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架构师提供的文本描述。RoarcRenew翻修了Carlowitz的空间

Text description provided by the architects. RoarcRenew renovated the space of Carlowitz & Co. (third to fifth floor) in Middle Jiangxi Road into a unique co-working space. The original building, constructed with large natural stones and red ganged bricks in 1898, was the biggest architecture among all public concession buildings in Shanghai. The continuous refurbishment during recent years reconstructed the architecture from the original wooden structure to a steel structure. In this project, RoarcRenew kept the original structure, concrete walls and the architectural texture repaired.

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RoarcRenew的设计理念是在空间领域的新精神中注入一种特殊的历史和文化气息，呼应新哥特式圣三一教堂与这种折中建筑Carlowitz相对的画面。

RoarcRenew’s design held the concept to infuse a special historical and cultural breath into the new spirit of space field, echoing the picture of a neo-gothic Holy Trinity Church standing opposite to this eclectic architecture, Carlowitz & Co. RoarcRenew re-designed the attic on top floor (fifth floor) with the idea of arch and axisymmetry, dividing the space into three parts: main lobby in the middle and corridors aside. The desired depth of the shape and geometric aesthetics of the space formed a dialogue between the old and the new. The fishbone-like arches marched as an array, connecting the inside and outdoors, the past and the future. It is a solute to the Holy Trinity Church.

在室内装饰方面，主要采用曲面元素来继承折中风格，如三区建筑比例和弧形窗比例。材料分为三层：第一层是大理石和水磨石的应用；第二层是软木和砖墙；第三层是非常干净的玻璃，充分体现了原有的建筑构件和材料。

For the interior decoration, curved elements were largely applied to inherit the eclectic style, e.g. the proportion of three-zone construction and arc windows. The materials indicated three layers: the first is the application of marble and terrazzo; the second is the soft wood and brick walls, and the third of the extremely clean glasses, which fully presented the original building components and materials.

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RoarcRenew从对历史的认识出发，从自身的角度，寻求保持每一个空间独特的仪式和田野精神的可能性，从而在新的语境中解放历史。

RoarcRenew started with respect to history, seeking the possibility to maintain the unique ritual and field spirit of each space from the view of its own, and so to liberate history in new context.

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Architects RoarcRenew

Location No.255, Middle Jiangxi Rd., Huang Pu District, Shanghai, China

Lead Architects Zhenqi Bai

Design Team Leqian Xue, Mengxuan Sheng, Huiyang Peng, Shuang Wang

Area 4200.0 m2

Project Year 2017

Photographs Oscar Lok

Category Offices Interiors