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2015 London Design Awards

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Silver 

Project Overview

" How to make life more elegant ?" Replied by public reading room and saloon on the second floor. Natural greenery is designed and arranged casually in every corner. Echoing with powerful literary heritage, it expresses deep spirit of oriental culture, nearly Zen aesthetics. In human interaction, between the men and the books , Allows residents to feel at ease and comfortable atmosphere in the space. At the moment, people or nature is not opposing intruder, but the common good sharer.

Project Commissioner

Chang-Gii Design Co., Ltd.

Project Creator

Chang-Gii Design Co., Ltd.

Team

Li-Jen Chang

Project Brief

The case located on Chongde Road, Taichung. Rows of Madagascar almond, lush vegetation is staggered as poetic beauty of spring. It well drawn the most primitive life appearance. Based on the core thoughts of "A better life for people in the house", designer reserved the natural feedback by preserving and extending the surrounding landscape. And retreated nearly 660 square meters to exchange for tree-shaded buffer area. The thoughtful design provides a delighted new link between city, dweller and the nature.

Project Need

Welcome by green land, designer built a meaningful life embraced by natural for dweller, also provided the space possible variety. From outside to inside of the base, continued vitality came from the most primitive natural. It became a beautiful scenery which changed by seasons, kept telling the ever-changing, unique moving scene. The extensive high-ceilinged hall on the first floor shows great green landscape and it be penetrated with euphoria and profound.
Shared sofas are arranged in front of widened French windows, just to dedicate this natural to people. With the sunlight and it’s warmth, as if sitting in a forest. The dramatic nature play dynamically in front of the real stage.

Design Challenge

It well drawn the most primitive life appearance. Based on the core thoughts of "A better life for people in the house", designer reserved the natural feedback by preserving and extending the surrounding landscape. And retreated nearly 660 square meters to exchange for tree-shaded buffer area. The thoughtful design provides a delighted new link between city, dweller and the nature.

Sustainability

Natural greenery is designed and arranged casually in every corner. Echoing with powerful literary heritage, it expresses deep spirit of oriental culture, nearly Zen aesthetics.
From outside to inside of the base, continued vitality came from the most primitive natural. It became a beautiful scenery which changed by seasons, kept telling the ever-changing, unique moving scene.




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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