Butterfly
Residential for ONTOLOGY LAB
"Butterfly House" is not a villa in the ordinary sense, but a very unique art collection, where the owner and art are treasured. She lives here and also shares her fashion ideas and ideas with the friends who visit here. Good memories about art. What "Butterfly House" shapes is an ideal of dwelling, which is to cultivate sensibility in the coordination of rationality, and allow aesthetic taste, imagination and joy to grow in space.
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"Butterfly House" is not a villa in the ordinary sense, but a very unique art collection, where the owner and art are treasured. She lives here and also shares her fashion ideas and ideas with the friends who visit here. Good memories about art. What "Butterfly House" shapes is an ideal of dwelling, which is to cultivate sensibility in the coordination of rationality, and allow aesthetic taste, imagination and joy to grow in space.
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Poetics，harmonious，Art bit，Elegant，collector，Art gallery
Production Technology
On the right side of the door, the gold lacquer screen from the Kangxi period, the yellow corduroy veneer bench in the Italian Art Deco style of the 1920s, and the antique cabinet with 18th century French fine wood inlaid on the left, they remind visitors who enter the "Butterfly House" To the taste of the owner. Then, directly in front of the entrance hall is the famous stainless steel rockery by the sculptor Zhan Wang. Obviously, this exquisite and imposing work plays a role as a gateway in the "Butterfly House".
Design Challenge
The designer must take into account the creation of the owner's artistic taste, the function of the house, and the designer's own For designers, although they are lucky to encounter projects like "Butterfly House", they are much more difficult. Obviously, every such "outstanding" artwork will form a conflict with the designer's emphasis on interior functions and comfort.creative impulse. Therefore, it needs a humble, low-key and precise planning. The designer's difficulty lies in understanding and balance, which is a difficult design.
Project Duration
Construction started in Yangming Valley in 2016 and completed in 2019
Operation Flow
This is the difficulty of the "Butterfly House" space design: the designer must take into account the creation of the owner's artistic taste, the function of the house, and the designer's own creative impulse. Therefore, it needs a humble, low-key and precise planning. The designer's difficulty lies in understanding and balance, which is a difficult design.
Research
"Butterfly House" is a project with high aesthetic significance. Mr. Chi Chenping put great effort into the space design of "Butterfly House". It is the humble attitude and balanced philosophy that he emphasizes that enables him to help his master create a rare quality about life aesthetics. In fact, the so-called "poetic dwelling" is nothing more than "Zhuang Zhou's dream of butterfly, body and materialization", and Chi Chenping's design concept fits the meaning of "butterfly dwelling".
Inspiration
After bidding farewell to the collectivist apartment-style family home concept, villas have long become the first choice for the dream dwelling of China's emerging wealthy class. However, exclusive real estate and larger space will not automatically produce a happy ideal of habitation and a moving aesthetic paradigm. The design of the "Butterfly House" space provides us with a model for discussion. The poetics that embodies the family house must be a balanced poetics.
Image Credits
Photographer: Zhao Yihong
Project Overview
Butterfly Residential has been a Bronze winner in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design award category in the year 2020 organized by the prestigious A' Design Award & Competition. The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
Bronze Recognition
Chi Chenping was recognized with the coveted Bronze A' Design Award in 2021, a testament to excellence of their work Butterfly Residential.
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Introducing the Exquisite "Butterfly House" by Chi Chenping
An Exclusive Art Collection Reshaping the Concept of Ideal Dwelling
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