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Tranquil Residence Resident by Tung Chieh Chen Wins the Bronze A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
Tung Chieh Chen honored for interior space and exhibition design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design category for Tranquil Residence Resident by Tung Chieh Chen, designed for Gen Interior Design. The recognition forms part of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Bronze A' Design Award
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
More About Tranquil Residence Resident
Tranquil Residence is a residential interior design for a five-story house of about 150 square meters. The layout includes a living room, a dining room, a kitchen, three bedrooms and a study. The ground floor holds the shared areas, where natural light creates an open and spacious feeling. Light color tones, timber and rough surface stone tiles give a warm visual and tactile quality, while metal edges add strength to the cabinets. Reading space is provided in both private and shared rooms. The design balances personal space with family interaction.
About Tung Chieh Chen
Established in 2011, Gen Design Studio has a team of passionate designers who drive excellence with their love and believe in design. “Gen,” the Chinese word of root, stands for the origin of everything. Gen Design explores the essence of every person. It aims to provide a home to the clients where they will look forward to returning to after a long day, where they can relax, and where it is full of love and energy. That is what a home and a interior design means to Gen Design.
Award Record
This recognition makes Tung Chieh Chen a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted in the 2019 - 2020 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Interior Space, Retail and Exhibition Design Award
The A' Interior Design Award is an international interior design competition recognizing good interior designs by interior designers and architects worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to interior designers, interior architects, architects and decorators from all countries. Typical entries include residential interiors, restaurants, hotels, offices, galleries and retail stores. The awarded interior designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/interior
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/100685
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/100685
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!100685
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/273134
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Tranquil Residence Resident
- Function
- Resident
- Category
- Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Packaging & Retail
- Colors
- Dark Gray, Black, Rosy Brown, Saddle Brown and Lavender
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Gen Interior Design
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Tung Chieh Chen
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #100685
Credits
- Team
- Chun Hsiao Chou
- Image Credits
- LEO DAI
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The spirit of the design is to create a residential space which one anticipates to return to everyday. The core concept of the design is to allow the family members to feel at ease and gather their love, not to mention regaining the life energy. In this about 150m2 five-story building space, the project focuses on both personal space and emotional interaction between family members, as well as without losing the sense of belonging to home.
- Inspiration
- The client and his family live in a five-story detached house of nearly 150m2 and wish to enjoy a leisure life while caring one another. Thus, the spatial design is based on the origin and functions of home, enabling people to relax and gather love and warmth within it. Being a family who love to read, an adequate reading space with simplicity is needed. Thus, the design has perfectly combined both aesthetics and functionality, leading towards a spatial balance between atmosphere and living.
- Research
- The space design uses light color as base tone, materials like original timber and rough surface stone stiles etc. creates warm visual and touch sensations without losing the spirit of a home. The living and dining room as well as kitchen with sunlight make good use of the open space. The bright and wide public space forms a spacious sense and reach the relaxing feeling. The specially selected furniture and decorative ornaments preserve the warmth of a home designed in such simplicity style.
- Challenge
- As the client likes simplicity design style, in such nearly 150m2 big space, how to avoid letting the space become too empty and boring, is the challenge for the designers. Therefore, other than considering the functionality for the whole family, furniture and other hardwares, the use of light color tone and raw texture building materials, the designers have included decorative ornaments to suit the atmosphere, creating a simple but warm and relaxing home.
- Realization and Technology
- Materials like timber, rough stone tiles and iron are used. Meeting the expectation of the client, realising a home of warmth and a space of relaxing sense, the space is mainly painted in light color tone. Public space uses timber and rough stone tiles to dislay a visual and tactile sensations of the original feeling, realises a warm texture. The edge is designed with metal part to show the strength of cabinets. Master bedroom uses a more balanced cutting method to present an elegant atmosphere.
- Operation and Interaction
- Tranquility, leisure, bright color tone and permeability are the design highlights. 1F includes living, dining room and kitchen area, with natural sunlight rendering spacious; There is a master bedroom for each 2F and 3F. The dressing room suits the needs of the client; Daughters bedroom and guest bedroom are located on 4F; Study is located on 5F. Considering the preferences of the family, the decoration, furniture, hardwares and space planning applied combine well with the residential atmosphere.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project is finished in October, 2018 in Anping District, Tainan, Taiwan.
- Specifications
- The space layout of this nearly 150m2 five-story residence includes: living room, dining room, kitchen, two master bedroom, one bedroom, study, etc. The overall design is depended on the preferences of each family members to create their very own private space, as for the public space where they interact with each other, it is designed with light color tone, timber and rough surface tiles to create a warm atmosphere. Besides, both private and public space have reserved space for reading.
- Keywords
- timber, rough stone tiles, iron, morden, simplicity
