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Timber Shadow Te Hoahoa o Roto mō te Kāinga Noho nā Tzu-Chun Yen and Jhih-Wei Chen

Ko te hoahoa Timber Shadow Te Hoahoa o Roto mō te Kāinga Noho nā Tzu-Chun Yen and Jhih-Wei Chen he kaitoa whakahirahira o te 2026 A' Design Award Parahi i te Wāhanga Whakataetae Hoahoa Roto Whare me te Whakaaturanga.


ParahiRoto Whare· 2026

Timber Shadow Te Hoahoa o Roto mō te Kāinga Noho

nā Tzu-Chun Yen and Jhih-Wei Chen

Kiritaki: W.Design

Kaitoa o te A' Design Award Parahi i te Wāhanga Roto Whare

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Te Hoahoa

Mō Timber Shadow Te Hoahoa o Roto mō te Kāinga Noho

Ko Timber Shadow he hoahoa o roto mō tētahi kāinga noho, arā he whare rūma 56.2 mita pūrua te rahi i Taipei. He whakatakotoranga tuwhera te hanga, me ngā pakitara kōpiko e hono ana i te moutere kīhini ki te wāhi noho. Ko ngā papa poutū o te ōki pouri i hangaia motuhaketia, he mea whakarārangi ā-taki ki ngā pakitara, ā, ka whakangāwari i ngā rohenga o te wāhi. Kua whakaotihia ngā mata ki ngā paninga kohuke i pania ā-ringatia, he āhua kōura ngāwari te tae, ā, kua whāriki te papa ki te ōki whakatakoto chevron. Ko ngā kāpata huna me ngā āputa atarangi 10 mm, me te whakamaramatanga LED 3000K autaka, ka pupuri i te kāinga kūiti nei kia mārie, kia wātea hoki i te pōkaikaha.

Te Whakamihi

Mō te A' Design Award Parahi

Ko Timber Shadow Te Hoahoa o Roto mō te Kāinga 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 Timber Shadow Te Hoahoa o Roto mō te Kāinga 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 Timber Shadow Te Hoahoa o Roto mō te Kāinga Noho i ngā hiahia, ka pā ki ngā hiahia, ka whakaoho i ngā kare-ā-roto, ā, ka kume i te pākiki.

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Kete Pāpāho

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Āhuatanga Motuhake
Timber Shadow transforms a 56.2-square-meter residence into a tranquil sanctuary. It distinguishes itself by balancing organic warmth with architectural stillness, creating an expansive feel in a compact footprint. Key features include custom-curved walls and rhythmic vertical timber slats that dissolve spatial boundaries. The design integrates specialty mineral paint with understated golden undertones and chevron wood flooring to add a tactile, luxurious dimension. By merging seamless storage with strategic lighting, the project achieves high-density functionality in a sophisticated urban environment.
Inenga & Pēketanga
Total Floor Area: 56.2 square meters. Materials comprise custom-milled dark oak timber and hand-applied mineral coatings with understated golden undertones and a tactile matte finish. Flooring features precision-laid chevron oak. Lighting specifications include high-grade 3000K indirect LED strips and bespoke architectural pendant luminaires. Technical details involve precision-fabricated concealed cabinetry with 10mm shadow-gap detailing at ceiling and floor junctions.
Tūtohu
Residential Interior, Minimalist Design, Curvilinear Forms, Timber Slats, Light and Shadow, Compact Living, Specialty Finishes, Chevron Flooring, Taipei Residence, Modern Sanctuary
Hangarau Whakanao
Advanced precision engineering was employed to realize a seamless minimalist aesthetic. Key technologies include custom-milled vertical timber slats and hand-applied mineral coatings with understated golden undertones on complex curved substrates. Integrated concealed cabinetry was executed with millimetric precision, incorporating shadow-gap detailing at floor and ceiling junctions. Strategic indirect LED integration ensures a uniform light wash, enhancing the tactile quality of materiality across the 56.2m2 footprint.
Wero Hoahoa
The primary challenge was balancing a deep, atmospheric palette with the requirement for spatial expansion in a 56.2m2 footprint. We overcame visual confinement by implementing curved architectural transitions and rhythmic vertical elements that direct focus upward. Technically, integrating seamless concealed cabinetry into complex curved substrates required extreme precision and advanced joinery. This synthesis of light and materiality successfully transformed a restricted urban space into an expansive, restorative sanctuary.
Rangahau
Type: Environmental psychology. Objectives: Enhance spatial perception in 56.2m2. Methodology: Light-shadow interplay analysis. Tools: 3D modeling and material prototyping. Participants: Urban dwellers. Results: Seamless curves and vertical slats dissolved boundaries. Insights: Dark palettes can evoke openness via strategic texture. Effect: Elevates residential well-being and provides a scalable, sophisticated design model for dense urban societies, redefining small-scale luxury.
Whakaaweawe
The design is inspired by the ephemeral interplay of light and shadow observed within a dense forest, aiming to integrate the inherent tranquility of nature into a modern urban residence. The core concept of Timber Shadow reflects a profound desire to balance organic warmth with meditative stillness. By abstracting natural textures into minimalist architectural forms, such as rhythmic vertical slats that mimic tree trunks and fluid curved walls that mirror natural landscapes, the project establishes an introspective sanctuary. This spatial narrative offers essential emotional breathing room within a compact 56.2-square-meter apartment, emphasizing a harmonious connection between the inhabitant and the environment through the meticulous application of specialty mineral paint with understated golden undertones and layered indirect lighting.
Roanga o te Kaupapa
The project commenced in September 2024 in Taipei and was successfully completed in January 2025 in Taipei, Taiwan. This intensive five-month timeline encompassed both the comprehensive design development phase and the meticulous on-site realization of the custom curvilinear forms and integrated lighting systems, ensuring that every detail of the 56.2-square-meter sanctuary was executed to the highest professional standards.
Rerenga Mahi
The home orchestrates a seamless daily ritual through an intuitive open-plan flow. Residents are guided by fluid curved walls that dissolve boundaries between the kitchen island core and the living area. Interaction is driven by natural light filtering through rhythmic vertical slats, creating a dynamic dance of shadows that evolves from dawn to dusk. Hidden storage ensures a clutter-free environment, allowing the tactile specialty finishes to foster a profound sense of tranquility and space.
Pātene
Copyrights belong to Tzu-Chun Yen and Jhih-Wei Chen, 2025. Trademark (2025) W.Design.
Ngā Mema o te Rōpū
Tzu-Chun Yen
Jhih-Wei Chen
Whakamana Whakaahua
Image #1: Photographer W.Design, Timber Shadow, 2025.
Image #2: Photographer W.Design, Timber Shadow, 2025.
Image #3: Photographer W.Design, Timber Shadow, 2025.
Image #4: Photographer W.Design, Timber Shadow, 2025.
Image #5: Photographer W.Design, Timber Shadow, 2025.

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