US couple in Shanghai “stone door”
The owner of the house is a US couple,both are lawyers,they live in china over 15 years. lived in “siheyuan”(Beijing classic architecture) before, but finally,they choose Shanghai to stay.
石库门shikumen means “stone door”, the symbol of old Shanghai,like the symbol of old Beijing is “siheyuan”. the solo house very interested the couple, but after checking around,they found there not enough bright in the rooms. While their friend introduce the designer Raefer and Sacha Silva to them, they found it’s perfectly suit them.
the guest room full fill with old Shanghai elements and classic chinese elements.
The project makes the house into “3 layer and 3 floors”, mostly reserve the old house frame and plants, only insert large and bright windows.
pool and trees make the room cool even in summer.
the couple collected the door from Beijing.
the corner of hallway, highlight the collections from south asia.
layers connected by dooryard.
western long dinning table with chinese material and decoration.
kitchen is one of most important place for a family.
a guest room on top floor, bed can lean on and hide in the wall.
comfortable bathroom on 2 floor.
out the glass bedroom, terrace prepared for party and BBQ.