架构师提供的文本描述。曼德拉的这座建筑有一个砖混结构仓库，并于20世纪80年代进行了翻修。2014年，它又一次得到了钢筋结构的翻新和加固。原来的混凝土墙及其修补的结构已经很好地保存和覆盖了透明的玻璃，这创造了两个纹理拼贴的效果。楼梯作为情感和功能互动的媒介，成为整个空间中最重要的元素。

Text description provided by the architects. The building in Mandela project has a brick-concrete structured warehouse and was renovated in the 1980s.  In 2014, it was again renovated and reinforced with additional steel structures. The original concrete walls and its patched texture have been well preserved and covered with clear glass, which created an effect of two textures collage. The staircase, as the media for emotional and functional interactions, becomes the most important element in this whole space.

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曼德拉四层仓库的内部空间有40米长，29米宽.一个消防通道在东侧，一个在西侧，与一个西端电梯一起，形成垂直交通流。通过对上海太阳高度角的计算，得出直射日照不能在7.5米以内到达中轴线，日照平均小于0.1小时。考虑到这两个因素，我们插入了一个直径3.6米的垂直光轴，从四层一直到底层，照亮了以前阳光无法到达的区域。同时，中庭的弯曲楼梯支撑着轻型竖井，将内部划分为东部、中部和西部三个主要部分。东部和西部主要用于工作空间，而中央则是主要的交通流和照明环境。

The inner space of Mandela’s four-story warehouse is 40 meters long, 29 meters wide. One fire escape on the east side, one on the west side and together with one west-end lift, forming the vertical traffic flow. With the Shanghai solar altitude angle calculated, we concluded the direct sunshine can neither reach the north nor south area within 7.5- meters towards the center axis and the average daily sunlight received in this area is less than 0.1 hour. Considering these two factors, we inserted a vertical light shaft with the diameter of 3.6 meters all the way down from the forth floor to the ground floor, which lights up the area that the sunshine could not reach before. Meantime, the curved staircase in the atrium supports the light shaft, dividing the interior into three major sections, the east, the central and the west. The east and the west are mainly used for working space, while the central facilitates the major traffic flow and serves as the lighted environment.

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我们设计的出发点是对历史的恐惧和尊重。一座美丽的建筑不应被拆除，而应不断翻新，以全新的方式发展，同时从不断变化的环境中获得新的精神。因此，在曼德拉项目中，破碎的混凝土墙被完全保存了下来。我们把12毫米的夹层玻璃固定在离保存下来的墙壁20厘米的地方，并在玻璃上贴上了记载历史的文字。

Our starting point of design was the fear and respect for the history. A beautiful building should not be pulled down but constantly renovated, developed with whole new methods, while gaining new spirits from the changing context. Thus, in Mandela Project, crumbling concrete walls were completely preserved. We fixed 12mm laminated glass at a distance of 20cm from the preserved walls, and posted texts which document the history on the glass.

 © Oscar Lok

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黑色是工作区域的颜色，伴随着3700 K色温的灯光，有着相对比较安静和私密的工作环境。在私人办公室，清澈的白色墙壁、黑色的条形灯和正宗的橡胶木座离开了房间，供租户重新设计和重新设计。

Black is the color for working area, accompanied by the lights with 3700k color temperature, there is this comparatively quite and private working environment. In private offices, clear white walls, black strip lights and authentic rubber wood seats leave the room for tenants to recreate and redesign. 

 © Oscar Lok

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光线与阴影的碰撞，保存的墙壁，透明的眼镜和旧的物品，再加上在曼德拉明亮的合作空间中运用的博物馆展览展示设计方法，体现了ROARC对空间质量的追求。

The collision between light and shadows, preserved walls, clear glasses, and old items, plus the methodology of museum exhibition display design applied in Mandela’s lighted co-working space, showed ROARC’s pursuit of spatial quality.

 © Oscar Lok

奥斯卡·洛克