The Shades of Clouds 度假別墅 by Wei Ting Lin

The Shades of Clouds 度假別墅 by Wei Ting Lin 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

The Shades of Clouds 度假別墅

by Wei Ting Lin

Client: Thewall

A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 室內 Category

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The Design

About The Shades of Clouds 度假別墅

基於山區環境及雲霧繚繞的景致，此項目吸引了眾多攝影師。建築改造遵循自然地勢及地形條件為基礎，石砌牆身及木製平台的設計旨在最大程度保留原有景觀。透過溫和的改造，峇里風格的室內裝飾讓訪客與自然環境融為一體，淨化心靈。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅獎

The Shades of Clouds 度假別墅是 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 Shades of Clouds 度假別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 Shades of Clouds 度假別墅出色地滿足需求，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: The design aims to portrait the scene of flying clouds, using gentle white tone and original soil wall, merges with fabrics and soft furniture from Bali to create a place for photography and vacation. Building renovation following the natural terrains leads to the construction of walls with rocks. Wood platform is designed on the basis of the topographic conditions, remaining the original mountain landscapes to the greatest degree. It has become a unique architecture, forming a romantic sense.
Dimensions & Packaging: The total design area is 1500 square meter. The soils mixed with certain adhesives are the original construction materials, the color of building is yellow, remains intact the modest quality. High humid environment and heavy rain have caused the building turn fragile. The moderate renovation and waterproofing preserves the original yellow dirt walls to the greatest extent. Beams are painted in white, merges with soft color imported furniture from Bali, creating a gentle yet elegant atmosphere.
Tags: Villa, Balinese lifestyle, leisure, relaxing, soft earth color tone, mountains landscape
Production Technology: The interior decoration is based on Bali lifestyle, of which the white as the color tone symbolizes the clouds. 80% windows are now replaced by new large windows and enable people to admire great sceneries. Besides vintage decorations, the preserved yellow soil walls and doors elaborate spirit of simplicity. Cottons and linens widely used for the soft decorations improve the level of comfort. Focuses on the interaction between people and nature, it impresses the tourists with lifetime memories.
Design Challenge: Protected by the local government from demolition and this township with only few young people, the old building renovation has not been easy. The renovation plan is challenged by the needs to remain the original building features, constant wall wreckages, and lack of manpower. It has also been a heavy work by carrying construction materials by the old people, thus preserving the 80% of the previous architectural features.
Research: Responding to the concept of letting the heart of the people to fly towards Songyang, the design focuses on enabling visitors to escape from the hustle and bustle of the city while having a period of peacefulness. Thus, it is designed with low profile, avoiding any sense of urban elements, realizing it with exquisite decorations as well as the sceneries views by the windows to create a place for relaxing minds. Besides, calming minds and soul, it is also an ideal place for taking photos.
Inspiration: There are many vacation villas in Zhejiang Province. Most of them use Chinese elements as the base of design which has brought out strong historical sense and solemn atmosphere. However, the designer of this project does not want to adopt the same design elements, in contrast, portraits the motion of flying clouds as the design concept.
Project Duration: This project started in March 2017 and completed in April 2019 at Songyang Mountain, Zhejiang, China.
Operation Flow: By the time starting the building remodeling, the design is aimed to preserve the original unique features. Following the clouds passing by this region, the visitors can live with peacefulness. The new building, after the remodeling construction, remains its amicable relationship with the natural environment. The living environment quality is improved not only by the renovation plan, but also by the remodeling of this place, encompasses landscape, architecture and interior designs.
Team Members: Wei-Ting Lin