Serenity La Maison D'habitation by Ko-Wei Liao

Serenity La Maison D'habitation by Ko-Wei Liao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Bronze in Design d'Intérieur Competition Category.

BronzeIntérieur· 2020

Serenity La Maison D'habitation

by Ko-Wei Liao

Client: Legend Design Co. Ltd.

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Intérieur Category

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The Design

About Serenity La Maison D'habitation

La maison devrait être un sanctuaire et permettre aux gens d’échapper à un mode de vie trépidant. « Serenity » est conçu pour établir un lieu de calme et aide à se ressourcer après la journée. Le projet a été rénové à partir d'une maison vieille de 30 ans dans un design moderne, a tiré parti de sa vue sur la montagne et utilise l'élément chaleureux du bois pour créer un environnement de vie idéal adapté aux usages quotidiens de la famille et des enfants. La conception a maximisé la lumière naturelle du soleil et a pris en compte toutes les vues possibles sur le jardin pour relier la nature aux espaces de vie.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Serenity La Maison D'habitation est lauréat de l'A' Design Award de Bronze, une reconnaissance hautement prestigieuse décernée à des designs remarquables qui se distinguent par leur créativité, leur ingéniosité et leur sagacité. Les lauréats Bronze sont des artefacts amplement habiles et d'une créativité frappante, qui authentifient la vaste expérience, l'imagination et l'ingéniosité de leurs concepteurs. Serenity La Maison D'habitation est censé être un objet très estimé, admiré et chéri, remarquablement professionnel et innovant. Ce design lauréat de l'A' Design Award de Bronze intègre les meilleures pratiques de l'art, de la science, du design et de la technologie, et est excellent par son souci du détail. Serenity La Maison D'habitation satisfait admirablement les besoins, touche les désirs, charme les sentiments et attire la curiosité.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The project is located by mountainside with few miles away from the most developed area of Taipei city. It is refurbished from a 30 years old house into a modern design. The idea is to have a cozy home as peaceful getaway from the busy lifestyle. The project uses the warm element in woods and the green nature of garden to create an ideal living environment suitable for family and kids everyday uses.
Dimensions & Packaging: The project is 313.5sqm2, its 3 storeys house.
Tags: Teak, interior design, Taipei City, residential.
Production Technology: Teak is commonly used in Taiwan for making furnitures, due to its natural oil makes timber termite and pest resistance and its humidity endurance which makes it suitable for this project’s mountainside location. The idea is to combine the rich luster of teak into the modern housing design, and its natural characteristics brings out the warm element that owner wishes to create.
Design Challenge: Being environmental friendly, we tried to minimize electricity consumption by utilizing natural sunlight to enhance indoor brightness during the day. However, considering the close distance with neighborhood, we have re-design all the windows position considering possible lighting and privacy issues.
Research: We adopt natural materials such wood, marble in warm tone and grey tiles resembling stones to connect with outdoor nature and create the warm serenity environment.
Inspiration: The owner is a young couple who wishes to create a quiet and natural environment in this busy city for children to grow up. The idea of connecting open kitchen, dining and living room into one designing space so the family members can be closely bonded in their day to day activities. There is also a second living room designed for children use which belongs to their private space.
Project Duration: The project was completed in 2019. Taipei City.
Operation Flow: The project was originally a 30 years old housing with small windows and insufficient sunlight. With new design, we have leveraged the mountainside garden view in the backyard and city view in the front yard by designing bigger windows in every space to enhance natural sunlight and connecting nature with living spaces.
Team Members: Ko-Wei Liao
Image Credits: Photography: Weimax Studio