华中科技大学建规学院+青·微舍 | 楼梯下的蛋糕店

边角空间 Corner Space

即便最昂贵的地段，也有“边角空间”。

Even in the most expensive locations, there is “corner space”.

蛋糕店的所在地，武汉国际广场曾是解放后的“中国十大商场”：中苏友好商场。而据统计，当今的“国广”已是奢侈品在国内最大的聚集地，多个化妆品、女装、珠宝品牌单店销量蝉联全国第一。

The location of the cake shop, Wuhan International Square was once the “Top Ten Shopping Malls in China” after liberation: Sino-Soviet Friendship Shopping Mall. According to statistics, today’s “Wuhan International Square” has become the largest gathering place of luxury goods in China, with the sales of many cosmetics, women’s clothing and jewelry brands ranking first in the country.

而在通往商厦下沉广场的大台阶下，则是这片极度消费过剩中的空间剩余。它常年只能被用作设备间与杂物间，让富丽堂皇的负一层入口，正对着一片阴暗与潮湿。直到商厦决定，将这个剖面上看十分消极，但在平面上看又十分重要的小空间，划作店面出租。

And under the big steps leading to the sunken plaza of the shopping mall is the space left over from this extreme consumption surplus. For years it could only be used as an equipment room and utility room, leaving the palatial ground-floor entrance facing the gloom and damp. Until the shopping mall decided to use this small space as a store for rent, because it is very negative in section, but very important in plan.

L形体块

L block

为了激活这块狭小的边角空间，我们从抽象的形体入手，因为我们不希望增加任何“围合”的操作去限定出一个封闭的小环境，而是用简洁的形式语言去统合周遭的大环境。

In order to activate this narrow corner space, we start from the abstract form, because we do not want to add any “enclosing” operation to define a closed small environment, but use concise formal language to integrate the surrounding environment.

蛋糕店的所有功能被整合在两个L形体块上：一方面，它们在垂直方向上“托住”大台阶，其中一个甚至刻意倾斜成与台阶底面垂直的角度，在视觉上制造强烈的受力关系；另一方面，它们横向展开为台面，充分占据长方形平面的两个长边，并形成从侧面进入、横穿而过的内部流线，与圆形下沉广场的环形流线融为一体。

All the functions of the cake shop are integrated into two L shapes: on the one hand, they “hold” the big steps in a vertical direction, one of which is even deliberately tilted perpendicular to the bottom of the steps, creating a strong visual force relationship; On the other hand, they spread out horizontally to form tables, fully occupying the two long sides of the rectangular plane, forming the internal flow line from the side, integrated with the circular flow line of the sunken square.

在空间结构上，让大台阶乃至整个下沉广场都被纳入蛋糕店的形式逻辑中，从而将原来的边角空间转化为最重要的节点。

In terms of spatial structure, the big step and even the whole sunken square are incorporated into the formal logic of the cake shop, thus transforming the original corner space into the most important node.

梯形剖面

Trapezoidal Section

针对店面低矮、阴暗、且不规则的梯形剖面，我们将吊顶做成镜面材料，它顺应大台阶的倾斜角度，正好将店内台面上的商品投射在正立面上，并模糊了空间的真实高度。

In response to the low, dark and irregular trapezoidal section of the store, we made the suspended ceiling a mirror material that follows the slope of the big steps, projecting the goods on the counter onto the front facade.

而在屋顶之下，为了赋予硬朗的几何形体一个可爱、柔软的外观。我们将两个L形体块制作成糕点般的质感：橘红的砂岩在前，乳白的石材在后；一个雕刻成camela，一个周身挂满蛋糕。在门头被遮挡的不利情况下，充分利用竖向空间展示店铺的招牌与产品。

And under the roof, in order to give the hard geometry a lovely, soft appearance. We made two L-shaped blocks into a patisserie texture: orange sandstone in the front, milky stone in the back; One was carved into a “camela”, and one was covered in cakes. Under the unfavorable condition that the door head is blocked, the vertical space is fully used to display the signs and products of the shop.

雕塑般的橘红体块，矗立在圆形下沉广场的中轴线上，让商厦负一楼的主出入口终于有了般配的对景。午后的阳光会贴着大台阶的边缘而下，在那块鲜艳的橘红上留下一道金黄，大台阶下的氛围也仿佛变得欢快起来。

The sculptural orange block stands on the central axis of the sunken circular square, making the main entrance and exit of the mall finally have the scene. The afternoon sun would glide down the edge of the steps, leaving a streak of gold on the bright orange, and the atmosphere beneath the steps seemed to brighten.