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The designer believes that the profundity and significance of space live in the sustainability derived from the unity of interrelated and codependent man, space, and environment; hence with enormous original materials and recycled waste, the concept is materialized in the design studio, a combination of home and office, for a design style of coexisting with environment.
Moonlit Garden Wuxi is a sales center located in the New District of Wuxi, China. The interior uses regional materials linked to local industry, such as cloth, iron, bamboo and Taihu Lake stone. A twenty meter entrance passage uses mirrors to create repeated reflections that suggest a bamboo forest. The ground floor recalls the historical background of Wuxi through these local materials. A belt of artificial greenery is installed on the ceiling of the underground lounge. The facility remains open like a public park, so local residents can meet and interact.
Pocket House is a mobile residence built inside a standard 40-foot shipping container. The reused container rests on a simple support base, and the dry construction was completed by installation alone in ten days, with little waste. Sections of the steel side walls were removed and replaced with glass doors, which improve ventilation and daylight and open the interior to the garden. Wood is used as the single interior coating for the floor, walls and ceiling. The compact plan holds a bedroom, a bathroom, a living and dining area and a kitchen.
The complexity of this project was to design an agile workplace of enormous size within a very limited time frame and to keep the physical and emotional needs of office users always at the heart of the design. With the new office design, Sberbank has set the first steps towards modernising their workplace concept. The new office design enables staff to perform their tasks in the most suitable work environment and establishes a brand new architectural identity for the leading financial institution in Russia and Eastern Europe.
Glass House is a small residential interior design in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The house is built entirely with reflective laminated glass, which blocks ultraviolet rays and provides thermal insulation of about seventy one percent. The total built area is sixty square meters. The structure is screwed and modular, based on the sizes of the glass panels and the steel profiles, so waste is avoided and the house can be moved or modified. Certified wood, stone and textured surfaces are used inside to bring warmth to the glass shell.
Back to Glory is a residential interior design for a 40-year-old apartment. A large two-story skylight and multi-axial spatial planning bring daylight deep into the narrow and long plan. Inwardly tilted glass drains rainwater, and large windows open the living room toward the skylight. A stair patio carries light down to the basement and relieves the low ceiling height. Layered openings connect the bedrooms, the dressing area, the study and the yard, while curtains and doors by section protect privacy.