架构师提供的文本描述。很难想象这套公寓以前是一套看上去很脏的办公室。但很明显，它的新主人看到了它的潜力，我们也看到了。位于迷人的JooChiat地区的一个商店单元的第二层，我们想用一种本地化的设计语言重新设计一个别致的工业阁楼的概念。嗯，我们最后用“砖房”的名字来称呼这间公寓。

Text description provided by the architects. It is hard to imagine that this apartment was previously a dingy looking office unit. But obviously its new owners saw its potential, and we too, as well. Situated on the second storey of a shophouse unit in the charming JooChiat area, we wanted to reinvent, with a localised design language, the concept of a chic industrial loft. Well, we end up calling this apartment endearingly by the name of 'the brick loft house'.

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从一开始，我们就知道把光和光带到内在空间的重要性。这套公寓得让人觉得好像透出了亮光。为了做到这一点，墙壁被拆除，以建立一个室外走廊地区的入口。巨大的木结构玻璃滑动门被用来进一步增加轻孔隙度。屋顶上使用了大量的百叶窗，给阁楼卧室带来了更多的光线。

From the onset, we knew the importance of bringing light and the sense of lightness to the space within. The apartment has to feel as if it's suffused with light. To do that, walls were knocked down to create an outdoor verandah area upon entry. Huge timber framed glass sliding doors are used to further increase light porosity. Generous amount of louvres are used at the rooftop to bring in more light to the mezzanine bedroom.

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工业的感觉是通过对建筑材料的敏感使用和对其词汇和用法的重新创造而产生的。从旧房子里发现的混凝土通风块中得到启示，我们用一种新的定制模式更新了外观。然后，这个图案被抽象化和转换，并通过激光切割金属屏风折叠门进入生活区。

The feel of the industrial is brought out through the sensitive use of building materials and the reinvention of their vocabulary and usage. Taking a cue from concrete ventilation blocks found in old houses, we updated the look with a new custom-made pattern. This pattern is then abstracted and transformed again and brought into the living area via a laser-cut metal screen folding door.

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这座房子的旧灰泥也被剥去，露出原来坚硬但迷人的砖块。没有砖块的“工业阁楼”是什么？然后，利用这些砖块作为基本的积木，我们创造了一个类似的结构和框架的连续墙架子。公寓中不可错过的关键特征是完全用金属建造的螺旋楼梯，喷漆成光滑的白色，其栏杆以危险的性感形式弯曲的砖墙。

The old plaster of the house was also peeled off to reveal bricks in their original gritty but charming condition. What are 'industrial lofts' without some bricks eh? Then using the idea of these bricks as basic building blocks, we created continuous wall shelving with a similar structure and framing. The key unmissable feature in the apartment is the spiral staircase constructed entirely out of metal, spray-painted all glossy white, and with its balustrade in the dangerously-sexy form of a curving brick wall.