Big cities are full of noisy bustling, and young people with ambitions hurry off to work in the morning. When night falls, they long for a warm harbor for healing and recharging. The owner of the house is a young man who has just emerged in the workplace and lives in Guangfu City. For this compact second-hand house with more than 60 square meters, standing in the shoes of the owner, URBAN designers created a pure, warm and cost-effective log house from the perspective of a young man. Different people have different ways for working, social interaction and living. Only their own places are the sources of spiritual power, which always remind themselves not to forget the value of pure life.
北上广灯红霓绿，年轻上班一族怀揣抱负，晨时步履匆匆，而在夜幕降临之时渴望一处温宁，疗愈，充电。房屋的主人是刚在职场崭露头角并在广府之城置业安居的年轻人，面对这一套60多平的紧凑二手房，URBAN设计师换位将心比心，用年轻的视角创建了一个纯粹，温馨，高性价比的原木居。工作与社交民居千人千态，唯有自己的一方天地才是精神的力量之源，它时刻提醒自己，别忘了纯粹生活的珍贵。

Pre-existing Layout
原始平面图

Designed Layout
设计平面图

For small scale apartment, the most urgent concerns are always the freedom of space and storage capacity of the house, and these two issues can always be solved through clever design approaches. In this renovation project, how to re-plan complete residential functions and maximize their efficiencies within limited budget are the core demands, therefore, permeability has become the fundamental design principle. In order to maximize the visual permeability,  getting rid of the pre-existing space limit and increase the spatial scale that people can feel, the designer completely changed the layout, allowing views to reach the furthest from any angels within the house. Meanwhile, flexible partition has not only guarantee traditional living habit, but also minimize unnecessary division. Also, using full height cabinets as partition has provide the mini house an amazing archive capability.
对于小面积的住宅而言，最迫切需要解决的总是空间的自由度与屋子的收纳能力，而这两点总是可以通过巧妙的空间设计得以完美解决。在这项改造任务中，如何在有限的预算内，重新规划完整的住宅空间功能并最大化其利用率是最核心的需求，因此，通透性成为了设计基础原则。为了最大化视觉通透性，从而摆脱原有面积限制，增加人可以感受到的空间尺度， 设计师将房屋格局彻底改变，让视线无论从哪一个角度都能到达最远的距离。同时，灵活的分隔处理也在保证房子符合传统生活习惯的同时，摆脱了不必要的遮挡。此外，利用储物当做空间隔断的手法即集约了空间利用，也提供了小房子惊人的储物能力。

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