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Tai Quan Palace Ọrụ Ụlọ Ọrụ by Shen Fu Chen

Tai Quan Palace Ọrụ Ụlọ Ọrụ by Shen Fu Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe in Nhazi Ime Ụlọ na Ngosipụta Competition Category.


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Tai Quan Palace Ọrụ Ụlọ Ọrụ

by Shen Fu Chen

Client: Jiun Wen Industrial Co., Ltd

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe Winner in Ime Ụlọ Category

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The Design

About Tai Quan Palace Ọrụ Ụlọ Ọrụ

Tai Quan Palace bụ ohere ọrụ dị na New Taipei City, Taiwan. Ụzọ mbata na-agbaso ụdị ọdịnala ndị China ma na-echetara mmadụ obí eze oge ochie. E ji akwụkwọ ọla edo dị 26,000 kpuchie mgbidi ụzọ mbata ahụ, nke e ji aka tinye n'elu ihe mbụ karịa na ntú agba. Ndị ǹka osisi meere ọnụ ụzọ abụọ ndị ọdịnala ndị China, nke nwere ǹtu ọnụ ụzọ na njikọ osisi (mortise and tenon). Mpaghara ọrụ dị mfe karị, nwere mgbidi ọcha, igwe nkwakọba, tebụl na oche, yana nkọwapụta ndị e ji ígwè na ọla kọpa mee. Ụzọ ịrịgo enweghị mgbochi na-edozi ọdịiche ịdị elu dị n'ọnụ ụzọ mbata.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe

Tai Quan Palace Ọrụ Ụlọ Ọrụ meriri A' Design Award nke Igwe, nnabata dị ugwu e nyere design ndị dị mma nke na-emezu ihe ndị a chọrọ n'ọrụ na ụlọ ọrụ nke a na-atụ anya n'ihe e kere eke ndị e mere nke ọma. Ndị meriri na Igwe na-egosi nka buru ibu, ọkachamara dị elu, nghọta ọkachamara na ikike imepụta nke ndị kere ha. A na-atụ anya na Tai Quan Palace Ọrụ Ụlọ Ọrụ ga-abụ ihe e kere eke a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya nke bụ ihe bara uru ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Igwe na-ejikọta ụzọ kacha mma nke ụlọ ọrụ ma nwee àgwà teknụzụ kwesịrị ekwesị jikọtara na ihe ọmụma na talent. A na-asọpụrụ Tai Quan Palace Ọrụ Ụlọ Ọrụ maka nlezianya ya ma e mere ya ka ọ nye mmeziwanye ndụ nke na-enyere aka ime ka ụwa bụrụ ebe ka mma.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
The decoration style and techniques of the project are beyond the existing practice, trying to create a new harmonious aesthetics with contradictory elements in a limited space. The design team used gold foil and manually pasted the entire space surface with luxurious yet low-keyed gold color to the Chinese style corridor. Thereafter, looked for woodworkers to make traditional Chinese double doors, Mortise and tenon joints, bringing the best effort to make the entire space without ambiguity.
Dimensions & Packaging
Tai Quan Palace is not just a visual experiment. In terms of living functions, the Chinese corridor entrance is designed with barrier-free ramp, which solves the height difference on the raised floor area. In order to connect the Chinese style on the outside and simplicity of European and American style on the inside, the floor tiles are gradually decreasing to create a progressive connection effect. As the line of sight extends to the end of the space, the design team replaced the solid partition with full glass to separate the space. While enlarging the vision, it is also an interesting attempt to make the space into a painting.
Tags
Traditional Chinese Architecture, Chinese and Western combination, Hand-glued gold foil, Modernism, Office Space
Production Technology
As the main point of the Chinese style corridor, the design team used 26,000 pieces of gold foil, which was manually pasted to the entire wall surface after applying primer to replace the modern feeling of paint. Mortise and tenon joints, the Chinese double doors and door nails, are specially made by the woodworkers. On the contrary, the office space is relatively simple, which is decorated with details of different materials such as iron and copper. The gold color is used to portray the outline of the space, making a connection in a contrast differences.
Design Challenge
The palace-like entrance corridor breaks the common perception about office, and it is also technically very different with the office in the past. Whether the traditional Chinese double doors with embedded door nails on it, Mortise and tenon joints, a progressive porch tiles, while at the same time a lot of communication and discussion with the technicians are needed for the design execution.
Research
The overall design style derived from the design team concern on the importance of their own tradition and the spirit of reminiscent. Adopting a strong traditional Chinese architectural style to create an ancient-palace-like entry corridor. Using hand-glued gold foil instead of common paint to show the timeless richness. The interior space is based on all white walls, cabinets, desks and chairs, and decorated with beautiful details such as door frames, lamp holders and Chinese cultural elements. Write the design intention between tangible and intangible.
Inspiration
The designer upholds the fundamental idea of not forgetting own culture and quoting the traditional Chinese style as the main axis of the design and present the common classical elements one by one. A bold and no-hesitation design vocabulary are implemented, hoping that whoever enters the space may have the sense of acceptance, not just as a visitor but as a guest, who is well received. The style is quite different, but it creates a new balance with the extreme, which is the contradictory balance that the design team wants to try.
Project Duration
This project was completed in December 30th, 2019 in New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Operation Flow
The overall design style is pushed to the extreme. Many seemingly like contrasting elements, whether it is the combination of Chinese and Western cultures, different materials, or the use of single color, which are some rare attempt to be found in commercial space. So, rather than compromising, the design team integrated the conflicting elements in an eclectic way. It is better to say that the design team retains the unique characteristics of each element to the maximum extent within the acceptable range.
Team Members
SHEN FU CHEN
Image Credits
Chuang-Chieh Chiu, Jan 2019

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