Awakening of Insects Mamanuina Totonu o Fale Nofoia by Yu Ouyang

Awakening of Insects Mamanuina Totonu o Fale Nofoia by Yu Ouyang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Uʻamea in Mamanu Totonu Competition Category.

UʻameaTotonu· 2025

Awakening of Insects Mamanuina Totonu o Fale Nofoia

by Yu Ouyang

A' Design Award Uʻamea Winner in Totonu Category

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The Design

About Awakening of Insects Mamanuina Totonu o Fale Nofoia

Ole Fafagu o Iniseti ose fale tuma'oti na mamanuina i Shenzhen, Saina. E 150 mita fa'atafafa le lautele atoa o le fale ma o lo'o fa'atulagaina i luga o fogafale se lua. O mea'ai e mafai ona ui atu ai le malamalama, na fa'avae mai i togi masani, e fa'ataga ai le malamalama fa'anatura ona o'o loloto i totonu o le fale. O se laupapa fola na fa'apipi'i mulimuli ane ma se fa'asitepu na toe fuafuaina e lagolago ai se fela'ua'iga sa'o e sili atu ona lelei a'o fa'asaoina ai lava le maualuga o le faaluga. O fuainumera o mea faifale, faamatalaga fa'aeteete o le fa'asitepu, ma mamanu fa'aoloaina ua fa'apitoa faia mo lenei galuega. O le fuafuaga e tu'ufa'atasia ai le fa'atulagaga avanoa a Sasa'e ma mataupu fa'avae fausiaina a Sisifo.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Uʻamea

O le A' Design Award Uʻamea na manumalo ai Awakening of Insects Mamanuina Totonu o Fale Nofoia, o se faamaoniga mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu lelei e faataunuu ai manaʻoga faapolofesa ma pisinisi e faamoemoeina mai galuega ua mamanuina lelei. O ē manumalo i le Uʻamea e faaalia ai le tomai tele, le faapitoa maualuga, le malamalama o tagata poto ma le mafai fatufatuaʻi o ē na faia. E faamoemoeina Awakening of Insects Mamanuina Totonu o Fale Nofoia e avea ma mea ua matuā vivii, mataʻina ma pelepelea e aogā ma fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Uʻamea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili o le pisinisi ma e iai uiga faatekonolosi mafai ua fesoʻotaʻi ma le poto ma le taleni. Ona o lona faatuatuaina, e tatau ai Awakening of Insects Mamanuina Totonu o Fale Nofoia ona faaaloalogia ma ua mamanuina e tuuina mai ai faaleleiga o le olaga e fesoasoani e faia ai e le lalolagi se nofoaga e sili atu ona lelei.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Emphasizedinnovation in daylight optimization("light-permeable materials", "deep natural light penetration")
Highlighteduser-centric circulation("streamlined structural planning", "smoother vertical circulation")
Stressedcultural hybridity("East-meets-West elements", "cross-cultural dialogue")
Balancedtechnical precision("proportional dialogue", "topological refinements") withemotional resonance("poetic, culturally resonant habitats")
Dimensions & Packaging: The building has a gross floor area of 150 square meters and is divided into two levels.
Tags: Private Residence Design, Retro Style, Eclecticism, Home Furnishings, Residence
Production Technology: This project incorporates specially customized elements across material selection, dimensional specifications, and stylistic treatments to ensure optimal adaptation to the spatial requirements. Key components such as the configuration of staircases, dimensions of furniture, and patterns and proportions of decorative artwork are meticulously tailored to harmonize with the architectural environment.
Design Challenge: This project involves the construction of a post-installed floor slab, where determining the compatibility between structural configuration, elevation positioning, functional requirements, and spatial perception presents a significant challenge. During the slab construction process, it is critical to maximize spatial ceiling height while integrating lighting systems, water supply pipes, and sewage drainage pipelines. These installations must be meticulously planned during the structural renovation phase. Additionally, comprehensive coordination of detailed specifications—including slab formwork design, material selection, and utility routing—must be finalized during preliminary planning stages to ensure seamless execution and optimal spatial performance.
Research: This project aims to explore the integration of design languages across diverse cultural contexts and historical eras within the Chinese context. While there is a growing preference among young Chinese for retro aesthetics, particularly French-inspired styles, our design philosophy prioritizes a contemporary exploration rooted in China's current cultural landscape. By seamlessly integrating modern design principles with traditional Chinese cultural elements and drawing on the strengths of Western influences, we seek to develop a cohesive design language that resonates with China's unique sociocultural identity and spatial narratives.
Inspiration: This project draws inspiration from the interplay between cultural heritage and technological innovation. Motivated by the need to revitalize traditional craftsmanship in contemporary contexts, the design reinterprets regional spatial paradigms through modern structural logic. The spatial narrative emerges from reconciling dualities: light permeability informed by vernacular latticework, fluid circulation reimagining ceremonial pathways, and material dialogues bridging artisan techniques with parametric precision. By synthesizing Eastern spatial hierarchy with Western tectonic principles, the scheme transforms functional constraints into poetic spatial experiences, proposing cross-cultural sustainability for urban dwellings.
Project Duration: The project commenced in Shenzhen, China in August 2023 and concluded in November 2024.
Image Credits: Picture 1-5:Photographer KaiFeng Zhu 2025