Residential Project Incorporates Music Into Interior Design

Project of the Week

This week’s instalment of the #SBIDinspire interior design series features a residential design by 2020 SBID Awards Finalist Chains Interiors. The Taiwan-based design practice worked on this high-end project which was inspired by a song written by the owner.

SBID Awards Category: Residential Apartment Over £1M Sponsored by Vectorworks

Practise: Chains Interiors

Project: Write A Song For You

Location: Taipei, Taiwan 

What was the client’s brief? 

Our client is a professional Musician. Since music is such a big part of his life,  he wanted music to flow in all corners of the home, while remaining functional.

What inspired the design of the project?

The concept of this design is inspired by a song that a house owner wrote for his beloved wife. While the tunes and tempos of the song transform into lines on the walls, the spontaneous melodies also turn into colours in the space and the twists and turns of the notes into topographic curves on the ceiling. Together these elements become a manifestation of the tenderness conveyed by the song.

What was the toughest hurdle your team overcame during the project?

Finding a balance between aesthetics, design concepts, actual usage requirements and budget. We also wanted to make the intricate ceiling lines perfect, so we made several versions to make sure the final design achieved this.

What was your team’s highlight of the project?

The highlight of this project was successfully fitting the final design with every part of the song that the house owner wrote.

Why did you enter the SBID Awards?

The SBID Awards have always celebrated international certification and we wanted to showcase our work to a wider audience by participating in this competition.