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LOCATION ▸ SHANGHAI

CLIENT ▸ BLUE BOTTLE COFFEE

YEAR ▸ 2023

STATUS ▸ COMPLETED

PROGRAMME ▸ COFFEE OUTLET

COLLABORATORS ▸ -

PHOTOGRAPHER ▸ ZHUDI@SHADOOPLAY

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PROJECT SYNOPSIS ▾

THE PROJECT IS LOCATED IN SHANGHAI’S HISTORIC TOWN OF PANLONG, WHICH IS BUILT ALONG THE RIVER. BETWEEN THE TRADITIONAL DWELLING AND THE NEW BUILDING, WE BUILD UP THE LAYERS OF TRADITION AND MODERNITY, COMPARING WITH THE BEAUTY OF “VOID” IN TRADITIONAL CHINESE WATERFRONT SCENERY, TO CREATE THE BLUE BOTTLE COFFEE EXPERIENCE THAT RECALLS THE POETIC NATURE OF THE CULTURE OF “JIANGNAN (SOUTH REGION OF THE YANGTZE RIVER) ” AND THE LIFE IN THE WATERFRONT TOWN.

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT AND ITS VALUE, DIFFERENT STRATEGIES ARE APPLIED TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE CENTURIES-OLD DWELLING WITH ITS “TIMELESS” VALUE AND THE NEW CONCRETE BUILDING BY THE RIVER: THE FORMER RETAINS ITS ICONIC WHITEWASHED WALLS, DARK ROOF TILES AND TRADITIONAL TIMBER STRUCTURE WHICH MAKE ITS PRESENCE STRONGLY FELT, WHILE THE LATTER OPENS UP THE SPACE AND BATHES IT IN SUNSHINE, SYMBOLIZING THE CONTEMPORARY EXPERIENCE IN THE NEW BUILDING....

THE DESIGN BALANCES THE SUBTLE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TWO VOLUMES: THE TRADITIONAL DWELLING IS COMPLETELY INWARD-LOOKING, WHILE THE NEW BUILDING IS OUTWARD-LOOKING AND TRANSPARENT, WHICH DISTINGUISH THE SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS CLEARLY. THE TWO VOLUMES REPRESENT TWO MOMENTS BELONGING TO DIFFERENT ERAS: THE EXISTING VOLUME IS PRESERVED AS AN ARCHITECTURAL SYMBOL OF A SPECIFIC HISTORICAL MOMENT, WHILE THE NEW VOLUME IS JUXTAPOSED WITH THE OLD ONE IN A SCALE AND STYLE THAT CONTRASTS STRONGLY WITH THE TRADITIONAL DWELLING.

EVEN SO, THE MATERIAL AND TEXTURE OF THE TWO SPACES ECHO EACH OTHER. TWO KINDS OF WARM WHITE WALL PAINTS WITH SMOOTH AND GRITTY TEXTURES AND LIGHT GRAY LIMESTONE FLOORS FROM THE TRADITIONAL DWELLING MAINTAIN A UNIFIED TONE WITH THE WHITE WALLS AND TILED FLOORS OF THE NEW BUILDING. THE STONE FOLLOWS THE TRADITIONAL WAY OF PAVING AND THE FURNITURE REINTERPRETS THE TRADITIONAL SQUARE TABLE AND LONG TABLE WITH A MODERN PERSPECTIVE, MAKING THE SPACE A CLEAR REFLECTION OF THE COLLECTIVE MEMORY OF THE WATERFRONT TOWN.

项目坐落于依水而建的上海蟠龙古镇。我们在旧宅与新居之间，构建传统与现代的层次交叠，比照江南“留白”之美，打造出回溯江南文化诗性以及水乡生活的蓝瓶咖啡体验。

我们充分考量项目中的历史遗迹及其价值，应用不同的设计策略，试图区分具有“永恒”价值的百年古宅以及临河新居的混凝土建筑：前者保留其标志性的、彰显强烈存在感的粉墙黛瓦以及传统木梁架结构；后者打开空间，沐浴在日光下，象征新建筑中的当代体验。

设计平衡了两个体量之间的微妙冲突：古宅是完全内向的，而新居则是外向而通透的，力图使相互关系中的空间特征清晰分明。两个体量代表着属于不同时代的两个时刻：既存的体量得到保护，作为特定历史时刻的建筑象征；新的体量与古宅并置，尺度和风格与古宅形成强烈对比。

即便如此，两个空间的材质纹理仍是相互呼应的。古宅中光滑与粗砺质感的两种暖白色墙漆和浅灰色石灰岩地面，与新建筑的白墙和铺设的地砖保持统一的色调。石材遵循传统的铺贴方式，家具以现代视角重新诠释传统八仙桌和条案，使得空间清晰地体现出在地的集体记忆。

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