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.

林鲁的这套令人目瞪口呆的、新装修的绿洲公寓，其美丽之处可能在一定程度上体现在它可爱的美学上，但也很大程度上是因为它的起源。你看，在中国香港这个令人印象深刻的新家，是从一间废弃的公寓装修而来的，这套公寓空空如也，年久失修。

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.

公寓占地1200平方英尺，现在是个宁静、可爱的港湾，看起来像你可能在这里度假的地方，在新设计师改造之前15年的时间里，这甚至更疯狂。

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 They remarked to each other that the outdated but incredibly authentic scene inside was reminiscent of an old Wong Kar Wai movie.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。

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。

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.

橙色和绿色的色调随着时间的流逝而褪色，与最初的白色墙壁形成了一个可爱的视觉对比。他们还补充了木墙的温暖、中性的调色板和细节，这些细节都是由橡木制成的，在整个公寓几乎每个房间里都有各种黄铜口音。

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。

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.

除了想简单地让公寓看起来不错，设计师们都喜欢这样的想法：“家庭的故事”和在他们的原始状态下保持一些元素的行为几乎使“材料”选项板的“时间”部分的概念变得非常重要。这个团队和新的老板都发现了这令人难以置信的诗意。

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.

在外面，业主们可以看到城市周围的几处公寓。然而，为了给业主一些除了城市景观之外的东西，设计师们的目标是让公寓的内部足够的艺术，让它也能感觉到一个风景，一个私人的业主享受。

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.

这就是为什么清晰的自然元素以可爱的方式融入公寓的原因之一。绿色植物使家庭感觉更像是从繁忙的生活中解脱出来，使人的头脑从城市的喧嚣中解脱出来。这也给公寓带来了一种清新的氛围，让人感觉既干净又精致。

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.

在最绿化的地方，设计师选择了一些额外的材料，只是为了真正驱动大自然的感觉。在这里，除了你在其他地方看到的温暖的橡树外，游客还遇到了火山石板和编织柳条，给公寓的一些部分提供了它的名字。

Photos courtesy of the designer.

设计师提供的照片。

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