Mysterious Fungsi Utama: Lounge Kantua by Yu Xuan Lai

Mysterious Fungsi Utama: Lounge Kantua by Yu Xuan Lai is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Basi in Interior Competition Category.

BasiInterior· 2025

Mysterious Fungsi Utama: Lounge Kantua

by Yu Xuan Lai

Client: CHING I SHIN Design

A' Design Award Basi Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About Mysterious Fungsi Utama: Lounge Kantua

Teks Buku: Mysterious adolah lounge kantua nan dirancang untuak cabang real estate di Hsinchu, Taiwan. Kantua saluweh 176 meter persegi ko sacaro jaleh mamisahkan wilayah karajo, negosiasi, panyambutan, jo santai, nan sabalunnyo bapatumpang tindih. Bar lounge di bagian balakang malayani aktivitas santai, kagiatan, sarato patemuan, sarato mancakuik area teh jo rak untuak cangkia. Dindiang malangkuang, warna galok, jo pancahayoan lambuik mangana-ngana katanangan malam. Cat artistik, meja terazo Italia, ubin, jo basi nan dicat manampakkan lapisan-lapisan warna hitam, samantaro tu ruang patemuan bawarna krem mandukuang diskusi nan fokus. Tampek duduak nan balangkok panyimpanan manjadikan dokumen tatap dakek jo tangan.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Basi

Mysterious Fungsi Utama: Lounge Kantua adolah pamenang A' Design Award Basi, sabuah pangakuan nan bapresti nan dibarikan ka rancangan nan elok nan mamanuhi kaparluan profesional jo industri nan dipaokan dari ciptaan nan dirancang jo elok. Pamenang Basi mamparlihatkan kamahiran nan gadang, spesialisasi nan tinggi, pamahaman pakar jo kapasitas kreatif panciptanyo. Mysterious Fungsi Utama: Lounge Kantua dipaokan manjadi ciptaan nan sangaik dihormati, dikagumi jo disayangi, nan praktis jo inovatif. Rancangan nan manang Basi iko mamasukkan praktik tabaik industri jo punyo ciri teknis nan cakap nan bapautan jo ilimu jo bakaik. Mysterious Fungsi Utama: Lounge Kantua dihormati karano katalitiannyo jo dirancang untuak maningkekkan kualitas hiduik jo mambantu manjadikan dunia tampek nan labiah elok.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The layout challenges the standard planning of Yungching Realty by introducing a distinct relaxation zone in the rear. This area features a lounge bar that functions as a multi-purpose space for leisure, activities, and VIP meetings. As the most unconventional element in the design, it reflects the owners' vision of a non-traditional office environment. Curved forms, dark tones, and lighting effects are used to create a dynamic atmosphere, bringing the energy of a night party into the workplace.
Dimensions & Packaging: This is a 176-sqm office.
Tags: CHING I SHIN Design , Interior Designer, Taiwan, Interior, Office Lounge
Production Technology: Artistic paint is used to create the dark atmosphere, and Italian terrazzo countertops, tiles, and painted iron pieces are also used to express the different levels of black, with the light to freely change the atmosphere, which create a sense of comfort and stability. The chair is extended against the curved wall, and the irregular sofa and bar chairs are added to relax the body and immerse in the sense of space. And the VIP meeting room requires a small area, thus the cream colors could create a space to focus on discussion.
Design Challenge: There were a number of designers to compete together for this case, and Ching I Shen stood out with a fresh concept, who found out the pain points of the real estate industry, and effectively solved. The standard space appearance of Yungching Realty has long affected all levels, through this case which demonstrates a model in the framework breakthrough, and the number of visitors, turnover, employment, and employee well-being, have all been improved. Because of the good space image, it also enhances the trust with the landlord, indicating the importance of a good space design for the overall business operation.
Research: The most important goal of this design is to improve the working environment of real estate agents, provide a good space to eat, rest, and have meeting, and also provide a private space where customers can make offers. The lounge area is a bold leap away from the past image, taking the dark night as the design concept, and the lamps gently projecting like the dim moonlight, to help release pressure, so that the partners who stay in the company for a long time can have a temporary breathing space.
Inspiration: Yungching Realty Inc. is a Taiwanese real estate brand, and this Hsinchu branch is run by three young owners aiming to change its traditional image. The original space combined office, negotiation, reception, and leisure areas, which often overlapped, creating a sense of instability. The new design clearly divides the areas, separating their functions, and emphasizes the leisure space to offer a comfortable environment for the high-pressure work of the agents.
Project Duration: The project started in December 2023 and finished in April 2024 in Taiwan.
Operation Flow: The leisurely lounge area is equipped with sufficient seats to accommodate all partners, and also provides a space for communication between branches. Some seats are equipped with storage function to store the data given to customers, whose the moving line is easy to access in the store. The bar in the middle island is equipped with a tea area, and the background wall is equipped with a shelf to place cups, which is convenient for dining and tea.