架构师提供的文本描述。九楼，一个艺术停留的地方，一个新的社会和空间理念，由工作室QI，是一个精品酒店和画廊坐落在保存良好的水乡，西塘，位于中国的两个大城市上海和杭州之间。

Text description provided by the architects. NINE HOUSE, an ART-STAY place - a new social and spatial idea introduced by STUDIO QI, is a boutique hotel and gallery nestled within the well-preserved water town, Xitang, located in-between two mega-cities Shanghai and Hangzhou of China.

九宫的天际线是通过对有机的周围织物的理解来定义的。

The skyline of NINE HOUSE is defined by an understanding of the organic surrounding fabric. 

灵感来自西塘的“宁静而持续”的生机勃勃的生活所提炼出来的语境品质；由城市和建筑规模上丰富的空间配置构成和支持。

Inspiration has come from its contextual quality distilled from the ‘tranquil yet on-going’ vibrant lives of Xitang; structured and supported by the rich, spatial configurations on both the urban and architectural scale.

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九院强调空间和事件的运动。改变和并列的体积，压缩和释放的瞬间，介入或穿透负面空间；这样的建筑操作允许只有500平方米压缩的网站，欣赏正在进行的探索，包括空间兴奋和惊喜的体验。

NINE HOUSE places emphasis upon the movement of space and events. Shifting and juxtaposing of volumes, compressing and releasing of moments, intervening or penetrating the negative space; such architectural operations allow the only 500 sqm-compressed site to appreciate an experience of ongoing explorations, composed of spatial excitements and surprises. 

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这个空间由一杯玻璃咖啡组成。

The space consists of a glassed coffee & gift area, and a semi-open gallery walkway leading into the bamboo backyard, threading by six guest rooms, each with a private entrance garden on the ground floor. Two glassed gallery bridges, diagonally across the space, continuously steps up to the upper levels of dining room and tea-house, which assign the best views directed towards the picturesque layers of the roof tiles of Xitang. There is an underground wine cellar and a multi-functional event space.

 1st Floor Plan

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 2nd Floor Plan

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随着这些解析翻译的空间特征和经典的城市语言，许多独特的西塘，身体运动和视觉焦点分别由独特的空间矩和叠加意象。九院的目标是解决建筑中的“透明度”问题。在这个主题中，事件的多样性、视觉联系的层次性、物理交互的层次性，以及冲动和瞬间的复杂性对它的体验至关重要。

With these analytically translated spatial characteristics and classic urban language, many unique to Xitang, physical movement and visual focus are individually led by distinct spatial moments and super-imposed imagery. NINE HOUSE aims to address the topic of ‘transparency’ in architecture, where the multiplicity of events, the layers of visual connections and physical interactions, along with the complexity of impulse and moments are crucial to its experience.

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