ACS 15

Artpower Creative Space N.15 ISSN: 2409-4625 Size: 215×285mm Pages: 168

Sales Points • A selection of creative projects centering the theme of the issue-Life at ¾ Pace, with the newly added editors’ thoughts to some of our highlights.

• Extracted from our short online interview with Kanya Hara, the chief curator of the just ended future home show, House Vision 2 Tokyo, we created an inside look into how houses can be used to solve social issues and bring us quality life, to find out more, tune in to the Wide Angle section of this issue.

• Two big interviews with two leading figures in hotel design, Kerry Hills and Paul Liu, with Mr Hills’ exclusive explainer on his latest project and Paul Liu preferring a slow life at his mental state, rather than a physical one, and his new project in the making!

• Further improvement on the layout design, can you spot the change in details?

Editor’s Recommendation Greeting! And a warm welcome to the 15thissue of ACS Artpower Creative Space Magazine. Especially for this issue, we wrap up a diverse selection of creative projects for the theme of Life at ¾ Pace, a celebration of the projects taking user into account and aiming at a slower life, together with new feature of editors’ thoughts, the 15thissue offers you a more intimate reading experience completed with exclusive interviews on two practitioners of hospitality design. And more, taking thoughts from Kenya Hara, the chief curator of House Vision 2 Tokyo, we create an in-depth trip to the future house test ground. Plus, some surprising layout changes under the hood. So here it is, our design specials for the slightly cold autumn.

-Home Theater Extra Soft Sofa – Living Divani -Dining Room

-Living Room

Bank Table– Jader Almeida – Dpot

Mart Armchair - B&B

Ventura Chair – Poliform Bocci 14.1 Lamp

Light treatment and landscape views is a topic that interests the studio particularly, so there is, in all the projects, a special intention addressed both to control the incidence of sunlight on glass surfaces as to improve natural light as a project material which brings wealth to the living spaces. The openings function not as standardized elements with preset measures and positions, but rather as carved into the buildings which, of course permit ventilation and

-Library

lighting environments, but also leave undefined the indoor-outdoor relationship, framing the

On Desk Table – Oscar Niemeyer

landscape, filtering light, reflecting it on a wall, etc., these perforations will be the result of

Mart Armchair– B&B

the special way in which to establish these relationships.

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The site of two houses at Nichada Village is located in a suburban gated community in Bangkok, Thailand, where the land plot is very tight for two houses. The architect initially began the design process by using one simple building typology and repeating it on both houses. However, once this design development gets into the detail level the logic of repetition has evolved to response to difference needs of two different individuals. As a result, these two houses at Nichada do look appropriately similar on the first glance, yet they can contain their own specific atmosphere once dwell within.

The typology of these two houses is organized in a long rectangular

However, in sense of dwelling, these two houses contain a different

format. The automobile garages are located on the west at the

atmosphere which reflects the character of the owner. The white

entrance of the houses, and the main double volume living area

and blue house belongs to the elder brother, a professional golfer

is on the east at the end of the houses. Then, programs such as

who enjoys outdoor lifestyle but also loves to be in a solitude

foyers, dining area, kitchens, toilets, and guest bedrooms are

atmosphere. To achieve the wish of the client, the architect decided

placed in between the garages and the living area to perform as a

to make a large opening on both the north and the east of the living

transition from the outside as we move further inward to house. The

area in order to let the light to cast through the large double volume

main master bedrooms are placed on top of these transitional area

white brick wall, the main core element of this house. The other

allowing a direct visual dialogue to the main living area. Both of the

elements, both brick and blue color wall, are chosen to work as a

houses are visually connected as one big living room through the

subtle contrast effect between calm and vibrant atmosphere.

large sliding doors on both houses, and they are marked the edge of the house by single flight stairs. Basically, these two houses share this repetitive logical organization.

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The dark brown house, on the contrary, reflects a different character of the younger brother, a night club entrepreneur who loves party. To achieve his wish, the architect intended to cast the light in order to create a subtle dramatic effect for this house. First due to its position where the living area has to face the south side in order to visually connect with the elder brother’s house, it is not proper to exactly repeat the double volume glazing similar to elder brother’s sliding door. A large corner opening sliding door at the lower level and the solid blank wall with few opening at the top level of the living room was used to maintain the concept of connection between the two houses. On the other side of the top part of the living area, rather than a large opening window similar to the elder brother’s house, few narrow opening was used to control amount of sunlight to create a lantern effect to this room. In return, rather than providing a grand monumental effect like the white and blue house, the details of this dark brown house have shaped the house to be more in a subtle dynamic mood.

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Boundary: The stone walls, being served as a boundary, make the relationship between the inn and the surrounding neighbors not only distinguished but also connected.

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Multi-level public space design: Creating multi-level public space experience, it established the relationship between the architecture and Erhai Lake from multi dimensions, so that users can get what they need and do not interfere with each other.

However, the most difficult part of design is to cross the front road to enjoy the Erhai Lake. The relationship between the building and the road is difficult to deal with. So a half sinking public space was designed to make a link. Space below the partition can make a psychological link with the water. While the platfor m built on the space established a more direct relationship with the Erhai Lake. This platfor m used the steel structure which was quite different from the main body. The elevation is reduced to establish a close relationship with the same floor ground. The building 080

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Lounge rocking chair manufactured using one piece of carbon fiber as the body vault with a handmade leather seat. The chassis is handmade and prepared in pure carbon fiber before being refined with automotive technologies. The inside filling is made from one piece of memory foam using various density to give the right ergonomic form, all held together in a huge handmade leather cushion.

What was your inspiration for this design?

the less ground friction as possible. So like the shell of the first

"Like the meaning of IT ONEOFF as something unusual, never seen

space capsules for the NASA’s Mercury and Apollo projects in the

and Italian handcrafted limited edition, we want to think about

fifties. These capsules need a shell to resist the impact with the

making something exclusive... simply trying to do what is never

atmosphere when coming back to the earth, and in this case friction

done before.

means heat and burn.

So UFO was bor n after a comparison between the standard

We considered the same way for this chair in relationship with the

concept for something to sit down in a stable/fixed way, and the

ground, and with a one-piece carbon fiber body we create an item

option to make “3d” rocking one. The spherical cap, one ground

never done before."

point touching, was the right answer to start to develop UFO, and at the end we reached perfection in stability, rocking, swinging and rotating, ensuring that the chair will be very comfortable, easy and extremely light to move, thanks to the one-piece carbon fiber body."

How do you see a room decorated around the chair?

"Every environment can be suitable for a UFO landing, and we think the chair is not strictly recommended for a specific style. Its shape is so strange (it’s quite big) but the chair has a soul and is

Did you design this chair with anyone in mind? Did you have a

not invasive. It’s made to be a “self living masterpiece”, so we can

muse?

imagine it in the middle of a various living room styles, entertainment

"Not anyone, but something. The shape of the UFO (and obviously

and cinema rooms, reading rooms in antique libraries, relaxation

the name) was born thinking around its function, that’s obtaining

areas in corporate offices, waiting lounges in airports."

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Design | Kouichi Okamoto of Kyouei Design

Photography | Kyouei Design

Materials | silver, nanoparticle ink, PET, LED chip, conductive adhesive

Size | 300 mm x 150 mm

Bookmark Light

The Bookmark Light, which is printed on a special film, uses a conductive ink that transmits electricity through the help of a lithium coin battery. The grid utilizes ink with nano size silver particles between a layer of film that forms the liquid crystal. Created in collaboration with business venture agic inc. of the University of Tokyo, the interactive design can be used as page tab or as a illuminative source.

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