With 244 square-meter to utilize a family of three, the layout comprises 50% shared area and 50% private rooms. Backdrops without decorative cladding, curvy and smooth continuous surfaces slither along walls and area borders, not only indicating spatial identity, but providing both aesthetic and subdivision function. Home is where people share moments with family. Except the unit of time, in physics terms, moment refers to the rotational equivalent of linear force. The path of moment defines shapes and explains the topology of spatial forms, concluding with artistic and emotional appeals.
The architect, Li-Yu Cheng, is a lecturer of Interior Design Department in Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan. To fulfill ambitions toward modernist architectures and contemporary spatial design, in 2010, Li-Yu Cheng founded StudioX4 at a multi-cultural city, Taipei, where the teams dedicating to urban languages and interdisciplinary studies toward both exterior and interior spatial design.
“X4” is a playful homophone which pronounces like ‘city’ in Chinese language. Studio X4 was founded in 2010, to fulfill ambitions toward modernist architectures and contemporary design. Situated at multi-cultural Taipei city, the team dedicate to urban languages and interdisciplinary studies toward both exterior and interior spatial design. *Award*: 2021 Winner, LICC, 2021 Winner, iF Design, 2020 Best Office Design, JinTang Award (China), 2019 Gold award, Muse Design Award (USA), 2019 K-design Award Winner (Korea)