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Where The Root Is Funzjoni Primarja: Disinn ta' Interjuri tal-Uffiċċju by Carlie Ling - K.D Hsu

Where The Root Is Funzjoni Primarja: Disinn ta' Interjuri tal-Uffiċċju by Carlie Ling - K.D Hsu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Premju A' Design Award tal-Fidda in Disinn ta' Spazji Interjuri u Wirjiet Competition Category.


FiddaInterjur· 2020

Where The Root Is Funzjoni Primarja: Disinn ta' Interjuri tal-Uffiċċju

by Carlie Ling - K.D Hsu

Client: Design Onboard

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

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The Design

About Where The Root Is Funzjoni Primarja: Disinn ta' Interjuri tal-Uffiċċju

Where The Root Is huwa interjur ta' uffiċċju li jinsab f'bini storiku fiċ-ċentru ta' Shanghai. L-għeruq ta' siġra jservu bħala l-kunċett ċentrali tad-disinn. Linji tal-injam tal-ġewż skur jaqsmu s-saqaf ċatt biex jissuġġerixxu għeruq mansuġa flimkien. Art tal-injam bi disinji u skrins tal-grilja tal-injam jimmarkaw iċ-ċirkolazzjoni u l-użu, filwaqt li l-iskrins miftuħa jħallu d-dawl u l-arja jgħaddu. Żona tal-akkoljenza tat-te tilqa' l-mistednin u s-sħab professjonali. Twapet griżi u kisi tal-ħitan tas-suf jagħtu liż-żona tax-xogħol ton kalm, u l-uffiċċju tas-superviżur huwa separat biex tiġi żgurata l-privatezza.

The Recognition

About the Premju A' Design Award tal-Fidda

Where The Root Is Funzjoni Primarja: Disinn ta' Interjuri tal-Uffiċċju huwa rebbieħ tal-Premju A' Design Award tal-Fidda, rikonoxximent prestiġjuż straordinarjament mogħti lil disinji tal-ogħla livell, sbieħ u impressjonanti. Ir-rebbieħa tal-Fidda huma xogħlijiet brillanti ħafna u kreattivi ħafna li juru l-għarfien espert, it-talent u l-aċċuratezza tad-disinjaturi tagħhom. Huwa mistenni li Where The Root Is Funzjoni Primarja: Disinn ta' Interjuri tal-Uffiċċju ikun xogħol mill-isbaħ, eżemplari, professjonali ħafna u innovattiv bil-fond. Dan id-disinn rebbieħ tal-Fidda huwa invenzjoni notevoli u mammirata li tikkontribwixxi biex jitwessgħu l-fruntieri tal-arti, ix-xjenza, id-disinn u t-teknoloġija. Where The Root Is Funzjoni Primarja: Disinn ta' Interjuri tal-Uffiċċju huwa ħolqien li ħafna jinvidjawh, li jqajjem ix-xewqat, iġib sentimenti pożittivi u joħloq tgħaġġib u mistagħġib.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
The client of this project is a high-achieving young entrepreneur with great strategic view from Shanghai. He Choose the HsingKuo Building, in the center of Shanghai City, to be the location of the headquarter, situated in a historic building imbued with dark walnut-texture design vocabulary so that all guests and employees can be greeted with a traditional Chinese tea-style reception, so that all professional partners can have a relaxing tea-tasting space for interaction.
Dimensions & Packaging
The interior was planned to accommodate guest reception and office usage, with the open-plan layout for the interactive domain when visitors arrived, as the aroma of quality tea inundated the interior made of widely-used walnut texture and color, as well on screens styled based on classic Chinese window lattices while the transparency afforded by the screen providing good ventilation and light penetration.
Tags
Chinese Tea Art, Office, Wooden Screen,Walnut Timber,Grey Color, High-Tech Woven Fabric
Production Technology
With Circular Sky and Square Earth as the design core which borrowed from the ancient Chinese concept of Round Sky as Roof over the Grid of Earth, the flat ceiling intersected with timber line work to manifest the interwoven roots of Trees, an enriched image of premium spatial quality, while patterned timber flooring and wooden grille screen outline circulation and usage demarcation in a subtle yet connective fashion.
Design Challenge
With such old building in Shanghai, the lack of ceiling height, and of column interval, the design featured lightweight ceiling work and darkened walnut flooring so as to connect with repetitive storage volumes that extends the overall spatial-visual, while the timber grille screen brings transparency and layered quality from different angles, as the open and flexible screen also skillfully divided yet casually connected each sub-spaces.
Research
Around the project site, there are many old trees with winding branches and roots framed by black metal window frames, as the exterior greenery was brought into the interior, permeating through glass partitions before forming an array of layered visuals of light, shadow, and trees. As much the interior was given a consistent warmth, it has also become a space for gathering and consolidation via interaction, epitomized by the interwoven eastern ambiance with western simple line work.
Inspiration
With the unique urban qualities of Shanghai that epitomizes the intersection of East and West, this project is located in a residential building of western-influenced exterior and the old Shanghai-styling interior, a unique elegance in itself. The design team utilized the Root as the core design concept, and dark walnut-texture symbolizing Trees and its steadiness, all of which articulated the stern quality the corporation represents.
Project Duration
The project was completed in May 2019 in Shanghai.
Operation Flow
As the office was treated with grey-color carpet and wool wall carpet for a pure and elegant office ambiance, the office of the supervisor was well concealed and separated from the other open spaces, along with its own tea-tasting room furniture by humble chairs and wooden tables from Ming Dynasty, to ensure privacy, while the back of the room was treated with grey tiles covered by high-tech woven fabric, reminiscence of the traditional Chinese wisdom re-interpreted with modern design vocabulary.
Team Members
Kai Ning Ling
Kai Ti Hsu
Image Credits
Kai-Ti Hsu
Zhao Wu
(2019)

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