The Mermaid's Kev Tsim Qauv Nyob Sab Hauv Tsev by Marty Chou

The Mermaid's Kev Tsim Qauv Nyob Sab Hauv Tsev by Marty Chou is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Hlau in Tsim Chav Sab Hauv thiab Kev Nthuav Qhia Competition Category.

HlauSab Hauv· 2020

The Mermaid's Kev Tsim Qauv Nyob Sab Hauv Tsev

by Marty Chou

Client: Ms. Lee

A' Design Award Hlau Winner in Sab Hauv Category

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The Design

About The Mermaid's Kev Tsim Qauv Nyob Sab Hauv Tsev

Mermaid's yog ib qho kev tsim qauv nyob sab hauv tsev rau ib lub tsev qab zib 90 square meters nyob rau hauv Taiwan. Qhov chaw no raug xam pom zoo li ib lub tsev khaws khoom qhia rau tus tswv tej khoom sau khaws tsis yog ib lub tsev nyob raws li ib txwm muaj. Ib tug duab mermaid los ntawm ib pab khoom tshiab tau los ua lub ntsiab lus tseem ceeb, teeb tsa cov xim semi-monochrome thiab huab cua kaj siab. Kev txua qauv classical molding raug siv los ua ib qho cuab yeej tsim qauv. Cov kab ncaj ncaj ua rau qhov chaw tsim los zoo li siab dua, thiab lawv npog cov qhov rooj chav thiab cov tub khoom khaws khoom. Cov haujlwm txhua hnub raug npog kom tsim los zoo yooj yim. Cov khoom siv nyob hauv tsev raug xaiv los ua kom muaj kev sib txawv ntawm cov qauv ncaj thiab cov qauv nkhaus.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hlau

The Mermaid's Kev Tsim Qauv Nyob Sab Hauv Tsev 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. The Mermaid's Kev Tsim Qauv Nyob Sab Hauv Tsev 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. The Mermaid's Kev Tsim Qauv Nyob Sab Hauv Tsev 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: During the design, came a new collection - a little Mermaid. Her serene quality caught me and my mind started to evolve around her. She became the focal point and anchor of the space, the tone of the ambiance, and the source of the semi-monochrome palette.

In the end, the entire space is the extend-dimension of this fantastical creature. She is the soul of this space; the soul that reflect the essence of the elegant lady.
Dimensions & Packaging: The interior space is 90 square-meter.
Tags: Interior design, Home Gallery, Modern Classic, Minimalism, monochrome space, monochrome palette, Taiwan
Production Technology: The classical molding here is used not merely as decoration but more as a design tool. Its vertically stretching quality makes the space appears to be higher than it actually is. It also hides away the doors of rooms and storage cabinets, unified and simplified the visual elements, and create a sense of serenity and calmness for the space.
Design Challenge: The main challenge of this project is about finding balance, mainly between practicality and fantasy, decorative and minimal, classical and modern.
Research: This project is an experiment of utilizing the owner's collection not merely as ornament, but to be the main concept and inspiration of the space. And also, to incorporate the owner's fascination of classical molding into contemporary design.
Inspiration: In the beginning, the owner of this apartment, an elegant and beautiful lady, told me that she would like to live in a place, where its ambiance is ambiguous, less like a home, more like a sanctuary in dream, in which she could be isolated and indulged with her on-going collections in this timeless, sacred space.
Project Duration: The project started in July 2017 in Taiwan and finished in June 2018.
Operation Flow: To respond to the owner's wish to live in a not-home-like place, I conceive the entire space as a gallery of her collections and display of her taste. Daily function and storage are hidden away to create a sense of optimal airy-ness, so the eyes only see the most essentials. Furniture selection focuses on the quality of contrast between straight and curve, thick and thin, light and heavy, as they are displayed sculptural pieces. As for the Mermaid, its elements are used throughout the entire space; the choice of materials, the fabrics, and colors, are all inspired by her.
Image Credits: Photo Credit: Kyle Yu Photo Studio