氹边建筑工作室 | 观粼GUALIA

我们受品牌“观粼QUALIA”之邀，改造位于维新横路一栋长屋式住宅的首层，为其打造首家门店。

Invited by the coffee and dessert brand “观粼QUALIA” o design its first store., We had the chance to renovate a historical tenement ’s ground floor on the road Wei Xin Heng Lu（维新横路）.

▲嵌套在内部的盒子摄影：张超

维新横路地处珠江北岸的一片历史街区中，因垂直于一条南北向的维新路（现起义路）而得名。两侧是三、四层高的联排长屋住宅，为混凝土框架结构，建于上世纪30-40年代。

The road Wei Xin Heng Lu is in a historic district on Pearl River’s north bank, named because it runs perpendicular to a main north-south Wei Xin Road (维新路. “Wei Xin”means restoration)，which now has changed its name to Qi Yi Road ( 起义路. “Qi Yi” means revolution) in 1966. It is flanked by a row of tenements that are three or four-story and constructed in concrete frame during the 1930s and 40s.

▲嵌套在内部的盒子摄影：张超

观粼QUALIA是专注精品咖啡和法式甜点的品牌。设计的构思以法式甜点的制作与呈现作为起点。将一大一小两个黑盒子精心地放置在长方形的旧建筑之中，盒子内外用不同的饰面材料，像是法式甜点切开后的断面，一层层的嵌套与覆盖。除了体验上的转换，也带来空间上的包裹感。

The brand “观粼QUALIA” specializes in luxury coffee and French desserts. Our design concept starts with the presentation of the French dessert-making process. Two black boxes, one large and one small, are carefully placed in the old rectangular building. The boxes were finished differently inside and outside, nested and covered in layers to make an image of French desserts’ cut-out sections. It provides people with a heterogeneous experience and also a sense of wrapping.

▲内部摄影：张超

店铺从入口向内逐级抬升，将剖面分为三个标高的地面。通过进入的高差变化来消除进深过长产生的闭塞感。抬高的地面与旧建筑的墙体分离，形成新与旧的对照，同时收纳了管线和照明。天花保留了老的抹灰与混凝土建造的细节。在贴近入口黑盒子的上方，新建了阁楼来增加上座率。客人坐在阁楼，视线可以穿过旧建筑的拱廊，看见外面的小叶榄仁与对面的联排老建筑。

Starting from the entrance, the store rises step by step, dividing into three elevations in the section. The variation in elevation is to eliminate a sense of oppression by the entrance’s long depth. Separated from the original walls of the old building, the newly elevated floor creates a contrast between new and old while storing the pipes and lighting.There are other actions taken to create an old-new contrast. The ceiling retains the details of old plaster and concrete structure. A loft was newly constructed above the entrance to increase seating capacity, by which guests can look at the Madagascar almond trees and old tenements’ façade on the other side of street.

▲室内外高差变化摄影：张超

阁楼向外延伸是放置空调外机的平台，外侧定制了由轻盈铝片组成的风动百叶，可随着空调外机的散热排风而波动，既作为空调外机的修饰，也让门头富于变化。同时，按照一定节奏排布的风动百叶也回应了“观粼”对于水的隐喻。

The loft extends outward as a platform for the air conditioning unit. Light aluminum-made customized wind-driven louvers fluctuate with the heat and air exhaust of air conditioning, trimming the equipment, and also making the doorway fluctuate. The fluctuation echoes metaphors of water, of which the brand’s name “GUAN LIN” is reminiscent in Chinese.

在新与旧的共处与连结之中，在甜点与咖啡的歇脚间隙，相互看见。

In the coexistence and connection between old and new, in the interval of dessert and coffee, we can see and touch each other.