Cloud Ke Kālailai ʻAno Hale Noho Hoʻomaha by Jui Min Chen

Cloud Ke Kālailai ʻAno Hale Noho Hoʻomaha by Jui Min Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Hao in Hoʻolālā Loko Hale a me Hōʻike Competition Category.

HaoLoko Hale· 2022

Cloud Ke Kālailai ʻAno Hale Noho Hoʻomaha

by Jui Min Chen

Client: Muen interior Design Co.,Ltd

A' Design Award Hao Winner in Loko Hale Category

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The Design

About Cloud Ke Kālailai ʻAno Hale Noho Hoʻomaha

Ke Kālailai Kikoʻī: ʻO Cloud he hale noho hoʻomaha kālailai ʻano "loft" ma Yilan, Taiwan. Hahai ke kālailai i kahi manaʻo o ka hoʻemi ʻana, e hoʻohui ana i nā hana noho i loko o nā laina maʻalahi a me nā waihoʻoluʻu mua e uhi ana i ke kūkulu kākoʻo o ka hale. ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe piha o loko he 380 senimika a ʻo ka ʻāina papahele holoʻokoʻa he 40 mika hāpuni. Hoʻolōʻihi nā mea komo ʻike a me kahi alapiʻi kau i hana ʻia mai nā pā kila lahilahi a me ka papa lāʻau paina i ka nānā ʻana a hoʻemi hoʻi i ka manaʻo o ke kaomi ʻia i loko o kēia wahi liʻiliʻi. Alakaʻi nā kāhua piko i ka maka mai kēlā me kēia wahi a i ka uliuli o waho.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hao

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Cloud Ke Kālailai ʻAno Hale Noho Hoʻomaha i ka A' Design Award Hao, he ʻike hoʻohanohano i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā maikaʻi e hoʻokō ana i nā koi ʻoihana a ʻoihana hana i manaʻo ʻia mai nā mea hoʻokumu i hana maikaʻi ʻia. Hōʻike nā lanakila Hao i ka mākau nui, ka loea kiʻekiʻe, ka ʻike akamai a me ka hiki hana noʻeau o ka poʻe i hana iā lākou. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Cloud Ke Kālailai ʻAno Hale Noho Hoʻomaha he mea hoʻokumu i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia e pono a hou. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Hao e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka ʻoihana a loaʻa nā ʻano ʻenehana mākaukau i hui pū ʻia me ka ʻike hana a me ka makakoho. Mahalo ʻia ka hoʻolālā Cloud Ke Kālailai ʻAno Hale Noho Hoʻomaha no kona nānā pono a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e hāʻawi i nā hoʻomaikaʻi ola e kōkua ai i ka hana ʻana i ka honua i wahi maikaʻi aku.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This loft style vacation apartment is with the idea of subtraction. The design integrates needs and functions, and incorporates living functions into the aesthetics of the space, using simple lines and primary colors to cover the supporting structure of the building. The use of permeable building materials throughout the project extends the vision and reduces the sense of oppression in small spaces.
Dimensions & Packaging: The full height of the interior is 380 cm. The height of the lower part of the mezzanine floor is 120 cm, and the total size is 40 square meters. The height above the mezzanine floor is 163.5cm, and the size is 16.5 square meters. The balcony is about 5 square meters. The dressing room is about 3.3 square meters. The thickness of the punching plate is 3mm, the diameter of the hole is 5mm, and the spacing is 5mm.
Tags: loft, penetrating, arcs, suspended stairs, subtraction
Production Technology: A lightweight staircase made of thin steel panels and pine plywood is the visual axis of the design, and a different type of twine staircase is used to increase the penetration of the space. In addition to the reinforcement of the suspended staircase through the connection with the steel frame inside the wall, the main support comes from the steel rope wrapped with twine, and the steel lock and special bandage to connect the floor to the ceiling to strengthen the staircase support.
Design Challenge: The designer extended the skeleton from the inner edge of the wall for external support through a hole-cutting technique on the facade wall that connects the external wall of the bathroom, the staircase and the dressing room to increase the structural strength, and welded the light steel staircase to this skeleton so that the floor can achieve a sense of visual floating.
Research: Due to the limited space, the designer found that there was about 3.3 square meters of space left in the duct room above the bathroom, excluding the heat storage equipment, during the structural measurement and analysis. After detailed ergonomic measurements, a partition is opened in the wall above the bathroom, and the L-shaped floor-to-ceiling steel platform is used to strengthen the partition structure and add a simple dressing room.
Inspiration: The design motive is to create a sense of vacation in a small space, and to combine the beauty of the mountains and forests, using a curved shape to symbolize the embrace of greenery through the space. The visual guidance is achieved by using the cohesiveness of lines, which leads every space inside to the outside and creates a strong connection with outdoor nature.
Project Duration: The project started in October 2019 in and finished in January 2020 in Yilan, Taiwan.
Operation Flow: The stairs are designed with a perforated shape, allowing sunlight to penetrate through the holes, adding a rhythm of light and shadow and bringing visual interest. In order to strengthen the structure of the mezzanine, light strip is designed on the external wall of the mezzanine dressing room to link the structure between the old and new walls, so that the old and new structures can have a buffer space for deformation when the temperature changes.
Image Credits: Image #1: Mooten Studio, Cloud, 2020.
Image #2: Mooten Studio, Cloud, 2020.
Image #3: Mooten Studio, Cloud, 2020.
Image #4: Mooten Studio, Cloud, 2020.
Image #5: Mooten Studio, Cloud, 2020.