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Light House

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Eco-Social Impact
Total
JURY VOTES
House
5.57
5.79
5.85
5.34
5.64
Howard Duffy
Howard Duffy Founder at HTDSTUDIO Arkitekter AB
6
5
6
5
5.5
Nic Lee
Nic Lee Design Director at Waterfrom Design Co., Ltd
4
5
4
4
4.25
Franziska Heuschkel
Franziska Heuschkel Founder at Space & Pepper
A well-functioning space with a cla...
4
5
4
4
4.25
Hana Ahriz
Hana Ahriz Co-founder at Space & Pepper
5
5
5
5
5
Mark Anderson
Mark Anderson Architect at Mark Anderson Design
4
4
5
4
4.25
Bhavin Taylor
Bhavin Taylor Founder / Interior Designer at Bhavin Taylor Design
5
6
5
5
5.25
Puri Lighting Design
Puri Lighting Design Design Director at Beijing Puri Lighting Design
5
5
5
5
5
Lauren Touhey-Otto
Lauren Touhey-Otto Head of Design at Kinzo Architekten GmbH
Feels to unsustainable to be consid...
2
4
3
1
2.5
Vivian van Schagen
Vivian van Schagen Founder at The Invisible Party
4
5
5
4
4.5
Sam McMorran
Sam McMorran Strategy and Design Director at IDEO
5
5
5
5
5
Tracey Wiles
Tracey Wiles Principal at woods bagot
5
5
5
5
5
MAO Jihong
MAO Jihong Founder at EXCEPTION de MIXMIND and Fangsuo Commune
6
7
5
5
5.75
Agnes Kwek
Agnes Kwek Design Ambassador at DesignSingapore Council
4
5
4
4
4.25
John Allsopp
John Allsopp Architect at John Allsopp Studio
4
5
3
4
4
Falco Webbink
Falco Webbink Head of Design at Wink
3.74
3.38
3.45
2.81
3.35
Designer
Client
Gong Yan
Floor area
420 ㎡
Completion
2022
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Light House
The original building structure has two floors above ground and one below. The ground floor has a height of 5.5 meters, but the whole super-high space may lose its value without enough natural light. In order to meet the functional requirements, we break the original building space. 

We “break” the original logic of the space and return to its architectural essence with the interlacing of “blocks”, so that the staircase flows from “down” to “up”. The flow of light and shadow gives the space its character and the house its life... 

“Purity” and “roughness” coexist,, “subtraction” and “addition” occur at the same time. The new white house with the rough texture of concrete, expresses the contradiction between the old and the new. The natural light throughout the space, also emphasizes the “purity” of the house. 

“Light” is to space, just as “air” is to life. It gives vigor and soul to the house, outlines the boundaries and lines of building. In the house, everything flows with light and shadow wandering...