For Better Life Disseny d'Interiors Residencial by Yi Jen Li

For Better Life Disseny d'Interiors Residencial by Yi Jen Li is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Bronze in Disseny d'Espais Interiors i Exposicions Competition Category.

BronzeInterior· 2021

For Better Life Disseny d'Interiors Residencial

by Yi Jen Li

Client: Moore Design

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About For Better Life Disseny d'Interiors Residencial

For Better Life és un disseny d'interiors residencial per a una parella jubilada a la ciutat de Taipei, Taiwan. La planta oberta no té barreres ni esglaons, la qual cosa afavoreix el moviment segur dels residents grans. Les grans finestres deixen entrar la llum natural i la vegetació de l'entorn. El contraplacat de bedoll, els maons de ciment, el paviment de fusta, les rajoles importades i la fusta de pi s'utilitzen en la seva forma original amb un processament mínim. L'emmagatzematge es concentra en una habitació elevada d'estil japonès, mentre que prestatgeries, plataformes i armaris oberts donen servei a la resta d'estances. El mobiliari acolorit i els tèxtils de la llar creen una atmosfera tranquil·la i vibrant alhora.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

For Better Life Disseny d'Interiors Residencial és un guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Bronze, un reconeixement altament prestigiós concedit a dissenys sobresortints que es distingeixen per la creativitat, l'enginy i l'astúcia. Els guanyadors de Bronze són artefactes ampliament hàbils i sorprenentment creatius que autentiquen la vasta experiència, la imaginació i el recurs dels seus dissenyadors. Es preveu que For Better Life Disseny d'Interiors Residencial sigui un objecte molt apreciat, admirat i estimat, notablement professional i innovador. Aquest disseny guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Bronze incorpora les millors pràctiques de l'art, la ciència, el disseny i la tecnologia i és excel·lent per la seva atenció al detall. For Better Life Disseny d'Interiors Residencial satisfà esplèndidament les necessitats, toca els desitjos, encisa els sentiments i crida la curiositat.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: In response to the excellent surrounding environment of this project, the open style space welcomes the Beitou most precious ecological greenery, forming a peaceful world for two people. In addition, from the moment of entering the space, the space is full of interesting elements such as round hooks, geometric display cabinets, pinewood pegboards, colorful furniture, and soft furnishings. Through visual extension and interaction, the connecting sceneries are in harmony and consists of modernity, enjoyment, and simplicity.
Dimensions & Packaging: The design team broke away from the conventional technique of hiding the beams. Instead, they were covered in wood to maximize their existence, shaping the drop ceiling common in Taiwanese homes. There are also new ideas about the decor. The custom-made restaurant light fixtures are inspired by snowflake building blocks children play with and act as exquisite modern lighting and make the overall space type more integrated and inclusive, with the clients childhood memories, the old taste of Taiwan, and a brand new future all present.
Tags: Senior house, simple, modern, childlike, retro
Production Technology: The design team followed the idea of simplifying and only used birch plywood, cement bricks, wooden flooring, imported tiles, and pinewood and presented them in their original forms with minimum processing, thereby reducing cumbersome construction and loss of surface materials while protecting the environment through the designing process.
Design Challenge: In order to create a simple and clear space, the facade of the whole space is presented in white, and the storage cabinets are mostly open. However, for the elderly, white is a cold and monotonous color, and the open cabinet also has doubts about being dirty. Through a long period of communicating with the client about design, the design team not only enriches the pure white space with some warmth but also provides more convenience and accessible space design.
Research: Broke away from the concept of conventional retirement homes and upheld the core value of "environment first, space second". With vibrant yet elegant colors, simple and clean material vocabulary, and creative designs rich in "Taiwanese flavors", created a leisurely and relaxing atmosphere in the vast and unpretentious space. In addition to the multi-functional Japanese-style room, the step-less design and the hollow, open storage function perfectly construct a convenient, barrier-free life.
Inspiration: The design team balances practical functionalities and the spiritual. A space rich in humanity was brought forth through open, semi-penetrated, and blank motifs. Natural light and greenery are invoked by maximizing windows so that the environment and people complement each other. To subvert the impression of elderly living space, the team utilized elegant, casual, and vivid colors and soft furnishings to introduce a younger visual experience and creative ideas, thereby giving the residents a vibrant, elegant, and wise "twilight aesthetics".
Project Duration: The project was completed in September 2019 in Taipei City, Taiwan.
Operation Flow: Taking the safety consideration of the elderly and convenience into account, the whole residence is open and barrier-free. All storage functions are concentrated in the elevated Japanese-styled room, while the other rooms are equipped with shelves, platforms, hollow cabinets, etc., creating simple yet complete practical functionalities. In order to interpret a new concept of retirement, the designers installed colorful furniture and soft decoration, exquisite, interesting creative designs for the couple.
Team Members: TIEN-WUN LI, YI-JEN LI
Image Credits: Moore Design