Blossom Keʻena by Kai Jen Xiao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Kala in Hoʻolālā Loko Hale a me Hōʻike Competition Category.

KalaLoko Hale· 2020

Blossom Keʻena

by Kai Jen Xiao

Client: Dunyue

A' Design Award Kala Winner in Loko Hale Category

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The Design

About Blossom Keʻena

ʻOiai ia he keʻena keʻena, hoʻohana ia i nā hui wiwo ʻole o nā kumuwaiwai like ʻole, a ʻo ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo o ke kanu lāʻau hāʻawi i kahi manaʻo i ka manaʻo o ka lā. Hāʻawi wale ka mea hoʻolālā i ka wahi, a me ka nui o ke kikowaena ka mea e hilinaʻi wale ana i ka mea nona, e hoʻohana ana i ka mana o ke ʻano a me ke ʻano kūlike o ka mea hoʻolālā. ʻAʻohe hana hoʻokahi o keʻena, hoʻokahi ʻokoʻa ka hoʻolālā ʻana, a e hoʻohana ia i loko o kahi ākea nui a hamama e hana ai i nā like ʻole ma waena o ka poʻe a me ke kaiapuni.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Kala

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Blossom Keʻena i ka A' Design Award Kala, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kiʻekiʻe loa, nani a kupaianaha. He mau hana ʻālohilohi loa a hana noʻeau nui nā lanakila Kala e hōʻike ana i ka loea, ka makakoho a me ka ʻoi aku o ka noʻonoʻo o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Blossom Keʻena he hana kupaianaha, kūlana ʻoi aku, ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Kala he mea hoʻokumu kūpono loa, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. He mea i ʻeleu ʻia e nā mea he nui ka hoʻolālā Blossom Keʻena e hoʻāla i ka makemake, lawe mai i nā manaʻo maikaʻi a hoʻāla i ka kamahaʻo a me ka mahalo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The office is no longer a single function ,the design is more diversified ,and it will be used in a large and open space to create different possibilities between people and the environment.
Dimensions & Packaging: The floor is treated with outdoor distressed floor tiles that are 5 cm wide and 20 cm long. Due to the three-sided floor-to-ceiling windows ,the floor treatment is attempted to create a disorder between the indoor and outdoor spaces , making the interior and exterior closer ,and the interior is more integrated into the outdoor vision.
Tags: Breathe ,Urban Forest ,Office ,Blossom
Production Technology: Folding Plate
The main entrance ceiling sculpture folds the shape ,creating a three-dimensional groove on the ceiling ,there are advances and retreats ,and the undulations continue to be like undeveloped landscapes.
Design Challenge: A multi-variable space that can be flexibly adjusted is made under the unclear function.Indoor extending connecting subject. Draw the line between strong sunlight and artificial lighting.
Research: Finishing light and shadows of just the right sense of rugged and flexibility of space.
Inspiration: In the office of Dunyue II, regardless of secular vision, the design is diverse and open. This is the new world. Here, the office can maintain its original appearance and accommodate different elements. Dunyue II just like a mother, it can conceive all the unknown fantasies and inspirations. This is the blooming of human consciousness.
Project Duration: 2019 ,New Taipei City Linkou District ,Taiwan
Operation Flow: Incorporating the use of office seating and space can highlight the importance of this topic in a new workplace. We believes the design of workplace space should promote employee vitality and interaction as much as possible ,rather than to separate and highlight the ranks.In other words , colleagues must often work together and interact with each other in order to grow together.
Patents: -
Image Credits: Xiao Kai-Ren,Dunyue,2019