We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer TSAI DUNG LIN about their original and creative Residential design work. TSAI DUNG LIN is an award-winning architectural designer, that makes our world a better place with their original residential works.
TSAI DUNG LIN ("TDL") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work Fish Migration Residential. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
TDL : Migration was come up from a Chinese idiom-“like a fish in the water”. It’s a metaphor we use that home is the only place makes people feel at ease and peace.
TDL : Infinity, the mathematical symbol, is an idea of interior flow that people can strongly feel like Fish Migration with the flow. With the use of black iron, concrete, and old woods to create different air flow, light and extension of vision. Migration conveys the sense of simplicity and silence which also are represented the households’ lifestyle and living philosophy.
TDL : Plan and promote the initial successful experience and share it with existing and future customers。
TDL : The formulation of the concept can be very long or very short. For me, it is only through the accumulation of life and literature for a long time that I have such a view of things, and it can also be said that is my design philosophy, so the creation of the concept is determined in a moment like a flash of aura.
TDL : The physical conditions of the project, customer needs, and my own views on the design, through the mutual agitation of these three, the concept naturally formed in this way.
TDL : The conditions and characteristics of the project itself, of course, there must be an owner who believes in me and has good taste.(smile)
TDL : The design culture and connotation of different countries, literary classics have a great impact on me, especially these invisible cultural connotations, maybe these are my spiritual food.
TDL : Our design is specially customized for each different customer, so there will not be the same target customer.
TDL : This design concept combines the life philosophy of the owner and the physical conditions of the house itself. Whether it looks similar or not, it will be fundamentally different in the meaning.
TDL : The name of traveling comes from the Chinese idiom "like a duck to water". People means the duck, water means the home. It implies that the home is a place where people can feel ease and settle, and the movement in the house also echoes the form and meaning of traveling.
TDL : Hand Painted, AutoCAD SketchUp Photoshop.
TDL : Keeping the original wall will be regarded as a shortcoming, but for me it is full of features and stories.
TDL : Although it was designed independently, but it is an honor to work with a humorous and technical construction team.
TDL : It requires excellent technical skills to present the imaginary design perfectly.
TDL : Due to the old age of the house, the original organic energy and structure can no longer meet the needs of modern use. We must perform precise calculations on the existing structure and carry out the construction without damaging the existing structure, just like a doctor performing a surgical operation on the house.
TDL : In this case, the house is old and in poor condition. In order to meet the needs of the newly added functions, there are various challenges in engineering construction, structural reinforcement, and space design. Although the process is full of challenges, it is finally completed the design project through accurate design and planning.
TDL : I Hope to prove and test myself in the international design platform.
TDL : Getting full research and preparation in advance is always right. Through this opportunity of this project, I got a good experience and tested the experimental approach successfully.
