White Box Toa Kākahu by Xiaoying Huang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Koura in Hoahoa Roto Whare me te Whakaaturanga Competition Category.

KouraRoto Whare· 2020

White Box Toa Kākahu

by Xiaoying Huang

Client: China Seven Construct Space Design Co., Ltd

A' Design Award Koura Winner in Roto Whare Category

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The Design

About White Box Toa Kākahu

Ko White Box he hoahoa o roto mō tētahi toa kākahu kei Rui'an, Wenzhou. E 35 mita pūrua te rahi o te toa. He iti te kūaha o mua, ā, kua whakakapia te matapihi whakaatu tawhito ki tētahi matapihi whakapae roa me tētahi mata mā whānui kei raro. Kua pania te tae mā ki te hanganga pouaka māmā katoa, ā, kua whakaritea ngā hihi rama hei whakamiramira i te papa terrazzo mā. I tāpirihia tētahi papa-tuarua iti hei whakanui ake i te horahanga ka taea te whakamahi, hei pupuri hoki i te mahere kia āta whakarite pai. Ka honoa ngā papa e rua e ngā arawhata ōki, ngā rama-waewae me ngā rārangi rama.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Koura

Ko White Box Toa Kākahu te toa o te A' Design Award Koura, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa kōeke tuatahi, whakamīharo me te hiranga. Ko ngā toa Koura he mahi tino auaha, he tirohanga mamao, he kanapa ahi, e whakaatu ana i te pūmanawa, te mātauranga me te tohungatanga o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko White Box Toa Kākahu he hanganga tūnga e whakatū ana i ngā ia, he whakanuia rawa, e kawe mai ana i te uara kāore anō kia kitea. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Koura he kaupapa whakamīharo, whakahonoretia e whakawhānui ana i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ka whakaara a White Box Toa Kākahu i te hiahia nui, ka whakaoho i te kaingākau, ka whakatenatena i te auaha, ā, ka whakamīharo i a tātou.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: In this case, the store takes an area of only 35 square meters. The front door is small, and the traditional display window is replaced by a horizontally long window with much white at the bottom. In this simple box-liked structure, white is massively used and the light beams are well designed to make the white-colored terrazzo floor more elegant. We built a mini loft to meet its functional purpose. The oak stairs, the footlights and the light stripes are another ingenious designs to connect the space.
Dimensions & Packaging: The project takes an area of 32 square meters. The inner structure has a width of 5300mm and depth of 5250mm and height of 4550mm, which takes an area of 28 square meters. There is an extended area with a width of 5400mm and depth of 690mm, which makes an area of 3.7 square meters.
Tags: White box, light, shadow, pure, structral, outstretched
Production Technology: White is such a permissive color that we make the best of white by using it massively in this room. Light is appropriately used to make the beam of light play a specific guiding role in dealing with the aerial perspective relationship of vertical and horizontal space. The floor is covered with white-colored terrazzo, which makes this clean room even more elegant. The stone would feels like warm and softened under the gentle light.
Design Challenge: The hardest part of this design is the room takes an area of only 35 square meters. It's quite difficult to meet the balance of function and visual appearence.
Research: A classic space will never exist without the presence of a human being. The interaction between space and human being always enlivens and warms up the space, making it a full-of-story space, while the designer is just out there to get the story ready to tell. The designer needs to take a prior consideration on the relationship between construction and space to make the space more interesting and memorable and with more speciality.
Inspiration: The space and time are infinitive, the space lives only in the current time. A classic space will never exist without the presence of a human being. The interaction between space and human being always enlivens and warms up the space, making it a full-of-story space, while the designer is just out there to get the story ready to tell.
Project Duration: Located in Rui'an, Wenzhou, the project was designed in April 2019 and finished in May 2019.
Operation Flow: The front door is small, and the traditional display window is replaced by a horizontally long window with much white at the bottom to attract the passerbys. We built a mini loft in this room, because we believe another mini space in a small room will extend the room itself and make it well-organized. Furthermore, the room will also be fully used in functional purpose.
Patents: Copyrights belong to CHINA SEVEN CONSTRUCT SPACE DESIGN CO.,LTD.
Team Members: Qi Zheng Huang
Xiao Ying Huang
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Di Li, 2019
Image #2: Photographer Di Li, 2019
Image #3: Photographer Di Li, 2019
Image #4: Photographer Di Li, 2019
Image #5: Photographer Di Li, 2019