架构师提供的文本描述。阿伦(上海)艺术中心由上海毛巾第16厂改建而成。总体改造是在最大预留原则的基础上，充分利用原有空间，充分考虑施工的方便性和经济性。原有的工业空间尺度和氛围与新的设计相结合，是这次改造中保留的另一个好处。

Text description provided by the architects. Artron (Shanghai) Arts Center is reconstructed from Shanghai Towel 16th Factory. The overall reconstruction is base on the principle of maximum reservation and taking advantage of original space, which is fully considered about the convenience and economical efficiency of construction. The combination of original industrial spatial scale and atmosphere with new design is another benefit of reservation in this reconstruction.

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在艺术中心内，“定义生物”是整个区域的视觉核心，它是由艺术家丁义合作设计的，从原来毛巾厂的污水处理站转化而来，获得了功能形态特征。建筑师推荐艺术家根据自己的绘画风格设计不同色彩的瓷砖，作为立面的主要装饰材料，其设计目的是为现有的工业建筑增添一层新的意义。该设计保留了原污水桶漏斗，部分设计为底层咖啡厅的功能形式，部分改造为上层空间的庭院。

Within the Arts Centre, “Dingyi Biulding” is visual core of the whole district, which is designed by the cooperation with artist Dingyi, and transformed from sewage treatment station of original towel factory in result of obtaining the functional form feature. Architect recommend artist to design ceramic tile with different color scheme base on his own drawing style, witch to be used as the primary decorative material for facade with the design purpose of adding a new layer of significance on existing industrial construction. The design reserves the original sewage bucket funnel, which partly be designed as functional form feature for ground floor Cafe, and partly be transformed as courtyard in the upper space.

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将原来的污水渠作为雨水排水装置存在于咖啡厅内部。通过设计中植入的新功能，如咖啡厅、书店、艺术展览馆等，将原来的污水处理站改造成一个新的艺术空间。艺术家丁义设计的彩色交错图案瓷砖增强了这一建筑的艺术氛围，而工业建筑的原始信息并没有丢失。

The original sewage channel be treat as the rain water drain device to be present in the interior of Cafe. By design through the  implanted new functions such as Cafe, Bookstore and Art Exhibition Hall to transform the original sewage treatment station into a new art space. The colorized crisscross pattern ceramic tiles designed by artist Dingyi has enhanced this construction’s artistic atmosphere, while the original information about industrial construction doesn’t lose.

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