Element 愚园路 / atelier tao+c 西涛设计工作室

Element Yuyuan Road/atelier tao+c Xitao Design Studio
Element 愚园路 / atelier tao+c 西涛设计工作室

对既有建筑的深度解读与再生：项目最引人入胜之处在于其对既有建筑的深刻理解和创新性改造。设计团队并未选择推倒重建，而是以一种“自愈式更新”的方式，最大限度地保留和利用了建筑原有的结构和元素。他们深入研究了建筑的“平凡”之处，提取了80、90年代建筑的典型特征，比如方正的体量、低矮的层高，甚至包括前几次改造留下的痕迹，如钢梁、逃生门等，并赋予它们新的生命。这种对时间痕迹的尊重和再利用，使得改造后的建筑既保留了历史的记忆，又焕发了新的活力，展现出独特的时间美学。

内外空间的对话与互动：项目在内外空间的处理上体现了卓越的创造力。设计团队通过一系列精巧的手法，巧妙地将建筑内部空间与外部环境相连接。例如，外挂的金属框架整合了门洞和窗口，最大化了采光和视野，同时又提供了悬挂海报、展示logo的空间，与周边的居民楼相互融合。咖啡窗台的延伸和草坪的设置，创造了人与店铺之间的互动，使原本内向的建筑变得开放和充满活力。这种内外空间的对话，打破了传统商业空间的封闭性，使element门店成为社区的一部分，充分体现了对城市缝隙空间的尊重和利用。

对“凌乱”之美的致敬与创新：该项目最令人印象深刻的设计理念是对“凌乱”之美的独特诠释。设计团队并未追求纯粹的、高不可攀的“画廊”式空间，而是将element打造成一个充满生活气息的“杂货店”。通过精准控制的斜线和折线，形成了独特的实木框架和金属棚子，打破了单调，增强了空间的不稳定性，也为陈列提供了更多的可能性。这种对凌乱、多样性的包容，恰恰体现了社区商业的特性，让空间充满了活力和趣味性，与周围街区的氛围完美融合，营造出一种独特的、让人放松和舒适的购物体验。这种设计理念是对传统商业空间的一次大胆创新。

Design Description

1381-1 Yuyuan Road does not face the street; Retreat 30 meters from the bustling main street and make way for a small open space in front of the door. As the site of Element, a clothing buying store that has received much attention in recent years, this inconspicuous three story single family building is surrounded by a row of houses around it, retreating deep and only revealing a visible building facade. Appearing quiet and introverted in the bustling neighborhood, but also easily overlooked. Based on observations of the urban interface and detailed examination and information extraction of the building itself, Tao+C Xitao Design Studio has carried out a comprehensive renovation and design of the Element Yuyuan Road store.
设计说明

愚园路 1381-1 号并不临街；从人来人往的主街面后撤 30 米，让出了门前的一片小空地。作为几年来备受关注的服装买手店element的场址，这个并不起眼的独栋三层小楼为周围鳞次栉比的房屋包围着，退在深处，只露出一个可见的建筑正立面。在热闹的街区中显得安静内敛，但也不免容易被忽略。基于对城市界面的观测，以及对建筑本身进行的细致考察和信息提取，tao+c 西涛设计工作室将 element 愚园路店进行了全面的改造设计。

立面分析图

Extraction of architectural elements

The small building is square and simple, with a low floor height, just like many houses from the 1980s and 1990s that people are accustomed to.. In the not optimistic economic situation, we do not want to make drastic changes to the building structure. We hope to enable Element to achieve self-healing renewal of a community store under controllable budget and time conditions. Our approach is to look directly at an ordinary house, observe and extract ordinary architectural elements from it.
建筑元素的提取

小楼方正简单，层高不高，跟很多大家习以为常的八九十年代的房子一样。在并不乐观的经济形势下，我们不想对建筑结构进行大刀阔斧的改造，希望可以让 element 在可控的预算和时间条件下，实现一个社区店的自愈式更新。我们的方式是去直视一个普通的房子，观察并提取其中平凡的建筑元素。

轴测图

The steel beams, rough escape doors, air conditioning machines, and fire hydrants added in previous modifications are marked with different color combinations; Restore the sealed windows, paint them yellow and add metal window panels that can be opened and closed, to make people re aware of the characteristics of this building and perceive the traces of time. The original simple escape steel staircase has also been preserved and exposed, painted green, with added details of railings and handrails.
以前的几次改动中加入的钢梁，粗糙的逃生门，空调机器、消防栓，用不同的色彩标记组合；恢复被封掉的窗户，涂以黄色和加上可以开合的金属窗板，让人重新意识到这个建筑的特征，并察觉时间的痕迹。原有的简易逃生钢楼梯也被保留和揭露出来，刷成绿色，添加了栏杆和扶手细节。

Chaotic vitality and order

In the rectangular spaces on each floor, we have added precisely controlled diagonal and fold lines to form solid wood frames or metal sheds, breaking the monotony of a single form and enhancing the sense of instability in the space.. The solid wood frame wraps around the green staircase, with changing rooms and storage rooms or cash registers behind the folded lines, and hangers and wooden boards of the same module on the front, allowing for flexible adjustment of display combinations and contrasting with the slender stainless steel clothing poles on the other side of the wall. According to the brand positioning of each floor, the design of the first floor is simple and neat, corresponding to the clothing brand of its urban style; Add more material collages on the second floor, suitable for more neutral and diverse choices; On the third floor, the room was bathed in sunlight, and the outdoor clothing collection was displayed in a metal shed against the backdrop of green plants. Going up and down stairs, one can experience the continuous scene of each floor vertically through the wooden frame, with a combination of various materials and color coded architectural elements, making walking full of dynamics.
杂乱的活力和秩序

在各层的矩形空间里，我们加入了精准控制的斜线和折线，形成实木框架或者金属棚子，去打破单一形体的乏味，加强了空间的不稳定感。实木框架绕过绿色的楼梯，折线背后是更衣间和储藏室或收银台，正面是相同模数的衣架和木板，可以灵活调整陈列组合，并与另一边的墙面是纤细的不锈钢衣杆形成对比。根据每一层的品牌定位都有所不同，一楼的设计简单利落对应其城市风格的服饰品牌；二楼加入更多的材料拼贴，适合更中性多样的选择；到了三楼，房间洒满阳光，户外系列的服装在绿色植物映衬下，陈列在金属棚子中。上上下下楼梯，可以透过木框架纵向体验连续的每个楼层的场景中，多种材料和色彩标记的建筑元素组合，行走中充满动态。

This is a design that pays tribute to disorder. A store in a community should not be a pure, awe inspiring gallery like space. We integrate multiple exhibition methods, making it look like a grocery store with a wide variety of products. Even if it is filled with clothes, it will not damage the space, but instead increase vitality and diversity.
这是一个对凌乱致敬的设计。一个社区中的店，不应该是一个纯粹的、让人肃然起敬的画廊般的空间。我们融合多种展陈方式，看起来像一个商品丰富的杂货店，即使堆满衣服也不会破坏空间，反而增加了活力和多样性。

Capturing the Life Atmosphere in Urban Gap Spaces

Around buildings, housing and shops are mixed together;
; The various messy clothes drying poles, air conditioning outdoor units, and canopies, like appendages growing on houses, are a typical and unique street living landscape in Shanghai. We attempt to respond to such urban crevice spaces by renovating the exterior of buildings. A metal frame hanging on the wall integrates the door openings and windows from the first to the third floor, maximizing lighting and visibility. The frame also supports the rain shelter and coffee window sill, while like a clothesline, it can transform and hang large posters and store name logos. Like a pigeon cage with a metallic sheen, it forms a recognizable facade feature that blends into residential buildings and complements each other.
城市缝隙空间中生活气息的捕捉

建筑的周围，住房和商店混在一起；各种杂乱伸出的晾衣杆、空调外机、雨蓬，仿佛房子上长出的附肢，正是上海典型又独特的街道生活景观。我们对建筑外观的改造试图去回应这样的城市缝隙空间。一个外挂在墙面上的金属框架，整合了从一楼到三楼的门洞和窗口，让采光和视野最大化。框架又支撑起雨棚和咖啡窗台，同时跟晾衣杆一样可以变换着悬挂大幅的海报和店名logo。像一个发着金属光泽的鸽子笼，形成可辨识的立面特征，融入民居，又相映成趣。

The coffee window sill that grows from the internal space extends to the canopy to form an external display, combined with a lawn, affecting the interaction between the crowd and the store; The treatment of urban crevice spaces transforms shops into places with a lively atmosphere, while maintaining the quiet and ordinary state of the building, to integrate and update the atmosphere of the block.
从内部空间生长出来的咖啡窗台，延伸至雨棚下形成外摆，结合一片草坪，影响着人群和店铺的互动关系；城市缝隙空间的处理，让商店转化为具有生活气息的地方，同时保持了建筑安静普通的状态，去融入并更新了街区氛围。