DI: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
CYL : Starting from the user's living habits, the idea is to create a relaxed and spacious reception space, a multi-functional kitchen with Asian kitchen culture, and four bedrooms with complete functions, so as to solve the limitation of the original single-story space.
DI: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?
CYL : Utilizing the conditions and characteristics of multi-storey buildings to maximize the use of available space and considering the functionality of future adjustments, it brings more meaningful images for the life of three generations living under one roof.
DI: What are your future plans for this award winning design?
CYL : Track and understand the customer's experience with the design and the parts that can be optimized.
DI: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?
CYL : 9 months.
DI: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?
CYL : The concept of the design is inspired by the fact that each user has their own living habits, so it is hoped that the cutting of the space and the overall style can be independent but can echo each other. This is how this design work came about.
DI: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?
CYL : Not manufactured or used by other companies.
DI: What made you design this particular type of work?
CYL : Because of my personality that likes challenges, I boldly took on this task that seemed impossible at first.
DI: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?
CYL : Changen Cai, Architects.
DI: Who is the target customer for his design?
CYL : Construction companies, public agencies.
DI: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?
CYL : It is hoped that the owner's childhood residence will be recreated as an emotional sustenance that is deeply rooted here and passed down from generation to generation.
DI: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?
CYL : AutoCAD.SketchUP.Analytics
DI: What is the most unique aspect of your design?
CYL : Abandon the custom-made cabinets of traditional carpentry, and fully use low-formaldehyde system boards certified by environmental protection regulations to make cabinets and wall shapes. The characteristics of detachable and repeatable combinations greatly reduce the ecological burden of engineering waste on the earth.
DI: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?
CYL : The design was mainly conceived and implemented by me alone, but in the construction part, we were lucky to find outstanding people from various industries to participate in the construction of this case.
DI: What is the role of technology in this particular design?
CYL : Ensure high quality in all aspects.
DI: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?
CYL : The distribution of space takes into account the angle of light and sunlight, and the position of the window and the placement of the bed in the room are adjusted accordingly.
DI: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?
CYL : The connection of different types of work and the joint effect of the sequence of entering the site. For example, other facade operations such as painting affect the floor and require secondary protection.
DI: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?
CYL : We hope that more people who have such space needs and have the same ideas as us can see us, see such design works, and have the opportunity to observe and learn different design techniques.
DI: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?
CYL : Through cooperation with architects, we can better understand the relationship between nature and space.
DI: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?
CYL : That's all.