A house makeover at the foot of the Mutianyu Great Wall

The designer makes the house akin to a “回” shape by getting through different functional spaces while keeping its original timber structure. This reserves the Chinese traditional elements as well as meets the German owner’s requirements for roomy and light. Isolation and communication became the significant factors in design process.

Doors

The diversified door hardware solutions from Häfele allow designer to implement his thinking much easier:

Floor spring for the entrance door bears up to 300 kg, pivot hinge for the two-leaf door in the living room with load of 150 kg, the wooden sliding door fittings in bathroom entrance featured ultra-quiet as well as additional highlight rollers clean the tracks as go along, and other various glass sliding door fittings. Different door solutions optimize space function and achieve beauty and simplicity as well.

Kitchen

The open kitchen, being opposite the living room, presents some powerful solutions on storage and easiness concept, to realize an aesthetic understanding for beauty and practicability in space. Including Vauth Sagel baskets, base pull out and free flaps.

Bathroom

Two bathrooms located on east and west corridor using two different designs of classic Japanese and modern style, which is reflected in the choosing of cabinets, ceiling, shower heads and faucets. Häfele bathroom fittings, is widely used in super five-star and five-star hotels. It definitely attributes the success to its German quality and practicability as well as its wide range of product line and sophisticated technology, which is designed to inspire designers with some new ideas.