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Doctors of Design Naqshadaynta Gudaha Guriga by Hua Cheng and Hsiao-Li Lo

Doctors of Design Naqshadaynta Gudaha Guriga by Hua Cheng and Hsiao-Li Lo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Abaalmarinta Naxaasta ah ee A' Design Award in Naqshadeynta Qolalka Gudaha iyo Bandhigyada Competition Category.


NaxaasGudaha· 2021

Doctors of Design Naqshadaynta Gudaha Guriga

by Hua Cheng and Hsiao-Li Lo

Client: Her Guang Interior Design

Abaalmarinta Naxaasta ah ee A' Design Award Winner in Gudaha Category

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The Design

About Doctors of Design Naqshadaynta Gudaha Guriga

Qoraalka Buugga: Doctors of Design waa naqshad gudaha ah oo loogu talagalay guri kiraysi (apartment) leh laba qol oo jiif ah, oo dhan 76 mitir oo laba jibbaaran, kuna yaal magaalada New Taipei City. Gidaarka u dhexeeya qolka fadhiga iyo qolka cuntada waa la saaray si loo horumariyo socodka iftiinka iyo dhaqdhaqaaqa gudaha guriga. Qolka cuntadu hadda waxa uu sidoo kale u adeegayaa meel lagu akhriyo, lagu shaqeeyo, oo lagu cabbo qaxwaha. Albaab galaas ah oo laalaabma ayaa xiri kara qolka cuntada marka sirtu loo baahdo, iyadoo iftiinka maalinlaha ahi weli la wadaagayo. Alaabta la isticmaalay waxaa ka mid ah alwaax caateeya (wooden veneer), sagxad laminate ah, galaas naqshadaysan, galaas midab bunni ah, iyo looxyo geed pine ah oo adag.

The Recognition

About the Abaalmarinta Naxaasta ah ee A' Design Award

Doctors of Design Naqshadaynta Gudaha Guriga waa guuleystaha Abaalmarinta Naxaasta ah ee A' Design Award, aqoonsi sharaf sare leh oo la siiyo naqshado aan caadi ahayn oo lagu garto hal-abuur, hal-abuur cusub iyo caqli. Guuleystayaasha Naxaasta waa shaqooyin xirfad buuxda leh iyo hal-abuur yaab leh oo xaqiijiya khibrad weyn, male-awaal iyo kartida naqshadeeyayaashooda. Doctors of Design Naqshadaynta Gudaha Guriga waa walax la filayo inay noqoto mid aad loo tixgeliyo, la ixtiraamo oo la jecel yahay, xirfad cad leh oo hal-abuur cusub leh. Naqshadahan ku guuleystay Abaalmarinta Naxaasta ah ee A' Design Award wuxuu ku darsadaa hab-dhaqanno ugu wanaagsan farshaxanka, sayniska, naqshadaynta iyo tignoolajiyada wuxuuna ku fiican yahay dhawrista tafaasiisha. Doctors of Design Naqshadaynta Gudaha Guriga si fiican ayay u buuxisaa baahiyaha, taabataa rabitaannada, soo jiidataa dareenka kicinayaanna xiisaha aqoonta.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
The approach removed the blockages of light, space and passage. In so doing, also united the spaces previously compartmentalized for reading, working, cooking and drinking coffee, thereby getting rid of not just the physical barriers between the spaces but also the emotional barriers between the activities designated for those spaces. The result is an openness that contributes toward a freeness of mind. A glass accordion-style door in the dining room, however, ensures that such sharing of light and space doesn’t come at the cost of privacy when needed.
Dimensions & Packaging
76 m2
Tags
Interior Design, Interior Designer, Home Decor, Japanese style, Wabi-sabi, MUJI
Production Technology
Blushing wooden veneer, Laminate flooring, Pattern glass, Tawny glass, Pine solid wood panel
Design Challenge
The couple’s home, a two-bedroom studio apartment, offered sufficient space, but made poor use of that space. Too many walls, partitions and standalone rooms blocked the flow of light and gave the home a claustrophobic feel. Thus, did away with the wall separating the living and dining rooms, replacing it with a less rigid partition, and allowing in more light. Opening up the living space in this manner also imparted a new center of gravity to the home’s common area, balancing it more soundly around the dining table and coffee station.
Research
A combination of two old words with overlapping definitions, wabi-sabi might be the Buddhist view of the facts of existence: Both life and art are beautiful not because they are perfect and eternal, but because they are imperfect and fleeting.
By David Watts Barton/ Japanology, April 2016
To design a space ideal for reading, cooking and enjoying good coffee. More importantly, clients required a home in which space and light would not only be optimized, but also utilized in a way that wouldn’t compromise their privacy or increase their use of air-conditioning and other utilities.
Inspiration
Like homeopathic medicine, the essence of wabi-sabi is apportioned in small doses. As the dose decreases, the effect becomes more potent, more profound. The closer things get to nonexistence, the more exquisite and evocative they become. Consequently to experience wabi-sabi means you have to slow way down, be patient and look very closely.
By Leonard Koren/Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers
Project Duration
The project started in January, 2019 and finished in July, 2019 in New Taipei City
Operation Flow
By remodeling the dining room after tearing down the living room wall, and creating a new space in which to eat, read and drink coffee, able to breathe new life into our clients’ leisure time. Also reshaped the contours of their home’s common areas to draw in and retain more light, replacing the home’s previous confining layout with lighter, airier atmospherics. The new lines and space tied the common areas together, instead of compartmentalizing them, and gave client couple not only new places and opportunities to interact and share meals together, but also new areas of privacy for reading and reflecting.
Team Members
Hua Cheng
Hsiao-Li,Lo
Image Credits
Image: Photographer Hsiao Hsiung Liang Yen,2019.

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