Home in the Painting 公寓 by Xiang Li is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 銀獎 in 室內空間及展覽設計 Competition Category.

銀室內· 2020

Home in the Painting 公寓

by Xiang Li

Client: X+Living

A' Design Award 銀獎 Winner in 室內 Category

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The Design

About Home in the Painting 公寓

該項目是為有兩個孩子的四口之家創造的居住空間。家居設計創造的夢境氣氛不僅來自為兒童創造的童話世界，而且還源於傳統家居挑戰帶來的未來感和精神衝擊。設計師不受拘束的方法和模式的束縛，分解了傳統的邏輯，並提出了一種新的生活方式詮釋。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銀獎

Home in the Painting 公寓是 A' Design Award 銀獎得主，這是授予頂級、華美而令人印象深刻的設計的極為崇高的認可。銀獎得主是極其卓越、極具創造力的作品，展現出其設計師傑出的專業技能、才華與敏銳。預計Home in the Painting 公寓將成為一件出色的典範之作，兼具非凡的專業性與深刻的創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銀獎的設計是一項備受矚目、令人欽佩的發明，造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。Home in the Painting 公寓是一件令人羨慕的創作，它喚起渴望，帶來積極的情感，並激發驚嘆與讚嘆。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Designer disintegrated traditional logic and presented a new interpretation of lifestyle. This design behavior of seemingly changing an old house into a new one is essentially a designer's attempt to explore the grand topic of how art intervenes in daily living space, as well as how to build the balance between appropriateness and poetry in the life scene.
Dimensions & Packaging: The floor area of the project is 62 sqm and the usable area is approximately 100 sqm.
Tags: small apartment, home design, Li Xiang, children, residence
Production Technology: The designer removed the original two partition walls in the living room to expand the area through reconstruction. In order to further expand the activity space in the living room, the designer cut the four corners of the space respectively, separated the functional areas originally gathered in one room exactly into the four corners of the space, whose shape at this time became a geometric octagon.
Design Challenge: To meet most of the family members' needs whether physically or mentally in one space is especially difficult, let alone the space is so small for a family of four. Designers should not only consider the reasonable sizes of floor height and other furnitures for the kids at their ages now but also should take into account the situations when they grow up.
Research: This project uses the methods of on-the-spot investigation, case analysis and in-depth research on user psychology. Before the production of the project, the designer inspected and measured the field situation for many times, and had detailed records for each dimension. For this type of design, the designer analyzes a large number of past cases and summarizes the experience of children's families. To explore the user's psychology and needs, through in-depth conversation and contact, design works that meet the user's needs.
Inspiration: This project is a renovation design of a small apartment for a family of four with two kids. The parents wish to build a cozy house that serves the functional needs of all family members as well as the educational aim to train the children's imagination. Therefore, the designer had divided the space into different functional areas while at the same time making them feel like an integrity by creating an unconventional spatial form and using unique colors for decoration.
Project Duration: The project finished in November 2019 in Beijing, China.
Operation Flow: Designers hope that through spiritual association, the intimate relationship between husband and wife or parents and children are closely linked, imperceptibly leading the advent of a better life. The needs of parents that originally gave way to the children have finally been satisfied. The oblique corner of the master bedroom has become a private space for the parents to drink tea and chat, the entrance to the kitchen and toilet is the dressing room for the hostess. And the increasing needs of children for space coming with the growth have also been properly addressed.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Shao Feng, 2019.
Team Members: Designer: Li Xiang
Project manager: Ren Lijiao
Project manager: Wu Feng
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Shao Feng, Home in the Painting, 2019.
Image #2: Photographer Shao Feng, Home in the Painting, 2019.
Image #3: Photographer Shao Feng, Home in the Painting, 2019.
Image #4: Photographer Shao Feng, Home in the Painting, 2019.
Image #5: Photographer Shao Feng, Home in the Painting, 2019.