London Design Gold

2025

Serenity Under the Light Vault

Entrant Company

Hunter design studio

Category

Interior Design - Residential 

Client's Name

Hao Chung Teng

Country / Region

Taiwan

In contemporary design discourse, “space” has long transcended its role as a physical container to become a vessel for one’s way of life. When space learns to disappear, life begins to emerge. Centered on the notion of “ritual in stillness,” this project weaves together muted black and grey tones with layers of latte hues, embedding warmth within restraint. Through a dialogue between color, concealed functions, and orchestrated light, the design liberates dark tones from their melancholic stereotypes, unfolding a quiet yet compelling narrative that reflects the client’s dual identity as both professional and poet of everyday life.



Here, form follows mood: structural columns are transformed into sculptural anchors with cylindrical volumes finished in specialty textures, grounding the open-plan dining area with calm presence. Invisible functions—hidden doors, electrical panels, and zoned lighting—are seamlessly embedded to support different rhythms of use across the day, allowing space to adapt fluidly without disrupting its visual integrity. In the private quarters, arched geometry and fluted glass draw soft light into the dressing space, shaping a quiet interior landscape where movement becomes part of an emotional cadence.



This is not merely a home, but a sanctuary where craft meets contemplation. The design does not seek attention through ornament, but instead creates presence through proportion, material honesty, and spatial clarity. True ritual is not built on symbolic exaggeration, but on allowing each state of life its rightful setting. When technique evolves into lived expression, space becomes a silent declaration of how one chooses to dwell—and in that stillness, the poetry of life gently takes form.

Credits

Hunter design studio
Hao Chung Teng
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