DESIGN NAME: West Lake Wetland
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Residential Villa
INSPIRATION: The client for the project was a couple who the woman was an overseas Chinese and the man was an independent writer. The project is developed starting from the client’s backgrounds and their living needs aiming to provide them with space, which is full of imagination. A kind of space, which can inspire them and let their imagination go beyond formalities of typical interior space. At the same time providing them a different sense and different experience of living space. The design is corresponding to both man and woman's wishes for their habiting space by using cultural elements that the man was interested in and the natural elements, which were interesting for the woman. Such a combination of cultural and natural elements reinterpreted by a modern oriental design concept through a minimal design language.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The project blurs the boundaries between indoor and outdoor space creating space of meditation for its users. Through an internal relationship, the space is divided into two parts with different functions, which are dependent on each other at the same time preserving their independency. The paving material of the courtyard is extended into the interior to increase the connectivity between the indoor and outdoor space and the long bar and a bookshelf pass through the tearoom and the video room which makes the interior space more integrated. The spatial continuity has been the key concept for design of this project.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: The project is designed due to the human’s characteristics of its clients. It is a space with the natural atmosphere at the same time very humble for the daily life of its user. It expresses the spiritual beauty, giving its user an infinite imagination and takes them away from the hustle and bustle of the city, take them to different levels of interiority.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: Design time: 2018-2019
Design location: Zhuhai, Guangdong
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Interior Space and Exhibition Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Space is basically made out of the tone of warm colors to white marble and emulsion paints and wood veneer
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Cement brick: 900mm * 900mm
Wood finish: 2440mm * 1220mm
Wooden grid: 40mm * 20MM * 2400mm
Marble: 800mm * 800mm
TAGS: Oriental culture, natural architectural elements, lifestyle, humanistic spirit, Spatial seamlessness, minimalis
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: As modern urban life has affected human being’s lifestyle and technology has surrounded the people, design requirements are also changed. It is not merely about the design techniques or basic needs of the user but also about consideration of the human’s mentality in this era by the medium of architecture. The project aims to give the user a different kind of space and living experience in response to the complexities of a modern lifestyle.
CHALLENGE: The project aims to develop the concept of seamlessness within a residential villa. The ceiling, wall, and floor are considered as one whole at the same time defining the characteristics of each certain space by the use of materials and design techniques. The design tries to not only response to the client’s demands and functional needs of the project but also creating a different place to live.
ADDED DATE: 2019-06-14 07:25:22
TEAM MEMBERS (4) : Interior designer: Mingfang Du, Interior designer: Zhuohong Wu, Interior designer: Shenmei Wu and ِDeisng Chief: Paul Bo Peng
IMAGE CREDITS: IAPA
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