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Convertible House in Downtown Chicago

AutoCAD, photoshop 

Floor Plan1

(Before Convert)

Floor Plan 2

(After Convert)

This convertible house is designed for millennials fashion designers live in Chicago downtown. The goal of this design is to provide an efficient space include both fashion design business and relax function. The overall design of this house is inspired by Piet Mondrian’s painting named “Composition II in Red, Blue, and Yellow, 1930”. With this concept in mind, neutral color such as grey, black and white create a professional feeling in the entire space, contrast color such as blue and red as two accent colors embellish the environment, and bring the modern consciousness into the space. Customized cabinet in both side of the wall contains most of the home fashion design business function and unit inside of the cabinet. The hidden cabinet setting offers simple but structured outlook during the day and night time. Also, hidden cabinet provide better solution in private keeping. At the same time, half of the storage unit embed air-pressure installation behind the door for convenience of opening. The self-designed convertible desk contains two boards and can be transformed for different purposes, such as dining table, meeting table, extra working table, etc.. Moveable and convertible furniture bring a brand new flexible life style in the whole room.  

Concept

  • Young professionals(Millennials) have strong adaptive capacity in new technology.

  • Most of the young professionals(Millennials) seldom watch shows, movie, etc. on TV.

  • Most of the young professionals(Millennials) are always ready for an adventure.

Research Result

  • Client resident lives by herself.

  • Client resident has small social group.

  • Client resident sometimes meet clients and co-workers at home.

Characteristics of Resident

  • Combine working and living space.
    ▪ Creates compartment next to next.

  • Enough storage space for all working and living equipments and materials. ▪ Customized the size of the storage.

  • Keep privacy when the space is in working function.
    ▪ Creates transformabble hidden system for all cabinets.

Design Goals & Solutions

Self-designed Furniture

Perspective-Living Area

Perspective-Working Area

Reflection Plan

Elevations

Presentation Board Layout

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