The Wisdom Domain 别墅 by Chu-Shiuan Lin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 建築、樓宇及結構設計 Competition Category.

銅建築· 2022

The Wisdom Domain 别墅

by Chu-Shiuan Lin

Client: Elvancent Design Co.,Ltd.

A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 建築 Category

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The Design

About The Wisdom Domain 别墅

智慧莊園係位於台灣南部墾丁嘅一棟民宿別墅。建築物佔地1650平方米，由兩棟對稱嘅建築構成正方形平面佈局，四周環繞住鋪滿碎石嘅環形步道，整體佈局體現咗「天圓地方」嘅傳統理念。生態池標示住入口位置，花園入面種滿花卉樹木。大面積清水混凝土牆、斜屋頂、鐵灰色金屬格柵同橢圓形入口，呼應咗風水五行之說。十六間房各具特色，喺採光、色調、香氛、音樂同表面材質方面各有不同。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅獎

The Wisdom Domain 别墅是 A' Design Award 銅獎得主，這是授予以創造力、獨創性和敏銳見長的傑出設計的極具聲望的認可。銅獎得主是技藝嫻熟、創意驚人的作品，印證了其設計師豐富的經驗、想像力與機智。預計The Wisdom Domain 别墅將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的物品，兼具顯著的專業性與創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銅獎的設計融入藝術、科學、設計和技術領域的最佳實踐，並因注重細節而出類拔萃。The Wisdom Domain 别墅出色地滿足需求，觸動渴望，迷住情感，並吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Inspired by nature, the architect bases the design on the interplay of the five elements to initiate the good circle of heaven, humanity and earth, applying how the universe works and circulates to the spatial design.
Dimensions & Packaging: 1650 ㎡
Tags: Elvancent Design Co., Ltd., LIN CHU-SHIUAN, Villa, Five elements, Fengshui
Production Technology: Transformation of circular heaven and square earth is manifested in the layout of the structure and the garden. Two symmetrical buildings combine to form a square floor plan, surrounded by circular trails paved with gravel, and thus the central axis of circular heaven and square earth emerges naturally. The ecological pond at the entrance, flowers and trees in the garden, the large fair-faced concrete walls of the buildings, the slanted roofs that look like an eagle spreading its wings and takes flight, iron-gray metal grilles on the façade reminiscent of tree shadows, and the oval entrance and exit—all of these are embodiments of how the five elements in fengshui interact and interplay, allowing traditional culture and wisdom passed down for a thousand years to be rendered and integrated in a refined and delicate fashion to give modern people a space to get away from the hustle and bustle of daily life and enable the mind to go in sync with environment.
Design Challenge: The reception area and each room are thus mapped out in accordance with such thinking. In this way, a simple, serene living environment is made a reality, shaping a quiet, rustic spiritual domain. Lines of poems penned by poets a millennium ago are ingeniously incorporated into the guest house. By means of Western architectural theories, Chinese traditional fengshui is represented here and now in the 21st century in an old-yet-new way that begins with slow living and proceeds with LOHAS that looks to a future leisurely life.
Research: Be it agreeable, refreshing, energizing, quiet-but-not-lonely, luxurious or tasteful, all sixteen rooms feature distinct forms by means of such thoughtful arrangements as different lighting, colors, smells, music and surface materials. Diverse atmosphere, immersion and energy are offered to guests, making it possible for travelers, after restful immersion and intake of never-ending energy from nature, to set out again, like an eagle spreading its wings.
Inspiration: The owner seeks to create a manor-style guest house that is low-profile but refined, modern but traditional, on this scenic estate with its face to the sea and back to the mountains, integrating landscaping and mini-fengshui to adjust the mental, physical and spiritual magnetic field. Thus a unique getaway combining nature and aesthetic comes into being.
Project Duration: The project started in June 2019 in Kenting, located in southern Taiwan, and finished in November 2019.
Operation Flow: A distinctive, glamorous beauty is brought forth by shadows and reflections of light, trees and water. The concept of “a poem in a space, an element in a residence” continues into the interiors, with the design of the guestrooms based on the five elements and extending to the five senses—sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch—immersed in experience and transformation. An integrated recipe for the body, the mind and the spirit is provided in accordance with each guest’s condition and needs.