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Where The Root Is Príomhfheidhm: Dearadh Intí Oifige by Carlie Ling - K.D Hsu

Where The Root Is Príomhfheidhm: Dearadh Intí Oifige by Carlie Ling - K.D Hsu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Duais Airgid A' Design Award in Dearadh Interiúir Competition Category.


AirgeadInteriúr· 2020

Where The Root Is Príomhfheidhm: Dearadh Intí Oifige

by Carlie Ling - K.D Hsu

Client: Design Onboard

Duais Airgid A' Design Award Winner in Interiúr Category

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The Design

About Where The Root Is Príomhfheidhm: Dearadh Intí Oifige

Where The Root Is - is intí oifige é atá suite i bhfoirgneamh stairiúil i lár Shanghai. Is í fréamh crainn croílár an choincheapa dearaidh. Trasnaíonn línte adhmaid gallchnó dorcha an tsíleáil chothrom chun fréamhacha fite fuaite a chur in iúl. Marcálann urlárú adhmaid patrúnaithe agus scáileáin ghríl adhmaid an chúrsaíocht agus an úsáid, agus ligeann na scáileáin oscailte don solas agus don aer dul tríothu. Fáiltíonn limistéar tae roimh chuairteoirí agus roimh pháirtithe gairmiúla. Tugann an cairpéad liath agus an clúdach balla olla ton socair don limistéar oibre, agus tá oifig an mhaoirseora scartha chun príobháideacht a chinntiú.

The Recognition

About the Duais Airgid A' Design Award

Bhuaigh an dearadh Where The Root Is Príomhfheidhm: Dearadh Intí Oifige Duais Airgid A' Design Award, aitheantas an-ghradamach a bhronntar ar dhearaí ardchaighdeáin, álainn agus drámatach. Is saothair thar a bheith drithleacha agus an-chruthaitheach iad buaiteoirí Airgid a léiríonn saineolas, tallann agus géarchúis shármhaith a ndearthóirí. Táthar ag súil go mbeidh an dearadh Where The Root Is Príomhfheidhm: Dearadh Intí Oifige ina shaothar iontach, ina léiriú sampla, thar a bheith gairmiúil agus go domhain nuálach. Is aireagán an-suntasach, ionadmhuirthe é an dearadh seo a bhuaigh Duais Airgid A' Design Award a dhéanann leas do theorainneacha na healaíne, na heolaíochta, an deartha agus na teicneolaíochta agus a chuireann chun cinn iad. Is cruthú é an dearadh Where The Root Is Príomhfheidhm: Dearadh Intí Oifige a bhfuil formad mór leis, a mhúsclaíonn mianta, a thugann mothúcháin dhearfacha agus a adhnann iontas agus ionadh.

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)

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