Tai Quan Palace 辦公空間 by Shen Fu Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 鐵獎 in 室內空間及展覽設計 Competition Category.

鐵室內· 2020

Tai Quan Palace 辦公空間

by Shen Fu Chen

Client: Jiun Wen Industrial Co., Ltd

A' Design Award 鐵獎 Winner in 室內 Category

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The Design

About Tai Quan Palace 辦公空間

太權殿係位於台灣新北市嘅一個辦公空間。入口走廊採用傳統中式風格，令人聯想起古代宮殿。走廊牆身鋪貼咗26,000片金箔，以人手直接貼喺底漆之上，而非油漆。傳統中式對開門配有門釘同榫卯結構，由木匠師傅親手打造。工作區域設計較為簡約，以白牆、櫃體、書桌同椅子為主，並輔以鐵件同銅件細節。入口處設有無障礙斜道，解決高低差問題。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鐵獎

Tai Quan Palace 辦公空間是 A' Design Award 鐵獎得主，這是授予滿足人們對設計精良的創作所期待的專業與工業要求的優良設計的聲望認可。鐵獎得主展現出其創作者的高超技藝、高度專業化、專家級的理解力和創造能力。預計Tai Quan Palace 辦公空間將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的創作，既實用又創新。這件贏得 A' Design Award 鐵獎的設計整合了行業最佳實踐，並擁有與專業知識和才華相結合的稱職技術特性。Tai Quan Palace 辦公空間因其嚴謹而受到尊重，旨在提供有助於讓世界變得更美好的生活品質改善。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The decoration style and techniques of the project are beyond the existing practice, trying to create a new harmonious aesthetics with contradictory elements in a limited space. The design team used gold foil and manually pasted the entire space surface with luxurious yet low-keyed gold color to the Chinese style corridor. Thereafter, looked for woodworkers to make traditional Chinese double doors, Mortise and tenon joints, bringing the best effort to make the entire space without ambiguity.
Dimensions & Packaging: Tai Quan Palace is not just a visual experiment. In terms of living functions, the Chinese corridor entrance is designed with barrier-free ramp, which solves the height difference on the raised floor area. In order to connect the Chinese style on the outside and simplicity of European and American style on the inside, the floor tiles are gradually decreasing to create a progressive connection effect. As the line of sight extends to the end of the space, the design team replaced the solid partition with full glass to separate the space. While enlarging the vision, it is also an interesting attempt to make the space into a painting.
Tags: Traditional Chinese Architecture, Chinese and Western combination, Hand-glued gold foil, Modernism, Office Space
Production Technology: As the main point of the Chinese style corridor, the design team used 26,000 pieces of gold foil, which was manually pasted to the entire wall surface after applying primer to replace the modern feeling of paint. Mortise and tenon joints, the Chinese double doors and door nails, are specially made by the woodworkers. On the contrary, the office space is relatively simple, which is decorated with details of different materials such as iron and copper. The gold color is used to portray the outline of the space, making a connection in a contrast differences.
Design Challenge: The palace-like entrance corridor breaks the common perception about office, and it is also technically very different with the office in the past. Whether the traditional Chinese double doors with embedded door nails on it, Mortise and tenon joints, a progressive porch tiles, while at the same time a lot of communication and discussion with the technicians are needed for the design execution.
Research: The overall design style derived from the design team concern on the importance of their own tradition and the spirit of reminiscent. Adopting a strong traditional Chinese architectural style to create an ancient-palace-like entry corridor. Using hand-glued gold foil instead of common paint to show the timeless richness. The interior space is based on all white walls, cabinets, desks and chairs, and decorated with beautiful details such as door frames, lamp holders and Chinese cultural elements. Write the design intention between tangible and intangible.
Inspiration: The designer upholds the fundamental idea of not forgetting own culture and quoting the traditional Chinese style as the main axis of the design and present the common classical elements one by one. A bold and no-hesitation design vocabulary are implemented, hoping that whoever enters the space may have the sense of acceptance, not just as a visitor but as a guest, who is well received. The style is quite different, but it creates a new balance with the extreme, which is the contradictory balance that the design team wants to try.
Project Duration: This project was completed in December 30th, 2019 in New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Operation Flow: The overall design style is pushed to the extreme. Many seemingly like contrasting elements, whether it is the combination of Chinese and Western cultures, different materials, or the use of single color, which are some rare attempt to be found in commercial space. So, rather than compromising, the design team integrated the conflicting elements in an eclectic way. It is better to say that the design team retains the unique characteristics of each element to the maximum extent within the acceptable range.
Team Members: SHEN FU CHEN
Image Credits: Chuang-Chieh Chiu, Jan 2019