Every week we highlight those Frame Awards projects which have been frequented by our readers and jury, in the lead up to the reveal of Interiors of the Month winners and honourable mentions. Here are the five most-viewed spaces between 15 and 22 October 2021.
1. EERT MANGWON
Workment
Submitted in the category of Single-Brand Store (6.36), Eert Mangwon is an experimental café space in Seoul. The designers at Workment formulated their design concept on the idea of ‘urban rest’, transforming a two-floor site that previously comprised commercial and residential spaces. Areas for making and enjoying tea have been designed according to the existing configuration, one that’s reflective of retail in the neighbourhood. Eert’s long table – which connects all three spaces – is visualized as a symbolic zen garden. Much attention was paid to surface finishes and textures, the interior dressed mainly with wood.
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2. SOUL REALM SPA HOUSE
Atelier Right Hub
Tucked away on the 13th floor of a commercial mansion in Hanghzou, the Soul Realm Spa was developed by Atelier Right Hub (7.11; Health Club). The first space from the wellness brand, it combines treatment programming with education and sharing. Atelier Right Hub’s ambition was to create an environment that fully immerses users, omitting all unnecessary elements making the design as ‘orderly’ as possible. In the lobby, earthy colours are complemented by soft natural light which beams in through a large arc-shaped window. Clients follow streamlined, sinuous wayfinding to reach their destination.
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3. TAKE BAKERY AND CAFÉ
Hiroyuki Tanaka Architects
Hiroyuki Tanaka Architects’ renovation of Take Bakery and Café (6.06; Restaurant) responds to the way COVID-19 has changed hospitality. Concentrating the client’s resources in set spaces, the architects crafted a narrative that takes visitors through the ‘story of food’. A large atrium and more open kitchen makes it possible for them to tune into the process of producing and making the food. ‘We were able to create a smooth line of flow allowing for customers to settle payments for the bread, cheeses, delicatessen and drinks lining the shop window and then climb up the spiral staircase to the eat-in space on the second floor,’ explains the team.
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4. THE SUN HOUSE
SunEdge PV Technology
A residence in rural Zhuqi, Taiwan, The Sun House by SunEdge PV Technology, strives for ‘organic architecture that combines technology, design and humanity’. It’s a contender for Material (6.9) and House (7.1). Recycled cypress timbers drive the material palette indoors, while solar panels form the exterior walls and roof. The house thus produces its own energy, which can be reused through a recycling system. ‘The designer and owner put in a lot of effort to design this project, and focused on the sustainability,’ says jury member M.C. Ho, founder and design Chief at DMZ International Design Group. At the same time, he notes that it ‘looks more like a showroom than a house’.
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5. LIVING IN THIS QUADRANT
Ten Design
Colourful objects and furniture balance out the grey monotone surfaces of this 200-sq-m Beijing apartment. Ten Design’s interior process took cues from jewellery design’s inlaying technique – it’s the client’s field of work. The residence (5.54; Large Apartment) combines live and work space within a circular layout; a quarter-shaped element penetrates this floorplan. ‘Some parts are embellished with bright soft outfits to enhance the vitality of the space,’ the designers mention. They even visualized bespoke features for other inhabitants: two cats, to be precise.
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