How to live better? Learn from the designer.


In the past ten years, many urban young people have experienced changes in their living.

From the house where the parents' home may be simple but often big enough, to the north and the Guangzhou-Shenzhen suddenly expensive and cramped cabin.

From the make-up of various reasons, to the quality declaration that "the house may be rented but life is not."

It's hard to say that all kinds of self-awakening are not a new wave of drifting.

But if it makes you like yourself and life a little more, then maybe it is what we are trying to pursue and present.

[TOPYS] Interview with Qingshan Zhouping

Can't afford a designer, can afford design thinking.

The opportunity for ordinary homes and architects to be associated is not as much as in Dream Renovation.

For the first time, most people know that Qingshan Zhouping is because of the "Dream Transformer" program. The transformation of the old Hutong into a minimalist style is impressive, and the value of "Japan's Huo Jianhua" also makes him have a memory outside of his talents. point.


Qingshan Zhouping's Hutong Transformation Works

Although it is not possible to equate TV programs and shows in general, it is clear that it is unlikely that ordinary people's homes and designers, especially famous designers, will be associated. In the words of Castle Peak, designers often serve businesses, governments, or wealthy people—one percent of the top of these pyramids. Going back to reality, most people live in the same way as developers build in batches, renovate their homes, different needs, and different solutions.

It is this kind of gap that makes the home improvement project like "Dream Transformer" bring great impact to people. "It turns out that my house can become like this."

But there are still a lot of places that designers can help.

Residential design is a hard and time consuming job, naturally not cheap. But for ordinary people, there are still many opportunities to "steal the teacher". Aoyama has some tips for you.

First, pay more attention to architects' home design products, which are often used to provide home solutions in bulk. Many architects have a hobby of designing furniture. Their knowledge structure often brings different temperament to home design and enters a unique home concept. For example, Castle Peak, which is good at storage, will focus on designing furniture that is good at storage. These furniture naturally become a solution for storage and enter more people's homes.

Storage furniture design

In addition, pay more attention to the concept and method of professional design for home. Regardless of the reality show or various speeches, people can know more about and see the possibilities of a better lifestyle. Those transformation cases can be a reference for everyone to rebuild.

In the end, the good home environment of ordinary people depends on themselves, but it is not isolated.

Shared space is more space than you think

Remember to share the real core is happy

When it comes to the hot topic of sharing economy, people may first think of sharing charging treasure, sharing bicycles, and sharing office. But for Qingshan, these sharing "too much emphasis on economic aspects", sharing the real core should be happy, "because it is Enjoy 'share' and enjoy."

I feel that sharing conflicts with people's self-interested psychology? Qingshan, who likes to study history, finds that the concept of private ownership has not been long since the long history of human history. "So we can doubt this phenomenon. A few years ago, we did not think that one day we could go out without a wallet and people adapt to the new one. The ability of the environment has always been strong."

There is another hidden worry about sharing. "Three monks have no water to drink." Qingshan Zhouping lived in Beijing Hutong, neighbor Auntie always cleaned his yard every morning, but the people living in the apartment building never suddenly went to clean the lobby. In Qingshan, this is a design problem - the design of the apartment It makes people obvious: the door = "my space", the door outside = "I have nothing to do with me", such a difference. And living in a new design, apartment that emphasizes sharing, people's behavior may also change. Hutong’s living experience has given Qingshan a lot of inspiration. He not only studies the life pattern of Hutong, but also tries to “set up” this flat thing into high-rise apartment buildings, narrowing the private space slightly and interspersing some public spaces.

Regardless of how it is designed, Aoyama pointed out that one of the main points is to control the scale, even if it is a large amount of development, it must be cut into small pieces. Indeed, too large a scale always gives a sense of distance, not a sense of belonging.

Keep an eye on the budding of some new shared spaces

There is a Dongsi sharing in Beijing. One building covers shared housing, shared office and business. It seems to be a relatively complete solution for young people who are just starting a business and pursuing quality.

And Aoyama, which recently returned to Tokyo, also found that Japan, like more and more countries, has reduced private space and public space, such as the hotel where he lives, the room is small, there is no table, the upper floor The public spaces have large tables and bars that are comfortable and have a good atmosphere.恍惚 seems to have returned to the “big living room small bedroom” home layout ten years ago, which is a good option for people who are passionate about social atmosphere.

Hotel design full of shared spirit

The bookstore is another shared space that is everywhere, close to perfection, but easily overlooked. It's free, young and old, and when you don't know where to go, going to the bookstore is a good choice. A small insight into Castle Peak secretly gave you: "The space where you don't have to talk now is getting more and more popular. Our communication is finished by WeChat phone. There is actually nothing to talk about when meeting. So the movie theater is also good bookstore, no need. The space of speaking, I feel more and more important in the city."

problem? Hand over technology

If you are fully committed to sharing space as your own space, it will bring some problems. Recalling the university dormitory, you can easily understand that you want to read a book, there are people at the high side, rushing to wash the door, there are people in the bathroom...

Regarding these details, the designer said, let it be solved by technology. For example, the sound problem lighting brightness problem can be solved by setting the brightness, temperature, and noise sensor. Which bathroom is available and easy to view through the mobile APP.

It seems that in addition to design, technology is indeed the biggest assist in changing people's lifestyles. It can remove people's psychological barriers and practical problems in sharing a large part.

But the hardest part is maybe taking a bath with a stranger.

Qingshan feels that the two places in the public shared space are the most important - one is the place to eat and cook, the other is the place to take a bath. Although we feel that the Chinese, especially the South, are not accustomed to this "candid" relative, Aoyama believes that it is only a pure person to come to the bathhouse. Taking off the clothes is taking off all kinds of labels, and the communication is completely different. Experience. In addition to tea ceremony and flower path, Japan recently mentioned the soup road, which made him feel very interesting. This was also used by the recently completed Suzhou old home renovation project and the hotel project in Yunnan.

Suzhou has a bear travel, and Qingshan Zhou Ping incorporates the concept of a public bath in the design.

Lifelong learning like a designer

How to learn has always been the most concerned issue for creators, and it should be the concern of all those who can't do it.

Electric car is a good tool

Although the electric car doesn't seem to be so literary and fresh, Qingshan has a unique opinion: "Beijing is a hutong. Electric cars are the most suitable tools for observing the city. Too fast there is no way to see the details. It is too slow to have a solution. Look at the whole, so every day I go to work, I will choose an electric car to go different ways and see different scenes in the city."

Going to other cities, he also tries to choose a place where the car can't reach, because this place will "retain a lot of interesting space." In the view of Castle Peak, cars make different cities slowly become the same style and the same size, so at this point, he chooses to become a "Nade molecule" that tries to avoid cars.

Learning from history

Like many people, history is also an important learning object for Castle Peak. Qingshan always retains the habit of making forms. In the book, I see interesting things, things to think about, things in the project, from the very beginning, until the last few years, all the things happening are recorded in this form. This has also become his inspirational big data.

Qingshan Zhouping's table of knowledge accumulation

"We are probably where we are, and we are going in what direction. This form gives me a sense of direction."

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