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Awakening of Insects Deseño de Interiores Residencial by Yu Ouyang

Awakening of Insects Deseño de Interiores Residencial by Yu Ouyang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award de Ferro in Deseño de Espazos Interiores e de Exposición Competition Category.


FerroInteriorismo· 2025

Awakening of Insects Deseño de Interiores Residencial

by Yu Ouyang

A' Design Award de Ferro Winner in Interiorismo Category

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The Design

About Awakening of Insects Deseño de Interiores Residencial

O Espertar dos Insectos é unha residencia privada deseñada en Shenzhen, China. A vivenda ten unha superficie construída de 150 metros cadrados e distribúese en dous niveis. Materiais permeables á luz, inspirados na celosía tradicional, permiten que a luz natural chegue ao interior en profundidade. Unha laxe de piso instalada posteriormente e unha escaleira reconfigurada favorecen unha circulación vertical máis fluída mentres se preserva a altura de teito. As dimensións do mobiliario, os detalles da escaleira e os patróns decorativos son deseños personalizados. O proxecto combina a xerarquía espacial oriental cos principios estruturais occidentais.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Ferro

Awakening of Insects Deseño de Interiores 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 Awakening of Insects Deseño de Interiores 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. Awakening of Insects Deseño de Interiores 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
Emphasizedinnovation in daylight optimization("light-permeable materials", "deep natural light penetration")
Highlighteduser-centric circulation("streamlined structural planning", "smoother vertical circulation")
Stressedcultural hybridity("East-meets-West elements", "cross-cultural dialogue")
Balancedtechnical precision("proportional dialogue", "topological refinements") withemotional resonance("poetic, culturally resonant habitats")
Dimensions & Packaging
The building has a gross floor area of 150 square meters and is divided into two levels.
Tags
Private Residence Design, Retro Style, Eclecticism, Home Furnishings, Residence
Production Technology
This project incorporates specially customized elements across material selection, dimensional specifications, and stylistic treatments to ensure optimal adaptation to the spatial requirements. Key components such as the configuration of staircases, dimensions of furniture, and patterns and proportions of decorative artwork are meticulously tailored to harmonize with the architectural environment.
Design Challenge
This project involves the construction of a post-installed floor slab, where determining the compatibility between structural configuration, elevation positioning, functional requirements, and spatial perception presents a significant challenge. During the slab construction process, it is critical to maximize spatial ceiling height while integrating lighting systems, water supply pipes, and sewage drainage pipelines. These installations must be meticulously planned during the structural renovation phase. Additionally, comprehensive coordination of detailed specifications—including slab formwork design, material selection, and utility routing—must be finalized during preliminary planning stages to ensure seamless execution and optimal spatial performance.
Research
This project aims to explore the integration of design languages across diverse cultural contexts and historical eras within the Chinese context. While there is a growing preference among young Chinese for retro aesthetics, particularly French-inspired styles, our design philosophy prioritizes a contemporary exploration rooted in China's current cultural landscape. By seamlessly integrating modern design principles with traditional Chinese cultural elements and drawing on the strengths of Western influences, we seek to develop a cohesive design language that resonates with China's unique sociocultural identity and spatial narratives.
Inspiration
This project draws inspiration from the interplay between cultural heritage and technological innovation. Motivated by the need to revitalize traditional craftsmanship in contemporary contexts, the design reinterprets regional spatial paradigms through modern structural logic. The spatial narrative emerges from reconciling dualities: light permeability informed by vernacular latticework, fluid circulation reimagining ceremonial pathways, and material dialogues bridging artisan techniques with parametric precision. By synthesizing Eastern spatial hierarchy with Western tectonic principles, the scheme transforms functional constraints into poetic spatial experiences, proposing cross-cultural sustainability for urban dwellings.
Project Duration
The project commenced in Shenzhen, China in August 2023 and concluded in November 2024.
Image Credits
Picture 1-5:Photographer KaiFeng Zhu 2025

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