架构师提供的文本描述。北京位于怀柔北沟村，座落在慕田峪长城脚下，这一空间的意义似乎比它所称的要广得多。

Text description provided by the architects. Beingsituated inBeigou Village, Huairou, at the foot of the Mutianyu Great Wall, Beijing, such a space, seems to have much broadermeaning than what it is beingcalled.

Text description provided by the architects. Beingsituated inBeigou Village, Huairou, at the foot of the Mutianyu Great Wall, Beijing, such a space, seems to have much broadermeaning than what it is beingcalled.

 The old space is presented by the new interface. Image © Hanxiao Liu

旧的空间由新接口提供。形象?韩啸柳

A profitable extension of a newlyconstructed village resort, a more proactive and urbanized manner of communication emerged in the village, a sweet integration of originally contrasting life styles, an unprecedented cultural renaissance, a hint of the rural areas of China starting to be sliced apart as how it happened in the cities, or it is merely a space for food?

A profitable extension of a newlyconstructed village resort, a more proactive and urbanized manner of communication emerged in the village, a sweet integration of originally contrasting life styles, an unprecedented cultural renaissance, a hint of the rural areas of China starting to be sliced apart as how it happened in the cities, or it is merely a space for food?

 Space is an understanding of culture. Image © Hanxiao Liu

空间是对文化的理解。形象(刘汉孝)

在一个本身不确定自己的特性和价值的国家的文化过渡时期，它的潜在属性可能远远超过它打算实现的目标，这是一个模棱两可的空间。

It is ambiguous as a space that the potential attributes of it may far exceed what it intended to achieve, in the culturally transitional period of a country that itself is uncertain about its own identity and the value of it.

It is ambiguous as a space that the potential attributes of it may far exceed what it intended to achieve, in the culturally transitional period of a country that itself is uncertain about its own identity and the value of it.

 New and old recovery, lights and light like life. Image © Hanxiao Liu

新的和旧的复苏，光和光一样的生活。形象(刘汉孝)

从表面上看，这是一个从农民家庭厨房改造而来的餐厅，提供传统的北京火锅。北京火锅是旧北京最典型的代表之一。然而，它的地理位置、历史背景以及空间的设计和建造方式，使得它的任何命名都不精确，除非是非常笼统的。

Superficially, this is a place reconstructed and transformed from a farmer's home kitchen to a restaurant that serves the traditional Beijing hotpot which is one of the most typical representation of the Old-Beijing-Culture, however, the location, the historical background and how the space has been designed and constructed, make any of its given names imprecise, unless being very general.

Superficially, this is a place reconstructed and transformed from a farmer's home kitchen to a restaurant that serves the traditional Beijing hotpot which is one of the most typical representation of the Old-Beijing-Culture, however, the location, the historical background and how the space has been designed and constructed, make any of its given names imprecise, unless being very general.

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在这种特殊的时刻，当追求设计变得越来越明显，这使得中国似乎仍然是实验的最佳场所之一，城市地区的机会继续缩小。蓬勃发展的渴望在中国创造乌托邦建筑和大幅减少的需求之间的冲突，转移了想象中的可能性，从那里建筑师在中国熟悉的地方都被认为是建筑师在情感上所依附的场所。

At such particular moment, when the pursuit of design becomes increasingly visible which makes China seem to be probably still one of the best places to experiment, the opportunities in the urban areas continue to shrink. The conflict between the booming eagerness to create utopian architecture in China and the dramatically decreasing demand, shifts the possibilities to imagine, from where architects in China are familiar with to where are interestingly considered as places that architects are only emotionally attached to.

At such particular moment, when the pursuit of design becomes increasingly visible which makes China seem to be probably still one of the best places to experiment, the opportunities in the urban areas continue to shrink. The conflict between the booming eagerness to create utopian architecture in China and the dramatically decreasing demand, shifts the possibilities to imagine, from where architects in China are familiar with to where are interestingly considered as places that architects are only emotionally attached to.

 Cultural Coexistence Definition Space - The Great Wall Museum. Image © Hanxiao Liu

文化共存定义空间-长城博物馆。形象(刘汉孝)

因此，所有旨在恢复某些类型的文化或对特定种类的社会运动敏感反应的相关创作，都是重复麻木和毫无意义的。

As a result, all relevant creations which are meant to be the revival of certain types of culture or the sensitive reaction to particular kinds of social movements turn out to be repetitively numb and senseless.

As a result, all relevant creations which are meant to be the revival of certain types of culture or the sensitive reaction to particular kinds of social movements turn out to be repetitively numb and senseless.

 Provide the possibility of display space. Image © Hanxiao Liu

提供显示空间的可能性。形象(刘汉孝)

 New looking, old lens. Image © Hanxiao Liu

新的，旧的镜头。形象(刘汉孝)

那这个地方到底是为了什么而设计的呢？这是一个由农民家庭厨房改造而成的老北京火锅餐厅，它由六种空间特征组成，可以容纳各种可能在精神上或形式上都无法联系的活动。

Then what exactly is the place designed for? It is a place that has been reconstructed and transformed from a farmer's home kitchen to an Old-Beijing hotpot restaurant, which consists of six types of spatial qualities that accommodate a variety of activities that are possibly not either spiritually or formally capable of being associated.

Then what exactly is the place designed for? It is a place that has been reconstructed and transformed from a farmer's home kitchen to an Old-Beijing hotpot restaurant, which consists of six types of spatial qualities that accommodate a variety of activities that are possibly not either spiritually or formally capable of being associated.

 Each frame is a cultural story. Image © Hanxiao Liu

每一个画面都是一个文化故事。形象(刘汉孝)

有一个特定的期望程序，但是，如果它让人们感到不愿意定义的话，它就不会那么麻木了。

There is a specific desired program, yet, it will be less numb if it makes people feel reluctant to define.

There is a specific desired program, yet, it will be less numb if it makes people feel reluctant to define.

 New and old collisions make the old more charm. Image © Hanxiao Liu

新旧碰撞使旧的更有魅力。形象(刘汉孝)