Beijing is a unique city, within the second ring road of the hutongs of the old city brings people a kind of tranquility, out of the second ring road will bring people into another fast-paced modern city, in this kind of fast-paced environment to survive, the young people every day end of the work to return to their own “home”, the old people every day in the “home” rarely go out, the communication between people is becoming less and less neighborly more and more alienated. The old people seldom go out in the “home” every day, and the communication between people becomes less and less, and the neighbors are getting more and more rusty. Home” should not be a completely closed space, in their own independent private living space at the same time, more space should be shared with others, so that there can be more exchanges between people, from the blood relations of the ‘home’ extended into the neighborhood of the ‘shared home’. From the “family” with blood relationship, it can be transformed into the “shared family” among neighbors, and then into the “big family” of the whole society.
A1 is the largest of the six households, and considering the family situation in Chinese society today, the theme is defined as “living space for three generations and six persons”, which is a more reasonable use of the flat and vertical space of the house type, transforming the original two floors of more than 60 square meters into a four-floor house of more than 90 square meters; changes in the working and living space of the young couple, and the convenience of the elderly’s living space, and the change of the working and living space of the young couple. The work space and living space for young couples, the convenience of living space for the elderly, and the freedom of space for children are all important elements in the design. Because there are entrance doors on the first floor and the first floor, it is more convenient to separate the public entrance and private family entrance when adding the work function; for the living space of the elderly, restrooms and showers are added on the first floor, and bathing is also available upstairs and downstairs, and equipped with corresponding barrier-free handrails, which is convenient for the separate use of the upper and lower floors; in terms of spatial positioning, it is a distinction between the elderly and the young couples in terms of the two families or the family space and work space, although it is not the case that the young couples have to change their work space and living space. In terms of spatial orientation, the distinction between two families, the elderly and young couples, or between family space and work space, although living together, can be maintained at a certain distance, which is also a function needed for future urban housing.
This project is different from general architectural exhibitions in that during the exhibition, many local residents came to see the project. As an architect, I could not only give professional reference advice to the residents, but also the results of the exhibition could make more local residents realize the possibility of renovation, the effect of renovation, and the power of design, which is also a very important significance of this exhibition. The results of the exhibition have been praised and criticized, but the ultimate goal is to use the design concept of “Shared Home” to change the architectural space of a small family to influence the change of a large family in the whole society, which is not the house but the life and the people who live in it. The important thing is not the house, but the life and the emotions of the people living in it.
