M Loft Kuvugurura Apartment by Linc Zhang

M Loft Kuvugurura Apartment by Linc Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma in Igishushanyo cy'Imbere y'Inyubako Competition Category.

IcyumaImbere y'Inyubako· 2022

M Loft Kuvugurura Apartment

by Linc Zhang

Client: Muka Architects

Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma Winner in Imbere y'Inyubako Category

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The Design

About M Loft Kuvugurura Apartment

M Loft ni ivugururwa ry'apartment ntoya i Shanghai, ryakozwe ku bw'umuntu umwe utuyemo akaba anakorera murugo. Igishushanyo mbonera gihuza ahantu ho kubaho n'ahantu ho gukorera, kandi gitanga umwanya munini wo kwiga ndetse n'ubushobozi bwo kubika ibintu. Ipantu ya birch ifite ibara ryoroheje n'imiterere isobanutse ihujwe n'ubuso bunini bwera, bigatuma imbere mu nzu igumana urumuri kandi ifunguye n'ubwo hari idirisha rimwe gusa. Ibisobanuro by'umukara utagaragaza umucyo (matte black) byongera ubwiyunge n'ituze. Ibikoresho by'icyuma bito byo kwifashisha mu kunyuzamo (handrails) byashizweho ahantu nyaho binyuze mu gukorwa n'umuriro (welding), hifashishijwe uburyo bw'ihuzwa rya miter, bigatuma ahantu ihuriro hagaragara ari nk'aho hutabaho na busa.

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma

M Loft Kuvugurura Apartment ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cy'icyuma, ishimwe ry'agaciro ritangwa ku bishushanyo byiza bihuza ibyo umwuga n'inganda bikeneye ku bihangano byashushanyijwe neza. Abegukanye icyuma bagaragaza ubuhanga bukomeye, ubumenyi bwihariye, imyumvire y'inzobere n'ubushobozi bwo guhanga bw'ababikoze. M Loft Kuvugurura Apartment biteganyijwe ko izaba igihangano cyubahwa, gishimwa kandi gikundwa, gifatika kandi gifite udushya. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye icyuma gihuza uburyo bwiza bukoreshwa mu nganda kandi gifite ibiranga bya tekiniki bifite ubushobozi, bifatanye n'ubumenyi n'impano. M Loft Kuvugurura Apartment yubahwa kubera gukora neza, kandi yashushanyijwe kugira ngo inoze ubuzima, ifashe gutuma isi iba nziza.

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