Tongli Villa Mamanu Totonu o Fale Nofoia by Hangzhou Shihe Design is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award Ario in Mamanu Totonu Competition Category.
ArioTotonu· 2026
Tongli Villa Mamanu Totonu o Fale Nofoia
Client: Hangzhou Shihe Design
A' Design Award Ario Winner in Totonu Category
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The Design
About Tongli Villa Mamanu Totonu o Fale Nofoia
O le Tongli Villa o se mamanu totonu mo se fale e tolu fogafale ma le aofa'i o le vaega o le fola e tusa ma le 450 sikuea mita. O le fa'atulagaga e tatala ma tafe sa'oloto, e aunoa ma ni puipui vavae'ese, ma e aofia ai se potu malolo i le taualuga e le'i fa'apipi'iina se fa'alo. O mea faanatura e fa'auigaina ai le totonu o le fale, e aofia ai le teak e le'i togafitia, laupapa fa'auliuli e puipuia mai le pala, ma puipui palapala na fa'aogaina i lima. E fa'aitiitia teuteuga, ina ia fa'atulagaina e le fa'aogaina o mea ma le malamalama o le ao potu ta'itasi. O le mamanu e atagia ai le talatu'u Miao a le e ona le fale ma e lagolagoina ai se olaga filemu ma le lemu i aso ta'itasi.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Ario
O le A' Design Award Ario na manumalo ai Tongli Villa Mamanu Totonu o Fale Nofoia, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu sili ona lelei, matagofie ma mataʻutia. O ē manumalo i le Ario o galuega susulu tele ma fatufatuaʻi e faaalia ai le poto, le taleni ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Tongli Villa Mamanu Totonu o Fale Nofoia e avea ma galuega matagofie, o se fesuiaiga mo isi, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou loloto. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Ario o se mea e iloga, ua mataʻina e aogā ma tuleia atu tapulaʻa o le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi. Tongli Villa Mamanu Totonu o Fale Nofoia o se mea e fiafia i ai le toatele, e fafagu ai manaʻoga, aumaia ai lagona lelei ma tupu ai le ofo.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- This residential design captures the essence of emotional connection, cultural resonance, and sensory comfort. Blending raw materials such as teak, charred wood, artistic mud walls, and hand collected objects, the space abandons decorative excess to return to elemental simplicity. The spatial layout is fluid, resisting traditional segmentation. Instead, it becomes a canvas for daily rituals, emotional anchoring, and inner peace: an aesthetic of stillness and lived poetry.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The house includes three levels with a total floor area of approximately 450 sqm. Key spatial elements include a horizontally open plan ground floor, an unceiled attic lounge, and a free flow layout without partition walls. Materials are predominantly natural and untreated, aligning with the spatial philosophy of sensory grounding.
- Tags
- Emotional Dwelling, Poetic Minimalism, Miao Culture, Nature Inspired Interior, Raw Materials, Timeless Design, Slow Living, Cultural Resonance, Organic Textures, Meditative Space
- Production Technology
- The project adopts a material first approach rooted in authenticity. Teak wood was used untreated to preserve its warmth and grain, while blackened anti corrosion timber adds weight and durability. Hand applied mud walls and artistic paint deliver texture and tone without ornament. The approach emphasized manual craftsmanship and intuitive layering over mechanical precision.
- Design Challenge
- The primary challenge was resisting conventional luxury symbols and instead crafting a space of deep emotional value. Balancing the owner's cultural identity with modern comfort required nuanced material choices, emotional mapping, and conceptual restraint. The absence of visual drama demanded heightened attention to detail, proportion, and sensory atmosphere.
- Research
- This is an applied cultural emotional design study exploring how spatial language can translate heritage and emotional needs into form. The methodology involved user immersion, ethnographic interviews, and contextual material selection. The homeowner's daily habits, values, and sensory preferences were key data points. The result is a space that not only houses the body but also resonates with memory, ritual, and inner calm enhancing the broader conversation on design’s emotional efficacy.
- Inspiration
- The homeowner's Miao heritage and natural lifestyle philosophy inspired a design that values emotional depth over surface form. Influenced by vernacular dwellings and poetic Eastern aesthetics, the concept centers on the idea of a home as a place of stillness, reflection, and healing. Rain falling on tiles, shifting light across earth toned walls, and silence within wooden textures form the emotional blueprint for the space.
- Project Duration
- The project started in January 2024 in Suzhou, China and finished in January 2025.
- Operation Flow
- The space invites slow, unstructured interaction. There are no dominant visual cues or rigid furniture placements. Instead, the flow is organic light guides the user, and silence defines transitions. It's not about usage, but co existence: the homeowner doesn't use the space, she dwells within it, rhythmically, intuitively.
- Team Members
- Designer: Chen Kezhi
Designer: Wang Huaqiang - Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Hanmo Vision - Yigao, Tongli Villa, 2025.
Image #1: Photographer Hanmo Vision - Yigao, Tongli Villa, 2025.
Image #1: Photographer Hanmo Vision - Yigao, Tongli Villa, 2025.
Image #1: Photographer Hanmo Vision - Yigao, Tongli Villa, 2025.
Image #1: Photographer Hanmo Vision - Yigao, Tongli Villa, 2025.
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