Between Forest and Light ውሽጣዊ ዲዛይን ናይ መንበሪ ገዛ by Daisuke Nagatomo and Minnie Jan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award in ንድፊ ውሽጣዊ ቦታን ምርኢትን Competition Category.
ሓጺንውሽጣዊ· 2026
Between Forest and Light ውሽጣዊ ዲዛይን ናይ መንበሪ ገዛ
by Daisuke Nagatomo and Minnie Jan
Client: MisoSoupDesign
ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award Winner in ውሽጣዊ Category
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The Design
About Between Forest and Light ውሽጣዊ ዲዛይን ናይ መንበሪ ገዛ
ኣብ መንጎ ጫካን ብርሃንን (Between Forest and Light) ውሽጣዊ ዲዛይን ናይ ኣርባዕተ ደርቢ ዘለዎ ብሕታዊ መንበሪ ገዛ ኮይኑ፡ ናይ ገዛ ተግባራት ምስ ከባቢኡ ዘሎ መልክዓ-ምድሪ ንምትእስሳር ተወዲቡ እዩ። እቲ ኣቀማምጣ ሓባራውን ብሕታውን ቦታታት ብቁመታዊ መልክዕ ይሰርዕ፡ ነፍሲ ወከፍ ደርቢ ድማ ምስ ፍሉይ ትርኢታትን ኩነታት ብርሃን መዓልትን ክሰማማዕ የኽእሎ። እምኒ፡ ዕንጨይትን መስትያትን ኣብ መንጎ ቦታታት ዘሎ ምስግጋራት ይውስኑን ግሉጽነት ይቆጻጸሩን። ዘይቀጥታዊ መብራህትን ተሓቢኦም ዝተገጠሙ ስርዓታትን ንገጻት ንጹህ ኮይኖም ክጸንሑ ይገብሩ። እቲ ዲዛይን ንናይ ጫካ ከባቢ ናብ መዓልታዊ መነባብሮ ንምእታው ኣብ ቅደም ተኸተል ቦታ፡ ናይ ትርኢት ቅርጻን ቁጽጽር ብርሃንን የተኩር።
The Recognition
About the ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award
Between Forest and Light ውሽጣዊ ዲዛይን ናይ መንበሪ ገዛ ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award ዝዓወተ እዩ፣ ካብ ጽቡቕ ዝተዳለዉ ፍጥረታት ዝጽበዩ ሞያውን ኢንዱስትሪኣውን ጠለባት ንዝመላኡ ጽቡቓት ዲዛይናት ዝወሃብ ክቡር ኣፍልጦ። ዘዓወቱ ሓጺን ዓቢ ክእለት፣ ልዑል ፍሉይነት፣ ክኢላዊ ርድኢትን ፈጠራዊ ዓቕምን ፈጣርዮም የርእዩ። Between Forest and Light ውሽጣዊ ዲዛይን ናይ መንበሪ ገዛ ብብዙሕ ዝተመነየ፣ ዝደነቐን ዝፈተዎን፣ ተግባራውን ሓድሽን ፍጥረት ክኾን ይጽበ። እዚ ዝዓወተ ዲዛይን ናይ ሓጺን ሽልማት A' Design Award ንዝበለጹ ልምድታት ኢንዱስትሪ የጣምር፣ ምስ ፍልጠትን ተውህቦን ዝተኣሳሰሩ ብቑዓት ቴክኒካውያን ባህርያት ድማ ኣለዎ። Between Forest and Light ውሽጣዊ ዲዛይን ናይ መንበሪ ገዛ ብጥንቃቐኡ ይኽበር፣ ንዓለም ዝሓሸ ቦታ ክትኸውን ዝሕግዙ ምምሕያሻት መዓርግ ህይወት ንምቕራብ ድማ ዝተዳለወ እዩ።
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Between Forest and Light reinterprets vertical residential living as a layered landscape. Each floor offers a distinct relationship with nature through controlled transparency, framed views, and material variation. Curved stone walls, filtered glazing, and integrated lighting soften spatial transitions, creating a continuous yet diverse living experience that evolves from ground to top floor.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Project Type: Private Residence
Location: Xindian District, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Building Height: 4 stories
Scope: Interior Design
Completion Year: 2021 - Tags
- Residential interior, Vertical living, Natural light, Forest view, Material layering
- Production Technology
- The project integrates custom stone cladding, wood panel systems, and precision glass partitions to achieve seamless transitions between spaces. Indirect lighting, concealed mechanical systems, and bespoke furniture elements are carefully coordinated to maintain visual clarity. Natural materials were selected for durability, aging quality, and their ability to enhance light reflection and spatial depth.
- Design Challenge
- The primary challenge was designing a vertical residence that maintains spatial coherence while responding to varied programmatic needs across four levels. Another key challenge was balancing openness to the surrounding forest with privacy, environmental comfort, and structural constraints, while ensuring daylight penetration throughout the deep interior spaces.
- Research
- This project investigates how vertical residential interiors can mediate the relationship between dense natural environments and contemporary domestic living. Through a four-story private residence, the design explores spatial sequencing, material articulation, and daylight modulation as tools to integrate forest landscapes into everyday life. The research focuses on how framed views, controlled transparency, and layered material systems influence occupants’ perception of space, privacy, and environmental continuity. By organizing programs vertically and calibrating light conditions on each level, the project proposes a residential model that balances openness and enclosure while enhancing long-term spatial comfort and sensory engagement with nature.
- Inspiration
- The project is inspired by the site’s hillside setting and dense greenery. Rather than treating nature as a backdrop, the design frames forest views as an integral spatial element. Light, shadow, and seasonal changes are incorporated into daily life, allowing residents to experience nature from multiple perspectives across different floors.
- Project Duration
- Design 2020 - 2021
Construction 2021 - 2022
Completion 2022 - Operation Flow
- Daily movement unfolds vertically from public to private spaces. The ground floor connects communal living areas to the garden, while upper levels gradually shift toward more intimate functions. Visual connections between floors and outdoor views guide circulation, allowing residents to experience changing light conditions and forest scenery as part of everyday routines.
- Team Members
- Daisuke Nagatomo
Minnie Jan
Daniel Wang
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