Timeless eternal

Timeless is an interior design project in a building designed by Richard Meier, the master of White architecture. The white exterior palette and extensive glazing, emphasizing natural light and visual clarity, create a modernist volume with clean lines, bright lightness, and immaculate surfaces that has become an enduring landmark in Taipei. The design challenge was to extend the spirit of White architecture into the interior while respecting the client's expectations. The planning process analyzed the building's inherent qualities: pure white tones, geometric forms, and large glass surfaces. These architectural elements were translated into interior components. Geometric forms became linear and block-like structures establishing a rhythmic spatial logic. The visual effects of large glazing and the play of light and shadow became an integral part of the interior concept. Pure white was expressed through layered application of different white materials, creating a monastic stillness with rich tonal variation. The designers sought a balance between movement and stillness. In the fully open plan, respecting the building's circular structural columns, thick slab walls and block volumes were inserted to create a free-plan concept with strong directional guidance. These structural elements simultaneously define circulation, zones, and functional requirements. The tight spatial logic connects living, dining, and lounge areas as one continuous flow while preserving each zone's distinct boundary. Light and shadow shift throughout the day, turning the white box into a geometric sculpture that soothes the mind. Richard Meier once said that white, among colors, is the root of all memory, representing natural and organic change under different conditions. The designer carefully uses varying white materials such as matte Marmorino and imported textured coatings, whose subtlety embodies a perfect fusion of reason and emotion. At the entrance, an aluminum sculpture by French artist Mathieu Lehanneur symbolizing eternal love creates a gallery-like threshold that seamlessly connects the living and dining areas through the infinite extension of white.