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Project Overview
Private residence, within which the design team transformed the space by Inserting a glass box, allowing more light to enter. Using translucence for space division created a clean-air space, countering the fast-paced city outside.
The modularized treatment of the structure, given rectangular stacking or hollowing, ensures a multi-directional extension of one’s eye line in response to the need for optimal use of small spaces. Thus, the use of a dining table is redefined and replaced by a bar table to maximize available space.
Project Commissioner
Project Creator
Team
TSAI HUNG-HSING / Director
Project Brief
Given its location, this project aims to provide a space where people can breathe naturally. Using lighting design, the team has evoked the distant mountain vista to shorten the visual proximity. Glass is mixed and stacked with other materials to overcome small space, with division carefully calculated to define a smooth route of movement.
The B/W colours and the achromatic glass set the base tone here. Lines are simplified in principle to extend one’s visual eye line. Metal or marble patterns are used in localized areas for extra texture and to balance the client’s preferences and budget.
The TV wall is no longer for full-capacity storage. Its upper and lower areas are painted with a dark grey coating to hem in the borders and keep up the golden ratio to create an illusion of widened depth, minus the inherent oppression posed by an elongated lounge. The hollowed-out volume as a display cabinet and a rustic shape let in the light giving the small house a 3D layering effect.
Project Need
The foyer buffers different spaces and serves as a gallery, injecting an arty vibe into the space. The kitchen, the dining room and the foyer are aligned to effect a key line of movement. The bar table is customized with added kitchenware storage to solve the size limitation and act as a centrepiece in family gatherings while catering to any cooking habits.
The master bedroom and the changing room are separated to make room for future additional family members and to keep spousal disruption to a minimum. Now the bedroom is meant for sleep only, blissfully warding off day-to-day disturbance.
Design Challenge
As the kitchen/dining area is quite small, we raised the dining table to free up more space and create a 4-person seating by connecting with the foyer hallway. The bar table replaces the conventional dining table to allow for more storage room.
To effectively utilize maximum continuous surfaces, the space from the entrance to the front of the window is treated with sleek lines on a strict golden ratio to lengthen one’s visual eye line. The translucence of glass lets in the sunlight. The space where light courses through is cleared of any obstruction. Frosted glass is used for the kitchen partition, and a dressing table is placed by the window in the changing room to make full use of the sunlight. Our goal is to maximize the space, reduce artificial lighting and turn the room into a carrier of light that puts distant mountains, blue sky and white clouds in our close proximity.
Sustainability
To live comfortably in a tiny space, one needs to be open-minded and utilize the translucence of light and materials that converge in light. For instance, the glass partition and the mirror wall together form a spacious 3D illusion. The open cabinet in the room serves its function, while its reduced depth allows extra room for a better line of movement.
Interior Design - International Residential - Compact
Open to all international projects this award celebrates innovative and creative building interiors, with consideration given to space creation and planning, furnishings, finishes, aesthetic presentation and functionality. Consideration also given to space allocation, traffic flow, building services, lighting, fixtures, flooring, colours, furnishings and surface finishes.
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