M Loft Appartementrenovatie by Linc Zhang

M Loft Appartementrenovatie by Linc Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award in IJzer in Interieur en Tentoonstellingsontwerp Competition Category.

IJzerInterieur· 2022

M Loft Appartementrenovatie

by Linc Zhang

Client: Muka Architects

A' Design Award in IJzer Winner in Interieur Category

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The Design

About M Loft Appartementrenovatie

M Loft is een renovatie van een micro-appartement in Shanghai, ontworpen voor een alleenstaande bewoner die vanuit huis werkt. De indeling verbindt woon- en werkruimtes en biedt ruime studie- en opbergmogelijkheden. Berkenhouten panelen met een zachte kleur en heldere textuur worden gecombineerd met grote witte oppervlakken, waardoor het interieur licht en open blijft, ondanks de aanwezigheid van slechts één raam. Mat zwarte details voegen een rustige toon toe. Slanke metalen leuningen werden ter plaatse gelast, met verstekverbindingen die de aansluitingen bijna onzichtbaar maken.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in IJzer

M Loft Appartementrenovatie is winnaar van de A' Design Award in IJzer, een prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan goede ontwerpen die voldoen aan de professionele en industriële eisen die worden verwacht van goed ontworpen creaties. Winnaars in IJzer tonen grote vaardigheid, hoge specialisatie, deskundig inzicht en het creatieve vermogen van hun makers. M Loft Appartementrenovatie wordt verwacht een hooggewaardeerde, bewonderde en gekoesterde creatie te zijn die praktisch en innovatief is. Dit ontwerp dat de A' Design Award in IJzer heeft gewonnen, integreert de beste praktijken uit de sector en heeft bekwame technische kenmerken die verbonden zijn met knowhow en talent. M Loft Appartementrenovatie wordt gerespecteerd om zijn grondigheid en is ontworpen om verbeteringen van de levenskwaliteit te bieden die helpen de wereld een betere plek te maken.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: In a micro apartment with good window views and warm natural light, the unique temperament of the architect owner is incorporated to create a small and beautiful minimalist life exclusively for him.
Dimensions & Packaging: The metal handrails of the stairs are made on site, the size of the horizontal handrail is 20*30mm, and the vertical handrail is 30*30mm. Junction miter welding process, the interface hides to a minimum.
Tags: Small apartment, Loft, Minimalist, Tailor-made, Warm and comfortable, Flexible space
Production Technology: Birch board is a commonly used building material with high-quality properties and is a material that owners and designers like very much. The birch board with unique texture and soft color, combined with a large area of white, makes the space still bright and spacious even if there is only one window, and the local matte black embellishment adds a calm temperament.
Design Challenge: The metal that appears as a line in the space has encountered a great test in the construction. It is not easy to make the metal thin enough with the existing construction ability and need to bear enough strength without deforming, and the handling of the junction between the metals is also a difficult point. However, our obsession with slender and straight metal and the requirement for concealed edges at the junction make the on-site construction extremely difficult.
Research: Work has gradually become the center of life of urban people, so can work and life be perfectly integrated? We hope to find a home space suitable for people living alone in the city, so that people can live and work together, reduce the frequency of overtime, increase the length of home stay, and improve the quality of life.
Inspiration: The work of a designer is always closely related to life, and it is necessary to study and work at all times. In order to facilitate long hours of work, the office space has begun to live. So if we integrate the work space into our lives, will it reduce the frequency of people working overtime and improve the quality of life?
Project Duration: The project started in January 2020 in Shanghai and finished in August 2020 in Shanghai.
Operation Flow: Communicate the needs with the owner in the early stage, understand the owner's personality and living habits, whether there are special design needs, etc. After entering the scene to feel the actual situation of the space, and then began to design.
The architect owner likes minimalism, likes clean lines and neat and orderly order, and hopes that the home can have enough study and work space and a lot of storage space.
Team Members: Linc Zhang
Image Credits: Photographer AR-J, 2020