The Box گھر by Hsiang-Peng Chang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award آہنی انعام in فنِ تعمیر، عمارت اور ڈھانچہ ڈیزائن Competition Category.

لوہافنِ تعمیر· 2023

The Box گھر

by Hsiang-Peng Chang

Client: Satoyama Construction

A' Design Award آہنی انعام Winner in فنِ تعمیر Category

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The Design

About The Box گھر

باکس ایک دیہی ماحول میں ایک چھوٹے پلاٹ پر تعمیر شدہ چار منزلہ گھر ہے۔ سفید نمائشی دیوار (فیسیڈ) ٹھوس اور دھنسے ہوئے مربعوں پر مشتمل ہے جو ایک سادہ جیومیٹرک حجم تشکیل دیتے ہیں۔ فیسیڈ کی تکمیل کے لیے منرل پینٹ استعمال کیا گیا ہے کیونکہ یہ پائیدار، صاف کرنے میں آسان اور حرارتی تابکاری کو منعکس کرنے والا ہے۔ باورچی خانہ اور کھانے کی جگہ ایک دوہری اونچائی والی خلا کے سامنے واقع ہیں، جس کی وجہ سے کھانا پکانے کی آوازیں اور خوشبوئیں اوپر کی منزل تک پہنچتی ہیں اور خاندان کو یکجا کرتی ہیں۔ ایک مرکب مغربی دیوار اور ایک عمودی وینٹیلیشن شافٹ شمسی حرارت کو کم کرتے ہیں اور اندرونی حصے میں ہوا کی گردش کو ممکن بناتے ہیں۔ درجہ بندی شدہ فرشی سلیبز منظرِ فطرت کے نظاروں کو فریم کرتے ہیں۔

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award آہنی انعام

The Box گھر A' Design Award آہنی انعام کا فاتح ہے، جو ان اچھے ڈیزائنز کو دیا جانے والا باوقار اعتراف ہے جو اچھی طرح ڈیزائن کی گئی تخلیقات سے متوقع پیشہ ورانہ اور صنعتی تقاضوں کو پورا کرتے ہیں۔ آہنی انعام کے فاتحین اپنے تخلیق کاروں کی عظیم مہارت، اعلیٰ تخصص، ماہرانہ فہم اور تخلیقی صلاحیت کو ظاہر کرتے ہیں۔ The Box گھر سے توقع کی جاتی ہے کہ وہ ایک نہایت قدر کی جانے والی، سراہی جانے والی اور عزیز تخلیق ہوگا جو عملی اور جدید ہے۔ A' Design Award آہنی انعام جیتنے والا یہ ڈیزائن صنعت کے بہترین طریقوں کو یکجا کرتا ہے اور مہارت اور ہنر سے جڑی ہوئی قابل تکنیکی خصوصیات رکھتا ہے۔ The Box گھر اپنی باریک بینی کی وجہ سے قابل احترام ہے اور معیار زندگی کی ایسی بہتری فراہم کرنے کے لیے ڈیزائن کیا گیا ہے جو دنیا کو ایک بہتر جگہ بنانے میں مدد دیتی ہے۔

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The open-wide greenery of the outer spaces seems to detach these pure white houses from the bustling metropolis. The architectural appearance constituted by an abstract geometric quadrilateral form blends into the background of the settlement. THE BOX is designed with inset and outset arrangement of physical and virtual squares, creating a microclimate in respect of physical space and vivid living imaginations. Simple actions surprisingly constitute the key characteristics of this design.
Dimensions & Packaging: Construction area: 206.8m²
Number of layers: four layers
Tags: Nature, living, architecture, space, residence
Production Technology: Given the fact that THE BOX is geographically located in an earthquake-prone area, we use German KEIM 99% pure white mineral paint as the facade decoration material, which can prevent tiles and stone from shedding as a disaster hit. This material is also durable, easily cleaned and reflective to heat radiation.
Design Challenge: Due to the small size of each house, we tried out all possible solutions for space development with a view to finding a more interesting mix and sequence of spaces and conferring space meaning to this small house. The real and virtual rhythm is perceived dream-like and stylish. The geographical location causes the exposure to west sunlight and physical air changing even more prominent. As a countermeasure against the exposure to west sunlight, the west wall is made from the composite wall which is defined as an extra walling on the original walling (visually seen as white solid squares), the middle air layer can reduce the intensity of west sunlight and creates airflows; a ventilating raise disposed above the balcony can avoid the sunlight from being barred by the composite wall. In connection with physical ventilating, capitalizing on the ventilation and cooling technique that was anciently used in windcatcher, the temperature difference between the roof and the ground floor, coupled with the opening design, create the so-called “indoor chimney effect”, allowing vertical traffic air to flow from floor to floor. That’s how physical ventilation happens in interior space.
Research: Considering the limited area available, we attempt to create a varied mix of spaces, and this is the story how The BOX originates. The physical and virtual white blocks on the facade open up the potentials of the interior space. The special composite wall structure diminishes the impact of the exposure to west sunlight on indoor space. The ventilating raise resembling chimney (windcatcher) allows for the physical air changing of the interior space. As a part of The BOX, staggered floor slabs redefine the floors in a way that not only partitions the zones, but also frames out the outdoor scenery. The ventilating raise on the top floor holds privacy uncompromised and blurs the bounds between the outdoor scenery and the bathroom space attached to the master bedroom, so that living interactions are infused as a part of the natural environment and the interior space.
Inspiration: THE BOX is surrounded by unspoiled countryside and endowed natural environment. Leveraging the architecture and space art, this design is intended to deliver a sense of city detachment from the peripheral countryside, and properly blend the living interactions of occupants into the interior space and natural environment. Looking for the connection between the living space and the natural environment.
Project Duration: The project design was started from October 2020 and ended in May 2021
The project construction was started from June 2021 and ended in October 2022
Operation Flow: This design attempts to treat eating with family as a critical part of maintaining the family bond. To make this happen, the dining and kitchen spaces are planned in the atrium space between the first floor and the second floor, a vertical space is thus formed with a view to spreading the inviting smell of meals and the cooking fun. Smell and hearing make floors no longer estranged, but an occasion to connect and talk with the family from time to time, which in turn shapes a vital life memory shared by family members. Going upstairs, you will see staggered floor slabs and the stairways leading to and from different floors leveraging the floor-to-floor angle to frame out the outdoor scenes, as if the outdoor natural scenery were a masterpiece on the white walls of the house. The absence of peripheral high-rise building frees up the limited way of window opening on the wall side. The ventilating raise is designed to the extent that the bathroom space attached to the master bedroom looks like a work by James Turrel. The sky, light and space are used as base materials to blur the bounds between the bathroom and the interior space. Without compromising the piracy, occupant can indulge in bathing and dressing under the sky light or the moonlight, as if it were a private space that turns the framed scenery into spatial art.