Utopia Ile Ibugbe by Fei Zhao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Àyà Inú Ilé àti Ibi Àfihàn Competition Category.
FàdákàInú Ilé· 2023
Utopia Ile Ibugbe
by Fei Zhao
Client: 323 Studio
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award Winner in Inú Ilé Category
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The Design
About Utopia Ile Ibugbe
Imọlẹ adayeba didan jẹ orisun ti irisi aaye yii. Ohun Organic kan, aaye ifisi ni rilara ti awọn apẹẹrẹ fẹ lati ṣẹda, nitorinaa wọn tun ṣe afiwe ọpọlọpọ awọn iṣe aaye aaye Organic, pẹlu ipo ti awọn iyaworan ikole. Aaye ipilẹ ile atilẹba ti gba idaji gbogbo agbegbe, ṣugbọn itanna ti o wa ninu ipilẹ ile nikan gba oluwa laaye lati ṣe aaye ti ko wulo lati inu rẹ. Lati le mu iwọn lilo ti gbogbo aaye ipamo pọ si ati mu imole naa pọ si, olupilẹṣẹ fẹ lati ṣẹda ikole tuntun-tuntun ni ayika ina inu ile.
The Recognition
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award
Utopia Ile Ibugbe jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ onípọ̀nlé lọ́nà àrà ọ̀tọ̀ tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe ìpele gíga jùlọ tó dára tó sì ń kan ọkàn. Àwọn olùborí Fàdákà jẹ́ àwọn iṣẹ́ tó ń tàn yòò gidigidi tó sì ní ìṣẹ̀dá púpọ̀ tí wọ́n ń ṣàfihàn ìmọ̀ ìjìnlẹ̀, ẹ̀bùn àti ìmọ̀ràn àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé Utopia Ile Ibugbe yóò jẹ́ iṣẹ́ àgbàyanu, àpẹẹrẹ rere, ti ọ̀jáfáfá lọ́nà tó ṣe pàtàkì tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun jinlẹ̀. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award yìí jẹ́ ohun ìmúṣẹ̀dá tó hàn gbangba gidigidi tí a mọrírì tó ń ṣe anfàní tó sì ń tì ààlà iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ síwájú. Utopia Ile Ibugbe jẹ́ ẹ̀dá tí ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ń ṣe ìlara, tó ń jí ìfẹ́ inú, tó ń mú ìmọ̀lára rere wá tó sì ń jí ìyàlẹ́nu àti ìyanu.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- As a narrow north-south facing townhouse, the original building has 4 floors, 2 above ground and 2 below (the basement has a height of 5.5m and can be divided into 2 floors with only a small patio to provide light). Facing south as the main direction of light, it relies on a stairwell to connect the various floors and comes with a lift. After observing the site and realizing that no well landscape was around the site, we decided to make an Inward facing construction within it.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Indoor area 420 ㎡
- Tags
- Organic, light and shadow, lighthearted, sculptural, textural contrasts
- Production Technology
- The curved wall and the laminated cast-in-place revolving staircase were a very big challenge for this project in terms of landing. First of all, the curved wall is an irregular shape, and the boundary of each floor has different positioning dimensions. In order to keep the errors to a minimum, the builder used ropes to locate the 2 layers connected to the basement at multiple points while positioning according to the drawings, just to ensure the coherence of the curved walls.
For the construction drawings, we refer to the positioning method of Toyo Ito’s construction drawings, the contour grid positioning method. - Design Challenge
- Guiding the constructor to land our project, and connecting with the structure and electromechanical team, both are hard nuts for us to crack. There are many first attempts for us, also for our constructor.
- Research
- We focus on the impact of light on the residential environment, taking sunlight as a case study, by observation of the duration and direction of sunlight at the winter and summer solstices.
- Inspiration
- The radiant natural light is the source of the form of this space. An organic, inclusive space was the feeling we wanted to create, so we also compared a lot of organic space practices, including the positioning of the construction drawings.
- Project Duration
- The project started on October 17th 2020 and finished on August 1st 2021 in Zhengzhou, China.
- Operation Flow
- In terms of functional distribution, we clearly divide the functional areas of each floor, which are both independent and well-connected.
The 1st floor and the 2nd floor underground are the main floors for daily access, serving as public spaces, while the relatively independent 2nd floor serves as residential spaces. Owners also have the need for daily gatherings, so we try to make each functional area larger.The staircase has been redesigned to provide a more comfortable connection of traffic flow between the functional areas on each level. - Patents
- Design copyright: 323studio
- Team Members
- Designer: Ran Chen
- Image Credits
- Photographic institutions：WMstudio
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