The beauty of the stunningly fresh looking and very newly finished Oasis Apartment by Lim   Lu might sit partially in its lovely aesthetic, but it’s also largely due to the story of its origins. You see, this impressive new home in Hong Kong, China, was refurbished from an abandoned apartment that was left empty to age and deteriorate.

LimLu令人惊讶的全新装修的绿洲公寓的美可能部分地处于其可爱的审美之中，但这也很大程度上归功于其起源的故事。你看，在香港，这个令人印象深刻的新家，从一个被抛弃的公寓翻新过，这个公寓留给了年纪，变质了。

Taking up 1,200 square feet, the apartment is now a peaceful, lovely haven that looks like the kind of place you might take a vacation in, which is even more wild to think about when you consider that is sat uncared for in the quarry bay neighbourhood for over 15 years before the new designers transformed it.

这套公寓占地1200平方英尺，现在是一个安静可爱的避风港，看上去就像是你可以去度假的地方。当你考虑到在新设计师改造之前，这座公寓在鱼湾附近被闲置了超过15年，当你想到这个地方时，你会觉得更加疯狂。

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Originally owned by a man who spent nearly his whole life in the apartment itself, it was abandoned when he suddenly traveled away from Hong Kong, leaving everything behind in its place and never returning. About a year ago, designers visited the site and noticed how it looks as though time had simply been standing still the moment you walked through the door. They remarked to each other that the outdated but incredibly authentic scene inside was reminiscent of an old Wong Kar Wai movie.

原来的主人是一个几乎一辈子都住在公寓里的人，当他突然离开香港，把所有的东西都留在原来的地方，再也没有回来的时候，公寓就被遗弃了。大约一年前，设计师们参观了这个网站，并注意到当你走出大门的那一刻，时间看起来就像是一动不动。他们互相评论说，里面那个过时但非常真实的场景让人想起了一部老黄家卫电影。

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In the newly transformed apartment, designers chose to keep a few original elements untouched in order to give the home a sense of unmatched character. Primarily, visitors might notice a series of old concrete beams visibly covered in chipped orange and green paint. These were preserved in their original condition from the abandoned apartment to give it some detailing that simple cannot be replicated in modern spaces in quite the same rustically kitschy way.

在新改造的公寓里，设计师们选择了一些原汁原味的元素，以给家里一种无与伦比的感觉。主要是，游客可能会注意到一系列古老的混凝土横梁明显地覆盖着有缺口的橙色和绿色油漆。这些都保存在原来的状况，从废弃的公寓，给它一些细节，简单不能复制在现代空间完全相同的乡土小猫的方式。

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The shades of orange and green, long faded over time, create a lovely visual contrast with the pristinely new white walls. They also complement the warm, neutral palette of the wooden walls and details, which are made of oak, and play off the various brass accents that are found in nearly every room throughout the apartment.

橙色和绿色的阴影，久已褪色的时间，创造了一个可爱的视觉对比，与原始的新的白色墙壁。他们也补充了温暖，中性的木墙和细节的调色板，这是由橡木做的，并发挥了各种黄铜口音，几乎每个房间都在整个公寓。

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In terms of its layout, the apartment is quite open and contemporary. Designers opted for a mixture of materials to offset the fact that they intended to keep some old painted concrete anyways. Now, besides that, the apartment features the oak and brass we already mentioned and also a heavy element of marble. The goal here was to mix old and new through materiality.

从布局上看，这套公寓是相当开放和现代的。设计师们选择了一种混合的材料来抵消这样一个事实，那就是他们打算保留一些旧的油漆混凝土。现在，除此之外，公寓的特点是橡木和黄铜，我们已经提到，也是一个沉重的大理石元素。这里的目标是通过物质性将新旧结合在一起。

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Besides wanting to simply make the apartment look nice, designers adored the idea that the home’s story and the act of keeping a few elements in their original condition almost made the very concept of time part of the material palette. The team and the new owners alike found this incredibly poetic.

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Outside, the owners are afforded several lovely views of the apartment’s surrounding urban area. In order to give owners something besides a cityscape to look at, however, designers aimed to make the interior of the apartment artistic enough that it might feel like a view as well; one private to the owners’ enjoyment.

屋外，业主们可以看到公寓周围城市的几个美丽景色。然而，为了给业主一些除了城市景观之外的东西，设计师们的目标是使公寓的内部足够艺术，让它看起来也像一幅风景；一个私人的，业主的享受。

This is part of why clear elements of nature have been incorporated into the apartment in lovely ways. Greenery helps to make the home feel a little more like an escape from busy life, taking one’s mind off the hustle and bustle of the city. It also gives the apartment a fresh atmosphere that feels at once clean and sophisticated.

In the places where the most greenery is present, designers opted to include a few additional materials, just to really drive that sense of nature home. Here, in addition to the warm oak you see elsewhere, visitors encounter volcanic slate and woven wicker as well, giving parts of the apartment the peaceful island feel that begot its name.

在那些绿色植物最多的地方，设计师们选择了一些额外的材料，只是为了真正推动自然的归宿感。在这里，除了你在其他地方看到的温暖的橡树，游客们还会遇到火山石板和编织柳条，让公寓的部分地方感觉到了它的名字。

Photos courtesy of the designer.

设计师提供的照片。

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