Birds Flying High Ka Hoʻolālā ʻO Loko No Ka Home by Jun-Bin Huang

Birds Flying High Ka Hoʻolālā ʻO Loko No Ka Home by Jun-Bin Huang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Keleawe in Hoʻolālā Loko Hale a me Hōʻike Competition Category.

KeleaweLoko Hale· 2020

Birds Flying High Ka Hoʻolālā ʻO Loko No Ka Home

by Jun-Bin Huang

Client: Yangger Artists

A' Design Award Keleawe Winner in Loko Hale Category

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The Design

About Birds Flying High Ka Hoʻolālā ʻO Loko No Ka Home

Ke Lele Nui Nei Nā Manu i Ka Lani he hoʻolālā ʻāpana i loko no kekahi home i hana hou ʻia ma ke Kūlanakauhale ʻo Taipei, Taiwan. Ua uhi ka home i ka 149 mika huinahā a loaʻa iā ia ʻekolu lumi moe, kekahi lumi noho, kekahi lumi ʻaina, kekahi lumi kuke, ʻelua lumi ʻauʻau a me kekahi lānai. Hōʻike nā kaupaku piko a me ka kukui pākaukau ʻaina piko i nā ʻēheu a me ke kahe ʻana o ka ea. ʻO ke kukuna kukui kūpono mai nā kukui paia a me nā kukui laupepa ke pani ʻana i ka nui o nā mea kukui i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko. Ua hoʻopili ʻia ka pā i ka pena zero VOC, a hiki ke wehe ʻia, hoʻoponopono ʻia a hoʻoneʻe ʻia nā lako home. Ua hoʻolaulā ʻia nā ʻīpuka a me nā ala e hiki ai i nā keiki ke neʻe manuahi.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Keleawe

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Birds Flying High Ka Hoʻolālā ʻO Loko No Ka Home 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 Birds Flying High Ka Hoʻolālā ʻO Loko No Ka Home 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 Birds Flying High Ka Hoʻolālā ʻO Loko No Ka Home 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: The core concept that pervades the overall design of this refurbishment residential project is maximizing the living contentment for the younger generation, who are expected to grow up and become the heir of this property. Featuring indirect illumination, detailed selection of materials, and flexible furnishing throughout, the house is filled with thoughtful details and warm blessings toward the young ones.
Dimensions & Packaging: Overall 149 sqm, with 3.15 meters height.

One master bedroom, one kid bedroom, one guestroom, one living room, one dining room, one kitchen, two bathrooms, one balcony.
Tags: Refurbishment, fenshui, ceiling shape, bird wing
Production Technology: Since this property is a gift to the young ones, the long-lasting, adaptive design is taken and realized in various of ways. Having in mind allergies in children, the overall interior is painted with Benjamin Moore zero VOC paint in 2019 color trend palette, trimmed with matching color tiles and anti-dust mite curtain. Able to sustain and adapt to children growth, all the furniture is detachable, repairable, and movable, hence the space for activities is maximized as well.
Design Challenge: Layout restructure, combining with pipework rearrangement, is one of the biggest challenges from this project. To make the pre-existing centered guest restroom the new kid bedroom, it took huge amount of works to reroute and connect the pipelines. The other obstacle came from the support beam that was too low for comfort. To overcome this issue, it was then redesigned to have arched silhouette, yielding less perceivable pressure from above.
Research: The restructure of the layout is conceived with the study of Feng shui. From the pre-existing layout, the guest restroom occupied the most important cardinal direction that represents prosperity and career success. In this ancient Chinese geomancy, studying at such place would make the learner mind clearer, enlightened, hence the learning efficiency doubled. After assessment and redesigning floor plan, the guest restroom was moved toward sides to make room for the kid bedroom, so that the Chi of success could be obtained by the children.
Inspiration: The overall design is inspired by the name of the host HSIANG, meaning flying high in Mandarin. This notion then was reinterpreted to the encouragement, a blessing to her offspring with great success. From the curvy ceiling design to the lamp on the dining room, curves that resemble wings and airflows can be seen everywhere. The bedroom is also decorated with flying themed wallpaper, with two gigantic paintings of birds to bring vitality to the grey toned room.
Project Duration: Finished in October 2019 in Taipei City, Taiwan.
Operation Flow: Through reducing the usage of traditional lighting fixtures like recessed lights and track lights, illumination has been taking great care of to maximize comfort and relaxation. With indirect lighting such as wall lamp and strip light, the space is immersed in a pleasant ambience, while the linear track of light is placed as directional hint for guests to move along with. Doorways and hallways were broadened for kids to run freely, and the living room is equipped with home cinema and projector for a family movie time.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Yangger Artists.
Team Members: Chief Designer: Jun-Bin Huang
Image Credits: Dirk Heindoerfer Photography