Exquisite Life Fa'ata'ita'iga Fa'ale-Totonu o Fale Nofoia by Jung Yuan Hou

Exquisite Life Fa'ata'ita'iga Fa'ale-Totonu o Fale Nofoia by Jung Yuan Hou is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Uʻamea in Mamanu Totonu Competition Category.

UʻameaTotonu· 2020

Exquisite Life Fa'ata'ita'iga Fa'ale-Totonu o Fale Nofoia

by Jung Yuan Hou

Client: Peter Interior Design

A' Design Award Uʻamea Winner in Totonu Category

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The Design

About Exquisite Life Fa'ata'ita'iga Fa'ale-Totonu o Fale Nofoia

O le Olaga Matagofie o se fa'ata'ita'iga fa'ale-totonu o fale nofoia o lo'o fa'atagata i Taipei, Taiwan. E fa'aaogaina e le fale le laupapa lanu enaena uliuli fa'atasi ma lanu uliuli, efuefu ma pa'epa'e e fatuina ai se si'osi'omaga to'a ma fa'aonaponei. O se puipui televise i lima uila ma se puipui sofa fa'atasi ma se ta'avale laupapa e maua ai se lagona o se faaluga maualuga atu. O le fuafuaga muamua e tolu potu na suia i ni potu se lua fa'apea se fa'ai'uga tatala mo komepiuta ma taimi malolo. O le ta'avale e mafai ai ona va'aia vaega o vaega, o lea e tumau ai le uiga ta'itasi o avanoa ta'itasi a'o fa'atasi pea. O faamalama natia e maua ai le malamalama masani ma le savaliga o le ea.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Uʻamea

O le A' Design Award Uʻamea na manumalo ai Exquisite Life Fa'ata'ita'iga Fa'ale-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 Exquisite Life Fa'ata'ita'iga Fa'ale-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 Exquisite Life Fa'ata'ita'iga Fa'ale-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: TV wall of metalwork and sofa wall with timber grille was deployed to create a sens of high ceiling while penetrating visuals connect the spaces yet maintain their individual characteristics. With an open multi-functional study, it satisfies the needs of the client as well as generating a sense of robustness and comfort of a modern home.
Dimensions & Packaging: While the living room was treated with concealed windows for stylistic symmetry and natural lighting and ventilation, the ceiling also extends and connects the dining area with open kitchen and island benchtop for maintaining social interactions amongst family members, along with bedrooms of flexibly integrated materials, color, and dimensions in producing a spacious and quality residence.
Tags: Exquisite Residence, Influx Of Light And Shadow, Modern Minimalism, Relaxation Styling, Residence of Warmth
Production Technology: As the young couple client enjoys a modern living style, and seek a residential design of comfort and quality, the design team utilized dark brown timber and grey-white color tone to achieve an ideal proportional consistency, and furthermore, a multi-functional study on top of the usage of multiple materials and decorations to visually generate an interplay of light, shadow and layers of vista of a spacious and bright spatial ambiance.
Design Challenge: The most challenging aspect of this project was for the design to arrive at the right proportion to achieve independent functional layout connected by flowing circulation and satisfying living requirements within the limited area footage, so that the interior is optimized. Also the juxtaposition of materials and the selection of colors to achieve consistency is also an issue for the design team to pay more attention to.
Research: With dark brown timber complemented by black, grey and white color tones in shaping a modern exquisite residence, the robust metalwork and warm timber materials allow the interior to take on a relaxing resort styling, and with an open multi-purpose study, it opens up a spatial aura of culture and brightness that manifest in the entrance and viewing wall.
Inspiration: Young couples like the modern leisure style, hoping to have a comfortable home design, so the designer with dark brown wood with gray-white color tone, the ratio of the whole space, perfect and subtle consistency. Considering the high degree of network adhesion of modern people, designers also plan a multi-functional study room at home, which is convenient for homeowners to place hardware devices such as computers, and can have a good living experience of leisure and entertainment at any time.
Project Duration: The project started in July 2017 and finished in September 2017 in Taipei, Taiwan.
Operation Flow: With thorough considerations of the overall layout for entrance, kitchen, dining area, living room, and study, etc., the original three-room layout was converted to two-room plus open study which liberated the space visually and allow the partial visual transparency with grille that maintains individual characteristics yet connects different space.
Team Members: Jung-Yuan Hou
Image Credits: Yvonne Kao, 2017