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Chen Yun

Warp Weft Design

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Work area and the tea pavilion - Lin Shikai
Reception area - Lin Shikai
Entrance - Lin Shikai
Work area and the tea pavilion - Lin Shikai

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JURY VOTES
Small Office
6.83
6.63
7.07
6.19
6.68
Ludmila Machado
Ludmila Machado Founder at Aurora Design
5.4
6
5
7
5.85
Apoorva Shroff
Apoorva Shroff Founder at lyth Design
7.62
7.62
8.18
7.46
7.72
Drew Gilbert
Drew Gilbert Design Manager at OBMI
6.82
6.74
6.66
6.98
6.8
Liyu Xue
Liyu Xue Founder and Creative Director at Staay
8
8.5
8
8.5
8.25
Weiping Lin
Weiping Lin Founder and Design Director at Lin Wei Ping Design Consulting
7
7
7
7
7
Mark Timo
Mark Timo Founder at De Interieur Club
8
8
8
8.5
8.13
Luca Macri
Luca Macri Partner at Lamatilde
7
6
6.5
7.5
6.75
Marcel Häusler
Marcel Häusler Creative Director at Karl Anders
5
5
5
5
5
Michelle Smith
Michelle Smith Associate Designer at M Moser Associates
8
8
8
7
7.75
Alessandro Ranaldi
Alessandro Ranaldi Head of Workplace Consultancy at Foster and Partners
7
7
7
7.5
7.13
Llisa Demetrios
Llisa Demetrios Chief Curator at The Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity
7
7
6.5
7
6.88
Terry Xu
Terry Xu Chief Designer at Masanori Design Studio
7
8
7
6
7
Yuan Jiang
Yuan Jiang Cofounder at Soda
6
5
7
5
5.75
Floor area
100 ㎡
Completion
2023
Furniture

The classic glass curtain wall blends space with nature, recording and focusing on the natural occurrence of people and socializing, events, and activities, All condensed within a 100 square meter space, endowed with the most authentic inner expressions of light, shadow, life, and rhythm.

Through the rotation of the movable wall, the design ingeniously combines the firm's scrolling identity with the opening of the spatial portal, The different densities on each side, between the functional 'closing' and 'opening,' the rotation of the doors opens up a tranquil narrative of space. To maintain a casual and relaxed tone within the space, visitors are required to change into slippers at the entrance, Therefore, the exploration begins with soft felt in the variable area in front of the door, with a chair thoughtfully placed to accommodate the detail of changing shoes.

The delicate beauty of Jiangnan is hidden among the mountains of West Lake, while the concrete forest requires a more nimble and agile way to relate to nature. It's not just the natural environment, but also the spontaneous occurrence of living scenarios, as the design attempts to create permeability between architecture and natural landscapes, by introducing artificial landscaping by the pathway into the interior, establishing a connection pattern between people and space through both spatial experience and spiritual resonance.

The elevation of the wooden walkway lends a full sense of ceremony to the entrance, while the two lattice doors on the left, are cleverly designed to be reversible, allowing personnel inside to adjust the connection with the Tianmuli complex according to the need for light and changes in the scene. When the setting sun floods the room, the warm and solid wooden walkway extends into every corner of life.

Although the original contours of the building define the shape of the space, different forms of division endow the space with multiple possibilities at different times, Overlapping functional slices magnify the small to dissolve the limitations of limited space usage. Therefore, the design revolves around autonomy and flexibility in work to develop the layout, integrating diverse office scene modes, blurring the boundaries between work, discussion, and leisure, releasing the potential of space in a dynamically flowing form.

For the flexible and open office model of small teams, the choice is made to break the closed definition of functional areas, integrating the space into a clearly layered aesthetic display through the giant screen that spans the entire wall, in different application scenarios, serving as an aesthetic background that integrates the space's tone, as well as bearing the meaning of meetings, presentations, and receptions at different times.