Lart du Pouvoir Fungsi Utama: Imah Padumukan by Khaw Wei Quan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award Perunggu in Interior Competition Category.
PerungguInterior· 2026
Lart du Pouvoir Fungsi Utama: Imah Padumukan
Client: Private Client
A' Design Award Perunggu Winner in Interior Category
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About Lart du Pouvoir Fungsi Utama: Imah Padumukan
Lart du Pouvoir mangrupa proyék interior padumukan anu dirarancang pikeun nu boga imah awéwé anu kuat sarta mandiri. Rohangan ieu ngébréhkeun kakuatan ngaliwatan kalembutan, ngagabungkeun struktur anu beresih jeung garis-garis anu ngamalir. Dina inti na aya hateup melengkung sculptural anu diilhaman ku jubah ratu, anu ngalambangkeun kaanggunan jeung kakawasaan. Integrasi smart home ngaronjatkeun kahirupan sapopoé kalawan kontrol anu lemes, sedengkeun tékstur batu jeung kai anu haneut mawa kasaimbangan sarta suasana anu hadé. Tata letak na dihaja muka, tapi tetep dilandasan ku kahangatan jeung penekanan.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Perunggu
Lart du Pouvoir Fungsi Utama: Imah Padumukan mangrupa juara A' Design Award Perunggu, pangakuan anu pohara bergengsi anu dipasihkeun ka desain unggul anu dicirikeun ku kréativitas, kacerdikan jeung kawaspadaan. Para juara Perunggu téh artéfak anu lobaan kaahlian jeung kréatif pisan anu ngabuktikeun pangalaman anu lega, imajinasi jeung kacerdasan para désainerna. Lart du Pouvoir Fungsi Utama: Imah Padumukan diharepkeun jadi objék anu dihargaan, dikagumi jeung dipikanyaah anu profésional jeung inovatif. Desain juara A' Design Award Perunggu ieu ngalebetkeun prakték pangalusna dina seni, élmu, desain jeung téknologi, sarta unggul dina perhatian kana détail. Lart du Pouvoir Fungsi Utama: Imah Padumukan minuhan kabutuhan kalayan éndah, nyentuh kahayang, nyenangkeun rasa, jeung narik rasa panasaran.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- This project responds to the client's vision of a home that reflects her personality: strong yet composed, artistic yet practical. It addresses the challenge of expressing identity through subtle spatial gestures while integrating advanced smart living technologies without compromising aesthetic quality.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Project area: 82.5 square meters. featuring dual-curved vaults.
Key materials: engineered wood veneer, brushed bronze metal, geometric ceramic tiles, and marble.
Smart system: Aqara (controls lighting, air conditioning, curtains, projector, environmental sensors, and energy monitoring).
Kitchen system: Stosa, Italy. - Tags
- smart home, feminine power, curved ceiling, modern interior, marble cladding, customized millwork, Italian kitchen, Taiwanese residential design, Muji minimalism, warm neutral palette
- Production Technology
- The project was crafted through meticulous traditional carpentry, executed entirely by local artisans. Custom millwork was seamlessly integrated with brushed iron structures, marble cladding, and three-dimensional ceramic tiles. The smart home system utilizes Aqara to control air conditioning (warm/cool), curtains, lighting, projection screen, and environmental modes. It also monitors energy consumption in real-time. The kitchen features premium cabinetry from Italian brand Stosa, selected for its refined finishes and ergonomic functionality.
- Design Challenge
- The key challenge was sculpting the ceiling to convey symbolic leadership-lowing yet restrained. It required multiple scaled mockups, structural negotiations, and finish tests to find the curve's ideal softness. Meanwhile, integrating full smart systems invisibly, while preserving minimalist purity, was a technical and aesthetic balancing act.
- Research
- Research focused on spatial emotion and behavioral flow. Interviews and lifestyle observations of the client revealed a desire for quiet strength and low-profile elegance. Light behavior mapping and thermal studies supported the ceiling design, while system logic trees for the smart home defined the user's ideal routines. The result is a space where meaning and automation coexist.
- Inspiration
- The design was inspired by the client - a woman whose presence is calm yet commanding. At the first site visit, she said, "I do not want a flat ceiling, but nothing too dramatic either." That moment led to the idea of a flowing cloak, translated into a dual-curved ceiling. The entrance features a bold geometric floor, referencing a chessboard as a metaphor for control and elegance. The space merges softness with structure, using materials and smart systems to reflect quiet authority.
- Project Duration
- The project was carried out from June 2024 to February 2025 in Taichung City, Taiwan.
- Operation Flow
- The home responds to the user's presence intuitively. With voice or app control, curtains draw, lights shift to preset scenes, the air adjusts to a comfortable temperature, and the projection screen emerges from the marble wall. Each transition is designed to feel fluid and theatrical, yet discreet-reinforcing the user's control over the atmosphere.
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Justin Khaw Wei Quan, Lart du Pouvoir, 2024.
Image #2: Photographer Justin Khaw Wei Quan, Lart du Pouvoir, 2024.
Image #3: Photographer Justin Khaw Wei Quan, Lart du Pouvoir, 2024.
Image #4: Photographer Justin Khaw Wei Quan, Lart du Pouvoir, 2024.
Image #5: Photographer Justin Khaw Wei Quan, Lart du Pouvoir, 2024.
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