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Time Capsule Residencial by Lee Chi Yuan

Time Capsule Residencial by Lee Chi Yuan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award de Ferro in Deseño de Espazos Interiores e de Exposición Competition Category.


FerroInteriorismo· 2024

Time Capsule Residencial

by Lee Chi Yuan

Client: Senpei Design

A' Design Award de Ferro Winner in Interiorismo Category

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The Design

About Time Capsule Residencial

Tomando os obxectos como suxeitos, a disposición espacial tradúcese nun cofre de tesouro de memorias, capturando as pasaxes da historia e fundíndoas co futuro. O estudio serve como peza central do espazo público, con aberturas de esquina semiabertas a ambos os lados. Empréganse dous materiais para producir un carácter opaco e lixeiramente recollido do estudio. Unha porta corredera de madeira pecha unha extensa colección de estanterías entre a súa apertura e peche, permitindo que as perspectivas se despracen de ida e volta entre as áreas públicas.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Ferro

Time Capsule Residencial gañou o A' Design Award de Ferro, un recoñecemento prestixioso outorgado a bos deseños que cumpren os requisitos profesionais e industriais esperados de creacións ben deseñadas. Os gañadores Ferro demostran a gran habilidade, a alta especialización, a comprensión experta e a capacidade creativa dos seus creadores. Espérase que Time Capsule Residencial sexa unha creación moi apreciada, admirada e querida que é práctica e innovadora. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Ferro integra as mellores prácticas do sector e ten características técnicas competentes ligadas ao saber facer e ao talento. Time Capsule Residencial é respectado pola súa minuciosidade e está deseñado para proporcionar melloras na calidade de vida que axudan a facer do mundo un lugar mellor.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
The study serves as the centerpiece of the public space, with semi-open corner ports on both sides. Two materials are adopted to produce an opaque and slightly secluded character of the study: on one side, see-through glass connects the living room with the dining and kitchen spaces, enabling sunlight to stream freely and guiding the view inside; on the other side, a wooden sliding door encloses an extensive collection of bookcases between its opening and closing, enabling viewpoints to travel back and forth between the public areas. One edge by the window hosts the classic single chair -Finn Juhl FAUTEUIL MODEL 1, a cozy place to enjoy the afternoon sun.
Dimensions & Packaging
854 sqft
Tags
home, residential, interior, Taiwan, interior design, Taipei, Zen
Production Technology
The walls of the public spaces are coated with natural white clay, reminiscent of childhood memories of mud houses with hand-painted lines featuring grained texture, while the weathered cypress window sills correspond to the artistic driftwood plantings on the walls.
Design Challenge
Within the carefully designed withered wood shelves, the artistic creations of the daughter are found, mirroring the rigid but soft chased sculptures next to the angled dining room shrine, where the Burmese teak wood platform enshrines a crystal Guanyin Bodhisattva, whose soft illumination scheme evokes a halo of light that seems to levitate, depicting the Bodhisattva's divine charm in a gentle and delicate fashion, a peaceful and serene end view for the mind and body.
Research
The study features faux natural tree branches as partitions on the shelves and a Japanese tatami couch adjacent to the window grates, exuding a sense of originality and simplicity throughout the room, precipitating a peaceful retreat for the mind.
Inspiration
Incorporating vintage objects, remembrances, and time into the design, the interior is replete with narratives drawn from antique furniture and artworks. The owner maintains a collection of solid wood pieces with historical imprints, such as grand wooden coffee tables, modest and nostalgic needlework boxes, Danish armoires and classically styled furniture, as well as arts and paintings, sculptures and works of art created by his daughter, each containing reminders of a different time and place.
Project Duration
The project started in March 2022 in Taipei and finished in October 2022 in Taipei
Operation Flow
Everywhere you look, there are objects that have accompanied you through different stages of your life - objects that will accompany you into the future and continue to compose chapters of your memories.
Team Members
Designer:Lee Chi Yuan
Image Credits
Image #1: Photographer Lin Fu Ming, 2023
Image #2: Photographer Lin Fu Ming, 2023
Image #3: Photographer Lin Fu Ming, 2023
Image #4: Photographer Lin Fu Ming, 2023
Image #5: Photographer Lin Fu Ming, 2023

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