Where The Root Is Primary Function: Bulego baten Barne Diseinua by Carlie Ling - K.D Hsu

Where The Root Is Primary Function: Bulego baten Barne Diseinua by Carlie Ling - K.D Hsu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award in Barruko Espazioa eta Erakusketa Diseinua Competition Category.

ZilarBarrualdea· 2020

Where The Root Is Primary Function: Bulego baten Barne Diseinua

by Carlie Ling - K.D Hsu

Client: Design Onboard

Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award Winner in Barrualdea Category

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The Design

About Where The Root Is Primary Function: Bulego baten Barne Diseinua

Where The Root Is Shanghaiko erdialdeko eraikin historiko batean kokatutako bulego baten barne-diseinua da. Zuhaitz baten sustraia da diseinuaren oinarrizko kontzeptua. Intxaur-egur ilunezko lerroek sabai laua zeharkatzen dute, elkarrekin lotutako sustraiak iradokitzeko. Egurrezko zoladura marraduraduna eta egurrezko sareta-hesiek zirkulazioa eta erabilera markatzen dituzte, eta sareta irekiek argia eta airea igarotzen uzten dute. Te-harrera gune batek bisitariak eta lankide profesionalak agurtzen ditu. Alfonbra grisak eta artilezko horma-estalkiak lan-eremuari tonu lasaia ematen diote, eta arduradunaren bulegoa banatuta dago pribatutasuna bermatzeko.

The Recognition

About the Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award

Where The Root Is Primary Function: Bulego baten Barne Diseinua Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award irabazlea da, goi-mailako, zoragarriak eta liluragarriak diren diseinuei ematen zaien ezohiko aitorpen prestijiotsua. Zilar-mailako irabazleak lan oso distiratsuak eta sormen biziko lanak dira, beren diseinatzaileen aditutasun, talentu eta zorroztasun nabarmenak erakusten dituztenak. Where The Root Is Primary Function: Bulego baten Barne Diseinua erakusleiho-lan zoragarria, nabarmenki profesionala eta sakonki berritzailea izatea espero da. Zilarrezko Saria A' Design Award irabazi duen diseinu hau asmakizun oso nabarmena eta miretsia da, onura ekartzen duena eta artearen, zientziaren, diseinuaren eta teknologiaren mugak zabaltzen dituena. Where The Root Is Primary Function: Bulego baten Barne Diseinua jende askok inbidia duen sorkuntza da, desirak pizten dituena, sentimendu positiboak ekartzen dituena eta harridura eta txunditzea pizten dituena.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: The client of this project is a high-achieving young entrepreneur with great strategic view from Shanghai. He Choose the HsingKuo Building, in the center of Shanghai City, to be the location of the headquarter, situated in a historic building imbued with dark walnut-texture design vocabulary so that all guests and employees can be greeted with a traditional Chinese tea-style reception, so that all professional partners can have a relaxing tea-tasting space for interaction.
Dimensions & Packaging: The interior was planned to accommodate guest reception and office usage, with the open-plan layout for the interactive domain when visitors arrived, as the aroma of quality tea inundated the interior made of widely-used walnut texture and color, as well on screens styled based on classic Chinese window lattices while the transparency afforded by the screen providing good ventilation and light penetration.
Tags: Chinese Tea Art, Office, Wooden Screen,Walnut Timber,Grey Color, High-Tech Woven Fabric
Production Technology: With Circular Sky and Square Earth as the design core which borrowed from the ancient Chinese concept of Round Sky as Roof over the Grid of Earth, the flat ceiling intersected with timber line work to manifest the interwoven roots of Trees, an enriched image of premium spatial quality, while patterned timber flooring and wooden grille screen outline circulation and usage demarcation in a subtle yet connective fashion.
Design Challenge: With such old building in Shanghai, the lack of ceiling height, and of column interval, the design featured lightweight ceiling work and darkened walnut flooring so as to connect with repetitive storage volumes that extends the overall spatial-visual, while the timber grille screen brings transparency and layered quality from different angles, as the open and flexible screen also skillfully divided yet casually connected each sub-spaces.
Research: Around the project site, there are many old trees with winding branches and roots framed by black metal window frames, as the exterior greenery was brought into the interior, permeating through glass partitions before forming an array of layered visuals of light, shadow, and trees. As much the interior was given a consistent warmth, it has also become a space for gathering and consolidation via interaction, epitomized by the interwoven eastern ambiance with western simple line work.
Inspiration: With the unique urban qualities of Shanghai that epitomizes the intersection of East and West, this project is located in a residential building of western-influenced exterior and the old Shanghai-styling interior, a unique elegance in itself. The design team utilized the Root as the core design concept, and dark walnut-texture symbolizing Trees and its steadiness, all of which articulated the stern quality the corporation represents.
Project Duration: The project was completed in May 2019 in Shanghai.
Operation Flow: As the office was treated with grey-color carpet and wool wall carpet for a pure and elegant office ambiance, the office of the supervisor was well concealed and separated from the other open spaces, along with its own tea-tasting room furniture by humble chairs and wooden tables from Ming Dynasty, to ensure privacy, while the back of the room was treated with grey tiles covered by high-tech woven fabric, reminiscence of the traditional Chinese wisdom re-interpreted with modern design vocabulary.
Team Members: Kai Ning Ling
Kai Ti Hsu
Image Credits: Kai-Ti Hsu
Zhao Wu
(2019)