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William's House

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William House- Living Space - Kevin Mak
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Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
Total
JURY VOTES
House
5.37
5.32
5.30
4.97
5.24
Haijie Hu
Haijie Hu Cofounder and Creative Director at VAVE Studio
6.29
6.18
6.49
4.83
5.95
Mijail Gutierrez
Mijail Gutierrez Principal and Design Director at Perkins and Will
5
5
5
5
5
Christophe Penasse
Christophe Penasse Cofounder at Masquespacio
5
5
5
5
5
Hongchao Wang
Hongchao Wang Creative Director and Cofounder at Benwu Studio
6.68
6.23
6.27
6.96
6.54
Kim Tchai
Kim Tchai Founder and CEO at Tchai International
5
5
5
5
5
Geoffrey Timmer
Geoffrey Timmer Creative director at Colliers
5
4.8
4.8
5.4
5
Raquel Machado
Raquel Machado Senior Design Associate at M Moser Associates
5
5
5
5
5
Güray Oskay
Güray Oskay Director of Architectural Design at ATÖLYE
5
5
5
5
5
Miriam Zuurbier
Miriam Zuurbier Associate Partner and Creative Director at TANK
5
5
4
5
4.75
Rosha Ehsan
Rosha Ehsan Head of Design at Gastronomica Middle East
5.43
5.61
5.61
5
5.41
Madhubala Ayyamperumal
Madhubala Ayyamperumal Design Experience Leader at Gensler
6.07
5
6.07
5
5.54
Elliot March
Elliot March Cofounder at MAWD
4.92
4.79
4.98
5
4.92
Kamna Malik
Kamna Malik Design Curator & Content Strategist at Kamna Malik
4
5
4
4
4.25
Dan Wang
Dan Wang Cofounder and CEO at Prominence Consulting Group and PLUTO
6.73
6.89
7.04
3.45
6.03
Designer
Client
Mr. William Louey
Floor area
600 ㎡
Completion
2021
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After the completion of our Off-White House a decade ago, the client and his family continue to explore another playful spatial language of staging pleasant surprises in their other private house. 

The design, like a treasure box revealed layer by layer, creates a bold, dark and mysterious atmosphere. A rich material palette of dark grey terrazzo, slates, black and oxidized steel, smoke walnut, marble paint is used to contrast the lush greenery and vast view of Victoria Harbour. The meandering glass room greets the guest in the arrival, the reflection of curved glass panel collects the surrounding atmospheres. The lightweight handrail for staircase as a vertical artwork anchor at the heart of the house serving to each floor, a branched hanging steps connects to an elevated stage wrapping around the dining room. 

At the centre is a bespoke round dining table that serves as a centrepiece. Instead of adding a “Lazy Susan” above the table to serve a large party, the design reforms a traditional round dining table to a neat, transformable and versatile piece by having a built-in revolving disc to create a unified surface for dining. Two outer rings treated with refined patina are installed to expand the dining surface from 1.8m to 3m diameter when needed. The outer rings also treated as an art-piece when the party mode is off.