Project Overview

This project occupies a space of over 60 square meters and is meant as a demonstration model for singly-storey residences for the elderly.

Organisation

H+H Interior Design Inc.

Team

Design Director : Lee, Sheng-Hsiung

Project Brief

To satisfy the needs of the commissioner, we began with renovating the infrastructure of the building and re-shaping the interior layout and line of movement by enlarging private areas such as the master bedroom and the girl’s room, as well as upgrading the individuals’ exclusive functionalities in tandem with key refurbishing of the twin bathroom.

Project Innovation/Need

The originally enclosed third room will be turned into a multipurpose Japanese-style room with floor elevation for spatial compartmentalization. As the door slides open or close, one will notice changes in incoming light and the line of vision will be freed up to break the limitations of a solid wall and as a result, effectively extend the depth of the space.

Design Challenge

First of all, the interior line of movement begins at the front balcony with the living room, dining room and multipurpose Japanese-style room aligned and linked on the same line. Such a layout is inherently designed with full consideration of one’s psychological accommodation of those distant or close to us. Secondly, seeing the structurally protruding columns on both sides of the main wall in the living room, we add diagonal grilles by the dining table to soften the intrusiveness of acute angles and expand extra space for storage.

Sustainability

The entire project is designed with elements of distinctly far eastern aesthetics. For instance, the calming textures of the dark Japanese-style grille lines, fair-faced concrete coating, wooden floors, bright-luster stones and bronze/gold ornaments are applied to construct a serene, mellow and highly accommodating ambience, which can somehow blend in with the house owner’s existing furniture and collectibles to exude a mildly vintage, breeze-like enchanting existence.