架构师提供的文本描述。大华棉纺厂遗址位于西安市大明宫遗址公园旁边，是唐代世界历史遗产，1935年建成的棉纺厂是中国西北最早的现代纺织厂。

Text description provided by the architects. The site of Dahua Cotton Mill is just on the side of Xi'an’s Daming Palace Ruins Park which is the world historical heritage of Tang Dynasty.  And the cotton mill  itself which was founded in 1935 is the earliest modern fabric factory in northwest China.

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张广元

 © Guangyuan Zhang

张广元

经过几十年的密集城市发展和大规模的破坏战略，这个项目挑战了我们作为建筑师的责任。我们的改造策略是强调历史痕迹，使其成为项目的关键要素。他们不仅会成为城市的地标，还会赋予新创造的空间一个身份，同时保存这个地方的灵魂。

After decades of intensive urban development in China and massive destruction strategies, this project challenges our responsibility as architects. Our renovation strategy is to emphasize historical traces by making them the key elements of the project. They will no t only become urban landmarks, but also give an identity to the newly created spaces while preserving the soul of the place.

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张广元

 © Guangyuan Zhang

张广元

这个项目是我们对中国城市可持续发展的建议。通过消除城市边界和创造广泛的公共空间，城市变得多孔。它再生并适应新的用途，并成为多功能的。它破旧的城墙让人想起过去，给人们一种敏感而富有诗意的体验城市的方式。

This project is our proposal for a sustainable development of the Chinese City. By eliminating urban boundaries and creating a wide variety of public spaces, the city becomes porous. It regenerates and adapts itself to new uses and becomes multifunctional. Its dilapidated walls remind of the past and give the people a sensitive and poetic way of experiencing their city.

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陈欧琳

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张广元

为了把这样一个高密度的工厂重新设计成一个有吸引力的公众场所，供艺术活动和创作办公室使用，设计方案区分了不同年龄的个别建筑物，并以不同的设计方法对待它们。

To redesign such a high-density factory into an attractive public place for arts activities and creative offices, the design scheme distinguished the individual buildings with different ages and treated them with different design methods.

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张广元

对于那些较小、分隔的砖木建筑，采用“仔细添加”的策略来增加一些小规模的结构来连接功能空间，并使法院成为咖啡馆、餐厅和其他服务设施。

For the elder ones, those smaller and separated brick-timber buildings, the “careful addition” strategy is used to add some small-scale structure to connect functional spaces and make the courts into café, restaurant and other service facilities.

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张广元

这些近几年建造的巨大建筑被重新评估，它们的天窗都是锯齿状的。通过“正减法”，原有的辅助室被街道和广场所取代，形成了一个新的步行系统，邀请公民进入文化公园进行文化活动。

Those huge structures built in recent years are revaluated with their remarkable sawtoothed skylight. By the “positive subtraction” strategy, the original auxiliary rooms are displaced by streets and plazas, which form a new pedestrian system that invites citizen to enter the culture park for culture activities.

 © Guangyuan Zhang

张广元

 © Guangyuan Zhang

张广元