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Realm of Mind Residential

Realm of Mind

Realm of the Mind is a residential clubhouse interior design arranged over six floors in Taiwan. The layout separates the public reception areas from the private living spaces. Thick stone and wood create a calm Japanese style, supported by a Karesansui garden and faux stone art installations. Floor-to-ceiling glass windows, louvered windows and screen doors frame views of the mountains and clouds. A suspended staircase with linear lighting gives a light and floating feeling. A subdued gray palette unites the ceilings and floors. The space serves dining, lounging, tea and conversation.

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Strata Springscape Beauty Salon

Strata Springscape

The Strata Springscape beauty salon is surrounded by a world of strata and springs. The entire space is embedded with elements inspired by strata, soil, springs, and water streams. Fragments of strata and spring motifs can be seen dancing on the ceiling next to floating fountain-like mirrors. The walls are finished with blue gradations that resemble water streams reflected in a fountain, and with a texture evocative of stone gravel in a geological formation. This creates an environment full of diverse rhythms of shadows and reflections, thereby magnifying the joy of those who pass through it.

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Shanan Hotel

Shanan

Inspired by the surrounding bamboo sea and mountain scenery, the design language expresses the yearning and awe for nature. Shanan is like an ideal city, isolated from the world in the green mountains, the song of birds, the air, and the sea of clouds. Halfway up the mountain, 17 guest rooms face the bamboo sea and mountains. Shanan is located deep in the bamboo sea forest on the Shenwang Line in Baofu Town, Anji. As the highest house on this mountain, it has the whole green and undulation of the mountain.

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Amblem Furnishing Exhibition Hall

Amblem Furnishing

Amblem Home Furnishing is an exhibition and office interior created inside a former factory building in Hangzhou. The original hall is 60 meters long and 24 meters wide. Office rooms that need daylight are placed along the outer walls. The open center is used as a flexible public area and is lit by an elliptical skylight. The layout combines lines taken from constructivist painting with elements of traditional Chinese gardens. Interwoven stairs and hollow openings form an inner garden with changing views along two verandas.

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Xiangxin Huzhou Songyuanli Prototype House

Xiangxin Huzhou Songyuanli

Xiangxin Huzhou Songyuanli is a residential interior design that also serves as a prototype house shown to the public. The project covers 696 square meters in Huzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. The architecture draws on traditional Huizhou building, with white walls and black tiles. Inside, crystal and metal are combined, and gold and silver wares and antique paintings complete the rooms. The furniture uses local Huzhou silk. Traditional engraving, embroidery and garden techniques are joined with a modern lifestyle, so the home meets the needs of the owner and of visitors.

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Setoff Commericial Space

Setoff

Setoff is a compound exhibition and sales store for kitchenware in central Taipei. The store covers 240 square meters across three floors. The first and second floors each hold two exhibition areas, while the third floor holds one exhibition area and an office. Natural materials and low saturation colors are used on the ceiling, floor and walls, so the exhibits remain the focus. A foggy gray brand wall displays building materials and hardware samples in a row. Light belts join the ceiling and the wall to extend the space.

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