Project Overview

The project has a mezzanine layout that covers the 10th and 11th floors of a residential building. The homeowner himself has been engaged in the green material industry and thus places great emphasis on selection of good material for his living environment. Due to a preference for a rough, rustic feel, a large amount of wood is boldly used indoors and is paired with stone material to construct a retro style for the space. Its open-plan layout serves to make the space look bigger. A fair-faced concrete TV wall neatly separates the entryway from the living room. The large storage cabinets and shoe cabinets extend beyond the entrance to the living room, with hollowed-out display cabinets presenting a unique vista. And reserved below the cabinetry is some space for suspended plugs and storage for cleaning robots. By means of lighting design, the hefty wooden cabinetry looks lighter. Through wood vein of the same tone employed on the walls, the décor covering the beam and the long couch by the window, a visual harmony is attained.

Organisation

your tale design

Team

Yang, Chun-Hsiang

Project Brief

Ample natural light spills in through the large French windows. The ceiling of the living room is deliberately left unadorned, and together with track lights, presents it original countenance. The large floor that goes further into the dining room is one of checkerboard-like parquet flooring, paved for a sense of magnificence. Echoing the wood texture of the walls, the beam, and the veneer of the cabinetry, it works perfectly with the brown-vein leather sofa, luggage-shaped table, hardwood long table and classical chandelier. A unique space that is rough yet delicate is created.

Project Need

With ingenuity, the outdoor balcony on the upper level of the mezzanine is a striking focal point when one is sitting in the dining area downstairs. A large sheet of glass and a convertible skylight make for a dome of nature for the dining area. The thick pillar in a corner of the dining room is paved with driveway bricks often seen in business but rarely in residence. Their light and dark veins, together with the iron mesh door of the wooden cupboard, look lustrous even under the rough appearance.

Design Challenge

The fair-faced concrete wall between the dining room and the living room partakes of an Eastern Zen smile. Between the back of the TV wall and the cabinets is a hallway which, unlike the checkerboard vastness of the dining-room flooring, is paved with V-shaped parquet flooring of light and dark tones, greeting guests and ushering them to the stairway, the bar and the kitchen. The thick pillar next to the stairway is surrounded by an L-shaped island, which is connected with the open-plan kitchen, creating a perfect space for hospitable homeowners to entertain their guests, socializing and drinking in a laid-back way.

Sustainability

This housing unit is certified as a healthy, eco-friendly, poison-free living space constructed with zero-Formaldehyde green materials and adhesives. It also makes it possible for its users to feel physically and mentally liberated, bathed in a safe and peaceful exotic milieu.