Massing, proportion, and penetration are involved in minimalism lifestyle, which evolves in the satisfaction of physical needs bonded with intricate contexts. Probing into connotations of metaphysics relation, this apartment reunites seeming contradictions among curves and angles, polished steels and concrete cements, creating a moderate fusion. A wall is usually considered as a single unit of a framework. After being cladded with bent stainless steel, the wall metamorphoses into a functional carrier, bearing kitchen, storage, pipes, air-cons…etc, essential fixtures of daily living.

The architect, Li-Yu Cheng, is a lecturer of Interior Design Department in Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan. To fulfill ambitions toward modernist architectures and contemporary spatial design, in 2010, Li-Yu Cheng founded StudioX4 at a multi-cultural city, Taipei, where the teams dedicating to urban languages and interdisciplinary studies toward both exterior and interior spatial design.

“X4” is a playful homophone which pronounces like ‘city’ in Chinese language. Studio X4 was founded in 2010, to fulfill ambitions toward modernist architectures and contemporary design. Situated at multi-cultural Taipei city, the team dedicate to urban languages and interdisciplinary studies toward both exterior and interior spatial design. *Award*:2020 Best Office Design, JinTang Award (China), 2019 Gold award, Muse Design Award (USA), 2019 K-design Award Winner (Korea)