoy a quiet and coziness space.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Ground floor : 115 square meters.
First floor : 115 square meters.
Garden : 115 square meters. - Tags
- Strolling, Communicate, Nature, Relationship
- Production Technology
- In order to express the status between public of ground floor and the privacy of first floor, the designer chose two different materials to present both of them have difference via in materials. The lower half stairs used marble to present rocks,original and wilderness while the upper part illustrated light and penetrate which shows obvious difference and contrast. The stairs used suspension system to replace load bearing system or cantilever system which was also a challenge for designer.
- Design Challenge
- The stair is the main point in this project.It also play an important role divide public and private space.The stairs were made of two parts.It indicated the boundary about public and private area.The upper part is made by U-shaped steel plates which hang on from first floor celling:the lower parts is made by marble on the ground.They represent "light" and "heavy",the upper part seems like ribbon drop from sky compared with lower part is sedate and solid,even though they show different characteristic but have the commonality on form which is the dividing line.
- Project Duration
- The project started in March 2018 and finished in October 2018 in Taipei.
- Research
- The stairs was also a challenge for designer on structure system.
The thickness of U-shaped steel plate is 9 millimeter, the longest suspension element of these has 5.3 meters. Handrail increased the stability and safety, it through many tests to find appropriate location. - Inspiration
- Nature is the main axis of the design. The design includes three different spaces :garden and public space in ground floor and personal bedroom in first floor. The design need to think about the relationship between people in space and in nature. The project is telling the difference between nature and people which they play a role in each space. Through the specific expressions of scale, shape, material and shadow, people can feel the thick, light, bright when they walking or lying in nature.
- Image Credits
- Photographer:MD Pursuit.
- Patents
- Copyright belong to Mojian Design ( MingChun Hsu, WenYu Hsieh ),2018