Transparency Umklamo Wangaphakathi Wokuhlala by Li-Yu Cheng

Transparency Umklamo Wangaphakathi Wokuhlala by Li-Yu Cheng is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Umklomelo Wesiliva we-A' Design Award in Ukudizayina Ingaphakathi Competition Category.

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Transparency Umklamo Wangaphakathi Wokuhlala

by Li-Yu Cheng

Client: StudioX4

Umklomelo Wesiliva we-A' Design Award Winner in Ingaphakathi Category

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The Design

About Transparency Umklamo Wangaphakathi Wokuhlala

Ukukhuluphala, ukulinganiselwa, kanye nokungena kuhilelekile endleleni yokuphila ye-minimalism, ethuthuka ekwanelisekeni kwezidingo zomzimba ezihlanganiswe nezimo eziyinkimbinkimbi. Icubungula okushiwo maqondana ne-metaphysics, leli fulethi lihlanganisa kabusha okubonakala kuwukuphikisana phakathi kwamajika nama-engeli, izinsimbi ezipholishiwe namasimende kakhonkolo, kudala ukuhlangana okumaphakathi. Udonga ngokuvamile lubhekwa njengeyunithi eyodwa yohlaka. Ngemva kokumbozwa ngensimbi engagqwali egobile, udonga luyashintsha lube yinkampani yenethiwekhi esebenza kahle, ikhishi elinendawo yokugcina izinto, amapayipi, izinto ezisetshenziswayo zomoya... njll, izinto ezibalulekile zokuphila kwansuku zonke.

The Recognition

About the Umklomelo Wesiliva we-A' Design Award

Transparency Umklamo Wangaphakathi Wokuhlala iwinile uMklomelo Wesiliva we-A' Design Award, ukwaziswa okuhloniphekile ngokungajwayelekile okunikezwa imiklamo esezingeni eliphezulu, ebukekayo nethinta kakhulu. Abawinile beSiliva yimisebenzi egqamile kakhulu nedala kakhulu ebonisa ubungcweti obuphawulekayo, italente nobuhlakani babaklami babo. Transparency Umklamo Wangaphakathi Wokuhlala ilindeleke ukuba ibe ngumsebenzi omuhle wesibonelo, onobungcweti obuphawulekayo nezinto ezintsha ezijulile. Lo mklamo owinile uMklomelo Wesiliva we-A' Design Award uyinto entsha ebonakala kakhulu nethakazelisayo esiza futhi isunduza imingcele yobuciko, isayensi, ukuklama nobuchwepheshe. Transparency Umklamo Wangaphakathi Wokuhlala iyinto enomhawu omkhulu kuyo evusa izifiso, ilethe imizwa emihle futhi ivuse ukumangala nokuxakeka.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Aiming to build up an airy, see-through, light-weight, new simple form of living capacity, this residential apartment is conceptualized by connotations beneath the process of probing metaphysics relation.
Dimensions & Packaging: Construction area 122 square meter.
Tags: Stainless Steel, Metal Fabrication, Minimalism, Metaphysics, Steel Wire, Glass Brick
Production Technology: Massing, proportion, and penetration are involved to be composed of architecture interior space. The wall is considered as a single composition of a three-dimensional framework. After being covered with bent stainless steel, the wall metamorphoses into a functional carrier, which encompasses lighting, bears kitchen, sanitary, storage, pipes, air con, essential fixtures of daily living. While natural light refracts into the curvy wall, its hairline luster adds an enticing touch to spatial forms and expression.
Design Challenge: Restrained by limited passage of stairway, from assembly, welding, polishing, the wire shelving free standing was completely tailor-made on site. The shelving is asymmetrical and it develops its shape through on-site exploration. Every shelf and wire rod is joined with precise measurements and proportion. The consequence adapts to actual condition, culminating with a light-weight but powerful massing with practical functions.
Research: Possible conditions of light, such as opaque and transparency, light transmission and ambient occlusion, generate optical illusions; nevertheless, geometry and linear misalignment can also lead to another visual deception. The consequence induces to think of the fundamental nature of reality, the relationship between substance and attribute, and between potentiality and actuality.
Inspiration: Habitation refers to way or style of living. The lifestyle sprouted from modernism after the industrial revolution era; nowadays, it evolves in an artful taste, the satisfaction of physical needs bonded with philosophical meaning. The minimalism lifestyle encompasses profound thoughts and intricate contexts, which let simplicity become enchanting but arduous to be formed.
Project Duration: Started from June 2020 and finished in Sep 2020. Taipei city.
Operation Flow: Intentionally and experimentally, reunite the integration of seeming contradictions among curves and angles, polylines and straight lines, polished steels and concrete cements, in which everything culminates with moderate fusion.
Patents: Copyrights belong to StudioX4.
Team Members: Li-Yu Cheng
Yu-Chen Chen
Image Credits: YHLAA