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Lane House, Beijing

Nolan Chao

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Designer
Nolan Chao
Client
private
Floor area
200.00 ㎡
Completion
2017

The balance of strong contradiction between privacy and openness was maintained by grills or curtains, for the concept of actual use possibilities in "loading", "uninstalling" and "building up inside". To expand the effect of the room by double or maybe triple-size, we removed some indoor partition walls to merge with different small spaces and treated differently for types of rooms with different functions, with which each space provided at least two or more "connections" to other blocks, like holes, windows or doors. With more choices for pluralistic rooms and free space of connectivity, the owner have more opportunities to experience great conveniences. The central is a functional corridor, and the rear contains the most private space, which can be adjusted and blocked with windows, curtains or partition doors. When the owners close all wooden and mirror doors, they will have a strong boundary and a considerable distance from the outside world, leaving with a very core and ceremonial clean area. We insisted on the origins of materials of stones, woods, metals and glasses, and managed very few treatments to process on them, by which way to compatible with interior and exterior to create amount of gray space and harmonious atmospheres. One of the biggest challenges is “in which way people desire to live in here” and “the attitude towards the living space”. We attempts to find ways to establish meanings for residences and shelters by initial and original intentions.