2025 | Professional

MUSE Design Awards Gold Winner

WuChongYuan

Entrant Company

LIHE DESIGN

Category

Interior Design - Residential 

Client's Name

Country / Region

China

Located in the North Zhenxing Road area of Linping, this project occupies a rare 640-acre low-density residential community, with a plot ratio of just 1.15 and 40% greenery coverage. Surrounded by a well-connected transportation network, it achieves a refined equilibrium between urban accessibility and tranquil seclusion—creating a true “mountain retreat within the city.” The overall design is grounded in the philosophy of “quiet luxury,” embracing natural textures, elegant restraint, and spatial poetry to craft a modern sanctuary for the soul. This thousand-square-meter residence takes light as its narrative guide—morning rays penetrate linen sheers, drawing ethereal shadows across micro-cement walls, while dusk brings the awakening of recessed lights like celestial constellations. The interplay of bespoke brass details and Italian stone veins reflects a subtle dialogue between artistry and atmosphere. This residence becomes a spiritual cartography of contemporary refined living—evoking the quiet confidence and introspective charm of a modern gentleman. The architectural language blurs boundaries between function and emotion: chandeliers descend like crystalline meteor showers, staircases ripple like rivers of light, and curved marble handrails cradle flowing illumination. The open-plan living, dining, and wine-tasting zones are unified through a palette of leather, timber, and stone, where strategic color accents enhance visual rhythm. Bedrooms are enveloped in warm neutrals, with high-back leather beds embodying comfort and quiet grandeur. Beyond, a private lounge and whimsical children’s rooms reflect exclusivity, imagination, and familial warmth. The project pioneers an innovative synergy between “quiet luxury aesthetics” and “ecological intelligence,” redefining elite living through spatial storytelling and material sensitivity. It transcends material excess, favoring thoughtful detailing, sustainable openness, and lasting durability. The open layout maximizes natural ventilation and daylight, reducing energy reliance while reinforcing environmental consciousness. More than a luxurious dwelling, this project is a vessel of emotional resonance—where light, silence, and space converge to awaken inner calm and elevate the daily ritual of living. It realizes Louis Kahn’s vision of architecture as “the thoughtful making of space,” where the physical becomes spiritual, and the ordinary becomes poetic.

Credits

Photographer
Hanmo Photography
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