Compared to landscape residences on mountains, and seaside residences, urban residences in most cases have limited landscape. We believe that the atmosphere created by urban housing is often relatively introverted. The original intention of our project is to create our own spiritual habitat. The client is a young couple, Like most city people, they commute between their home and high-rise office buildings. They enjoy reading, staying at home, and enjoying the warmth of wood. We designed a warm and peaceful home for them, trying to find a piece of silence that belongs to them in the bustling city. The minimalist interior lines, warm red oak veneer, and without too many complex decorations, a pure and abstract scene pulls people into a calm and relaxed spiritual world at the moment of entering. Perhaps this is the poetry and distance we can find.
The project is a 1990s residential renovation in Pudong, Shanghai, with a building area of 72 square meters. We have renovated and solved various problems in the house based on the original foundation, and introduced three sets of customized furniture – a card seat sofa, a full wall bookshelf, tatami and shelves, to achieve the functional integration of the public core area and study.
By adjusting the entry flow line to open the existing kitchen, forming a new entrance, open kitchen, breakfast bar, and multi-functional public core area flow line. The new entrance includes a storage and shoe changing space.
The multifunctional sofa, full wall bookshelf, 2M long table, dining cabinet, and viewing screen realize the functional integration of the public core area, achieving multi-purpose use of one object and one room. Space should break free from the definition of its function by the so-called room name, and instead achieve diverse interactions between people and objects, using behavior to define the functional attributes of space, in order to achieve functional recombination in different time dimensions.
The multifunctional sofa enhances the spatial depth of the entire public core area, expands the visual effect. And also，it integrates functions such as sofas, dining chairs, TV cabinets, book bars, temporary beds, and storage，etc.
The alternation of wood and white, the minimalist and abstract lines bring us into a ” quietness” where the whole world only has our own voice. Leaving blank is to allow light to travel better in space and the soul to rest.
Abandon the concept of traditional living room and introduce the space of “books” into living. A full wall bookshelf satisfies the homeowner’s habit of reading. Make a cup of coffee, hold your favorite books, and feel the tranquility of time in the gentle light.
The leisure and entertainment functions of traditional living room have been integrated into the “dining room” space. Nowadays, the behavior of “eating” is often closely combined with social and entertainment activities, and urban people often use their meal time to watch movies and entertainment.
The original secondary bedroom has been changed into a multifunctional study according to the needs of the homeowner. The desk meets the needs of working at home. The tatami is combined with a lifting table and storage rack, allowing the study to achieve functional integration. It can be used as a tea room and guest room on ordinary days, and can also serve as a temporary guest bedroom for guests to stay overnight. And tatami itself has a powerful storage function, as it serves as a supplement to the entire house storage.
Life is like a long echo, with firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy, vinegar, tea, everything returning to mediocrity. All of sudden , daily scenes appear some poetry, and poetry takes us far away.
The master bedroom features a floating bed with a simple half height wood background wall design, giving the entire space a sense of lightness. The rich and blurred light and shadow effect brought by the venetian blinds makes the space full of texture.
The renovated open kitchen space is connected to the multi-functional public core area through a breakfast bar. The breakfast bar is not only an extension of the kitchen countertop, but also a place for interaction between male and female hosts at the beginning of the day.
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