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Galleries // 2021 Spark:Space // Residence of Oriental Literati Living
Residence of Oriental Literati Living
Finalist
Competition: Spark:Space
Designer: Botta Lai
Design Type: Interiors: Residential: Houses, Apartments, Flats
Company / Organization / School: Scale Art Design Corporation
Team Members: Botta Lai, Tianjin Gao, Jun Zhou, Yuxuan Li, Yunlei Lei & Chunliu Bai
Echoing David Chipperfield's minimalist architecture, the interior's hardworking lines are equally simple and square. The warm white walls with cool grey pillars symbolically reproduce the unique colour palette of the white walls and tiles of the South China Sea; when you enter the lobby from the front courtyard, the large area of artistic marble spreads out like an ink landscape painting, and the ancient elegance of the South China Sea flows through the space. The black transparent modern cylindrical lift is surrounded by a revolving staircase, also made of marble, which leads to the ground floor and the first floor master bedroom. When the soft white light is switched on at night, the revolving staircase looks like a water curtain galaxy flowing down, and the written texture is reflected in the eyes and the heart. Unlike the elegant ink and marble, the bedrooms have wooden floors, original wooden cabinets, soft white chairs and silver grey bedding, with light yellow lighting and translucent sliding doors with grille texture. The study shelves are decorated with a collection of ironware and wood carvings, where the magnificence of the old days is frozen, and where the artistic charm of the collection grows.
