The beauty of the stunningly fresh looking and very newly finished Oasis Apartment by Lim   Lu might sit partially in its lovely aesthetic, but it’s also largely due to the story of its origins. You see, this impressive new home in Hong Kong, China, was refurbished from an abandoned apartment that was left empty to age and deteriorate.

林鲁的这套令人目瞪口呆的、新装修的绿洲公寓，其美丽之处可能在一定程度上体现在它可爱的美学上，但也很大程度上是因为它的起源。你看，在中国香港这个令人印象深刻的新家，是从一间废弃的公寓装修而来的，这套公寓空空如也，年久失修。

Taking up 1,200 square feet, the apartment is now a peaceful, lovely haven that looks like the kind of place you might take a vacation in, which is even more wild to think about when you consider that is sat uncared for in the quarry bay neighbourhood for over 15 years before the new designers transformed it.

这套公寓占地1200平方英尺，现在是一个安静可爱的避风港，看上去就像是你可以去度假的地方。当你考虑到在新设计师改造之前，这座公寓在鱼湾附近被闲置了超过15年，当你想到这个地方时，你会觉得更加疯狂。

Originally owned by a man who spent nearly his whole life in the apartment itself, it was abandoned when he suddenly traveled away from Hong Kong, leaving everything behind in its place and never returning. About a year ago, designers visited the site and noticed how it looks as though time had simply been standing still the moment you walked through the door. They remarked to each other that the outdated but incredibly authentic scene inside was reminiscent of an old Wong Kar Wai movie.

原来是一个在公寓里度过了一生几乎一生的人所拥有的，当他突然离开香港时，就被抛弃了，把所有的东西留在原地，永远不会回来。大约一年前，设计师们参观了这个网站，并注意到，虽然时间只是在你穿过门的那一刻一直站在一边，但它是如何看上去的。他们彼此说，过时的但令人难以置信的真实场景让人想起了一个古老的王家卫电影。

In the newly transformed apartment, designers chose to keep a few original elements untouched in order to give the home a sense of unmatched character. Primarily, visitors might notice a series of old concrete beams visibly covered in chipped orange and green paint. These were preserved in their original condition from the abandoned apartment to give it some detailing that simple cannot be replicated in modern spaces in quite the same rustically kitschy way.

在新改造的公寓里，设计师选择保留一些原始元素，以赋予家庭无与伦比的个性感。主要的是，游客可能会注意到一系列旧混凝土梁明显地覆盖在缺口的橙色和绿色油漆中。这些都是在他们原来的条件下从废弃的公寓里保存下来的，给它一些细节，说明简单的不能在现代的空间里以同样的风格来复制。

The shades of orange and green, long faded over time, create a lovely visual contrast with the pristinely new white walls. They also complement the warm, neutral palette of the wooden walls and details, which are made of oak, and play off the various brass accents that are found in nearly every room throughout the apartment.

橙色和绿色的阴影，长期褪色，创造了一个可爱的视觉对比与棱镜的新白墙。它们还补充了木墙和细节的温暖、中性的调色板（由橡木制成），并在整个公寓的几乎每个房间中找到的各种黄铜色调。

In terms of its layout, the apartment is quite open and contemporary. Designers opted for a mixture of materials to offset the fact that they intended to keep some old painted concrete anyways. Now, besides that, the apartment features the oak and brass we already mentioned and also a heavy element of marble. The goal here was to mix old and new through materiality.

从布局上看，这套公寓是相当开放和现代的。设计师们选择了一种混合的材料来抵消这样一个事实，那就是他们打算保留一些旧的油漆混凝土。现在，除此之外，公寓的特点是橡木和黄铜，我们已经提到，也是一个沉重的大理石元素。这里的目标是通过物质性将新旧结合在一起。

Besides wanting to simply make the apartment look nice, designers adored the idea that the home’s story and the act of keeping a few elements in their original condition almost made the very concept of time part of the material palette. The team and the new owners alike found this incredibly poetic.

除了想简单地让公寓看起来不错，设计师们都喜欢这样的想法：“家庭的故事”和在他们的原始状态下保持一些元素的行为几乎使“材料”选项板的“时间”部分的概念变得非常重要。这个团队和新的老板都发现了这令人难以置信的诗意。

Outside, the owners are afforded several lovely views of the apartment’s surrounding urban area. In order to give owners something besides a cityscape to look at, however, designers aimed to make the interior of the apartment artistic enough that it might feel like a view as well; one private to the owners’ enjoyment.

屋外，业主们可以看到公寓周围城市的几个美丽景色。然而，为了给业主一些除了城市景观之外的东西，设计师们的目标是使公寓的内部足够艺术，让它看起来也像一幅风景；一个私人的，业主的享受。

This is part of why clear elements of nature have been incorporated into the apartment in lovely ways. Greenery helps to make the home feel a little more like an escape from busy life, taking one’s mind off the hustle and bustle of the city. It also gives the apartment a fresh atmosphere that feels at once clean and sophisticated.

这就是为什么清晰的自然元素以可爱的方式融入公寓的原因之一。绿色植物使家庭感觉更像是从繁忙的生活中解脱出来，使人的头脑从城市的喧嚣中解脱出来。这也给公寓带来了一种清新的氛围，让人感觉既干净又精致。

In the places where the most greenery is present, designers opted to include a few additional materials, just to really drive that sense of nature home. Here, in addition to the warm oak you see elsewhere, visitors encounter volcanic slate and woven wicker as well, giving parts of the apartment the peaceful island feel that begot its name.

在最绿化的地方，设计师选择了一些额外的材料，只是为了真正驱动大自然的感觉。在这里，除了你在其他地方看到的温暖的橡树外，游客还遇到了火山石板和编织柳条，给公寓的一些部分提供了它的名字。

Photos courtesy of the designer.

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