Tongli Villa Àgbékalẹ̀ Inú Ilé Gbígbé by Hangzhou Shihe Design is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Àyà Inú Ilé àti Ibi Àfihàn Competition Category.
FàdákàInú Ilé· 2026
Tongli Villa Àgbékalẹ̀ Inú Ilé Gbígbé
Client: Hangzhou Shihe Design
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award Winner in Inú Ilé Category
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The Design
About Tongli Villa Àgbékalẹ̀ Inú Ilé Gbígbé
Tongli Villa jẹ́ àgbékalẹ̀ inú ilé gbígbé fún ilé olókè mẹ́ta tí àpapọ̀ ààyè ilẹ̀ rẹ̀ tó nǹkan bí ọ̀ọ́dúnrún ó lé àádọ́ta (450) mítà onígun mẹ́rin. Ìtòlẹ́sẹẹsẹ rẹ̀ ṣí sílẹ̀ ó sì ń ṣàn lọ láìsí ìdíwọ́, láìsí ògiri ìpínyà, ó sì ní yàrá ìsinmi orí àjà tí a fi sílẹ̀ láìsí àjà òkè. Àwọn ohun èlò àdánidá ni ó ṣe àpèjúwe inú ilé náà, lára wọn ni igi teak tí a kò ṣe àtúnṣe sí, igi dúdú tí kò lè bàjẹ́, àti ògiri amọ̀ tí a fi ọwọ́ tẹ́. A pa ohun ọ̀ṣọ́ mọ́ ní ìwọ̀nba díẹ̀, nítorí náà ìrísí ojú ohun àti ìmọ́lẹ̀ ọ̀sán ni ó ń ṣe àgbékalẹ̀ yàrá kọ̀ọ̀kan. Àgbékalẹ̀ náà ṣàfihàn àṣà ìbílẹ̀ Miao ti onílé, ó sì ń ṣe àtìlẹ́yìn fún ìgbé ayé ojoojúmọ́ tí ó parọ́rọ́ tí ó sì lọ́ra.
The Recognition
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Fàdákà A' Design Award
Tongli Villa Àgbékalẹ̀ Inú Ilé Gbígbé 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 Tongli Villa Àgbékalẹ̀ Inú Ilé Gbígbé 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. Tongli Villa Àgbékalẹ̀ Inú Ilé Gbígbé 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
- This residential design captures the essence of emotional connection, cultural resonance, and sensory comfort. Blending raw materials such as teak, charred wood, artistic mud walls, and hand collected objects, the space abandons decorative excess to return to elemental simplicity. The spatial layout is fluid, resisting traditional segmentation. Instead, it becomes a canvas for daily rituals, emotional anchoring, and inner peace: an aesthetic of stillness and lived poetry.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The house includes three levels with a total floor area of approximately 450 sqm. Key spatial elements include a horizontally open plan ground floor, an unceiled attic lounge, and a free flow layout without partition walls. Materials are predominantly natural and untreated, aligning with the spatial philosophy of sensory grounding.
- Tags
- Emotional Dwelling, Poetic Minimalism, Miao Culture, Nature Inspired Interior, Raw Materials, Timeless Design, Slow Living, Cultural Resonance, Organic Textures, Meditative Space
- Production Technology
- The project adopts a material first approach rooted in authenticity. Teak wood was used untreated to preserve its warmth and grain, while blackened anti corrosion timber adds weight and durability. Hand applied mud walls and artistic paint deliver texture and tone without ornament. The approach emphasized manual craftsmanship and intuitive layering over mechanical precision.
- Design Challenge
- The primary challenge was resisting conventional luxury symbols and instead crafting a space of deep emotional value. Balancing the owner's cultural identity with modern comfort required nuanced material choices, emotional mapping, and conceptual restraint. The absence of visual drama demanded heightened attention to detail, proportion, and sensory atmosphere.
- Research
- This is an applied cultural emotional design study exploring how spatial language can translate heritage and emotional needs into form. The methodology involved user immersion, ethnographic interviews, and contextual material selection. The homeowner's daily habits, values, and sensory preferences were key data points. The result is a space that not only houses the body but also resonates with memory, ritual, and inner calm enhancing the broader conversation on design’s emotional efficacy.
- Inspiration
- The homeowner's Miao heritage and natural lifestyle philosophy inspired a design that values emotional depth over surface form. Influenced by vernacular dwellings and poetic Eastern aesthetics, the concept centers on the idea of a home as a place of stillness, reflection, and healing. Rain falling on tiles, shifting light across earth toned walls, and silence within wooden textures form the emotional blueprint for the space.
- Project Duration
- The project started in January 2024 in Suzhou, China and finished in January 2025.
- Operation Flow
- The space invites slow, unstructured interaction. There are no dominant visual cues or rigid furniture placements. Instead, the flow is organic light guides the user, and silence defines transitions. It's not about usage, but co existence: the homeowner doesn't use the space, she dwells within it, rhythmically, intuitively.
- Team Members
- Designer: Chen Kezhi
Designer: Wang Huaqiang - Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Hanmo Vision - Yigao, Tongli Villa, 2025.
Image #1: Photographer Hanmo Vision - Yigao, Tongli Villa, 2025.
Image #1: Photographer Hanmo Vision - Yigao, Tongli Villa, 2025.
Image #1: Photographer Hanmo Vision - Yigao, Tongli Villa, 2025.
Image #1: Photographer Hanmo Vision - Yigao, Tongli Villa, 2025.
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