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Residential project / Changsha, China

Changsha: timber lines through a layered villa

Three original plans and a coordinated photographic sequence document a Changsha villa. Timber ceiling lines, a slatted stair enclosure and gray cabinetry connect social rooms with the more private upper spaces.

3 original plans10 project photographsArcaya partner factory
Read the plans and photographs
Gray seating and timber ceiling detail in the Changsha villa living room
Living room: gray upholstery and a pale floor sit beneath a defined timber ceiling zone. / Arcaya project archive.
01 / Original drawings

Start with the spatial arrangement.

The project includes three drawings: level one, level two and a lower level. Read the stair first, then trace the rooms it connects. The photographs show social spaces with kitchen and dining functions, a timber-lined circulation route and separate sleeping and bathroom compositions. The three plans explain the overall stacking; the images help identify the material language used along the route.

Original floor labels are retained. The page compares spatial relationships, not verified construction dimensions or a current product specification.

Level one source plan
Original plan: level one. Original annotations retained; use the English room guide alongside the drawing.
Level two source plan
Original plan: level two. Original annotations retained; use the English room guide alongside the drawing.
Lower-level source plan
Original plan: lower level. Original annotations retained; use the English room guide alongside the drawing.

English room guide

Living room, kitchen, dining room, stair, bedrooms, wardrobe and bathrooms

The source drawing is retained so that walls, doors, stairs and dimension notes remain traceable. Open each image to inspect the original. Use the English analysis alongside it; these archive drawings are not issued for construction.

02 / Drawing × photograph

Read the evidence together.

Three plans connected by a stair

Look for in the photographs
Slatted screen and continuous timber ceiling route

Carry into a new brief
Review the levels together before fixing cabinet and panel heights.

Social rooms arranged around cooking and dining

Look for in the photographs
Island, kitchen wall and dining cabinet photographs

Carry into a new brief
Separate cooking storage, dining storage and circulation.

Private-room and bathroom zones

Look for in the photographs
Full-height wardrobe and two vanity views

Carry into a new brief
Agree internal use and service access behind the quiet frontage.

The comparison reads photographs and drawings from the same project. It does not certify that every plan dimension matches the completed space.

03 / Room and detail

Use the ceiling to organize an open interior

The timber ceiling zone gives the social rooms a direction before the cabinetry details are considered. In the kitchen it sits above pale fronts and a dark island; in the passage it becomes a longer line through the house. The useful lesson is to coordinate cabinet elevations with the ceiling and circulation drawings. A tall cabinet should not be treated as an isolated furniture purchase when its top line meets a strong architectural datum.

Kitchen island and pale cabinet wall beneath timber ceiling slats
Kitchen: pale cabinetry and a dark island share the same overhead timber direction.
Dark kitchen island facing a pale cabinet run and glazed partition
Working view: the island, wall run and adjoining glazed surface are visible together.
04 / Room and detail

A stair screen that connects the levels

Vertical timber slats define the stair without reproducing a solid wall. Seen alongside the corridor and dining views, the screen belongs to the same family as the overhead timber lines. For a new project, resolve the relationship between the screen, handrail, landing and adjacent doors before discussing a decorative slat spacing. Site responsibility and local stair requirements remain separate from the visual reference.

Long interior passage with slatted timber ceiling and pale walls
Circulation: the ceiling line continues through the route between rooms.
Dining table beside broad windows and a built-in display wall
Dining: daylight and a long cabinet composition frame the table.
Stair rising beside vertical timber slats and a dark handrail
Stair: vertical timber slats turn the change of level into a legible screen.
05 / Room and detail

Quiet fronts in the private rooms

The bedroom and wardrobe photographs reduce the number of competing surfaces. Pale, full-height wardrobe doors sit beside timber instead of carrying a second decorative pattern. The bathrooms use long vanity compositions with clear relationships to the mirror and basin. Keep the storage layout, door movement, plumbing access and wet junctions visible in the new brief, even when the finished frontage is deliberately simple.

Bedroom with a timber platform and blue upholstered bed
Bedroom: the timber line returns at the bed platform and adjoining surfaces.
Pale full-height wardrobe doors beside a timber-lined wall
Wardrobe: quiet full-height doors balance the more expressive timber treatment.
Bathroom with a long light vanity below a broad mirror
Vanity: a long, light cabinet surface is set against a darker wall plane.
Bathroom basin cabinet and mirror beside a freestanding bath
Bathroom: basin storage, a mirror and the bath are shown within one coordinated room.

Project record and design use.

Location
Changsha, China
Project type
Residential project
Rooms shown
Living room, kitchen, dining room, stair, bedrooms, wardrobe and bathrooms
Production
Arcaya partner factory
Drawing and image set
3 original plans and 10 project photographs

Arcaya coordinated this project and placed the order; the cabinetry was produced by one of our partner factories in China. Photographs and drawings are from the Arcaya project archive and are used with our partner factory's permission.

Use the case to discuss spatial and joinery decisions. Confirm materials, samples, hardware, dimensions and local installation responsibilities for the actual project before ordering.