CK Home by Office Zhu

There are already 240 million single adults in China, and the number of people living alone is expected to rise to 92 million by 2021. In Shanghai, the figure is close to 3 million. 

This gradually expanding living alone population created a new market. Take-away apps, dating apps, pets…Services for single person are popping up all over the place, but the market is lagging far behind the times in terms of housing typology development. Most of the single apartment is more like an enlarged version of a dormitory than a customized design for adults. 

How to target emerging market, and design a distinctive, high-quality single apartment is what we want to explore in CK Home.

Project Overview

The original apartment has 3 bedrooms and…