M Loft 公寓翻新 by Linc Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 鐵獎 in 室內空間及展覽設計 Competition Category.

鐵室內· 2022

M Loft 公寓翻新

by Linc Zhang

Client: Muka Architects

A' Design Award 鐵獎 Winner in 室內 Category

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The Design

About M Loft 公寓翻新

M Loft係為喺上海一位在家工作嘅獨居住戶而設計嘅微型公寓翻新項目。佈局將生活區同工作區結合埋一齊,同時提供充裕嘅書房同儲物空間。色調柔和、紋理清晰嘅樺木板同大面積嘅白色表面相互配搭,雖然室內得一扇窗,但整體感覺依然明亮開揚。啞光黑色細節則增添咗一份沉穩嘅氛圍。纖幼嘅金屬扶手係現場焊接而成,採用斜接接口,令連接處幾乎不留痕跡。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鐵獎

M Loft 公寓翻新是 A' Design Award 鐵獎得主，這是授予滿足人們對設計精良的創作所期待的專業與工業要求的優良設計的聲望認可。鐵獎得主展現出其創作者的高超技藝、高度專業化、專家級的理解力和創造能力。預計M Loft 公寓翻新將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的創作，既實用又創新。這件贏得 A' Design Award 鐵獎的設計整合了行業最佳實踐，並擁有與專業知識和才華相結合的稱職技術特性。M Loft 公寓翻新因其嚴謹而受到尊重，旨在提供有助於讓世界變得更美好的生活品質改善。

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