Casa Marina 住宅室内设计 by Matthew Li is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 铁奖 in 室内空间与展览设计 Competition Category.

铁室内· 2020

Casa Marina 住宅室内设计

by Matthew Li

Client: Grande Development Limited

A' Design Award 铁奖 Winner in 室内 Category

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The Design

About Casa Marina 住宅室内设计

Casa Marina 是位于香港大埔一栋八层私人住宅的室内设计项目。这处面积为2,006平方英尺的居所秉承极简主义理念，契合业主对简约的诉求。全宅所用色彩不超过五种，营造出和谐统一的空间体验。木质元素与木地板串联起各个楼层，并将住宅与私家花园连为一体。造型别致的吊灯与壁灯既作装饰，又拉低了高挑空间的视觉焦点。较深的色调则平衡了落地窗引入的强烈日光。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铁奖

Casa Marina 住宅室内设计是 A' Design Award 铁奖得主，这是授予满足人们对设计精良的创作所期待的专业与工业要求的优良设计的声望认可。铁奖得主展现出其创作者的高超技艺、高度专业化、专家级的理解力和创造能力。预计Casa Marina 住宅室内设计将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的创作，既实用又创新。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铁奖的设计整合了行业最佳实践，并拥有与专业知识和才华相结合的称职技术特性。Casa Marina 住宅室内设计因其严谨而受到尊重，旨在提供有助于让世界变得更美好的生活品质改善。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: It is a eight-storey house at Casa Marina in Tai Po, Hong Kong. This design with Minimalism concept plays a best fit to the owner's requirement. The designer managed to applied less than five colours within the whole house to maintain a harmonious and consistent experience as well as to match owner's personality and the structure of the house. Particularly, stylized chandeliers and wall lamp installed have been installed, not only to act as an embellishment, but also lower down the focal point in such a high-ceiling environment.
Dimensions & Packaging: It is a 2,006 square feet house.
Tags: Interior Design, residence, house, simplicity, Minimalism, comfortable
Production Technology: Since the designer chose to applied less than five colours to enhance the idea of simplicity and consistency, in order to diminish the monotonous tone, the design also embellished the design with wooden elements. In addition to connecting the whole house, the wooden flooring also bridged a gap between the house and the private garden.
Design Challenge: There are two main challenges for this particular design. Firstly, this house is half-layered structured, therefore there is one room on each level and stairs in between. It was quite perplexing to turn the house to a space that fits the owner's requirements and needs. Moreover, the ceiling level of the house is disproportionately high when comparing with the area of each level which then an insecure atmosphere were set up.
Research: Sunlight can be easily brought to the living room and kitchen due to the floor-to-ceiling windows. Thus, darker colours are applied to these two areas in order to balance the lighting contrast and further reduce the spaciousness and emptiness. For rooms in upper levels, the designer managed to applied lighter colours to reduce the oppression and create a relaxed environment for the owner.
Inspiration: Answering the owner's request, it is a design full of simplicity and Minimalism concept. While no sumptuous or luxurious items such as metal and marble stone can be seen in the house, a neutral color palette is well applied to the design so as to create an amiable environment and the best place for the owner to seek for calmness.
Project Duration: The project started in March 2019 and is completed in September 2019.
Operation Flow: To make sure the owner can fully make use of the spacious house, the designer transformed some of the bedrooms to functional rooms. For example, an extra large bathroom with a lily-white bathtub at the centre and a dressing room-like cloakroom. However, due to the half-storey design of the house, it is inexpedient for the owner or guests to walk up and down. Therefore, bathroom, closet and television are installed in every room.
Patents: Grande Development Limited
Team Members: Matthew Li
Image Credits: Grande Development Limited