House of Art 居住 by I-Ju Chan and Hsuan-Yi Chen

House of Art 居住 by I-Ju Chan and Hsuan-Yi Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 室內空間及展覽設計 Competition Category.

銅室內· 2020

House of Art 居住

by I-Ju Chan and Hsuan-Yi Chen

Client: Merge Interiors

A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 室內 Category

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The Design

About House of Art 居住

如何根據客戶的喜好將藝術品融合到家庭中成為設計師面臨的挑戰之一。設計師必須考慮藝術品和空間之間的適合性，使用簡單的現代設計策略，將所有藝術品插入空間，讓客戶即使在城市也可以在家中放鬆身心。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅獎

House of Art 居住是 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House of Art 居住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。House of Art 居住出色地滿足需求，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: This is a home of a success entrepreneur, which located beside the Presidential Building. The house has excellent view, and wide pattern. Therefore, designer act in concert with preference of art of the client, change a simple home into a brilliant presence. Other than that, the client has a big demand on hospitality, combination of art and life let the space emitted the atmosphere of boutique hotels, the beauty of art and space complement each other.
Dimensions & Packaging: The public area is in opened space design, so that the client and guests can move freely. The Saint Laurent Black Gold marble television wall is in Nakajima loop linear, the other side is wooden grille wall, together with the concave display cabinet. Considering the movement linear, the piano area placed on the diagonal of tea area, there are some couches on that area , so that people can enjoy the view of space.
Tags: Steel thing, Sculpture, Artwork, Paintings, Chinese tea ceremony, Tea area, Piano room
Production Technology: The division of space is by floor. First floor is the public area for hospitality, which also includes dining room, living room, tea area, and piano room. The tea area is beside the living room, continuing the spirit of Chinese serve customers with tea. An elevated U shape couch, together with tatami and wooden tea table, designer also reserve a hot water configuration port for convenience. This space with excellent view is a good place for gathering.
Design Challenge: The artworks brings in humanity into the space, designer has to consider the details at the same time especially the height, this is because the artwork itself is real and expensive, and can only to place in after the construction complete. The sculpture Majesty of Li Kuang Yu beside the television wall of the public area needs a base. Therefore, designer reserve a square space and movable ceiling, the ceiling was squat after placing the artwork sculpture.
Research: The first floor is the public area for guest visiting, while the second floor is the private area. Designer uses lightweight wooden floor to keep the concealment of private area. LED light strip along the stairs keep the space safe and charm. The art galleries in second floor make use of transparent glass handrail, maintaining visual experience of the viewer and space transparency. There are hidden door in the wall of second floor, a suitable painting represents the room client is hang on each of the door is meaningful.
Inspiration: The deploy of artwork have to consider the movement pattern, at the same time properly allocate every unique location of artwork. The steel artwork on entrance is the idea of woman dweller, which creates an idea of peach blossom forest corridor. This inspiration came from the surname of the client, Lim which means forest in Chinese, designer makes use of the light shadow to create the layer of space, let people feel relax although they are in city.
Project Duration: The project finished in February, 2019 in Taipei, Taiwan
Operation Flow: In order to avoid the pressure beam, designer placed a beveled ceiling on top of the tea area. There are a lot of mug in the cabinet of dining room, echoing the porcelain cup business which operated by the client. A round kitchen table is to represent the round cup mouth, at the same time highlight the Chinese traditional reunion concept. A mobile hidden table is in the kitchen, the women client can use it to entertain her friends.
Team Members: I Ju Chan
Hsuan Yi Chen
Image Credits: Jackal Liu, 2019