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Anpin Xiaoyuan Residential House

Anpin Xiaoyuan

Anpin Yuanshe Xiaoyuan is a residential interior design in the Qinhuai District of Nanjing, China. The project keeps the historical layout of streets and lanes and develops low-rise courtyard housing with yards and light wells. Grey tiles, white walls and wavy hip roofs follow the building tradition of southern Nanjing. The design joins the house with a garden that can be visited and lived in. Two related forms were developed for the site, one steady and one moderate and inclusive, both combining hard and soft elements.

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Parrot and Human Residential House

Parrot and Human

Parrot and Human is a residential interior design for a couple and their pet parrot in New Taipei City, Taiwan. The home covers 56 square meters and includes an entrance, a living room, a dining room, a kitchen, a bedroom, a semi-open study room and a bathroom. Wooden elements and plants give the space a natural character. Custom iron parts and wall trusses serve as perches for the parrot. A triangular roof in the common area recalls the shape of a birdcage and conceals beams and the air conditioner. Partitions stop below the ceiling so the parrot can fly freely.

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Yard Residential

Yard

Yard Apartment is a short-rent residential interior in Shanghai with an interior area of 25 square meters. The design connects the indoor rooms with a courtyard, which serves as an outdoor living room in good weather. A bar links the inside and the outside. The sunken living room creates changes in height, and a mezzanine holds the bedroom. Wood veneer and wood furniture give the small home a warm character, while the bathroom is finished in dark cement paint. Custom furniture allows several functions to overlap in a very limited area.

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Yorkshire Villa Residential House

Yorkshire Villa

Yorkshire Villa is a residential interior design for a four-story duplex lakefront villa in Chongqing. The mountainous terrain places the entrance on the second floor, which links to the third floor and serves as a shared living space for the family. The ground floor opens to an outdoor garden, and the basement level holds a room for entertainment. Walls between two adjoining villas were removed to connect the interiors. A skylight and a tall open void bring daylight into the bright reception room. Natural materials add texture and a sense of comfort.

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Long For Star Atlas Aesthetics Showroom Business Demonstration Room

Long For Star Atlas Aesthetics Showroom

Long For Star Atlas Aesthetics Showroom is a business demonstration room in Songjiang District, Shanghai, China. The design treats photography as an art of light and connects a natural lake view with modern art elements. The front hall and the shared water bar are artistic and modern, and hidden leisure functions are placed inside them. The reception area and the open area are arranged so that the lake can be seen from every point. Main materials include stone, copper stainless steel, leather and fabric wall coverings, and solid wood flooring.

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Calm Black Residence

Calm Black

Calm Black is a residential interior design for a 99 square meter home with three rooms in New Taipei City. Black, grey and white form the base tones, combined with concrete, iron, titanium plated metal, marble and cultured stone. The original enclosed kitchen was opened and a bar counter links the kitchen with the living room, dining area and study. A raised floor, a low quartz stone wall, a concrete wall and an arch structure above the dining table divide the public area without blocking it. Curved ceiling lines soften the exposed beams.

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Hexi Corridor Grand Hotel

Hexi Corridor

Hexi Corridor is a hotel interior design located in Dunhuang. The project covers 10000 square meters. The door header combines a ribbon form taken from the flying Apsaras frescoes with dome elements common in local architecture. A shallow pool in front of the entrance reflects the building. A narrow passage shaped like a cave and finished with local pebbles leads to a lobby 10 meters high, where the ceiling is treated as a blue sky. The walls combine grey cement bricks with wooden grilles. Local culture and history guided the design.

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The One Mansion Xi'an Sales Center

The One Mansion Xi'an

Xi'an The One Mansion is a sales center interior covering 998 square meters. The design draws on the culture of Chang'an, the ancient capital that marks the starting point of the Silk Road. A concept named wei-cheng guides the layout of the sales center. The traditional Chinese idea of a round sky and a square earth informs the forms and proportions. Light and shadow are used to create a calm and moderate atmosphere. Empty and solid areas are balanced so that the space carries traces of time.

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Casa Restaurant

Casa

Casa Teppanyaki is a Japanese teppanyaki restaurant located in Suzhou, China. The commercial area covers 220 square meters and is divided into five teppanyaki tables and one private dining room. The ceiling reaches five meters in height, and a skylight brings daylight deep into the interior. The iron cooking plate is shaped as a semicircle to reduce the visual weight of the equipment. Materials include white marble effect floor tiles, a steel frame structure and gray marble. Sprayed wall finishes and wood lines add warmth to the space.

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Realm of Transition Office

Realm of Transition

Realm of Transition is an office interior design of 275 square meters completed in Taipei City, Taiwan. The interior is based on a medieval nautical theme inspired by the explorer Magellan. Nautical motifs include hemp rope, arched beams, round rods, canvas, ship side boards and oak barrels. The chairman office features a cabin handle and medieval nautical charts. Recycled timber pallets and disused oak barrels were used to support sustainable design, and high-technology printing replaces some actual timber materials.

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Shenzhen Longyuan School

Shenzhen Longyuan

Longyuan is a nine year school designed for 3,360 students in 72 classes, mainly serving nearby residents. The campus has an L shaped layout on a narrow site with a plot ratio of 1.24. Primary and middle school teaching buildings have separate entrances and are linked by steps, ramps, lanes, corridors and courtyards. Specialized classrooms are placed between the two levels for shared use. A social corridor divides the teaching and sports areas and holds five colored volumes for group activities. Wood, aluminum sheet and fabric are used indoors, with planting added for a green atmosphere.

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Mastech Dongguan Office

Mastech Dongguan

To consider high density of users, multiple business relations, and unknown meeting typologies, this workplace aims to be open-plan and non-standard paradigm, to support any type of group talks. At the 1st floor, the reception area is compartmentalized by flooring plans. Each area faces to different orientation, bringing a little contrast, but maintaining more privacy during business talks. On 4th floor, considerable office desks are installed in the core area, surrounded by a loop of artificial turf running track, connecting every division and uniting working forces among peers.

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