As the nation's economy boomed, many families began to seek the help of professional programming groups to remodel their homes. In rural northwest China, there is also a rural resident whose grandfather used up his savings and invited a TV program team to renovate his old house. However, the results of the renovation were unexpected and surprising.
Recently, China's "Dream Makeover" program has become a hot topic due to the significant deviation of the renovation project from expectations, and has been criticized by netizens as the worst design case in the history of the program. The renovation of the house involved in this renovation project starts with the needs of the employer. The employer was an elderly couple in Shuiquan Township, Baiyin City, Gansu Province, who had worked hard all their lives in the fields and decided to spend their savings to renovate their old house. To this end, they invited the designers of the "Dream Makeover" program to provide a renovation proposal. The old people originally thought that having a budget of 1.32 million yuan was enough to give their old house a new look, but the overall style turned out to be an unfinished red brick building.
After the finished picture of the transformation was made public, it was unanimously criticized by netizens. The photographs show that the designers chose to keep the original structure of the house, only to carry out some expansion works on this basis, and use red brick, concrete and wood as decorative materials. The designer's philosophy is far from the local aesthetic standards. To make matters worse, the designers did not fully consult the employer throughout the renovation process, nor did they fully consider the needs and expectations of the employer, and unilaterally formulated the renovation plan.
It is reported that the designer claims to have grown up in the countryside and is very familiar with the culture, aesthetics and lifestyle of the countryside. "I tried to put myself in the employer's shoes, and my design was designed to integrate urban and rural features to enhance the employer's living environment," he says. "However, employers were relatively satisfied after seeing the finished video and photos, much better than they expected.
However, netizens did not see the designer's intentions from the finished picture. They believe that the material of this red brick building cannot meet the needs of warmth, the overall color is too oppressive, the lighting is insufficient, and the practicality is also insufficient. This may be a deliberate eyeball by the TV program group to create topics without a bottom line. In the end, the TV program team had to succumb to the pressure of public opinion, decided to bear half of the renovation cost, and said that it would carry out further renovation and upgrading of the house. They also released a statement explaining that the home renovation mission has been interrupted due to the pandemic, and the filming process is full of challenges. Many of the walls are unfinished, so the images made public are only half of the finished renovation. Taking into account factors such as temperature and climate, the program team and the employer agreed to continue the renovation of the house next spring, while speeding up the filming progress.
In addition, on the issue of budget, the TV program team promised to continue to synthesize the employer's input and further refine and decorate the house to better meet the employer's original design vision. Judging from the semi-finished drawings of this renovation project, designers need to better combine the local climate environment, aesthetic standards and actual needs to maintain innovation when designing. For those unrealistic design ideas, it is better to keep them on the design drawings, because wanton design will only attract criticism. This incident has caused widespread controversy in the society, after all, the previous projects of "Dream Makeover" are successful cases, but this transformation is obviously out of touch with actual needs. For large-scale engineering renovations such as two-story buildings in rural areas, better consideration must be given to the actual situation. After all, residential renovations are meant to be more practical and innovative to meet people's real needs, not to be used for display. Although art can be exaggerated, in creation and design, people must be at the center. TV crews and designers must think holistically to avoid triggering negative emotions from viewers.