Tai Quan Palace
Office Space for JIUN WEN INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
The client of the project is also the product and interior designer. While designing the project, the antique office looks like an ancient Chinese palace in accordance to atmospheric and highly personal style. The gold corridor was created with 26,000 pieces of gold foil, which was manually pasted to the entire wall surface, with customized Mortise and tenon joints, embodies the style and pushes the design to the extreme. The interior of the space harmonizes the extreme sharpness with overall pure white colors, and the intricate detailing echoes the profound Chinese culture.
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Unique Properties
The decoration style and techniques of the project are beyond the existing practice, trying to create a new harmonious aesthetics with contradictory elements in a limited space. The design team used gold foil and manually pasted the entire space surface with luxurious yet low-keyed gold color to the Chinese style corridor. Thereafter, looked for woodworkers to make traditional Chinese double doors, Mortise and tenon joints, bringing the best effort to make the entire space without ambiguity.
Tags
Traditional Chinese Architecture, Chinese and Western combination, Hand-glued gold foil, Modernism, Office Space
Production Technology
As the main point of the Chinese style corridor, the design team used 26,000 pieces of gold foil, which was manually pasted to the entire wall surface after applying primer to replace the modern feeling of paint. Mortise and tenon joints, the Chinese double doors and door nails, are specially made by the woodworkers. On the contrary, the office space is relatively simple, which is decorated with details of different materials such as iron and copper. The gold color is used to portray the outline of the space, making a connection in a contrast differences.
Design Challenge
The palace-like entrance corridor breaks the common perception about office, and it is also technically very different with the office in the past. Whether the traditional Chinese double doors with embedded door nails on it, Mortise and tenon joints, a progressive porch tiles, while at the same time a lot of communication and discussion with the technicians are needed for the design execution.
Project Duration
This project was completed in December 30th, 2019 in New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Operation Flow
The overall design style is pushed to the extreme. Many seemingly like contrasting elements, whether it is the combination of Chinese and Western cultures, different materials, or the use of single color, which are some rare attempt to be found in commercial space. So, rather than compromising, the design team integrated the conflicting elements in an eclectic way. It is better to say that the design team retains the unique characteristics of each element to the maximum extent within the acceptable range.
Research
The overall design style derived from the design team concern on the importance of their own tradition and the spirit of reminiscent. Adopting a strong traditional Chinese architectural style to create an ancient-palace-like entry corridor. Using hand-glued gold foil instead of common paint to show the timeless richness. The interior space is based on all white walls, cabinets, desks and chairs, and decorated with beautiful details such as door frames, lamp holders and Chinese cultural elements. Write the design intention between tangible and intangible.
Inspiration
The designer upholds the fundamental idea of not forgetting own culture and quoting the traditional Chinese style as the main axis of the design and present the common classical elements one by one. A bold and no-hesitation design vocabulary are implemented, hoping that whoever enters the space may have the sense of acceptance, not just as a visitor but as a guest, who is well received. The style is quite different, but it creates a new balance with the extreme, which is the contradictory balance that the design team wants to try.
Image Credits
Chuang-Chieh Chiu, Jan 2019
Project Overview
Tai Quan Palace Office Space has been a Iron winner in the Interior Space and Exhibition Design award category in the year 2019 organized by the prestigious A' Design Award & Competition. The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
Iron Recognition
SHEN FU CHEN was recognized with the coveted Iron A' Design Award in 2020, a testament to excellence of their work Tai Quan Palace Office Space.
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SHEN FU CHEN Unveils Tai Quan Palace, a Unique Office Space Design Blending Chinese Tradition with Modernism
SHEN FU CHEN introduces Tai Quan Palace, a groundbreaking office space design that harmoniously combines traditional Chinese architecture with modern elements, completed on December 30th, 2019 in New Taipei City, Taiwan.
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