City Gardenis one of the high-end residences located in the central business district ofJiangbei District in Huizhou, which enjoys Swan Lake, a scarce resource in thecity. As the first residence of the host family to improve the quality of life,they entrust the whole case to LICO Design. The host and hostess, with strongfamily values, broad horizon, artistic cultivation and unique aesthetic taste,are engaged in investment and real estate marketing respectively. They havealways lived with their mother, children and personal housekeeper. The atmospherein their family is harmonious. The purchased property is two adjacent houseswith an area of about 160㎡ respectively. LICO is expected to create a newquality and ideal residence for this family.

Based on the owners’ living habits and demands forquality life, as well as LICO's design concept of "50%DESIGN", LICO'screative team takes "reshaping daily life with functional aesthetics"as the core creative strategy for this case and centers on the ideal lifeproposition of "returning life to life" in order to design an idealresidence with simple, natural and original sense for the owners.

In terms ofspatial function layout, LICO team starts from the thinking point of "reshapingdaily life", and distributes the bedrooms, study rooms and lavatory withstrong private properties on both sides of public activity areas, so thatelders can get more company from children and the privacy of the owners’ lifeis taken into account. Small bed of hidden type is designed in the study roomto facilitate host without disturbing the family when he comes back from worklate at night. What is worth mentioning additionally is that a fireplace isdesigned at one end of bathtub to warm the washroom in the winter and providethe owners with more delight.

The design details for this case are numerous,however, every one comes from LICO team’s keen awareness, perception, captureand reshaping of daily life. The core of an ideal life is not fine jewelry,luxurious decoration and dazzling collection, but the feeling of love andnature of life. This original, simple and natural sense may be the origin of agood life and happiness. Simple Natural Original Sense，Return Life to Life.