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Design Feature<br />
Ribbon room facing the exterior.<br />
The Ribbon House wins<br />
2016 AAP American Architecture Prize<br />
Hong Kong-based FAK3’s play with ribbon-like staircase design in an old house interior<br />
impresses the judges and wins a gold award for best interior.<br />
FAK3, LED by lead designers Johnny Wong<br />
and Miho Hirabayashi, bagged a gold award<br />
for their work on The Ribbon House in Hong<br />
Kong at the recent 2016 AAP American<br />
Architecture Prize. Their entry won under the<br />
Interior Design (Houses Interior) category.<br />
The idea for the house interior was to<br />
create a ribbon-like structure that dances<br />
through the four levels in a sequence of twirls.<br />
This creates an exciting transition through<br />
each floor level and the void space created by<br />
the stairs acts as a light well, drawing natural<br />
light into the basement levels.<br />
FAK3’s work involves the transformation<br />
of a 1,000-square-metre old house and<br />
landscaped gardens, positioned on a hillside<br />
with commanding views of the South China<br />
sea. The main entrance is located at the<br />
centre along the length of the house, which<br />
dictated the arrangement of spaces. Opposite<br />
the entrance, is a void where the ribbon<br />
Natural light filling up the staircase void.<br />
52 <strong>Building</strong> & <strong>Investment</strong> | www.b-i.biz
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