The Horizontal Window House
由“窗”至“居”
Chaoyang / Beijing
2023
面积：89㎡
材质： 胡桃木/黑色马赛克/清水混凝土/手工红砖/蔺草黄麻垫
奖项：2021年家居廊年鉴
设计师在改造时，构建出横向的L型木质结构作为引光入室的装置，将两扇朝南的飘窗串联起来，加上中间的灯箱组成一扇长达六米五的长窗。这一木结构延伸出了坐台、书桌、收纳和多功能榻榻米房间，化房屋的结构劣势为设计亮点，让居住者轻松实现多种使用场景。
This project is located in Chaoyang District, Beijing, with a building area of 89 square meters. The original layout was divided into a very cramped three-bedroom and one living room, where each space had low utilization. Although it has a north-south transparent layout, the original building structure's inwardly extended windowsills and high windowsills restricted the size of the windows, affecting indoor lighting and ventilation.
During the renovation, the designer constructed a horizontal L-shaped wooden structure as a device to bring light into the house, linking the two south-facing bay windows together and adding a lightbox in the middle to form a 6.5-meter-long window. This wooden structure extends into a seating platform, desk, storage, and multifunctional tatami room, transforming the structural disadvantages of the house into design highlights, allowing residents to easily realize various usage scenarios.