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As this home is surrounded by natural park and landscape, we devised a nature-inspired design that features comfortable urban hues and warm wood textures to capture the rejuvenating vibe of its surroundings. The majestic wooden ceiling feature is sure an eye-catcher for the common area to maintain visual connectivity in each space, while the grand double-volume ceiling ensuring that every corner is being illuminated with a healthy amount of natural light.
Huafa Seasons Peninsula is a residential development in Xiangzhou District, Zhuhai, China. Contemporary design is applied to the architecture, the landscape and the interiors. The facade uses only two materials, a warm grey marble in rough and smooth textures and antique bronze aluminium panels for decoration and window frames. The result is a calm and consistent exterior. The landscape covers 230,000 square metres and follows a neighbour of flowers concept. Asian plants and trees bring flowers in all four seasons, and the low density plan supports a restful daily life.
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Xu Zhai is a residential interior design for a multi-level private house. The layout follows the traditional courtyard form and is arranged over several levels to create a sense of depth. After the renovation, large floor-to-ceiling glass brings the greenery in front of the villa and the lake surface into the interior. The first floor opens toward the water view, while the balcony offers a dry landscape. Each floor includes an open void, so people upstairs and downstairs can see and speak to each other. Wood, stone, paint and glass are used.
Huafa Aquatic Villas is a residential community located on the bank of the Huangyang River in Doumen District, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China. The site is surrounded by water on three sides. The community contains 18 large villas, 53 medium villas and 65 semi-detached villas. The architecture combines southern Chinese and Lingnan styles into a new oriental aesthetic. Classical Suzhou garden elements guide the layout of courtyards, lanes, paths, corridors and bridges. Full-height glass in the duplex living spaces opens the interiors to the surrounding landscape.
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River View is a residential building located in Porto Belo, Santa Catarina, Brazil. The tower has 28 floors, a total height of 91.98 meters and 72 residential units, with four apartments per floor. The design combines Art Deco geometry with a contemporary facade of glass and a monochromatic palette harmonized with the texture of exposed bricks. The apartment layouts follow the studio and loft concepts of New York City. Concrete, glass, exposed bricks and LED lighting are used. Two recreation areas are placed on the fifth floor and on the rooftop.
This project redefines the morphology of a residential building with two bevels on both sides to improve the quality of life and prevent the repetition of similar and neighboring buildings. Tried to create a dynamic view by cutting parts of the bevels and creating full and empty spaces in the play of light and shadow and despite similar plans, define an independent identity for the units and the building by creating a different view and perspective, and transform the elevation to in between space, to form different narratives of the flow of life inside the building.
Gathering of Talents is a residential interior design set beside a waterfront in a former industrial district. A vacation house serves as the design model, and the facilities refer to hotel standards, including a fitness room, a game room and a sky garden. Cool colors and modern white lines create a calm and elegant atmosphere. At the main entrance, an open white space holds suspended glass tubes that resemble a hanging curtain and recall the white lines of the exterior. A sunlight house links the roof and the sky garden, where residents can gather in daylight and greenery.
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Love Story of City is a residential interior design for three connected buildings in Taichung City, Taiwan. The property covers 1000 square meters. The design links indoor and outdoor areas, turning separate exterior spaces into a shared area for activities. Themed landscapes between the buildings guide the indoor traffic flow. Electric windows improve air circulation and reduce air conditioning use. Window frames act as frames for the scenery and reflect direct sunlight to keep interiors comfortable. Stone and tile create a consistent style.
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The project location is in Hsinchu City, Taiwam; it's a rezoning area from farmland and a military base. The village that once stood there dates from 1950. The memories of the old village and childhood neighborhood are rapidly disappearing with modern development. The ideal of this project is to recreate a space that reminds one of an old village by using modern architecture, a place where streets and courtyards are available for children to play in and nature is nearby, and to stimulate diversity for each household through a combination of residential and park.
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MareNostrum is an eight story residential building in Quito, Ecuador. The name refers to the Latin term for our sea, and the facade reinterprets the movement of the oars of Roman fleets. The curved facade forms large balconies that extend the interior space to the exterior. Cutout corners span two levels, give shade from the sun and create places where neighbours can meet. The building holds suites, two bedroom and three bedroom apartments and lofts, with a lounge and green areas on the terrace. Passive strategies provide natural light and ventilation.
Flexhouse is a single-family home on Lake Zurich in Switzerland. Built on a challenging triangular plot of land, squeezed between the railway line and the local access road, Flexhouse is the result of overcoming many architectural challenges: restrictive boundary distances and building volume, triangular shape of the plot, restrictions regarding local vernacular. The resulting building with its wide walls of glass and a ribbon-like white façade is so light and mobile in appearance that it resembles a futuristic vessel that has sailed in from the lake and found itself a natural place to dock.
New Chinese Style Villa is a residential interior design located in Changsha, China. The villa stands close to mountains and rivers, in an area with rich ecological resources that suits both children and elderly residents. The design is based on Huxiang culture and on the culture of the Tang and Song dynasties. The prosperity of the Great Kaiyuan Period and the light-hearted mood of Song lyrics are expressed through artistic decoration. Elegant, calm and delicate details give each space a cultural character.
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