Timber Shadow Mamanu Totonu o Fale Nofoia e Tzu-Chun Yen and Jhih-Wei Chen

O le mamanu Timber Shadow Mamanu Totonu o Fale Nofoia e Tzu-Chun Yen and Jhih-Wei Chen o se manumalo maualuga tele o le fa'ailoga mamalu 2026 A' Design Award Apamemea i le Vaega Tauva Mamanu Totonu.

ApamemeaTotonu· 2026

Timber Shadow Mamanu Totonu o Fale Nofoia

na mamanuina e Tzu-Chun Yen and Jhih-Wei Chen

Tagata Fa'atau: W.Design

Manumalo o le A' Design Award Apamemea i le Vaega Totonu

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Le Mamanu

E Uiga ia Timber Shadow Mamanu Totonu o Fale Nofoia

O le Timber Shadow o se mamanu totonu mo se fale mautotogi e 56.2 sikuea mita i Taipei. O le fuafuaga o le fale e tatala, faatasi ai ma puipui pi'o e fesootai ai le motu o le umukuka ma le potu nofoia. O laupapa faatutu ma le pa'o lelei o le oka pogisa na vilia faapitoa e ufitia ai puipui ma faamalu ai tuaoi o avanoa. O luga o mea uma ua faamaeaina i vali minerale na taina i lima i lanu auro filemu, ma o le fola ua faataatia i le oka i le mamanu chevron. O kapoti natia ma va o le ata e 10 mm faatasi ai ma moli LED e le tuusao i le 3000K e faatumauina ai le fale la'ititi i se tulaga filemu ma le sao mai mea faapopolea.

Le Fa'ailogaina

E Uiga i le A' Design Award Apamemea

O le A' Design Award Apamemea na manumalo ai Timber Shadow Mamanu Totonu o Fale Nofoia, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu ese e iloga i le fatufatuaʻi, le atamai ma le poto. O ē manumalo i le Apamemea o mea e iai le tomai atoa ma fatufatuaʻi mataʻina e faamaonia ai le poto masani tele, le mafaufau ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Timber Shadow Mamanu Totonu o Fale Nofoia e avea ma mea e vivii tele, ua pelepelea, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Apamemea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili i le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi ma e sili ona lelei i le mataituina o mea itiiti. Timber Shadow Mamanu Totonu o Fale Nofoia e faamalieina matagofie manaʻoga, pa i manaʻo, faalataina lagona ma faaosofia le fia iloa.

I Tua o le Mamanu

Pepa Fa'asalalau

Fa'amaoniaga, sui o le 'au ma fa'amatalaga fa'atekinisi na saunia e le tagata mamanu.

Uiga Fa'apitoa: Timber Shadow transforms a 56.2-square-meter residence into a tranquil sanctuary. It distinguishes itself by balancing organic warmth with architectural stillness, creating an expansive feel in a compact footprint. Key features include custom-curved walls and rhythmic vertical timber slats that dissolve spatial boundaries. The design integrates specialty mineral paint with understated golden undertones and chevron wood flooring to add a tactile, luxurious dimension. By merging seamless storage with strategic lighting, the project achieves high-density functionality in a sophisticated urban environment.
Fua & Fa'apipi'i: Total Floor Area: 56.2 square meters. Materials comprise custom-milled dark oak timber and hand-applied mineral coatings with understated golden undertones and a tactile matte finish. Flooring features precision-laid chevron oak. Lighting specifications include high-grade 3000K indirect LED strips and bespoke architectural pendant luminaires. Technical details involve precision-fabricated concealed cabinetry with 10mm shadow-gap detailing at ceiling and floor junctions.
Fa'ailoga: Residential Interior, Minimalist Design, Curvilinear Forms, Timber Slats, Light and Shadow, Compact Living, Specialty Finishes, Chevron Flooring, Taipei Residence, Modern Sanctuary
Tekonolosi Gaosiga: Advanced precision engineering was employed to realize a seamless minimalist aesthetic. Key technologies include custom-milled vertical timber slats and hand-applied mineral coatings with understated golden undertones on complex curved substrates. Integrated concealed cabinetry was executed with millimetric precision, incorporating shadow-gap detailing at floor and ceiling junctions. Strategic indirect LED integration ensures a uniform light wash, enhancing the tactile quality of materiality across the 56.2m2 footprint.
Lu'itau o le Mamanu: The primary challenge was balancing a deep, atmospheric palette with the requirement for spatial expansion in a 56.2m2 footprint. We overcame visual confinement by implementing curved architectural transitions and rhythmic vertical elements that direct focus upward. Technically, integrating seamless concealed cabinetry into complex curved substrates required extreme precision and advanced joinery. This synthesis of light and materiality successfully transformed a restricted urban space into an expansive, restorative sanctuary.
Su'esu'ega: Type: Environmental psychology. Objectives: Enhance spatial perception in 56.2m2. Methodology: Light-shadow interplay analysis. Tools: 3D modeling and material prototyping. Participants: Urban dwellers. Results: Seamless curves and vertical slats dissolved boundaries. Insights: Dark palettes can evoke openness via strategic texture. Effect: Elevates residential well-being and provides a scalable, sophisticated design model for dense urban societies, redefining small-scale luxury.
Fa'aosofia: The design is inspired by the ephemeral interplay of light and shadow observed within a dense forest, aiming to integrate the inherent tranquility of nature into a modern urban residence. The core concept of Timber Shadow reflects a profound desire to balance organic warmth with meditative stillness. By abstracting natural textures into minimalist architectural forms, such as rhythmic vertical slats that mimic tree trunks and fluid curved walls that mirror natural landscapes, the project establishes an introspective sanctuary. This spatial narrative offers essential emotional breathing room within a compact 56.2-square-meter apartment, emphasizing a harmonious connection between the inhabitant and the environment through the meticulous application of specialty mineral paint with understated golden undertones and layered indirect lighting.
Umi o le Poloketi: The project commenced in September 2024 in Taipei and was successfully completed in January 2025 in Taipei, Taiwan. This intensive five-month timeline encompassed both the comprehensive design development phase and the meticulous on-site realization of the custom curvilinear forms and integrated lighting systems, ensuring that every detail of the 56.2-square-meter sanctuary was executed to the highest professional standards.
Fa'agasologa o Galuega: The home orchestrates a seamless daily ritual through an intuitive open-plan flow. Residents are guided by fluid curved walls that dissolve boundaries between the kitchen island core and the living area. Interaction is driven by natural light filtering through rhythmic vertical slats, creating a dynamic dance of shadows that evolves from dawn to dusk. Hidden storage ensures a clutter-free environment, allowing the tactile specialty finishes to foster a profound sense of tranquility and space.
Pateni: Copyrights belong to Tzu-Chun Yen and Jhih-Wei Chen, 2025. Trademark (2025) W.Design.
Sui o le 'Au: Tzu-Chun Yen
Jhih-Wei Chen
Fa'aaloaloga o Ata: Image #1: Photographer W.Design, Timber Shadow, 2025.
Image #2: Photographer W.Design, Timber Shadow, 2025.
Image #3: Photographer W.Design, Timber Shadow, 2025.
Image #4: Photographer W.Design, Timber Shadow, 2025.
Image #5: Photographer W.Design, Timber Shadow, 2025.