sim-plex | 香港“寵物遊樂場”公寓-設計風向

sim-plex設計工作室為香港元朗的一對年輕夫婦設計了“寵物遊樂場”。因為與母親和寵物生活在一起，所以客戶要求一套帶有部分私人和部分公共區域的新公寓，讓兩代人能和諧地生活在一起。最終的方案是為動物創造了一個靈活的空間，包括活動區域，同時也滿足了整個家庭的不同需求。

sim-plex design studio has created ‘the pets playground’ for a young couple in yuen long, hong kong. living with their mother and pets, the client required a new apartment with partly private and partly communal areas, allowing the two generations to live together harmoniously. the resulting scheme creates a flexible space incorporating activity areas for the animals, while also fulfilling the varying requirements of the entire family.

sim-plex將主臥室與客廳連接起來，而母親的臥室與餐廳相連。設計中還需要考慮客戶的鸚鵡籠放在哪裏，經過一些協商，他們決定將鸚鵡籠放置在客廳大窗戶前的低矮櫥櫃上，靠近主臥。為了防止鸚鵡和客戶母親的貓直接接觸，設計團隊還設置了一扇玻璃推拉門，將主臥室和客廳分隔開來。

the layout of the interior is designed by sim-plex to connect the master bedroom with the living area, while the mother’s bedroom is connected to the dining room. the design also had to consider where to place the client’s parrot’s cage, and after some consultations, they decided to position it on the low cabinet in front of the large window of the living room, which is closer to the master bedroom. a glass sliding door has also been implemented to prevent direct contact between the parrot and the client’s mother’s cat, while also separating the zone of master bedroom and living room, giving the couple privacy.

客戶的母親要求公寓內有足夠的空間讓她的貓能夠自由活動。因此，siml-plex將餐桌設計到餐廳的櫥櫃中。大多數時候，它是隱藏的，為貓創造出更多的空間。入口旁邊有一個貓廁所，也是出門換鞋的地方。餐廳櫥櫃的中央是一個有貓洞和走道的空間。母親臥室的衣櫃與貓屋融為一體。

the client’s mother required space within the apartment for her cat to be able to move around freely. sim-plex therefore designed the dining table to be integrated into the dining room cabinet. most of the time, it is hidden to create more space for the cats; there is a cat toilet next to the entrance, and it is also a seat for changing shoes before going out; the central part of dining room cabinets is a void with cat round holes and walkways; the mother’s bedroom wardrobe is integrated with a cat house.

在材料的選擇上，主臥和客廳區域以淺楓木和灰色為裝飾，母親臥室和用餐區域以白橡木色為主色調。公寓的設計也是為了可以最大化存儲空間。sim-plex提出了木質平台的布局設計，但是考慮到老人的因素，平台的落地對她來說不太方便，所以最後隻在客廳設置了平台，母親可以方便的從自己的房間走到餐廳、浴室和廚房。這個設計考慮到了老年人的安全，也使得貓進入鸚鵡區域更加困難。

in the material selection, the master room and the living room area are decorated with light maple wood and grey colors, while the mother’s room and the dining area are mainly white oak color. the apartment is also designed to maximize storage space. sim-plex proposed a wood platform layout, but after considering the elderly, the landing of the platform is inconvenient for her, and so finally only sets the platform in the living room, and the mother could easily come from her room to the dining room, bathroom and kitchen. this design takes care of the safety of elderly and also makes it more difficult for the cats to enter the parrot area.