Utopia Obytný Dům by Fei Zhao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Stříbrná cena A' Design Award in Interiér Competition Category.
StříbroInteriér· 2023
Utopia Obytný Dům
by Fei Zhao
Client: 323 Studio
Stříbrná cena A' Design Award Winner in Interiér Category
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The Design
About Utopia Obytný Dům
Zářivé přirozené světlo je zdrojem formy tohoto prostoru. Pocit, který chtěli designéři vytvořit, byl organický, inkluzivní prostor, takže také porovnávali mnoho organických prostorových postupů, včetně umístění konstrukčních výkresů. Původní suterénní prostor zabíral polovinu celé plochy, ale stávající osvětlení v suterénu umožnilo majiteli udělat z něj jen nějaký zbytečný prostor. Pro zlepšení míry využití celého podzemního prostoru a zvýšení osvětlení chce projektant vytvořit zcela novou konstrukci kolem světla v interiéru.
The Recognition
About the Stříbrná cena A' Design Award
Utopia Obytný Dům je vítězem Stříbrné ceny A' Design Award, mimořádně prestižního uznání udělovaného designům nejvyšší kvality, nádherným a působivým. Stříbrní vítězové jsou nesmírně brilantní a mimořádně kreativní díla, která dokládají vynikající odbornost, talent a bystrost svých designérů. Očekává se, že Utopia Obytný Dům bude nádherným, reprezentativním dílem, pozoruhodně profesionálním a hluboce inovativním. Tento design, který získal Stříbrnou cenu A' Design Award, je vysoce pozoruhodný, obdivovaný vynález, který prospívá a posouvá hranice umění, vědy, designu a technologií. Utopia Obytný Dům je výtvor, kterému mnozí závidí, který vyvolává touhy, přináší pozitivní pocity a vzněcuje úžas a údiv.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- As a narrow north-south facing townhouse, the original building has 4 floors, 2 above ground and 2 below (the basement has a height of 5.5m and can be divided into 2 floors with only a small patio to provide light). Facing south as the main direction of light, it relies on a stairwell to connect the various floors and comes with a lift. After observing the site and realizing that no well landscape was around the site, we decided to make an Inward facing construction within it.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Indoor area 420 ㎡
- Tags
- Organic, light and shadow, lighthearted, sculptural, textural contrasts
- Production Technology
- The curved wall and the laminated cast-in-place revolving staircase were a very big challenge for this project in terms of landing. First of all, the curved wall is an irregular shape, and the boundary of each floor has different positioning dimensions. In order to keep the errors to a minimum, the builder used ropes to locate the 2 layers connected to the basement at multiple points while positioning according to the drawings, just to ensure the coherence of the curved walls.
For the construction drawings, we refer to the positioning method of Toyo Ito’s construction drawings, the contour grid positioning method. - Design Challenge
- Guiding the constructor to land our project, and connecting with the structure and electromechanical team, both are hard nuts for us to crack. There are many first attempts for us, also for our constructor.
- Research
- We focus on the impact of light on the residential environment, taking sunlight as a case study, by observation of the duration and direction of sunlight at the winter and summer solstices.
- Inspiration
- The radiant natural light is the source of the form of this space. An organic, inclusive space was the feeling we wanted to create, so we also compared a lot of organic space practices, including the positioning of the construction drawings.
- Project Duration
- The project started on October 17th 2020 and finished on August 1st 2021 in Zhengzhou, China.
- Operation Flow
- In terms of functional distribution, we clearly divide the functional areas of each floor, which are both independent and well-connected.
The 1st floor and the 2nd floor underground are the main floors for daily access, serving as public spaces, while the relatively independent 2nd floor serves as residential spaces. Owners also have the need for daily gatherings, so we try to make each functional area larger.The staircase has been redesigned to provide a more comfortable connection of traffic flow between the functional areas on each level. - Patents
- Design copyright: 323studio
- Team Members
- Designer: Ran Chen
- Image Credits
- Photographic institutions:WMstudio
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