Modern Courtyard Designatio Domestica Interior by Tai Kuan Huang

Modern Courtyard Designatio Domestica Interior by Tai Kuan Huang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum in Designatio Interior Competition Category.

AesInterior· 2023

Modern Courtyard Designatio Domestica Interior

by Tai Kuan Huang

Client: KT Design Studio

Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About Modern Courtyard Designatio Domestica Interior

Atrium Modernum est designatio interior domestica pro domo 1423 pedum quadratorum in HsinChu, Taiwan. Dispositio originalis mutata est ut formaretur cubiculum commune spatiosum et triclinium, aditus ad culinam patens, cubiculum dominorum et duo cubicula hospitum. Duo itinera circularia consilium ordinant, corridore tamquam axe. Dispositio conceptum trium atriorum aedificiorum Sinensium traditionalium sequitur. Solum quercus alba et nux juglans adhibentur. Lacunaria diversarum altitudinum lucem transire sinunt et conclavia ampliora sentiri faciunt.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum

Modern Courtyard Designatio Domestica Interior victor est Praemii A' Design Award Aeneum, honoris multum aestimati formis egregiis, creandi ingenio, sollertia et acumine insignibus dati. Victores Aenei opera perita et mire creandi sunt, quae experientiam, imaginationem et solertiam auctorum suorum confirmant. Exspectatur Modern Courtyard Designatio Domestica Interior rem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, notabiliter professionalem et novam fore. Haec forma Aeneo victa optimas consuetudines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae amplectitur et in cura minutiarum excellit. Modern Courtyard Designatio Domestica Interior necessitates egregie explet, cupiditates tangit, sensus capit et curiositatem allicit.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: The planning of 1423 sqft space started with change of intended house layout. Four areas of spacious living room and dining room, 2 circular flows with the entryway opening to the kitchen, master bedroom and 2 guest bedrooms were divided based on everyday living requisites, with the corridor as axis, height of ceiling and terrace boundary.
Dimensions & Packaging: 1423 square feet
Tags: home, residential, interior, Taiwan, interior design
Production Technology: Area from front door to the entryway was called "first entry", which was also the first circular flow moving line based on daily living needs.

Entering the kitchen from entryway, you would see the huge cooking area. This was what we called "second entry" and the second circular flow. The "third entry" could be found in the living room and dining room.
Design Challenge: In response to the client's desire for light and refreshing aesthetics, only two types of wood were used in the space: white oak and walnut, which, in addition to creating the proportion of visual lightness and heaviness as well as space dividing, it could also present the purity of the space and warmth of nature credited to the natural clouds on the wall produced by the designer's special proportioned mortar.
Research: The original in-line kitchen planned by the builder was changed into open storeroom subject to client's change of layout, which, in addition to sparing enough room for storage but also for spacious kitchen and kitchen island. Another key change was the direction shift of the master bathroom door, which brought the square bedroom and satisfactory dressing room.
Inspiration: The design of public area integrated with concept of three entry courtyard of Chinese traditional buildings, which satisfied the daily life needs of the building through the interior space, bringing in the sense of space dimension and ritual of home.
Project Duration: The project started in March 2022 and finished in June 2022 in HsinChu Taiwan
Operation Flow: The house owners valued rituals of life and interactions with kids, loving the lightness and refreshment brought by Zen. Therefore, we designed and customized the cabinets, laminates and furniture in the public area by ourselves.

There was no traditional standard ceiling in the spacious living room and dining room. With height difference created by the ceilings, space here is more spacious and enlarged, while also allowing light to shine through.

The design broke the impression of a standard living room and left plenty of empty space for flexible future living needs.
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Jackal Liu
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