Spiritual Casa Kev Tsim Qauv Vaj Tsev Nyob by Meng Chuan Ho

Spiritual Casa Kev Tsim Qauv Vaj Tsev Nyob by Meng Chuan Ho is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Hlau in Tsim Chav Sab Hauv thiab Kev Nthuav Qhia Competition Category.

HlauSab Hauv· 2025

Spiritual Casa Kev Tsim Qauv Vaj Tsev Nyob

by Meng Chuan Ho

Client: DHouse Interior Design Co.,Ltd.

A' Design Award Hlau Winner in Sab Hauv Category

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The Design

About Spiritual Casa Kev Tsim Qauv Vaj Tsev Nyob

Spiritual Casa yog ib qho kev tsim qauv vaj tsev nyob rau sab hauv ib lub tsev plaub theem muaj 146 metos daim iav nyob tom tej zos ntawm Yilan, Taiwan. Qhov kev tsim qauv no muab ob hom kab lis kev cai Suav thiab Spanish sib xyaw ua ke. Cov ncej ntoo peb ceg, cov Spanish tiles, thiab lub kitchen island ua rau ntsia txog Spanish tej vaj tse tsim qauv nyob tom zos. Cov thaiv qhov rooj, cov duab paj apple qhwv thiab cov duab nyiaj laus qub qeeb ua rau ntsia txog Asian tej kab lis kev cai. Cov rooj tog ua los ntawm rattan uas siv tes txhawb tsim los ntawm cov Kws txawj hauv zos, siv txoj kev txuas ntoo (mortise thiab tenon joints). Cov xim dawb-av thiab xim kas-fes-tshuaj tsim ib qho pom kev tsis muaj xim tshaj tawm, thiab cov chaw nyob nruab nrab thiab cov txee khoom ua kom txoj kev tsiv taus nrog qhib tau zoo.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hlau

Spiritual Casa Kev Tsim Qauv Vaj Tsev Nyob yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Hlau, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom uas muab rau cov qauv tsim zoo uas ua tau raws li cov kev xav tau ntawm kev ua haujlwm thiab kev lag luam uas xav tau los ntawm cov khoom tsim zoo. Cov neeg yeej Hlau qhia txog kev txawj loj, kev paub tshwj xeeb siab, kev nkag siab ntawm cov kws tshaj lij thiab lub peev xwm tsim ntawm cov neeg tsim. Spiritual Casa Kev Tsim Qauv Vaj Tsev Nyob xav tias yuav yog ib qho khoom tsim uas neeg hwm, qhuas thiab hlub uas siv tau thiab tsim tshiab. Cov qauv tsim yeej A' Design Award Hlau no sib xyaw cov kev coj ua zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev lag luam thiab muaj cov yam ntxwv siv tshuab txawj ntse txuas nrog kev paub thiab txuj ci. Spiritual Casa Kev Tsim Qauv Vaj Tsev Nyob tau txais kev hwm vim nws tag nrho thiab tsim los muab kev txhim kho rau lub neej uas pab ua rau lub ntiaj teb zoo dua.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: To blend Chinese and Western cultures, the design incorporates Spain's typical triangular wooden beams, a ceiling, an island bar, and Spanish tile accents. Chinese elements like screens, flowering crabapple, and antique coin motifs subtly highlight traditional Asian customs. Hand-woven rattan furniture, crafted by local artisans using mortise and tenon joints, showcases exquisite local craftsmanship.
Dimensions & Packaging: This is a 146 sqm, 4-story residence.
Tags: D HOUSE, Interior Design, Interior, Taiwan, Recidence
Production Technology: The totem on the tiles specially chooses the ancient Chinese coin pattern to imply the lucky meaning of opening the door and seeing money. The kitchen, with its square middle island, Spanish tiles and triangular roof, highlights the Spanish design elements and spirit, satisfying the homeowner's feeling of homesickness. The natural hollow rattan has the effect of ventilation and moisture drainage, and also echoes with the crabapple flower glass and lamp string on the curved wall to reproduce the retro charm of Taiwan in the 1960s.
Design Challenge: Because the first floor was blocked by T girder, beam and stairs, the horizontal space is cut, and once the mechanical and electrical equipment is hidden in the ceiling, the vertical space is also easy to become compressed. Therefore, in accordance with the existing beam position, the triangular roof is arranged in the kitchen ceiling to raise the view and restore the Spanish architectural structure. The living room uses the Chinese circular arc element to create the ceiling, outlining a soft spatial line, but also taking into account the needs of air conditioning. As for the entryway, the space is defined by a square ceiling.
Research: How to delicately integrate Eastern and Western elements has become an important key to the space. Therefore, the grey and milk-tea earth colors are used to establish a neutral spatial tone, and then restoring the Spanish architectural structure, the local traditional tiles and bright colors remind of the Spanish country house. While the Chinese elements are cleverly hidden in the ceiling and screen totem, with rattan plaited articles and embossed glass, showing the Chinese retro feelings.
Inspiration: The four-story house in the countryside of Yilan, Taiwan, owned by a Spanish and Taiwanese couple. The overall spatial structure and intricate details pay homage to Chinese and Spanish traditions, based on a deep affection for the native land. The triangular roof, Spanish tiles, screen and Chinese totem are arranged to integrate Eastern and Western cultures, attempting to trigger memories through material texture, touch and color, and connect the feelings of people and land, people and hometown.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2023 and finished in April 2023 in Taiwan.
Operation Flow: To make the sight and moving line smoother, the entryway uses glass tiles and low cabinets to divide the kitchen and living room, maintaining the sense of openness of the space. In the kitchen, the middle island is placed in the center, to form the hollow-square moving line, to walk more smoothly. As for the master bedroom, the same design is continued, with the chest of drawers in the center and the aisle on two sides, which is convenient to shuttle back and forth between the sleeping and storage areas without hindrance. The cabinet also deliberately uses an even table top, which can block the sight of the messy desktop and maintain a simple and neat space.
Team Members: HO MENG CHUAN
LAM TSZ KWAN