Lart du Pouvoir 住宅空间 by Khaw Wei Quan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award 铜奖 in 室内空间与展览设计 Competition Category.

铜室内· 2026

Lart du Pouvoir 住宅空间

by Khaw Wei Quan

Client: Private Client

A' Design Award 铜奖 Winner in 室内 Category

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The Design

About Lart du Pouvoir 住宅空间

Lart du Pouvoir 是一个为一位强大而独立的女性屋主打造的住宅室内设计项目。空间以柔和诠释力量,将简洁的结构与流畅的线条融为一体。设计的核心是一道雕塑感的弧形吊顶,灵感源自女王的斗篷,象征着优雅与权力。智能家居系统以低调的操控方式提升日常生活品质,而石材肌理与温润木材则带来平衡感与考究的氛围。平面布局刻意保持开放,却又因温暖质感与重点强调而沉稳有序。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铜奖

Lart du Pouvoir 住宅空间是 A' Design Award 铜奖得主，这是授予以创造力、独创性和敏锐见长的杰出设计的极具声望的认可。铜奖得主是技艺娴熟、创意惊人的作品，印证了其设计师丰富的经验、想象力与机智。预计Lart du Pouvoir 住宅空间将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的物品，兼具显著的专业性与创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铜奖的设计融入艺术、科学、设计和技术领域的最佳实践，并因注重细节而出类拔萃。Lart du Pouvoir 住宅空间出色地满足需求，触动渴望，迷住情感，并吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This project responds to the client's vision of a home that reflects her personality: strong yet composed, artistic yet practical. It addresses the challenge of expressing identity through subtle spatial gestures while integrating advanced smart living technologies without compromising aesthetic quality.
Dimensions & Packaging: Project area: 82.5 square meters. featuring dual-curved vaults.
Key materials: engineered wood veneer, brushed bronze metal, geometric ceramic tiles, and marble.
Smart system: Aqara (controls lighting, air conditioning, curtains, projector, environmental sensors, and energy monitoring).
Kitchen system: Stosa, Italy.
Tags: smart home, feminine power, curved ceiling, modern interior, marble cladding, customized millwork, Italian kitchen, Taiwanese residential design, Muji minimalism, warm neutral palette
Production Technology: The project was crafted through meticulous traditional carpentry, executed entirely by local artisans. Custom millwork was seamlessly integrated with brushed iron structures, marble cladding, and three-dimensional ceramic tiles. The smart home system utilizes Aqara to control air conditioning (warm/cool), curtains, lighting, projection screen, and environmental modes. It also monitors energy consumption in real-time. The kitchen features premium cabinetry from Italian brand Stosa, selected for its refined finishes and ergonomic functionality.
Design Challenge: The key challenge was sculpting the ceiling to convey symbolic leadership-lowing yet restrained. It required multiple scaled mockups, structural negotiations, and finish tests to find the curve's ideal softness. Meanwhile, integrating full smart systems invisibly, while preserving minimalist purity, was a technical and aesthetic balancing act.
Research: Research focused on spatial emotion and behavioral flow. Interviews and lifestyle observations of the client revealed a desire for quiet strength and low-profile elegance. Light behavior mapping and thermal studies supported the ceiling design, while system logic trees for the smart home defined the user's ideal routines. The result is a space where meaning and automation coexist.
Inspiration: The design was inspired by the client - a woman whose presence is calm yet commanding. At the first site visit, she said, "I do not want a flat ceiling, but nothing too dramatic either." That moment led to the idea of a flowing cloak, translated into a dual-curved ceiling. The entrance features a bold geometric floor, referencing a chessboard as a metaphor for control and elegance. The space merges softness with structure, using materials and smart systems to reflect quiet authority.
Project Duration: The project was carried out from June 2024 to February 2025 in Taichung City, Taiwan.
Operation Flow: The home responds to the user's presence intuitively. With voice or app control, curtains draw, lights shift to preset scenes, the air adjusts to a comfortable temperature, and the projection screen emerges from the marble wall. Each transition is designed to feel fluid and theatrical, yet discreet-reinforcing the user's control over the atmosphere.
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Justin Khaw Wei Quan, Lart du Pouvoir, 2024.
Image #2: Photographer Justin Khaw Wei Quan, Lart du Pouvoir, 2024.
Image #3: Photographer Justin Khaw Wei Quan, Lart du Pouvoir, 2024.
Image #4: Photographer Justin Khaw Wei Quan, Lart du Pouvoir, 2024.
Image #5: Photographer Justin Khaw Wei Quan, Lart du Pouvoir, 2024.