In an ancient Ming Dynasty house in Suzhou, Jianze interacts with gardens and opera across borders.
01 A 500-year-old Jiangnan ancient house takes on a new lease of life
A courtyard waiting for stories, a Kun Opera that awakens floating life, the design and transformation that lasted three months was finally completed. It releases the contemporary expression of Chinese garden life and becomes a new model for the renewal of ancient cities and the revitalization of intangible cultural heritage.
△The 20° Coffee Table in a corner of the space complements the antique long coffee table, releasing the intertwining of history, present and future.
△The light and comfortable Yǎng Chair surrounds the Loft Round Table
During the space renovation process of "Shantang·Fromome", the project design team chose to use contemporary context to recreate the beauty and interest of classical, traditional, and dramatic works, while at the same time getting rid of the constraints of traditional historical symbols and adapting the entire space to the needs of current life.
Jianze's inclusive and diverse product design is like a bridge that appears in every corner of the ancient house. It connects tradition and contemporary times silently and harmoniously integrates into public space and daily life, triggering emotional resonance in the experiencer and activating the understanding of ancient and modern life. more understanding and imagination.
△Yǎng Chair and Loft Square Table
03 Jianze and immersive Kunqu Opera are a fusion of the old and the new
Whether Eastern or Western, traditional or contemporary, the pursuit of beautiful expression and lifestyle will transcend the boundaries of time and space and reappear in some special form.
When the heavy footsteps of Kunqu Opera "Six Chapters of a Floating Life" circle around the courtyard of "Shantang·Fromome", when Yun Niang's skirt brushes the back of the chair. People's hope for the beauty of daily life travels through time and space and resonates here.
400 years ago, Shen Fu's pursuit of a spontaneous and self-adapted life was conveyed to this day through his "Six Chapters of a Floating Life". 400 years later, China's first immersive opera performance "Six Chapters of a Floating Life" was staged at the world cultural heritage Canglang Pavilion. It was innovatively combined with the world intangible cultural heritage Kun Opera and was selected into the China World Heritage Protection Achievements Exhibition at the UNESCO World Heritage Conference. , known as the "Hermes" in opera performances.
Nowadays, "Six Chapters of a Floating Life" has been iterated to version 3.0, and its audience has also expanded to Generation Z. It was launched in an ancient house this year and became the "Floating Life Collection". This is in line with Jianze's continuous iteration and youthful product design. Age is not the only label, spirit and state of mind are the marks of youth. Jianze is committed to conveying a life attitude that is not bound by established concepts based on people's psychological age, living conditions, and spiritual needs.
△Photography: Sun Jian
In this "Shantang·fromome" project, Jianze used household products to practice a new usage scenario. In the future, Jianze will also use the proposition of "open definition and relaxed expression" to encounter more unexpected spaces and scenes to carry out communication and interaction.