What is the concept of LOFT? Space design?

I often come into contact with loft style, but many people don't know much about what loft style is. A little abstract, but it can be roughly understood as open, avant-garde and even reinforced concrete. . The specific explanation is as follows

LOFT literally means warehouse and attic, but when the word gradually became fashionable in the late 20th century and evolved into a fashionable living and lifestyle, its connotation has gone far beyond the original meaning of the word.

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LOFT, a lifestyle, first appeared in new york in the 1940s.

At that time, artists and designers used abandoned industrial factories to separate various spaces such as living, working, socializing, entertainment and collection. In the vast factory, they have built various lifestyles, created performance art, or held exhibitions of works, which made them feel hearty and happy. These factories later became the most personalized, avant-garde and popular places for young people.

In the late 20th century, LOFT, the art of perfect collision between industrialization and post-modernism, gradually evolved into a fashionable way of life and work, and spread widely all over the world. LOFT is always compared with artists, avant-garde, pioneers, 798 and other words.

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The definition elements of Loft mainly include: tall and open space, double-layer structure, stairs and beams similar to the stage effect of drama; Mobility and accessibility of apartments; Transparency, reducing the degree of privacy; Openness, all-round combination between units; Artistic, usually the owner decides all the styles and patterns by himself.

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The expression of loft in architectural style is described by Qiu Zhijie, a famous conceptual artist and conceptual photographer: "Respect for established space is combined with bold cutting and reconstruction of space within economic limits; Exquisite quality of life requires a combination of cheap decoration, and cheap decoration often requires more sophisticated design. This strange established limitation and specific purpose tasks often lead to amazing ingenuity in design. "

"In terms of details, loft buildings around the country use a large number of cantilever structures of glass fiber reinforced plastic frames, which leads to mutual penetration of internal and external landscapes. This not only includes pragmatic lighting design, but also includes the recognition attitude towards the similar environment around, and also marks the impersonal color of people living in it. "

"On the other hand, such buildings are often willing to be exposed, even deliberately showing off the cast-in-place cement beam-column structure, or aestheticizing various industrial residues, which just proves the sense of distance between the residents who reuse these industrial buildings and industrial civilization. Machines, cement and pipes no longer mean tension and depression for them. They are no longer monotonous and indifferent, but the personality and indifference that iron shoes are looking for. "

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When human beings entered the Internet age, the wave of "personalization" abandoned by the industrial revolution came back. As an architectural form, LOFT was more and more loved by people, and even became the main trend of urban redevelopment, which brought exciting changes to the lifestyle of urban people and had a great impact on urban aesthetics in the new era.

LOFT's most striking features are tall and open space, double-layer structure, stairs and beams similar to the stage effect of drama. In this empty and silent space, it is full of the imagination of designers and residents. They listened to their inner guidance, arbitrarily divided this long-span mobile space, created mezzanine and semi-mezzanine, and set up reception areas and large and open office areas.

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LOFT space has great flexibility, and people can create their dream home and dream life at will, without being limited by existing institutions or components. People can make the space completely open or divided, and make it contain personalized aesthetic taste. Since then, the rough column wall, gloomy cement floor and bare steel structure have been separated from the old warehouse. In an ugly old factory building, a new breath is surging, and this is LOFT life.

LOFT consumer groups: LOFT is a building that supports both commercial use and residential use, so the main consumer groups include personality and function. From the functional point of view, it is suitable for those places that need more space, such as TV studios and company product exhibition halls. Personality problems, many young people and artists who pursue fashion are LOFT consumers, even including some IT companies with characteristics.

LOFT symbolizes avant-garde art and the life and creation of artists. It challenges the traditional concept of living such as garden houses and the concept of working and living areas in modern cities. Work and life don't need to be separated, but can happen in the same big space, and the factory building and residence overlap partially. LOFT lifestyle allows residents to feel unrestrained freedom in the countryside even in the bustling city.