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Project Overview
Space utility can be maximized to enjoy aspects of a luxurious apartment.
Organisation
Project Brief
Inspired by the game Tetris and its tile-matching/overlapping characteristics, interior spaces are designed to be fully integrated with one area to another, maximizing spacing utility and redefining the meaning of “big” and “small”. With the inclusion of a movable partition, different demands of space usage can be skillfully accommodated. Living room and the kitchen are the prime areas where most lighting are being received and boundary between spaces increases and expands visually. The microflat is small yet refined, retaining all elements of a basic home.
Project Innovation/Need
Due to the housing bubble in Taipei, Taiwan, home prices have skyrocketed to a near unrealistic level, prices which the public, including the millennials, are unable to afford. Left with significantly smaller-sized apartments, such as microflats, traditional interior design method (designing the interior by allocating specific area with a specific purpose) is not viable. This consequentially gave the genesis of the interior space sharing design, in which spaces are interconnected with one another and different usage applications can be flexibly accommodated.
Design Challenge
Because of the known limitations of micro-spaces, projecting and executing the blue print onto the available interior spaces proportionally with precision, and the selection of appropriate material to create the sense of timelessness, are two of the most challenging aspects of this design work.
Sustainability
The color “white” is the primary color used in this design, as the color has the properties to reflect all wavelengths of light to allow the space to appear larger. Large pieces of white marbles were the selected material for the entrance and the bathroom, while PANDOMO, a modern surfacing material technology, provides the space with seamless flooring. Wood patterns of the cabinets are painted in “white”, while graciously mixed with glimpses of “black”, to create unique visual toning. The color “blue” is used on the kitchen cabinets for color embellishments, creating a robust yet visually soothing environment.
Interior Design - Residential
This award celebrates innovative and creative building interiors with consideration given to space creation and planning, furnishings, finishes and aesthetic presentation. Consideration also given to space allocation, traffic flow, building services, lighting, fixtures, flooring, colours, furnishings and surface finishes.
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