Doctors of Design Hoahoa o Roto mō te Whare Noho by Hua Cheng and Hsiao-Li Lo

Doctors of Design Hoahoa o Roto mō te Whare Noho by Hua Cheng and Hsiao-Li Lo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Parahi in Hoahoa Roto Whare me te Whakaaturanga Competition Category.

ParahiRoto Whare· 2021

Doctors of Design Hoahoa o Roto mō te Whare Noho

by Hua Cheng and Hsiao-Li Lo

Client: Her Guang Interior Design

A' Design Award Parahi Winner in Roto Whare Category

7,723

Verified Award Winner

Verify Award Status for #106178

Visit Site View at A' Design Award Press Release Award Badge

Colors

The Design

About Doctors of Design Hoahoa o Roto mō te Whare Noho

Ko te "Doctors of Design" he hoahoa o roto mō tētahi whare noho e rua ngā rūma moe, 76 mita tapawhā te rahi, kei New Taipei City. I tangohia te pakitara i waenganui i te rūma noho me te rūma kai kia pai ake ai te rere o te māramatanga me te nekeneke i roto i te kāinga. Ko te rūma kai ināianei, he wāhi hoki mō te pānui pukapuka, te mahi, me te inu kawhe. Ka taea e tētahi tatau karaehe kōpaki te kati i te rūma kai ina hiahiatia te noho motuhake, ā, ka noho tonu te rangimārie o te māramatanga o te rā kia tohatoha ai. Ko ngā rawa e whakamahia ana ko te papa rākau angiangi (veneer), te papa laminate, te karaehe tāhoahoatia, te karaehe tawny, me ngā papa paina totoka.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Parahi

Ko Doctors of Design Hoahoa o Roto mō te Whare Noho te toa o te A' Design Award Parahi, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa kōeke e tohua ana mā te auaha, te mahi mōhio me te whakaaro hōhonu. Ko ngā toa Parahi he mahi pukenga e rite ana, he auaha mīharo, e whakatūturu ana i te wheako nui, te whakaaro me te mōhio-ā-ringa o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Doctors of Design Hoahoa o Roto mō te Whare Noho he taonga whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he ngaio, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Parahi e whakauru ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa i te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau, ā, he tino mīharo ki ngā taipitopito. Ka whakatutuki a Doctors of Design Hoahoa o Roto mō te Whare Noho i ngā hiahia, ka pā ki ngā hiahia, ka whakaoho i ngā kare-ā-roto, ā, ka kume i te pākiki.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The approach removed the blockages of light, space and passage. In so doing, also united the spaces previously compartmentalized for reading, working, cooking and drinking coffee, thereby getting rid of not just the physical barriers between the spaces but also the emotional barriers between the activities designated for those spaces. The result is an openness that contributes toward a freeness of mind. A glass accordion-style door in the dining room, however, ensures that such sharing of light and space doesn’t come at the cost of privacy when needed.
Dimensions & Packaging: 76 m2
Tags: Interior Design, Interior Designer, Home Decor, Japanese style, Wabi-sabi, MUJI
Production Technology: Blushing wooden veneer, Laminate flooring, Pattern glass, Tawny glass, Pine solid wood panel
Design Challenge: The couple’s home, a two-bedroom studio apartment, offered sufficient space, but made poor use of that space. Too many walls, partitions and standalone rooms blocked the flow of light and gave the home a claustrophobic feel. Thus, did away with the wall separating the living and dining rooms, replacing it with a less rigid partition, and allowing in more light. Opening up the living space in this manner also imparted a new center of gravity to the home’s common area, balancing it more soundly around the dining table and coffee station.
Research: A combination of two old words with overlapping definitions, wabi-sabi might be the Buddhist view of the facts of existence: Both life and art are beautiful not because they are perfect and eternal, but because they are imperfect and fleeting.
By David Watts Barton/ Japanology, April 2016
To design a space ideal for reading, cooking and enjoying good coffee. More importantly, clients required a home in which space and light would not only be optimized, but also utilized in a way that wouldn’t compromise their privacy or increase their use of air-conditioning and other utilities.
Inspiration: Like homeopathic medicine, the essence of wabi-sabi is apportioned in small doses. As the dose decreases, the effect becomes more potent, more profound. The closer things get to nonexistence, the more exquisite and evocative they become. Consequently to experience wabi-sabi means you have to slow way down, be patient and look very closely.
By Leonard Koren/Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers
Project Duration: The project started in January, 2019 and finished in July, 2019 in New Taipei City
Operation Flow: By remodeling the dining room after tearing down the living room wall, and creating a new space in which to eat, read and drink coffee, able to breathe new life into our clients’ leisure time. Also reshaped the contours of their home’s common areas to draw in and retain more light, replacing the home’s previous confining layout with lighter, airier atmospherics. The new lines and space tied the common areas together, instead of compartmentalizing them, and gave client couple not only new places and opportunities to interact and share meals together, but also new areas of privacy for reading and reflecting.
Team Members: Hua Cheng
Hsiao-Li,Lo
Image Credits: Image: Photographer Hsiao Hsiung Liang Yen,2019.