Silver Interior Space and Exhibition Design · 2020
One Jiyang Lake Villa
- A' Design Award 2020 Silver Winner in Interior Space and Exhibition Design
- Awarded April 15, 2020
- CLIENT: Feng and Chen Partners Design Shanghai
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 42,514
- Verification code 62E76DC14B · Verify this award
About One Jiyang Lake Villa
This is a private villa located in Southern China, where the designers takes the Zen Buddhism theory in practice to carry out the design. By abandoning the unnecessary, and the use of natural, intuitive materials and concise design methods, the designers created a simple, quiet and comfortable contemporary oriental living space. The comfortable contemporary oriental living space uses the same simple design language as the high-quality Italian modern furniture for the interior space.
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- Unique Properties
- The property is a townhouse, therefore the buildings are very close to each other, and that the private garden space is limited, the building is a brick-concrete structure, and the possibility of further modification to the internal space is relatively small.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Interior: 535 square meters,
Garden: 200 square meters - Tags
- Contemporary, Oriental, Zen, Peaceful
- Production Technology
- The main materials used are mostly made of natural materials, for simple and easy construction methods. For example, the exterior wall of the garden uses natural bamboo, and the interior wall is mostly white latex paint that is easy to construct and maintain.
- Design Challenge
- There are many unreasonable aspects in the architectural design of the villa, which needed to be perfected by interior design. For example: this four-story villa was not designed for elevators, therefore we needed to remove the original stairs and add an elevator, as well as to design new staircase in the same space. We had to make use of every centimeter to achieve this functional requirement, while not losing the comfort and accessibility of the original stairs.
- Project Duration
- This project initiated in June 2018, and was completed in January 2020. It is located at 1 Jiyang Lake, Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province, China.
- Operation Flow
- We designed a bamboo fence for the garden to block the view from the neighbors' homes, this is to meet the privacy needs of the owner and to create a spiritual world of insight. This way the area on the ground floor looks out into their own garden.
- Research
- The basement is the wine tasting area, guest room, living room, and small sunken garden. The first floor is the family public space with living room, dining room, tea room, kitchen and garden. The second and third floors are bedroom areas, which are the master bedrooms for the owner, owner's parents, and the children. The upper two floors are each equipped with as small outdoor gardens.
- Inspiration
- Dongdusi Temple was built in this city in memory of master Jian Zhen's successful boat trip Japan during the Tang Dynasty. He brought over Buddhism Dharma and other technical knowledge, which helped with the development of their culture. This had since become a part of this city's history too. This project is based on Zen Buddhism theories, where we removed all extra elements, and creating a modern spiritual residence that settles the heart, returns to nature, offering a sense of tranquility.
- Image Credits
- All images by Feng and Chen Partners Design Shanghai.
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Our main design principle is "Do Not Overdo". The spatial design should skillfully reflect the regional culture and create a living space with a contemporary oriental atmosphere.
“Peace” is the focus of this work as we want to present a "Zen lifestyle" space.
Conduct further exploration based on the contemporary oriental atmosphere.
Half a year.
As most Chinese customers like the idea of copying Western designs, we help our customers find their own cultural identity. This project is commissioned design of our client, and we ideated the design inspiration.
The design is tailor-made for this project, and the right of use is limited to this particular client.
Probably because of my educational background, as I studied Chinese painting in my undergraduate university, and later obtained a master's degree in interior design from the Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy. Long-term research on traditional Chinese culture and the influence of Italian contemporary design have formed these types of work.
I.M. Pei and his design of the Suzhou Museum.
Customers who have requirements or would like some emphasis on cultural connotation. For example: "Glass Pyramid" of the Louvre, the Kennedy Library, the Museum of Islamic Art, etc.
This project attempts to avoid design elements that are superficial symbolizations, while pursuing deep expressions of Oriental culture.
The name of this project is the location of this project, which is set on the shore of a lake.
Hand-drawn sketch + computer-aided drawing/design.
We used Italian furniture and lamps extensively, but the atmosphere of the space offers an oriental implication.
I worked with design director Chen Yan, who I worked with for nearly 30 years, and other members of the design team to complete this design.
Technology makes this design more comfortable and smarter for the user of this design, such as the intelligent control systems.
We analyzed and studied the local culture before the design. This city was the origin of the Tang Dynasty monk Jian Zhen's successful travel to Japan. He promoted the improvement of Japanese Buddhism, medicine, architecture and sculpture. This is a significant change to the Japanese, both historically and culturally. We studied a lot of information regarding the subject, Buddhist Zen, and visited the local "Dongdusi” Temple.
This project has a part of additional construction, therefore making the exterior and interior of the additional construction harmonious and unified is a challenge. Another challenge was to add an elevator in the stairwell of the original building.
We are satisfied with this design, and thus we submitted it to this design competition.
We learned to "hide" the design as much as possible, and tried to not to expose too many "traces of design" in the future.
In this project, the garden design is an integral part of the interior design, and it serves as the landscape of the interior space.