Where The Root Is 办公室室内设计 by Carlie Ling - K.D Hsu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 銀獎 in 室內空間及展覽設計 Competition Category.
銀室內· 2020
Where The Root Is 办公室室内设计
Client: Design Onboard
A' Design Award 銀獎 Winner in 室內 Category
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About Where The Root Is 办公室室内设计
《根之所在》係一個位於上海市中心一棟歷史建築內嘅辦公室室內設計。以樹根作為核心設計概念,深色胡桃木線條橫越平坦嘅天花,寓意盤根交錯嘅樹根。圖案化嘅木地板同木格柵屏風劃分咗動線同功能區,而通透嘅屏風則讓光線同空氣自由穿透。茶室接待區用嚟迎接賓客同專業夥伴。灰色地毯同羊毛牆布為工作區營造出寧靜嘅氛圍,主管辦公室則獨立分隔,確保私隱。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 銀獎
Where The Root Is 办公室室内设计是 A' Design Award 銀獎得主，這是授予頂級、華美而令人印象深刻的設計的極為崇高的認可。銀獎得主是極其卓越、極具創造力的作品，展現出其設計師傑出的專業技能、才華與敏銳。預計Where The Root Is 办公室室内设计將成為一件出色的典範之作，兼具非凡的專業性與深刻的創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銀獎的設計是一項備受矚目、令人欽佩的發明，造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。Where The Root Is 办公室室内设计是一件令人羨慕的創作，它喚起渴望，帶來積極的情感，並激發驚嘆與讚嘆。
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The client of this project is a high-achieving young entrepreneur with great strategic view from Shanghai. He Choose the HsingKuo Building, in the center of Shanghai City, to be the location of the headquarter, situated in a historic building imbued with dark walnut-texture design vocabulary so that all guests and employees can be greeted with a traditional Chinese tea-style reception, so that all professional partners can have a relaxing tea-tasting space for interaction.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The interior was planned to accommodate guest reception and office usage, with the open-plan layout for the interactive domain when visitors arrived, as the aroma of quality tea inundated the interior made of widely-used walnut texture and color, as well on screens styled based on classic Chinese window lattices while the transparency afforded by the screen providing good ventilation and light penetration.
- Tags
- Chinese Tea Art, Office, Wooden Screen,Walnut Timber,Grey Color, High-Tech Woven Fabric
- Production Technology
- With Circular Sky and Square Earth as the design core which borrowed from the ancient Chinese concept of Round Sky as Roof over the Grid of Earth, the flat ceiling intersected with timber line work to manifest the interwoven roots of Trees, an enriched image of premium spatial quality, while patterned timber flooring and wooden grille screen outline circulation and usage demarcation in a subtle yet connective fashion.
- Design Challenge
- With such old building in Shanghai, the lack of ceiling height, and of column interval, the design featured lightweight ceiling work and darkened walnut flooring so as to connect with repetitive storage volumes that extends the overall spatial-visual, while the timber grille screen brings transparency and layered quality from different angles, as the open and flexible screen also skillfully divided yet casually connected each sub-spaces.
- Research
- Around the project site, there are many old trees with winding branches and roots framed by black metal window frames, as the exterior greenery was brought into the interior, permeating through glass partitions before forming an array of layered visuals of light, shadow, and trees. As much the interior was given a consistent warmth, it has also become a space for gathering and consolidation via interaction, epitomized by the interwoven eastern ambiance with western simple line work.
- Inspiration
- With the unique urban qualities of Shanghai that epitomizes the intersection of East and West, this project is located in a residential building of western-influenced exterior and the old Shanghai-styling interior, a unique elegance in itself. The design team utilized the Root as the core design concept, and dark walnut-texture symbolizing Trees and its steadiness, all of which articulated the stern quality the corporation represents.
- Project Duration
- The project was completed in May 2019 in Shanghai.
- Operation Flow
- As the office was treated with grey-color carpet and wool wall carpet for a pure and elegant office ambiance, the office of the supervisor was well concealed and separated from the other open spaces, along with its own tea-tasting room furniture by humble chairs and wooden tables from Ming Dynasty, to ensure privacy, while the back of the room was treated with grey tiles covered by high-tech woven fabric, reminiscence of the traditional Chinese wisdom re-interpreted with modern design vocabulary.
- Team Members
- Kai Ning Ling
Kai Ti Hsu - Image Credits
- Kai-Ti Hsu
Zhao Wu
(2019)
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