Tongli Villa Dylunio Mewnol Preswyl by Hangzhou Shihe Design

Tongli Villa Dylunio Mewnol Preswyl by Hangzhou Shihe Design is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 Gwobr Arian A' Design Award in Mewnol Competition Category.

ArianMewnol· 2026

Tongli Villa Dylunio Mewnol Preswyl

by Hangzhou Shihe Design

Client: Hangzhou Shihe Design

Gwobr Arian A' Design Award Winner in Mewnol Category

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The Design

About Tongli Villa Dylunio Mewnol Preswyl

Mae Tongli Villa yn ddyluniad mewnol preswyl ar gyfer tŷ tri lefel gyda chyfanswm arwynebedd llawr o tua 450 metr sgwâr. Mae'r cynllun yn agored ac yn llifo'n rhydd, heb waliau rhannu, ac mae'n cynnwys lolfa atig a adawyd heb nenfwd. Deunyddiau naturiol sy'n diffinio'r tu mewn, yn eu plith tîc heb ei drin, pren gwrth-gyrydu wedi'i dduo, a waliau mwd wedi'u gosod â llaw. Cedwir addurn i'r lleiafswm, felly gwead a golau dydd sy'n llunio pob ystafell. Mae'r dyluniad yn adlewyrchu treftadaeth Miao perchennog y cartref ac yn cefnogi bywyd dyddiol tawel ac araf.

The Recognition

About the Gwobr Arian A' Design Award

Mae Tongli Villa Dylunio Mewnol Preswyl yn enillydd Gwobr Arian A' Design Award, cydnabyddiaeth hynod fawreddog a roddir i ddyluniadau o'r radd uchaf, hardd a thrawiadol. Mae enillwyr Arian yn weithiau tra disglair a hynod greadigol sydd yn darlunio arbenigedd, dawn a chraffter rhagorol eu dylunwyr. Disgwylir i Tongli Villa Dylunio Mewnol Preswyl fod yn waith gwych ac esiampl, yn nodedig o broffesiynol ac yn ddwfn arloesol. Mae'r dyluniad buddugol hwn o Wobr Arian A' Design Award yn ddyfais hynod nodedig a edmygir sydd yn elwa ac yn symud ymlaen ffiniau celf, gwyddoniaeth, dylunio a thechnoleg. Mae Tongli Villa Dylunio Mewnol Preswyl yn greadigaeth y cenfigennir wrthi yn eang, sydd yn deffro dyheadau, yn cyflwyno teimladau cadarnhaol ac yn cynnau rhyfeddod a syndod.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This residential design captures the essence of emotional connection, cultural resonance, and sensory comfort. Blending raw materials such as teak, charred wood, artistic mud walls, and hand collected objects, the space abandons decorative excess to return to elemental simplicity. The spatial layout is fluid, resisting traditional segmentation. Instead, it becomes a canvas for daily rituals, emotional anchoring, and inner peace: an aesthetic of stillness and lived poetry.
Dimensions & Packaging: The house includes three levels with a total floor area of approximately 450 sqm. Key spatial elements include a horizontally open plan ground floor, an unceiled attic lounge, and a free flow layout without partition walls. Materials are predominantly natural and untreated, aligning with the spatial philosophy of sensory grounding.
Tags: Emotional Dwelling, Poetic Minimalism, Miao Culture, Nature Inspired Interior, Raw Materials, Timeless Design, Slow Living, Cultural Resonance, Organic Textures, Meditative Space
Production Technology: The project adopts a material first approach rooted in authenticity. Teak wood was used untreated to preserve its warmth and grain, while blackened anti corrosion timber adds weight and durability. Hand applied mud walls and artistic paint deliver texture and tone without ornament. The approach emphasized manual craftsmanship and intuitive layering over mechanical precision.
Design Challenge: The primary challenge was resisting conventional luxury symbols and instead crafting a space of deep emotional value. Balancing the owner's cultural identity with modern comfort required nuanced material choices, emotional mapping, and conceptual restraint. The absence of visual drama demanded heightened attention to detail, proportion, and sensory atmosphere.
Research: This is an applied cultural emotional design study exploring how spatial language can translate heritage and emotional needs into form. The methodology involved user immersion, ethnographic interviews, and contextual material selection. The homeowner's daily habits, values, and sensory preferences were key data points. The result is a space that not only houses the body but also resonates with memory, ritual, and inner calm enhancing the broader conversation on design’s emotional efficacy.
Inspiration: The homeowner's Miao heritage and natural lifestyle philosophy inspired a design that values emotional depth over surface form. Influenced by vernacular dwellings and poetic Eastern aesthetics, the concept centers on the idea of a home as a place of stillness, reflection, and healing. Rain falling on tiles, shifting light across earth toned walls, and silence within wooden textures form the emotional blueprint for the space.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2024 in Suzhou, China and finished in January 2025.
Operation Flow: The space invites slow, unstructured interaction. There are no dominant visual cues or rigid furniture placements. Instead, the flow is organic light guides the user, and silence defines transitions. It's not about usage, but co existence: the homeowner doesn't use the space, she dwells within it, rhythmically, intuitively.
Team Members: Designer: Chen Kezhi
Designer: Wang Huaqiang
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Hanmo Vision - Yigao, Tongli Villa, 2025.
Image #1: Photographer Hanmo Vision - Yigao, Tongli Villa, 2025.
Image #1: Photographer Hanmo Vision - Yigao, Tongli Villa, 2025.
Image #1: Photographer Hanmo Vision - Yigao, Tongli Villa, 2025.
Image #1: Photographer Hanmo Vision - Yigao, Tongli Villa, 2025.