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改造与反思项目包括北京前门草场寺条8号、19号院落改造及8号庭院设施改造。

Transform and Rethink This project includes the transformation in No. 8 Courtyard and No. 19 Courtyard, and also an installation in No. 8 Courtyard, on CaochangSitiao, Qianmen, Beijing.

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在改造过程中，建筑师关心的是普通住宅的日常生活。它使四合院民居在改造后继续其正常的使命。

Transform During the transformation, architects concern the daily lives in the normal houses. It makes the courtyard dwellings continue with its ordinary mission after the transformation.

 Courtesy of No. 19 Courtyard

19院礼

传统的北京四合院民居是在良好的照明和通风条件下设计的，内部庭院和房间都很安静。然而，随着人口的过度膨胀和混乱中的额外建设，这些特征正在逐渐消失。

The traditional Beijing courtyard dwelling is designed with a peaceful inner yard and rooms around in good lighting and ventilation condition. However, these characteristics have been disappearing along with the exceeding population expansion and additional construction in chaos.

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本项目在满足居民日常生活基本需要的前提下，尽量使传统的庭院布局在极其拥挤的环境中重现。经过部分拆除和扩建，使每个居民都能享受到室内庭院空间，充足的阳光，良好的通风，以及传统住宅的宁静。再次获得生命的幸福和尊严。

On the premise of satisfying residents’ basic need in daily life, this project tries the best to make the traditional layout of the courtyard recur in the extremely crowded circumstance. After partially demolishing and extending, it makes each resident enjoy the inner yard space, enough sun light, nice ventilation, as well as the peace of the traditional dwellings. Also, obtain the happiness and dignity of life again.

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在“八院”和“十九院”改造过程中，我们一直在反思传统建筑的作用及其与当今城市生活的关系。我们发现，传统建筑与当代建筑的冲突发生在角色与变化两个方面。

Rethink During the transformation process of No. 8 Courtyard and No. 19 Courtyard, we have been ruminating over the role of traditional buildings and its relation to the current city life. We find the conflict between the traditional and contemporary building happens on two aspects, the role and the change.

 Courtesy of No. 19 Courtyard

19院礼

脂肪尺度变换有一个10米高的充气数字-脂肪，它的高度是计算出来的.过去胡同的宽度大约是四到五米，但现在市级的二级街道的宽度是三十米左右，而主街的宽度则是一百多米。随着科技的发展，城市规模越来越大，适应人类规模的规模越来越大。根据以往的1.7/5标度，人的身高到道路的宽度，人的身高至少应该在10.2米的基础上，以当代的街道宽度(30米)为基础。事实上，与过去相比，我们的居住单位数量一直在减少，而公共空间和城市规模却是如此之大。在此，你可以看到转变和冲突。我们希望这能使游客们有深刻的思考。

Fatty - Scale Transformation There is a 10-meter-high inflatable figure – the fatty, whose height is computative. In the past, the width of Hutong is about 4 to 5 meters, however, now the width of the city-level secondary street is around 30 meters, while the width of the main street goes over 100 meters. As the technology develops, the city scale is becoming larger and larger, therefore the adaptable human scale has been taken place by non-human huge scale. According to the past scale 1.7/5, human height to road width, the height of human should be at least 10.2 meters, based on the contemporary street width (30 meters). Actually, the amount of our living unit has been shrinking down comparing with the past, while the public space and the city scale is such considerable. Hereby, you could see the transformation and the conflict. We hope it could make the visitors a profound think.

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杨朝英，陈苏

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杨朝英，陈苏

饺子-角色转变为一种传统的食物，在这里，饺子变成了靠垫和沙发。它只保持型材的形状，但功能、规模和材料都发生了变化。这正是大多数传统文化的现状。这对你有什么关系？

Dumplings – Role Transformation As a kind of traditional food, here, the dumplings become cushion and sofa. It only maintains the profile shape, but the function, scale and material have been changed. This is just the current situation of most traditional culture. What associations does this have for you?

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平面图

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Architects Hu Yue Studio

Location Dongcheng, Beijing, China

Category Refurbishment

Architect in Charge Hu Yue

Design Team Hu Yue, Tai Fangqing, Jiang Ran, Wu Hancheng, Zhao Mochao

Area 435.4 m2

Project Year 2015

Photographs Yang Chaoying, Chen Su