Home is healing, fun, and enjoyable. Everyone’s unique understanding of life converges into individual, special, and heartfelt living spaces.
Recently, WJ STUDIO embarked on a creative expedition through the design of three model abodes at Season Mansion in Changzhou. This venture aimed to illustrate the myriad faces of the ideal living environment, meticulously tailored to accommodate the distinct desires of each resident.
Breathing New Life
Life’s vitality is extracted from nature’s embrace, and our dwellings offer profound lessons in living. As sunlight and greenery become the subtle language of our interiors, one is greeted by an oasis of tranquility, instinctively provoking a quest for innate beauty.
The space comes alive with a harmonious fusion of pale primrose yellow and serene basil green, setting the tonal narrative that imbues the home with happiness and a profound sense of attachment. Unprocessed elements of nature are ingeniously interwoven with contemporary furnishings, revealing the understated elegance and warmth of everyday existence. Under the embrace of natural light, the rhythm of tranquil days and the poetry of daily rituals gracefully unfurl.
The kitchen seamlessly merges with the dining zone via a cleverly integrated bar, enhancing the spatial functionality and converting it into a multipurpose hub that unifies storage, cooking, and mealtime activities. This design choice infuses everyday living with enhanced and a multitude of usage scenarios.
In the master bedroom, the aesthetic palette is consistently echoed in artistic wall hangings, bedside illumination, and subtle details, cultivating an ambiance that is simultaneously invigorating, soothing, restorative, and cozy. Daylight streams in through the window, accompanied by a soft breeze that animates the curtains and caresses delicate blooms, rendering life in this space tangible and vibrant.
The senior’s quarters adopt an understated gray hue, which, under the glow of warm yellow lighting, exudes a tranquil and introspective energy.
The children’s room is a vibrant microcosm encapsulating the delight and whimsy of youth. Vivid murals, eclectic pillows, and thoughtfully curated trinkets and toys serve as a testament to the joys of childhood imagination.
Modern New Trend
Avant-garde artistic toys are undoubtedly the most distinctive feature of this home, while the understated luxury and fashion conveyed by the extensive use of stone and wooden finishes represent the residents’ spiritual pursuit of high-quality living.
Reading, music, art, trendy toys, fitness, yoga… The beautiful things in life are all incorporated into the home, vibrant and colorful, yet perfectly balanced. The leisurely and comfortable atmosphere of the home, with its understated elegance, is gradually revealed in the living room.
Metallic accents, repurposed as an exhibit stand for contemporary art pieces, transform the dwelling into an ideal for exhibiting personal passions and cherished recollections.
The introduction of burnt orange dining seats paired with metallic artistic adornments enlivens the area, infusing the familial environment with a burst of energetic hues and rejuvenating vitality.
In the master suite, a palette of muted, earthy taupe prevails, evoking the grace, freedom, and allure of twilight hours. A television console illuminated by subtle LED strips and a meticulously organized walk-in closet further enhance the room’s tranquil and inviting ambiance.
Dedicated to nurturing a love for literature and creativity, the girl’s chamber envelops visitors with an ambiance of playfulness, adorned with adorable playthings and soft rugs. Dynamic artworks adorn the walls, stimulating the young inhabitant’s unfettered imagination.
The boy’s quarters embrace a monochromatic scheme of black and white, staying true to a chic and modern aesthetic. Varied textures—seen in the subtly lustrous leather cushions, mirror-finished metallic lampshades, and the blend of glossy picture frames—add depth and visual intricacy to the space, skillfully demonstrating the versatility of the monochrome theme.
Oriental New Luxury
Starting from the entrance vestibule defined by dark wooden veneers and marble, the composition of planes, lines, and colors establishes a sense of elegance, order, art, and understated luxury in the space.
Moving forward, the kitchen, dining room, and living room are connected as one, creating a spacious and open feeling under the backdrop of two panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows.
An L-shaped couch and a horsehair armchair converge to demarcate a snug and leisurely lounging nook, counterbalanced by a stately marble feature wall opposite, imbuing the setting with serenity and refinement. The space’s tactile richness and aesthetic depth are accentuated by meticulous touches of artistry, captured in these thoughtful embellishments.
Adjacent, the reading corner, backed by expansive floor-to-ceiling windows, broadens the living room’s versatility. Here, the inclusion of floor-standing lamps, leather-topped desk lights, and vintage record players imbue this intimate space with a sense of opulence and cultivated charm. At this desk, scenes of familial bliss, urban vitality, and melodic harmonies sequentially unfold, bestowing modest yet profound joys of existence.
Nestled to either side of the entrance hall lie the bedrooms. The master suite revolves around an ethos of sophistication, where hues and textures interweave to craft a scene of refined delicacy. A dressing table ingeniously fused with the TV console and wardrobe seamlessly integrates, augmenting the bedroom’s practicality.
The senior’s chamber echoes the color scheme of the master bedroom, exuding a warm and tranquil ambiance. Gilded artworks shimmer in the play of light and shadow, while leisurely moments are savored over a game of chess by the bay window, as time gently meanders on.
Conversely, the boy’s chamber introduces vitality through a subtly energizing hues, mirroring the child’s interests and personality within his personalized realm.
A multipurpose room, doubling as a family cinema, hobby corner, private retreat, and library, stands as another highlight. It serves as an idyllic sanctuary where familial bonds strengthen amidst shared tranquil moments, actualizing the myriad potentials of domestic life.
Ultimately, a home is a haven where connections run deep; thus, every material selection and decorative flourish should be meticulously tailored to individual desires, fashioning a uniquely beautiful living environment, exclusively theirs.
Project Name: Season Mansion Model Room
Location: Changzhou, Jiangsu
Complete: March 2024
Typology: Living/Model Room
Project Area: 143㎡/166㎡/189㎡
Client: Changzhou Jinling Shanshui Real Estate Co.
Interior Design: WJ STUDIO
Principal Designer: Hu Zhile
Design Team: Pan Yiming, Liu Yu’ao, Liu Shuxian (Interior Design); Yang Lilian (Construction drawings); Ye Zi, He You, Wang Yuqing, Lu Qiaoyun (Decoration Design)
Lighting Design: Eastco Lighting Design
Photographer: Hamovision – Xiao Si
About WJ STUDIO
WJ STUDIO pays attention to the continuity and creative thinking of the interior and exterior space of architecture. Starting from the architecture, context, and core elements of product, WJ STUDIO explores the connection between space, human, and nature, and creates practical and personalized interior and exterior space for users.
WJ STUDIO specializes in full process design, using professional resources in planning, architecture, interior, landscape and operation, and has rich practical experience in commercial, real estate, office, hotel and special exploratory projects under EPC+O Mode. They not only have an international global design vision, but also have the spirit of exploring the integration of local architecture regionalism and modernization, and have a solid follow-up ability in rural construction and old renovation projects.
As a young, energetic and passionate team, by the leadership of its founding partner Hu Zhile, WJ STUDIO has won many international design awards including Hospitality Design Awards (2024), World Architecture Festival WAF/INSIDE (2017-2022), Good Design Award (2022,2018), Andrew Martin International Interior Design Awards(2022), Architizer A+ Awards(2022), Paris Design Award (2022), International Design Awards(2021), Berlin Design Awards (2021), Outstanding Property Award London(2020), AD100 (2019,2017), etc.
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