Good Zendo: A Hong Kong House with Intelligent Storage + Good Tech

Sim-Plex Design Studio blew our minds earlier this 12 months with a household condo whose compact areas had been versatile to accommodate three individuals and their pets. The design studio lately accomplished one other condo in Hong Kong with intelligent storage options, good know-how, and transformable areas. Good Zendo homes a busy younger couple and their son, and resulting from their jobs that contain a lot of journey, they required an area for the grandmother to remain. As a result of busy nature of those city dwellers, Sim-Plex designed the inside with a zen-like really feel that makes use of the encircling panorama framed by the home windows as a relaxing component.

The lounge design is lifted up through a wood platform that hides a lot of cupboard space beneath. When the panels are closed, the room turns into an open area with a lot of potentialities. Constructed into the platform is a lifting desk that can be utilized as a espresso desk, for a tea ceremony, or for an off-the-cuff meal.

The 492-square-foot condo is decked out with good know-how, together with voice-activated synthesisers, lamp and air con switches, automated curtains, lifting tables, projection screens, and digital door locks. Along with the tech gear, the house makes use of the rules of Feng Shui in how the areas are laid out, how issues are balanced, and ensuring the 5 parts are integrated. To ensure all the weather had been coated, the “wooden” component reveals up within the maple veneer used on the storage cupboard wall.

If the grandmother comes to remain, the lounge might be partitioned off to offer her a personal area. The slide/folding doorways embrace louvers for air flow and glass panels to let gentle go by to the kitchen when the doorways are shut.

The son’s bed room additionally features a raised platform that elevates the mattress, provides him storage beneath, and a spot to sit down when it’s closed.