We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer Ganna Design about their original and creative Residential house design work. Ganna Design is an award-winning architectural designer, that makes our world a better place with their original residential house works.
Ganna Design ("GD") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work At Will Residential house. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
GD : The owner owner would like to have a different bathroom from the general bathroom in Taiwan. Since the house equipped the sufficient natural illumination, we try to make the best use of it. Then we started to change the layout, making user in the bathroom can enjoy the window view. Also, traffic flow is another point while designing this project.
GD : The traffic flow and the natural illumination are the main focus in designing this work. We want to preserve all the favorable environmental conditions and make the best use of them. Except for the above mentioned illumination condition, we focus on the interaction of people in the house. Hence, traffic flow is the first point that we can optimize the relationship among people.
GD : There is no future plans for this award winning design. We were commissioned to design this house and the project was closing.
GD : The building was under construction while designing this project, so we need to take the time of construction into consideration. It took us around half a year to design the whole concept of this project.
GD : Yes, we were commissioned.
GD : No, we we're commissioned by the house owner. The house is the residential house.
GD : The original condition of the house gave us room to realize our ideas freely. We started from the original cement ceiling, then gathered ideas about spatial layout from the sofa in the common area.
GD : We are appreciate the talent of a Spanish designer Jaime Hayon. Hence, one table leg of the kitchen island was influenced by his design.
GD : A family.
GD : The starting point set this design apart from other project. Instead of the space itself, we started from the sofa and the furniture. We hope to
GD : The main concept of this project is the living attitude: live at will, change at will. The sofa realizes the concept of Lego, making users in the house to piece them together at will. We hope that the furniture in the house can be changed or moved freely according to the emotion of the house owner.
GD : Some common software such as AutoCAD.
GD : We think the common area is the most unique one. Since it is a place that combined the beauty of rough and the delicate. We preserve the original cement ceiling but we make use of the delicate sofa, large chandelier and designed bookcase to decorate the space. Hence, you can feel the sense of rugged while enjoying the artificial design at the same time.
GD : I collaborate with Shih-Jie, Lin, the founder of Ganna Design, for this design. Both of us are designers.
GD : No specific technology used in this design.
GD : Except for the design of Jaime Hayon, this project has not been influenced by any other analytic research or data.
GD : No, we don't think so.
GD : We think this project has a different concept. There's no specific style, no fixed relationship among different spaces or rooms. Besides, the soft decoration in the house can be moved flexibly. The above mentioned condition made us decide to submit this project to this international design competition.
GD : We think that this project may open a new road for us: jump outside the box and start the design from different element. We try to improve ourselves by thinks in different ways. We hope that we can make the best use of every materials and reduce the unnecessary adoption for decoration only.
