Underlying Elegance 住宅 by Yung Yu Chien is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 鉄賞 in インテリア空間・展示デザイン Competition Category.

鉄インテリア· 2023

Underlying Elegance 住宅

by Yung Yu Chien

Client: Chien's Creative Works

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

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The Design

About Underlying Elegance 住宅

台北の古いアパートメントをリノベーションした「Underlying Elegance」は、北向きの間取りにロフトを備え、自然光に恵まれた住まいである。住居全体は、モダンを基調としたミックススタイルで構成されている。素材の選定からスタイルの構築、機能性に至るまで、そのデザインはインテリアデザインに対する設計者の信念を貫いたものであり、彼の人生における次の段階への節目となっている。改装完了後、ここは設計者自身の住まいとなると同時に、クライアントが実際に訪れて確かめることのできるモデルハウスとしての役割も担っている。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鉄賞

Underlying Elegance 住宅は、よく設計された創造物に期待される専門的・産業的要件を満たす優れたデザインに授与される、権威ある評価である A' Design Award 鉄賞の受賞作品です。鉄賞の受賞作品は、制作者の高い技量、高度な専門性、専門家としての理解、創造的な能力を示しています。Underlying Elegance 住宅は、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される、実用的で革新的な創造物であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 鉄賞を受賞したデザインは、業界のベストプラクティスを統合し、ノウハウと才能に結びついた有能な技術的特性を備えています。Underlying Elegance 住宅は、その徹底ぶりで尊敬され、世界をより良い場所にするための生活の質の向上をもたらすよう設計されています。

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: The entire residence features a mixed modern style. To meet the needs of children with a lot of activity, the lower level is laid out as a complete common area, including an open-concept living room, dining room and a Japanese room. Sections of different functions get connected with each other, and natural light can go deep indoors unobstructed. The privacy of the bedrooms is configured on the upper level.
Dimensions & Packaging: 71m2
Tags: Underlying Elegance, Yung Yu Chien, Yung Hsin Chien, CHIEN'S CREATIVE WORKS, Residential House
Production Technology: At the entrance, a stairway landing facing the foyer comes into view, forming an indented wall cranny with the structural pillar and the shaft. However, an entire sheet of vegetation wall creating greenness and a vertical garden serves to transform ingeniously an incongruous space into an accent piece. The wooden tiles paved at a 45-degree angle soften the stairway turn and visually reduce narrowness of the space, adding liveliness to the place.
Design Challenge: With an adherence to environmental sustainability, green materials are applied, and a large number of existing items are retained to be reused ingeniously. Thus this user-friendly space and its functionality are thoughtfully mapped out. A meticulously-made residence that encompasses both practicality and humanistic spirit endows this home with aesthetic appeal, turning it into a thoughtful, human-based vessel of life full of story and character.
Research: What is extraordinary is that the dining room is placed right next to the window and is separate from the kitchen. In this way, the family can enjoy the most pleasant natural light when dining, and this also serves to connect the indoor and the outdoor, taking it as a priority to configure different sections based on their respective functions.
Inspiration: A remodeled old apartment in Taipei, Underlying Elegance has a north-facing layout with a loft and excellent natural light. Its design, from materials selection, style formation and functionality, adheres to the designer’s belief in interior design and is a milestone to his next stage in life. With the renovation completed, it becomes the designer’s home but serves as a model residence for clients to inspect in person.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2021 and finished in September 2021 in Taipei City, Taiwan.
Operation Flow: Faux stone veins are applied to the walls in the common area, with the marble-vein TV wall starting from the entryway to the Japanese room in the back, which, combined with TV cabinetry and elevated flooring in the Japanese room, makes for indoor coherence and entirety.