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Doctors of Design Disinn Intern ta' Appartament by Hua Cheng and Hsiao-Li Lo

Doctors of Design Disinn Intern ta' Appartament by Hua Cheng and Hsiao-Li Lo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Premju A' Design Award tal-Bronż in Disinn ta' Spazji Interjuri u Wirjiet Competition Category.


BronżInterjur· 2021

Doctors of Design Disinn Intern ta' Appartament

by Hua Cheng and Hsiao-Li Lo

Client: Her Guang Interior Design

Premju A' Design Award tal-Bronż Winner in Interjur Category

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The Design

About Doctors of Design Disinn Intern ta' Appartament

Doctors of Design huwa disinn intern għal appartament b'żewġ kmamar tas-sodda ta' 76 metru kwadru fi New Taipei City. Il-ħajt bejn is-salott u l-kamra tal-pranzu tneħħa biex jitjieb il-fluss tad-dawl u l-moviment fid-dar. Il-kamra tal-pranzu issa sservi wkoll bħala post fejn wieħed jaqra, jaħdem u jixrob il-kafè. Bieb tal-ħġieġ li jintwew jista' jagħlaq il-kamra tal-pranzu meta tkun meħtieġa l-privatezza, filwaqt li d-dawl tan-nhar jibqa' kondiviż. Il-materjali jinkludu fanella tal-injam, art tal-laminat, ħġieġ b'disinn, ħġieġ kannella u pannelli solidi tal-arżnu.

The Recognition

About the Premju A' Design Award tal-Bronż

Doctors of Design Disinn Intern ta' Appartament huwa rebbieħ tal-Premju A' Design Award tal-Bronż, rikonoxximent prestiġjuż ħafna mogħti lil disinji eċċellenti ddistingwuti mill-kreattività, l-ingenwità u l-għaqal. Ir-rebbieħa tal-Bronż huma xogħlijiet bi ħila biżżejjed u kreattivi b'mod impressjonanti li jawtentikaw l-esperjenza vasta, l-immaġinazzjoni u l-ħila ta' riżorsi tad-disinjaturi tagħhom. Huwa mistenni li Doctors of Design Disinn Intern ta' Appartament ikun oġġett imqabbar ħafna, mammirat u maħbub, notevolment professjonali u innovattiv. Dan id-disinn rebbieħ tal-Bronż jinkorporaw l-aħjar prattiki fl-arti, ix-xjenza, id-disinn u t-teknoloġija u huwa eċċellenti fl-attenzjoni għad-dettalji. Doctors of Design Disinn Intern ta' Appartament jissodisfa l-ħtiġijiet b'mod eċċellenti, imiss ix-xewqat, jinċanta s-sentimenti u jattira l-kurżità.

Behind the Design

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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.

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