Formerly known as Beijing textile warehouse, a factory with red-brick walls and pitch roof built in the 1960s has been transformed into a new showroom for a young domestic furniture brand, ZIIN. The architect sought to balance the relation between existing site with the new function, exhibition and sale, background and objects. 

Placing two intersecting square frameworks, which were rotated 45 degrees to detached from the original four walls and formed independent nested buildings in a building. One of the new freestanding frameworks is transparent, and the other is solid. The transparent one is cladded with corrugated polycarbonate panels and placed next to the entrance and south window; therefore, coming from the south windows, the sunlight shines in the depth of the wood-paneled building through corrugated polycarbonate panels. 

Coming in through the entrance, one could perceive at one glance the overlapping relationship between the two frameworks by looking through the outline of the transparent building. Making diagonal relationship to form a new order and direction of space relative to 45 degree’s placements off the boundary, has stretched depth perception of walking and sight experience. The remaining space outside the framework forms a sense of place between interior and exterior. 

In the meanwhile, some triangular balconies and stairs protruded from the second floor in accordance with the current situation, introduce accidental and experimental space adaptively, and became an interesting element of the project. The staircase is located in a tight triangular area that is almost impossible for turning around, and the window at the corner of the staircase protrudes from the facade to form a triangular glass box that expresses the tension between the internal components. 

These discrete structural elements become the framework of spatial organization. Consistent with the structural exploration and candid expression embodied in the products of ZIIN, we also attempted to create a bare structural approach and to express the narrative of the structure itself in this interior building.The combination of components becomes an individual whole, meanwhile, separates from each other presenting their independence and relevance. The accomplished framework demonstrates design process, construction and assembling process as well, narrating how the structure has been constructed. 

The whole project adopts commonly used products which are familiar industrially produced materials. Bar sections, structural materials, wood, stone and red brick cement make no distinctions in this project. By recombining ordinary everyday materials and placing them on one facade, a warm, comfortable and fun scene is established. Similar to ZIIN's original intention of "affordable good design", this is an effective cost control project that uses basic formal logic, direct everyday materials and construction techniques to translate into a deep expression of space and detail.