Designed by: mou architecture studio
Lead Designer: Zhuang Wu
Project Address: HuaiAn, China
Building Area: 120sqm
Project Year: 2020
Main Material: Concrete, Terrazzo, Iron plate, Ash multilayer veneer
Photography: YUUUUNSTUDIO

 The project is located in Huaian Hongze Lake near the north side of People's Road, a two-storey commercial housing. In recent years, with the development of tourism resources in Hongze Lake, more and more people from foreign cities choose to come here to travel and taste the local lake food, among which a large part of the young people group. Against this background, our owner proposed to transform the original 120 square metre house into a micro-bunkhouse suitable for young people to live and relax.

Before the renovation, the staircase of the original building occupied a quarter of the space, and the actual space available was very limited, which led to the design thinking. In order to satisfy the function and realise a reasonable movement line, we dismantled and rebuilt the internal staircase structure. The guest room on the ground floor is located at the very end, which gives people a different psychological feeling of entering a space through the next few steps and then the next few steps up, and increases a certain curiosity.

Taking advantage of the original height of the ground floor, a platform is suspended by digging down part of the foundation, the upper part of the platform is used as a guest room, and the lower part is a leisure area. In order to prevent the ground floor of the ground floor leisure area from getting wet during the summer rainy season, we also set up a hollow ventilation layer during the renovation process. The horizontal and vertical heights of the interior add interest to the space. The movable 3-metre long L-shaped table enriches the functionality of the space. Here everyone can sit freely on the steps in the space to share each other's stories. A free and open atmosphere was also the starting point of our design.

In the guest room, we wanted to create a simple and warm atmosphere as well as a holistic effect of the material, so we used a combination of floor and functional furniture, the texture of ash, warm and simple, pulling in the sense of distance between people and people, people and space. Inside, the original brick walls and cast-in-place concrete structural columns are preserved in their original state, presenting a rugged and wild aesthetic. Wooden floors on the walls, stairs and aisle steps with seamless terrazzo flooring, allowing the space to strengthen the extension of the upward mobility and continuity.










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