Ms. Li is a stage actress in Shanghai who loves everything about the theater. At home, though, routine fills every corner, and there is no room left for the stage she lives for.

Memory Box starts from a simple question: what does a life actually need? Everything daily living requires is packed into one rotating box at the center of the apartment. Turn the box, and life folds away. What remains is open space, and all of it belongs to the stage.

It is a project about rewriting a home around what matters, and reshaping everyday life so it can make room for a performance.

In plan, the box is the rotated square at the heart of the apartment. Everything around it is kept as open as possible, so that when the box turns, the rooms read as one continuous stage.

Entryway · Foyer · Living · Dining · Kitchen · Indoor theater · Bedroom · Study · Restroom · Laundry · Small balcony

A warm, quiet base of cream, sand and stone, with black and olive green as accents. The textures do the storytelling: woven wood, ribbed panels, black marble and a rippling wave pattern that runs through walls and rugs.