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Type:Renovation, Completed
Location:Zhengzhou, ChinaYear: 2024Project Team:Vanessa WANG, Steven CHEN


















This apartment renovation reimagines a four-bedroom residence as a comfortable and adaptable retirement home for an elderly couple. The original layout provided more private rooms than required for daily living, while the apartment’s location limited the amount of natural light reaching the public spaces. Our design approach focuses on enhancing daylight, spatial clarity, and ease of movement to support long-term, relaxed living.

We removed the partition wall between the original living room and an adjacent bedroom. This intervention allows daylight to travel deeper into the apartment while transforming the former enclosed rooms into two interconnected public spaces: a living room and a tea room. The expanded public zone creates visual transparency across the interior and offers a flexible area for daily activities, social interaction, and quiet leisure.

The apartment features a consistent ceiling height of approximately 2.7 meters, presenting an opportunity to define spatial hierarchy without introducing additional walls or partitions. Instead, we established a horizontal datum at 2.1 meters. Depending on programmatic needs, some spaces retain the full 2.7-meter height, while others are lowered to the datum line.

Integrated millwork plays a key role where the ceiling is lowered. Custom green cabinetry acts as a soft spatial divider, separating functions without fully enclosing them. It maintains visual connection between spaces and provides storage.

Through light, proportion, and carefully placed architectural elements, it creates a calm, legible, and generous living environment—supporting comfort and everyday enjoyment for the couple’s retirement years.本次公寓改造项目以一对退休夫妻的长期居住需求为核心，将一套原本为四居室的住宅重新梳理为更加舒适、清晰且适合慢生活节奏的居所。原始户型在私密空间数量上明显超出业主的实际使用需求，同时由于住宅位于二层，公共空间的自然采光条件较为受限。设计以提升采光、空间通透性及日常使用的舒适度为主要目标，为未来的退休生活提供更具弹性的居住环境。

在空间布局上，我们拆除了原有客厅与相邻卧室之间的隔墙，使自然光得以更深入地进入室内，并将原本封闭的空间转化为两个相互联系的公共区域——客厅与茶室。公共空间面积的增加不仅强化了室内的视觉通透感，也为日常活动、交流与休闲提供了更宽敞、灵活的场所，满足退休生活中多样化的使用需求。

公寓整体层高约为2.7米。为了在不增加实体隔墙的前提下对空间进行功能划分，设计引入了一条2.1米的水平基准线（Datum）。根据不同空间的使用属性，部分区域保留完整的2.7米层高，而另一些区域则下沉至2.1米。这种通过层高变化形成的空间层次，在保持整体连贯性的同时，清晰地区分了不同功能区域。

在降低层高的区域中，定制木作被作为重要的空间元素引入。绿色柜体不仅承担了储物与功能分隔的角色，也在不同空间之间建立起视觉上的联系，使空间在被区分的同时依然保持开放与流动。

通过对采光、比例与建筑元素的精准控制，本次改造在有限条件下营造出一个安静、清晰且富有尺度感的居住环境，为退休夫妻提供一个舒适、从容且可持续使用的家













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