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Pure Life Residential House

Pure Life

Pure Life is a residential interior design for a 126 square meter home in Hsinchu City, Taiwan. The layout includes three bedrooms, a living room, a dining room, two bathrooms, a kitchen, a dressing room and a study. Floor-to-ceiling windows bring natural light into the rooms. A low chroma palette of black, white and gray softens color boundaries and adds visual layers. Stone, stucco and wood textures form a calm base, while wood is used more in the bedrooms. A projection screen replaces the television, and the former television wall becomes a cabinet for display and storage.

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Light Path and Void Residential House

Light Path and Void

Light Path and Void is a residential interior design for a large apartment unit. A continuous white framed pattern is painted on the ceiling of the public zone. The pattern directs a visual path and softens the effect of a heavy beam above the living room. Double curved ceiling lines elongate the visual height. Tile bands and wood reduce glare on the polished marble surface in the living room. The dining room and island table face an open view. Standing light posts and hidden lighting fixtures create a calm evening ambience.

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Tea and Zen Teahouse

Tea and Zen

Tea and Zen is a teahouse located in an old street near Beijing Road Pedestrian Street in Guangzhou. The building is 4.3 meters wide, 20 meters long and three and a half stories high. A facade of red volcanic rock faces the street with a calm and modest presence. A rectangular patio and atrium are placed at one third of the plan, with passageways on both sides, so the narrow space flows and receives daylight, air and rain. Materials include volcanic rock, sensitive flooring, resistant paint and wood veneer. The design brings a natural and quiet atmosphere into the city.

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BT Space Office Design

BT Space

BT Space is an office interior design located in Beitou District, Taipei City. The two story project provides 274.38 square meters of interior space. Steel supports the main body, and a suspended staircase extends upward to give the building a light, floating appearance. The upper floor is enclosed in tempered glass, keeping the workspace private while opening views toward the forest park and the mountains. Interior surfaces use metallic ironwork with mineral paint. Old iron window grilles are covered with glass and lit from within, forming partitions between the meeting areas.

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Landscape Impression Residential

Landscape Impression

Landscape Impression is a residential interior design for a newly built home with four bedrooms in New Taipei City. The public area follows an open-end layout that increases transparency and brightness. The entryway is made with thin metal shelves that allow items to be displayed and divide the zone from other areas. Glass partitions lighten the grey tones preferred by the owner. The television wall is made of grey and white marble with landscape imagery, and eco-friendly mushroom rock veneers cover the walls of the study. Linear lighting is placed along the storage shelves.

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Wonderful Village Residence

Wonderful Village

Wonderful Village is a residential complex located near the Chiayi high speed rail station. The site is bordered by three roads, so the building line is set back to create four independent buildings separated by gardens and squares across a distance of 40 meters. The wide spacing gives residents privacy and brings sunlight and fresh air from two sides. Greenery, sunlight, air and water are integrated into the plan to form a healthy living environment. The square site layout and the rice spike emblems on the facades recall the agricultural heritage of Chiayi.

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Will Would Art Exhibition Hall

Will Would

Will Would is an art exhibition hall in Shenzhen, China, that brings together art, design, furniture, floriculture and a salon. The interior is arranged to display works by ordinary makers and collectors, not only by famous artists. Three internal courtyards carry natural light into the plan and connect the different functions, so clear boundaries are replaced by soft light. A meeting room with a revolving door and a stove is placed on the first floor, beside an open living room used for social events. The materials include grey terrazzo, wood veneer and brushed stainless steel.

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Realm of Tranquility Residence

Realm of Tranquility

Realm of Tranquility is a residential interior of 82.7 square meters in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The design follows a Japanese Zen theme, with warm wood grain and stucco tones as the base. Woven rattan, woven board, solid wood strips, curved wood boards and terrazzo surfaces are combined, and wood is used as the connecting medium. The plaster finish is made from recycled reservoir silt and is waterproof and breathable. Arc-shaped ceiling sections and rounded wall corners conceal uneven beams and make the low space appear taller and brighter.

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 Colorful Villa

Colorful

This project was designed for three women as the protagonists. It is a space where a mother and three daughters have closer connection, and a place where the family gather for relaxing and joyful holiday, besides, it is also a place where the family's spiritual sustenance and family emotional cohesion are located. Therefore, for this project, the designer used warm and lively colors, and soft curved lines throughout the entire space to emphasize the gentleness and gracefulness of women, creating a style that is different from ordinary homes.

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Galaxy Command HQ of ACG Flagship Store

Galaxy Command HQ of ACG

Galaxy Command HQ of ACG is a flagship retail store in Taipei, Taiwan, covering 232 square metres on the first floor of a shopping mall. The store presents anime, comic and game products through a narrative layout rather than by brand. The customer journey passes five zones: a lobby for feature exhibitions, a reception for customer service, an armament centre for character accessories, the Muse Room as a transitional space, and an outer area shaped as a reflective tunnel city. Manga graphics, reflective materials and solid colours suggest overlapping worlds.

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Moonshine Commercial Space

Moonshine

Moonshine is a cafe interior designed in the style of Brutalism, located in Taipei. The space measures 5 by 20 meters and covers 100 square meters. Ornamentation is removed so that the materials remain the focus. Raw concrete, hammered surfaces, patterns made with a cement spatula and rounded corners define the interior. The patterns on the bar facade were formed with precast molds and then attached to the furniture. Seating at different heights, a long communal bar top and a bench support interaction, while the layout opens views from the street to the bean roasting area.

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Ching Ming Kyoto Restaurant

Ching Ming Kyoto

Ching Ming Kyoto is a Chinese restaurant interior located in a train station building in Kyoto, Japan. The floor area is 110 square meters. Regulations limited the ceiling, so the lighting was suspended and treated as art. Line lights are formed in triangle shapes and connected continuously to surround the seating areas. The ceiling is painted black to emphasize the floating line and ball shaped lights. The walls are covered with oil paintings of old Chinese stories, combined with geometric patterns and graphic floor tiles.

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