Cloister Fausaga i totonu o Fale Nofoaga by Te Chih Lo

Cloister Fausaga i totonu o Fale Nofoaga by Te Chih Lo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Apamemea in Mamanu Totonu Competition Category.

ApamemeaTotonu· 2022

Cloister Fausaga i totonu o Fale Nofoaga

by Te Chih Lo

Client: Ideas Design

A' Design Award Apamemea Winner in Totonu Category

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The Design

About Cloister Fausaga i totonu o Fale Nofoaga

Cloister o se fausaga i totonu mo se aiga e tolu augatupulaga i Hsinchu City, Taiwan. E lua avanoa eseese na tuufaatasia e faasa'o ai le fuafuaga muamua o le fola vaapiapia. O mea faaata pei o faaata ma tioata o loo faaaogaina i luga o fola, faasinapupuni ma puipui, ina ia mafai e le malamalama faanatura ona alu atu i totonu o avanoa masani. O se faaata na tuu i lalo o le faasinapupuni e fatuina ai se faaaliga o le maualuga sili atu. O se puipui televise mama'a o loo vaevaeina ai le avanoa masani ae o loo tumau pea ona matala le fuafuaga. O fola laau ma mama'a sa iai muamua na faasaoina e faaitiitia ai otaota.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Apamemea

O le A' Design Award Apamemea na manumalo ai Cloister Fausaga i totonu o Fale Nofoaga, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu ese e iloga i le fatufatuaʻi, le atamai ma le poto. O ē manumalo i le Apamemea o mea e iai le tomai atoa ma fatufatuaʻi mataʻina e faamaonia ai le poto masani tele, le mafaufau ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Cloister Fausaga i totonu o Fale Nofoaga e avea ma mea e vivii tele, ua pelepelea, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Apamemea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili i le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi ma e sili ona lelei i le mataituina o mea itiiti. Cloister Fausaga i totonu o Fale Nofoaga e faamalieina matagofie manaʻoga, pa i manaʻo, faalataina lagona ma faaosofia le fia iloa.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Changing the original narrowed floor plan, the designer knocked through and combined two individual spaces. With application of transparent/translucent design technique and a smooth flow, a great amount of natural lighting is introduced, creating an ever-changing effect as if in the cloister. The overlapping visual perception creates multilayers in the living space, containing a big family of three generations.
Dimensions & Packaging: This project is 149 square meters.
Tags: Interior Design, Residence, Cloister, Marble, Modern
Production Technology: In the middle of the living space, the marble TV wall divides the common area while keeping the space open-floor plan. From the entrance, one turns right to enter the living room with the study/workspace connected beside. While lights are switched off, the glass material will appear reflective, similar to a grey mirror to maintain privacy.
Design Challenge: From the dining room, the kitchen and the study's use of glass panels and the grey mirror above the TV wall, allow the users to interact and see each other's location without any barrier. The reflective feature helps connect each family member and the common areas, making the living space greater than the sum of each part.
Research: The place is decorated with veneers of CNS F1 label that the average formaldehyde emission is below 0.3(mg/L). The eco-friendly building materials, curtains, and Dulux coating are also used in the space. The original wooden and marble floorings are kept without doing extra reconstruction or redecoration. While combining the new design with them, the designer reduces possible waste.
Inspiration: Taking "cloister" as the main visual concept of the space, all sides of the floors, ceilings and walls are applied with reflective materials such as mirrors and glasses. For instance, the mirror material used beneath the ceiling creates an illusion of duplex apartment arrangement. While solving the problem of narrowed space, the technique can thus make the residents feel like the space is heightened.
Project Duration: This project is finished in October 2021 in Hsinchu City, Taiwan.
Operation Flow: The warmth of wood, and the delicacy of stone, amalgamate into an elegant atmosphere. Reflective and glass materials are ingeniously used, allowing lights to stream and travel through the common area, corresponding to the outside environment, contributing to a smooth clear flow.
Team Members: Designer: Te-Chih Lo
Designer: Jia-Ru Chen
Image Credits: Image #1-5: Photographer CHIU CHUANG-CHIEH, Cloister, 2021.