Inner Emotional Home Munus Domesticae Compositionis Interioris by Zhuangzhi Liu and Yichen Shen

Inner Emotional Home Munus Domesticae Compositionis Interioris by Zhuangzhi Liu and Yichen Shen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum in Designatio Interior Competition Category.

FerrumInterior· 2021

Inner Emotional Home Munus Domesticae Compositionis Interioris

by Zhuangzhi Liu and Yichen Shen

Client: Dc Design

Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About Inner Emotional Home Munus Domesticae Compositionis Interioris

Domus Affectuum Interior est compositio interior residentialis pro conclavi duplici 280 metrorum quadratorum in urbe Shanghai sita. Consilium domum veterem renovat et aequilibrium inter elementa hodierna et stilos antiquos quaerit. Scala originaria clausa scala pensili substituta est. Area, atrium, triclinium, culina, conclave thearium et tabulatum secundum inter se coniunguntur, ita ut itinera motus fluentiora sint et spatium apertius sentiatur. Area cenandi culinam, mensam ientaculi, triclinium et conclave thearium in unum locum coniungit. Consilium est domum tranquillam et calidam efficere.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Ferreum

Inner Emotional Home Munus Domesticae Compositionis Interioris victor est Praemii A' Design Award Ferreum, honoris amplissimi formis bonis dati, quae postulatis professionalibus et industrialibus ab creationibus bene formatis exspectatis satisfaciunt. Victores Ferrei magnam peritiam, altam specializationem, intellectum periti et facultatem creandi auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Inner Emotional Home Munus Domesticae Compositionis Interioris creationem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, practicam et novam fore. Haec forma Ferreo victa optimas industriae consuetudines integrat et proprietates technicas idoneas, cum scientia et talento coniunctas, habet. Inner Emotional Home Munus Domesticae Compositionis Interioris ob diligentiam suam honoratur et ad vitae qualitatem emendandam formatum est, ut mundum meliorem reddere iuvet.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The project is aimed to remould old houses. We tried to find a suitable balance point between contemporary elements and retro styles. Burden alleviation of space was an important part of work when designing. We made design guidance more reasonable for functional routes, creating multiple life contexts for proprietors. There was no need to segment the space with specific lines. We tended to make the co-space interacts with each other in the functional degree by reasonable designs.
Dimensions & Packaging: 280 square meters
Tags: duplex apartment, sustainable design, minimalism, new life
Design Challenge: The house was old with slightly deformed walls and some space was low in height. Facing those problems, it was hard for designers to make the space more open at the same time of keeping the original life styles of habitats.
Research: The designers overturned the original spatial pattern and regrouped the functions. There were interactions between blocks, movement routes were therefore more fluent, space more open.The quality was calm and peaceful. Combined with oriental philosophy, the house was changed into a warm, emotional residential environment, bringing life back to how it was supposed to be. In the simplified space, we took into the collections of proprietors and built a home of their hearts.
Inspiration: Our inspiration comes from the idea of returning life to nature and taking our inner hearts to a peaceful stage. It’s not necessary to define residential space by styles. As long as there is high tolerance and forgiveness in the space, the special history that only belongs to the family can be seen there. Maybe this is how a inner emotional home should be，a place where life belongs to. It’s in our hope that the building can become the vessel of life, bringing those who have experienced much in life to calmness.
Project Duration: The project started in August 2019 in Shanghai and finished in November 2020 in Shanghai.
Operation Flow: We tore down the original closed stairs and changed it into suspending stairs. Yard, living room, dining room, kitchen, tearoom and space on second floor were connected. On one hand, the interactions between space were more evident; on the other hand, it presented a closer relationship between man and man, man and home, and man and nature. The dining area bore the function of more public activities. As planned and designed, it was an open and interactive living space that combines the four functions of kitchen, breakfast table, dining room and tearoom into one place.
Team Members: Yichen Shen