Interior Renovation Design of SIHE Apartment / Cao Zhenyu

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在业主（年轻夫妇）入住使用2年后，我们用相机记录了室内的影像.所属公寓为20年前的旧公寓，自身建筑的品质较低，空间可利用或改建的尺寸已经接近最小，设备结构等改建的限制较大。本案设计的重点是最大化的提升空间的尺寸及利用度，尽可能达到在极紧凑的尺寸上有舒适的感受。

After the young couple lived in the house for two years, we took photos of their life space in there.The apartment building itself is 20 years old with poor condition. By the limitation of its old structures and facilities, there is a great limitation for space extension.Our design aims to raise up the comfortability of this cozy apartment by utilizing the current limited space.

在设计要素上，我们突出了简洁和方形凸窗，希望更好的达到极限空间的舒适度，同时控制自然光线缓和的进入这些微小空间，达到一定的平衡。

在功能布置上，我们将原厨房更换到取消了的卧室的位置，得到一个容纳了客厅及餐厅的稍大公共空间，使其能同时承担各种交流活动；另外，增加了阅读空间和扩大了卫生间，并且改建整合了全部的收纳空间；通过上述的这些调整，最终我们得到是将公共交通空间整合到各使用空间内了的最大使用化的居住空间。

We use the conception of simplicity to play with the key design element of square-bay windowsaround the house to add lights coming through in a mild way, thus achieving the extreme comfortability from a limited space and light balance therein.

As for plan arrangement, we transform one previous bedroom into kitchen, thereby getting a bigger space which contains both the living room and the dining room and suffices for daily activities. Besides, reading and washing space are thus enlarged by plan rearrangement and redesigning the storage space.

A proper living space is finally transformed from crammed space   through these adjustments.