架构师提供的文本描述。位于联合国教科文组织世界遗产城市乔治敦核心遗产区的边缘，这个多功能的艺术空间和住宿房屋是从19世纪末的一个2层的海峡中国商店改造而来的。

Text description provided by the architects. Located at the edge of the Core Heritage Zone of the UNESCO World Heritage city of Georgetown, this multi-functional arts space and lodging house is converted from a late 19th century 2-storey Straits Chinese shophouse.

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维塔斯建筑师的礼遇

该设计希望将过去和现在结合在一起，在典型的狭长店面后面插入一个全新的3层钢展馆，同时保持前面的街区与其历史悠久的街道外观和原始的木材地板结构。

The design aspires to bring together the past and present by inserting an entirely new 3-storey steel pavilion at the rear of the typical long and narrow shophouse site while preserving the front block with its historical street façade and original timber floor structure.

房子的后部被用作仓库，房屋的后部遭到了严重的破坏和改造，有理由进行彻底的重建。旧的木龙骨被打捞起来，并回收利用，以取代前面部分破旧的木材构件。

Having been used as a warehouse, the back of the house was much deteriorated and modified, justifying its complete rebuilding.  The old timber joists were salvaged and recycled to replace worn-down timber elements at the front section.

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维塔斯建筑师的礼遇

这个现有商店的一个显著特点是，它的长期狭窄的缩减场地，导致与它的邻居的差距缩小。这一设计利用了这一机会，在整栋建筑的周围插入了一条狭窄的光线，从而将日光和自然通风带入了大多数商店典型的黑暗和阴郁的室内环境中。

A distinguishing feature of this existing shophouse is its long narrow tapering site resulting in a narrow gap with its neighbour. The design exploited this as an opportunity to insert a narrow light well along the entire length of the building, thus bringing in daylight and natural ventilation into the typically dark and brooding interiors of most shophouses.

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维塔斯建筑师的礼遇

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维塔斯建筑师的礼遇

大楼里的所有房间现在都沿着它的一侧打开了这个光槽，给所有房间带来了光线和自然通风。同样地，在另一边，新的钢结构被从党墙拉出，从而将新结构从党墙上分离出来，允许日光一直过滤到底层，同时也便利了新的Bakau桩基础的施工，而不需要干预旧的当事人墙基础。

All the rooms in the building now open out onto this light slot along its side, bringing in light and natural ventilation to all the rooms. Similarly on the other side, the new steel structure is pulled away from the party wall, thereby disengaging the new structure from the party wall and allowing daylight to filter all the way to the ground floor whilst also facilitating the new bakau pile foundation to be done without intervening with the old party wall foundation.

 Ground Floor Plan

 1st Floor Plan

一楼图则

 2nd Floor Plan

二楼图则

庭院是前半部分的旧翼与新建筑的对立面，在那里，人们将能够充分体验现代钢结构与19世纪历史悠久的商铺的毫不掩饰的干预，在这里，现在与过去融为一体。这里也是室内和室外融合在一起以庆祝热带气候的空间。在这里，人们不断地感受到天空的光芒。快速掠过的云层的移动阴影和季风降雨的能量，创造了与历史上密集的城市中心深处的自然的持续联系。

The courtyard is where the old wing of the front portion confronts the new, where one will be able to experience fully the unapologetic intervention of a modern steel structure with a historical 19th century shophouse, where the present engages the past.  It is also the space where indoors and outdoors merge in celebration of the tropical climate.  Here one constantly experiences the light of the sky, the moving shadows of rapid passing clouds and the energy of the monsoon rains, creating a constant connection with the nature deep in the historical dense city centre.

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维塔斯建筑师的礼遇