Birds Flying High Mamanu Fale Nofoaga by Jun-Bin Huang

Birds Flying High Mamanu Fale Nofoaga by Jun-Bin Huang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Apamemea in Mamanu Totonu Competition Category.

ApamemeaTotonu· 2020

Birds Flying High Mamanu Fale Nofoaga

by Jun-Bin Huang

Client: Yangger Artists

A' Design Award Apamemea Winner in Totonu Category

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The Design

About Birds Flying High Mamanu Fale Nofoaga

Manulele i le Maualuga o le Lagi ose mamanu fale nofoaga mo se fale ua toe faaleleia i Taipei City, Taiwan. E aofia i totonu o le fale le 149 mita fa'atafa ma e iai ni potu moe e tolu, potu malolo, potu 'ai, umukuka, potu ta'ele e lua ma se poletito. O faasino faapaolo ma le moli 'ai faapaolo e faamanatu mai ai apaau ma le fetaasiga o le savili. O le malamalama e le tuusa'o mai moli puipui ma moli laulau e sui ai le tele o mea faapipii i totonu o faapaologa. O totonu o le fale ua vali i le vali e le'o iai ni kemikolo o'ona (zero VOC), ma o mea faaie e mafai ona vaevaeeseina, toe faaleleia ma fesiitai. Na faalautele faitotoa ma alalaufanua ina ia mafai e tamaiti ona feoai saoloto.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Apamemea

O le A' Design Award Apamemea na manumalo ai Birds Flying High Mamanu 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 Birds Flying High Mamanu 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. Birds Flying High Mamanu 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: The core concept that pervades the overall design of this refurbishment residential project is maximizing the living contentment for the younger generation, who are expected to grow up and become the heir of this property. Featuring indirect illumination, detailed selection of materials, and flexible furnishing throughout, the house is filled with thoughtful details and warm blessings toward the young ones.
Dimensions & Packaging: Overall 149 sqm, with 3.15 meters height.

One master bedroom, one kid bedroom, one guestroom, one living room, one dining room, one kitchen, two bathrooms, one balcony.
Tags: Refurbishment, fenshui, ceiling shape, bird wing
Production Technology: Since this property is a gift to the young ones, the long-lasting, adaptive design is taken and realized in various of ways. Having in mind allergies in children, the overall interior is painted with Benjamin Moore zero VOC paint in 2019 color trend palette, trimmed with matching color tiles and anti-dust mite curtain. Able to sustain and adapt to children growth, all the furniture is detachable, repairable, and movable, hence the space for activities is maximized as well.
Design Challenge: Layout restructure, combining with pipework rearrangement, is one of the biggest challenges from this project. To make the pre-existing centered guest restroom the new kid bedroom, it took huge amount of works to reroute and connect the pipelines. The other obstacle came from the support beam that was too low for comfort. To overcome this issue, it was then redesigned to have arched silhouette, yielding less perceivable pressure from above.
Research: The restructure of the layout is conceived with the study of Feng shui. From the pre-existing layout, the guest restroom occupied the most important cardinal direction that represents prosperity and career success. In this ancient Chinese geomancy, studying at such place would make the learner mind clearer, enlightened, hence the learning efficiency doubled. After assessment and redesigning floor plan, the guest restroom was moved toward sides to make room for the kid bedroom, so that the Chi of success could be obtained by the children.
Inspiration: The overall design is inspired by the name of the host HSIANG, meaning flying high in Mandarin. This notion then was reinterpreted to the encouragement, a blessing to her offspring with great success. From the curvy ceiling design to the lamp on the dining room, curves that resemble wings and airflows can be seen everywhere. The bedroom is also decorated with flying themed wallpaper, with two gigantic paintings of birds to bring vitality to the grey toned room.
Project Duration: Finished in October 2019 in Taipei City, Taiwan.
Operation Flow: Through reducing the usage of traditional lighting fixtures like recessed lights and track lights, illumination has been taking great care of to maximize comfort and relaxation. With indirect lighting such as wall lamp and strip light, the space is immersed in a pleasant ambience, while the linear track of light is placed as directional hint for guests to move along with. Doorways and hallways were broadened for kids to run freely, and the living room is equipped with home cinema and projector for a family movie time.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Yangger Artists.
Team Members: Chief Designer: Jun-Bin Huang
Image Credits: Dirk Heindoerfer Photography