Simplicity and sophistication are often the same thing

“Design is about finding the way of life that suits you best,” says Ye Jianquan, founder of DAMO Design. Jiahong Garden, in Wenzhou, a Chinese city surrounded by mountains and sea, is the answer: 180 square meters with no fixed layout.

The living room has no fixed position. It forms and reshapes itself with each arrangement of furniture. Movable pieces, articulated chairs, and folding screens replace fixed structures, allowing the space to reconfigure according to the light, the season, or the mood.

The continuous microcement floor, sober and monastic, coexists with teak and marble. Noble materials that require little care, they accept the weight of time. Transformed by air and light, they accumulate scents and marks, telling the story of the place.