2026 | Professional

MUSE Design Awards Gold Winner

Hongkong, 3 Repulse Bay Road

Entrant

JTY STUDIO

Category

Interior Design - Residential 

Client's Name

Country / Region

China

Situated at 3 Repulse Bay Road, this penthouse duplex is governed by "Curatorial Living" and "Non-static Thinking." Transcending traditional boundaries, it functions as an ever-evolving private art museum and a relaxed domestic haven. The palette harmoniously blends wood and warm tones, creating a sensory resonance with the sunlight of Repulse Bay. Hard-decoration maintains a restrained, minimalist state, leaving the stage to soft furnishings and art to externally manifest the inhabitant’s inner values, ensuring the residence remains perpetually vital across the dimension of time.
The project uses a "non-linear narrative" logic, transforming corridors and corners into fluid galleries. Massive curved windows implement a grand "Borrowed Scenery" rhetoric, integrating the Repulse Bay landscape as the space's "fifth wall." Innovation centers on "Light Curation," treating light as a primary design material, where molecular fixtures and sunset hues interweave into a dynamic, passive lighting system. This profound "Artistic Respiration," established by juxtaposing classical gilded frames with Pop Surrealist paintings against the minimalist backdrop, creates a deep dialogue between cultural heritage and the dwelling.
The layout breaks static limits, enhancing spatial fluidity. The first floor integrates the living, dining, music salon, and study; geometrically divided fabric-padded walls enable an "Audio-Visual Symphony," allowing premium acoustic equipment and art to coexist. The second floor features private bedrooms and an open art display area. Furniture is redefined as an "Exhibition Pedestal" and "Independent Narrative Point"—for instance, the chromatic complement between the red leather desk and the unicorn sculpture. This "decentralized" design ensures seamless functional switching based on evolving life scenarios.
Drawing from the designer’s Master’s background in Sustainable Development, the space deploys a "Low-Carbon Material Matrix" comprising bamboo, FSC-certified wood, travertine, and natural linen. Utilizing low-VOC eco-friendly coatings, the design practices "Long-term Aesthetics," strategically reducing resource waste from secondary renovations at the source. This restrained wisdom allows the space to function as a "breathable" ecosystem. Ultimately, the visual alignment of interior art with the exterior cloudscape achieves profound synchronization with natural rhythms, culminating in "Meditation at the Peak of Sunset" and elevating the social standard for sustainable aesthetic value.

Credits

Tianyong Zhang
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