Tao Zhu Yin Yuan Apartment | Audi Design Taipei

Globally, buildings account for 35% of total resources, about 40% of energy usage, 12% of the world’s drinkable water, and produce 40% of total carbon dioxide gas emissions. Thus, Architects need to make buildings that are friendly to the environment and greener which can be adaptable to the surroundings.

The main objective of the plant-covered twisting tower like a DNA strand is to popularize and facilitate the idea of carbon-absorbing buildings, to slow or even reduce the rising global temperature. In fact of the increasingly worsening global warming problem, all companies and groups nowadays have responsibilities to urge and participate in the incentive plan for reducing carbon emissions formulated by the local government, especially the industry and transportation-related estates. Tao Zhu Yin Yuan Residential Apartment is named after Tao Zhu Gong (范蠡, 536 BC – 448 BC) in the Spring and Autumn Period of Ancient China, to inherit his philosophy of benefiting oneself, benefiting neighbors, and benefiting the world.

As a worldwide urban landmark, the interior design of Tao Zhu Yin Yuan was sculptured by Taiwan-based AUDI INTERNATIONAL INTERIOR DESIGN. The heading architect, James Tu, has been thinking that what kind of design could match the advancing principle of futuristic architecture. He wants to present a design, which is unparalleled, viable, warm, and breathing, in addition to exorbitant materials and magnificent decoration.

Outstanding design can make people feel inspired by the ideology and encouraged by the heart. As the developer’s benchmark for sale, the show flat follows the structure reasonably and attempts to develop a new lifestyle for future residents. The architect brings the pallet of antique brass and cloud quartz stone to the entire space, especially introducing the entry door inspired by the newest Porche Design as the entrance.

The architect yearns for nature spontaneously, he wants to integrate this unique emotion into the interior. Then the boundary between indoors and nature turn blurred, allowing us to calm down at home with a touch of greenery and a ray of sunshine.

Considering the environmental protection concept and modelized lifestyle, the architect chooses all recyclable materials in the interior, including air circulation system and heat insulation.

The main flow of connecting public and private sections play the role of the hallway and social hall, where movable furniture is occupied. Diamond beige marble floor acts in cooperation with Italian water-dyed chicken wing veneer, Italian hand-spliced mosaic ceramic tile on the wall, and the bronze plating bar with pearl white jade.

The dining room emerges a cylindrical shell that provides a completely confined space closed by four arc-shaped electrically operated gates decorated by white silver fox stone. The teahouse and library appear when the gates keep open on the same axis. The Italian hand-made crystal chandelier on the table corresponds with antique silver foil on the ceiling.

Life needs a sense of ritual. “Rituals are an important thing. They inspire us to be in awe of the things we are about. They make us remember and cherish life more.” - Haruki Murakami

Designers need to make dramatic spatial tension of vision through exquisite decoration and the development of spatial atmosphere. It is a screen that separates the public and private spaces when the gates gather each others.

In the Western kitchen, transparent film tops smallpox can magnify the space and collaborates with a symmetric layout that both works as a bar counter and breakfast counter in the central axis. Copper-plated titanium metal matches kitchen wares from Valcucine presenting a sense of science and technology without loss of elegance.

The teahouse was designed carefully in the heritage of Zen, with a strong sense of the architect’s ingenuity. This place is perfect for those who are wild about tea while launching social contact. The texture of the floor and ceiling slopes at an angle to extend to the outdoors.

Tao Zhu Yin Yuan redefines what kind of our future life will be. Luxury is not fancy with single-use materials harmful to the environment and surroundings. For James, sustainability is key to the future. Through the project, the architect appeals to all, the protection of the environment is a long-term career. The design could be a solid foundation stone that leads generations to have brighter lives.

“I deem detail is bottommost. To achieve perfect outcome, it’s particularly important to realize conception and execution”, James adds, “I think architects, designers, and decorators are creators, artists of space and cannot be constrained by stylish. We must keep pace with the times. With a keen sense of design to create distinct and special works.”