Yulin District belongs to a typical old Chengdu block. It is a market place, grounded and avant-garde, gathering many interesting people and shops. The street vendors’ shouts of vegetables and the jazz music of cafes mix together wonderfully. When the weather is good and there is sunshine, it is as lively as the Spring Festival. We like such a dynamic and living environment. We also hope that by staying on the street, we can absorb nutrition from community life and explore more possibilities and integrity of space experience.

The project is located in Fanghua Street in Yulin District, where contains old residential buildings of 1990s. The area of shop is very small, there is no drainage, and the roof leaks, many commercial formats can not be developed, but this is fine for us! At the initial stage, we just wanted it to be an office, but along with more and more ideas coming out when we start planning, the design had been modified for many times. Finally, we decided it to be the Office+Exhibition .

▼项目入口近景，close shot of the entrance

The original shape of the house is irregular rectangle, and a 50cm step inside the house break up the space. We try to explore more possibilities of emotional expression in this tiny space. By building walls, doorways and restructuring new enclosed areas, the space becomes more in line with the functional positioning. The new vertical channel turns into the best display location.