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Serenity 住宅 by Ko-Wei Liao

Serenity 住宅 by Ko-Wei Liao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 銅賞 in インテリア空間・展示デザイン Competition Category.


銅インテリア· 2020

Serenity 住宅

by Ko-Wei Liao

Client: Legend Design Co. Ltd.

A' Design Award 銅賞 Winner in インテリア Category

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The Design

About Serenity 住宅

家は人々が忙しいライフスタイルから逃れられる聖域であるべきです。 「セレニティ」は、静けさの場所を確立し、一日の疲れを癒すようにデザインされています。このプロジェクトは、築30年の住宅をモダンなデザインに改装し、山側の景色を活かし、木の温もりを活かして、家族や子供たちが日常的に使用するのに適した理想的な住環境を作り出しています。自然光を最大限に取り入れ、庭へのあらゆる眺望を考慮した設計で、自然と生活空間を結び付けています。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅賞

Serenity 住宅は、創造性、独創性、鋭い洞察力で際立つ傑出したデザインに授与される、高い権威をもつ評価である A' Design Award 銅賞の受賞作品です。銅賞の受賞作品は、十分に巧みで印象的なほど創造的な工芸品であり、デザイナーの豊富な経験、想像力、機知を裏づけています。Serenity 住宅は、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される品であり、顕著にプロフェッショナルで革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銅賞を受賞したデザインは、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術のベストプラクティスを取り入れており、細部への配慮に優れています。Serenity 住宅は、ニーズを見事に満たし、欲求に触れ、感情を魅了し、好奇心を引きつけます。

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
The project is located by mountainside with few miles away from the most developed area of Taipei city. It is refurbished from a 30 years old house into a modern design. The idea is to have a cozy home as peaceful getaway from the busy lifestyle. The project uses the warm element in woods and the green nature of garden to create an ideal living environment suitable for family and kids everyday uses.
Dimensions & Packaging
The project is 313.5sqm2, its 3 storeys house.
Tags
Teak, interior design, Taipei City, residential.
Production Technology
Teak is commonly used in Taiwan for making furnitures, due to its natural oil makes timber termite and pest resistance and its humidity endurance which makes it suitable for this project’s mountainside location. The idea is to combine the rich luster of teak into the modern housing design, and its natural characteristics brings out the warm element that owner wishes to create.
Design Challenge
Being environmental friendly, we tried to minimize electricity consumption by utilizing natural sunlight to enhance indoor brightness during the day. However, considering the close distance with neighborhood, we have re-design all the windows position considering possible lighting and privacy issues.
Research
We adopt natural materials such wood, marble in warm tone and grey tiles resembling stones to connect with outdoor nature and create the warm serenity environment.
Inspiration
The owner is a young couple who wishes to create a quiet and natural environment in this busy city for children to grow up. The idea of connecting open kitchen, dining and living room into one designing space so the family members can be closely bonded in their day to day activities. There is also a second living room designed for children use which belongs to their private space.
Project Duration
The project was completed in 2019. Taipei City.
Operation Flow
The project was originally a 30 years old housing with small windows and insufficient sunlight. With new design, we have leveraged the mountainside garden view in the backyard and city view in the front yard by designing bigger windows in every space to enhance natural sunlight and connecting nature with living spaces.
Team Members
Ko-Wei Liao
Image Credits
Photography: Weimax Studio

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