Movable Partition

SOHO is the abbreviation of "Small Office & Home Office". This new living & working style is the outcome of the times of network, and gradually will be one of new living-trend in the future. Everywhere can be their work place for people with special skills. The office become much smaller than before, and also can be put into family house. Although SOHO still a new thing in our country, the popularization of computer and network turns more and more people's dream, working in home, into reality.This paper investigates the appearance and environment of daily working of SOHO workers, by the methods of tracking, record, interview and questionnaires. The final purpose of SOHO interior design is provide flexible places, in where SOHO workers could enjoy their happy lives and efficient work. Actually, most of them have not enough spaces for both working and living room, because of no money. This paper advance a way to enlarging the capability of SOHO house, by using movable partition. The movable partitions help SOHO people to separate their living spaces and working spaces, in order to make sure all this spaces do fit SOHO people's real demand. In the condition of changing of the family members, a period after, the movable partitions can also make good solutions.The movable partition is very useful in general interior design, especially for SOHO house. People would use movable partitions replace traditional fixed wall, divide their SOHO house, either living-spaces or working-spaces could be varied. SOHO workers are able to change each one in necessary. In this way, the SOHO house would be multifunctional, people could enjoy their SOHO lives in their small houses. It is really significant to financial and environment condition.