Research On The Design Of Multistory Residential Balcony Furniture

In recent years,with the development of economic and change of lifestyle,people pay more attention to the leisure in their houses.The balcony furniture began to be recognized by more people,and it has presented diversified development stages.This paper regards the collective residential balcony furniture as the research object by using literature,network questionnaire,field study,case analysis and other methods,combined with chart analysis,data statistics,system design and other analytical methods.This research mainly includes:systematically introducing the historical development of residential balcony furniture,proposing the connotation and characteristics of balcony furniture,analyzing the modern consumers'demand for balcony furniture and marketing conception,summarizing the principles,essentials and procedures of balcony furniture design,and making targeted practice of designing balcony furniture.This paper draws the following conclusions:(1)By combing the historical development history of balcony furniture,there are some important factors in the development of balcony furniture,which are the influence of current politics,the change of economic conditions,the improvement of lifestyle,and the transformation of the collective housing.The development of contemporary balcony furniture design is inspired by the study of potential factors behind the excavation and design features of balcony furniture in different historical periods.(2)Through the analysis of the particularity of the balcony environment,modern balcony furniture has three important characteristics:interactivity,weather resistance and diversity.(3)The result of various investigations shows that consumers generally pay attention to the utilization of balcony furniture and balcony space.A total of 770questionnaires were issued based on the design of balcony furniture,and 496 valid questionnaires,of which only 55.3%of consumers are willing to purchase balconied multistory residential housing,and this group of people who need balcony furniture were concentrated around 19-35 years old.Since the area of the residential balcony is generally within 5-10 m~2,consumers have an urgent desire for the balcony furniture with a sense of design,high space utilization as well.(4)During the internship,field visiting is one of the most efficient and direct way to understand the market status of balcony furniture design.Based on the differences business categories and models of the balcony furniture design enterprises in the market,the survey enterprises are roughly divided into:solid wood balcony furniture enterprises,decoration companies,finished furniture companies,and whole house custom furniture enterprises.Even though each company has own product classification,all of them are concerned about the comprehensive utilization of balcony space and the uniqueness of balcony furniture design.Moreover,promoting consumption by clear product positioning or customer positioning,unique design style and targeted marketing strategies.(5)Before the practice of balcony furniture design,based on the residents'needs and the result of investigations,summarized the principles,key points and basic procedures in the design of modern balcony furniture.To solve existing problems in modern balcony furniture,it is proposed that modern balcony furniture should conform to the three design principles of people-oriented,unified coordination,beautiful and novel.The design essential of contemporary balcony furniture can be optimized from selecting materials,reasonable matching with other furniture and multi-functional design,making contemporary balcony furniture anticipate and meet consumers'needs in life-cycle.(6)In the balcony furniture design practice,the household survey involved residuals who are demand for the design and requirement of the balcony furniture as the research object.Identified pain points,issues and gap in the demand of balcony furniture.The verification of the household survey and analysis in specific design cases provided advice and ideas for the improvement of contemporary balcony furniture in multistory residential housing.