Cloister Hoʻolālā Hale Noho Kūloko by Te Chih Lo

Cloister Hoʻolālā Hale Noho Kūloko by Te Chih Lo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Keleawe in Hoʻolālā Loko Hale a me Hōʻike Competition Category.

KeleaweLoko Hale· 2022

Cloister Hoʻolālā Hale Noho Kūloko

by Te Chih Lo

Client: Ideas Design

A' Design Award Keleawe Winner in Loko Hale Category

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The Design

About Cloister Hoʻolālā Hale Noho Kūloko

ʻO Cloister kahi hoʻolālā hale noho kūloko no kahi ʻohana ʻekolu hanauna ma ke Kūlanakauhale ʻo Hsinchu, Taiwan. Ua hoʻohuiʻia ʻelua wahi kaʻawale e hoʻoponopono i ka hoʻolālā papahele haiki mua. Ua hoʻohanaʻia nā mea hōʻoia kaha aniani e like me nā aniani nānā a me ke aniani ma nā papahele, nā kaupaku, a me nā paia, i mea e kau ai ka mālamalama kūlohelohe ma waena o nā wahi noho like. ʻO kahi aniani i hoʻonohoʻia ma lalo o ke kaupaku e hoʻohana ana i kahi hoʻonaninani o ke kiʻekiʻe hou aku. He paia televikina makua-pōhaku e māhele ana i ka wahi noho like i ka wā e mau ana ka hoʻolālā ākea. Ua mālamaʻia nā papahele lāʻau a me ka makua-pōhaku kahiko e hōʻemi ai i ka ʻōpala.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Keleawe

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Cloister Hoʻolālā Hale Noho Kūloko i ka A' Design Award Keleawe, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻia ma o ka hana noʻeau, ka akamai a me ka makakoho. He mau hana mākaukau a hana noʻeau kupaianaha nā lanakila Keleawe e hōʻoia ana i ka ʻike nui, ka noʻonoʻo a me ka maʻalea o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Cloister Hoʻolālā Hale Noho Kūloko he mea i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia, he ʻoihana a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Keleawe e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana, a maikaʻi no kona nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī. Hoʻokō maikaʻi ka hoʻolālā Cloister Hoʻolālā Hale Noho Kūloko i nā pono, hoʻopā i ka makemake, hoʻohiwahiwa i nā manaʻo a huki i ka makemake e ʻike.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Changing the original narrowed floor plan, the designer knocked through and combined two individual spaces. With application of transparent/translucent design technique and a smooth flow, a great amount of natural lighting is introduced, creating an ever-changing effect as if in the cloister. The overlapping visual perception creates multilayers in the living space, containing a big family of three generations.
Dimensions & Packaging: This project is 149 square meters.
Tags: Interior Design, Residence, Cloister, Marble, Modern
Production Technology: In the middle of the living space, the marble TV wall divides the common area while keeping the space open-floor plan. From the entrance, one turns right to enter the living room with the study/workspace connected beside. While lights are switched off, the glass material will appear reflective, similar to a grey mirror to maintain privacy.
Design Challenge: From the dining room, the kitchen and the study's use of glass panels and the grey mirror above the TV wall, allow the users to interact and see each other's location without any barrier. The reflective feature helps connect each family member and the common areas, making the living space greater than the sum of each part.
Research: The place is decorated with veneers of CNS F1 label that the average formaldehyde emission is below 0.3(mg/L). The eco-friendly building materials, curtains, and Dulux coating are also used in the space. The original wooden and marble floorings are kept without doing extra reconstruction or redecoration. While combining the new design with them, the designer reduces possible waste.
Inspiration: Taking "cloister" as the main visual concept of the space, all sides of the floors, ceilings and walls are applied with reflective materials such as mirrors and glasses. For instance, the mirror material used beneath the ceiling creates an illusion of duplex apartment arrangement. While solving the problem of narrowed space, the technique can thus make the residents feel like the space is heightened.
Project Duration: This project is finished in October 2021 in Hsinchu City, Taiwan.
Operation Flow: The warmth of wood, and the delicacy of stone, amalgamate into an elegant atmosphere. Reflective and glass materials are ingeniously used, allowing lights to stream and travel through the common area, corresponding to the outside environment, contributing to a smooth clear flow.
Team Members: Designer: Te-Chih Lo
Designer: Jia-Ru Chen
Image Credits: Image #1-5: Photographer CHIU CHUANG-CHIEH, Cloister, 2021.