Bon-Appetit Photography Fale Ata Pu'eata by Ming-Hong Tsai

Bon-Appetit Photography Fale Ata Pu'eata by Ming-Hong Tsai is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Apamemea in Mamanu Totonu Competition Category.

ApamemeaTotonu· 2020

Bon-Appetit Photography Fale Ata Pu'eata

by Ming-Hong Tsai

Client: Han Yue Interior Design Co.,Ltd

A' Design Award Apamemea Winner in Totonu Category

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The Design

About Bon-Appetit Photography Fale Ata Pu'eata

O le Bon-Appetit Photography o se fale ata pu'eata o lo'o fa'apipi'i i totonu o se fale e tolu fogafale mai le 1982 i le taulaga o Hsinchu, Taiwan. Talu ai e tāua tele le malamalama mo pu'eatagia, sa toe fausia le pito i luma i piliki tioata ina ia mafai ai ona ulufale mai le malamalama fa'anatura i totonu o le avanoa vaapiapi. I totonu, o piliki sima gaogao e fa'afeagai ma piliki tioata, e tu'ufa'atasia ai mea tuai ma mea fou. Sa fa'asaoina le fola marepa ma faamalama gaugau fa'avaa laupapa sa iai muamua, a'o pa puipui ma faaluga sa toe fa'aleleia i le terrazzo ma laupapa fasi laupapa (particle board). I le po, e fa'asoa atu le malamalama mai totonu o le fale i tagata e ui atu i le pa piliki tioata.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Apamemea

O le A' Design Award Apamemea na manumalo ai Bon-Appetit Photography Fale Ata Pu'eata, 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 Bon-Appetit Photography Fale Ata Pu'eata 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. Bon-Appetit Photography Fale Ata Pu'eata 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: This building was built in 1982, located in the hill area at Hsinchu city. Entering indoors, the cement hollow-brick wall attracts attention, creating a contrast with glass-brick facade. Both bricks (concrete and glass) imply a synthesis of old days and new era, and allow light transmitting freely spread out. Moreover, upstairs, balcony fences and front doors were restored in woods. The ceiling comprises curve and linear details, creating clean and inviting layers.
Dimensions & Packaging: Started from October 2018 and finished in February 2019.
Built area 165 square meter.
Tags: glass, cement, transparency, photography studio, colonial styles
Production Technology: To reminisce about historical colonial styles, we preserved existing flooring and windows as much as possible. The mixed-color marble flooring was kept intact, and the wood-framed fold-up windows were preserved. Meanwhile, walls and ceilings were refurbished with old, hand-feel, materials: terrazzo and particle boards...etc.
Design Challenge: How to build a new glass brick wall integrating with old building structure is a key study for this project.
Research: The interior is a long narrow site plan, causing poor daylight during day time. As a solution, we partially demolished interior partition wall, and rebuild the facade with glass bricks.
Inspiration: The alteration of light is a key factor for photo-shooting; thus, we supposed photography studio to coexist with natural daylight as much as possible. Inspired from membrane properties of semi-transparency, the facade was rebuilt with glass bricks. Glass transparency undermines both sloping ground-line and visual heftiness, and the building becomes a semi-clear carrier.
Project Duration: Hsinchu city, Taiwan
Operation Flow: In this three-story building: the first floor is arranged for public area and photographer ’s office, and there are balcony and private bedrooms at the second floor, and then the photography studio with pop-up color-screen is located at the third floor.
In day time, the frost-finished glass wall provides light-filled ambiance and great privacy. In dawn, because of the properties of glass bricks, while interior lighting were lit up, the neighbor and passers-by can sit on the bench and share illumination via exterior side of glass brick wall, creating a connection between community and people.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Han-Yue Interior Design
Team Members: Ming-Hong Tsai
Image Credits: Yi-Hsien Lee and Associates YHLAA Photography