Every year, numerous people move to Beijing looking for opportunities, especially people in their 20s. These people have similar attributes: relatively low income, up-going career and eagerness to meet more people.
Sum up in three keywords: economical, unstable, and growing.
Most of this group of people are singles or couples without child. They spend almost the same time being outside their house as inside. For them, work is the top priority. They like to enjoy off time together with friends, and dine outside or order to-go more often to save time from cooking.
Sum up in three keywords: economical, unstable, and growing.
Most of this group of people are singles or couples without child. They spend almost the same time being outside their house as inside. For them, work is the top priority. They like to enjoy off time together with friends, and dine outside or order to-go more often to save time from cooking.
High price of housing makes spare space like luxury. People share their apartment even room with each other, causing less privacy and lower life quality.
By reducing public spaces in the apartment and merge them together in common space, people can enjoy social activities in bigger area and with more people, as well as keep their private space intact. |
Each floor consists of 36 units of 6.0x3.1 meters. Some are public units like lounge, shared dining and open platform, while most are apartment units. Public units are common spaces with social functions. These spaces are distributed based on the types of apartments located in that floor. There are four types of apartment units, and each of them has several layouts. A-type units are the smallest and have little spare space for social activities; B, C and D types are bigger and more flexible. Floors with more A-types have public dining and lounges; floors with more B, C, and D types have public platform. |