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架构师提供的文本描述。最近，一对年轻的夫妇来到我们的办公室，告诉我们，他们想离开他们的日常工作，开始他们自己的新业务。他们告诉我们，他们的梦想是拥有一家小型旅舍连锁店，为不同年龄的旅行者提供紧凑但超级舒适的床。他们把他们的梦想项目命名为“YIM”，在泰语中的意思是“微笑”。第一位是严怀·赫王(Yim Huai Khwang)。它是以旅店所在的曼谷繁华地区命名的。不久，将有更多的人来，地点将永远加在“YIM”之后。这一主要举措是接管这座有20年历史的店铺，并将其改造成一个16间客房的试点招待所。在此之前，这栋建筑是一个出租的公寓销售办公室。

Text description provided by the architects. Recently a young couple came to our office telling us that they would like to leave their routine jobs and start their own new business. They told us about their dream to have a small hostel chain offering compact but super comfortable beds for travelers of different ages. They named their dream project “YIM”, meaning “SMILE” in Thai. The very first one is Yim Huai Khwang. It is named after the bustling district of Bangkok where the hostel situates. Shortly, there will be few more to come and locations will always be added after “YIM.” This primary move is to take over the 20+ year old shop house and transform it into a 16 room pilot hostel. Previously the building was a rent condominium sales office.

在这个项目中，外部和内部的转换过程与“存档”有很大关系，这意味着建筑必须看起来新鲜，与过去不同，而许多旧元素要保持原样。这个项目的绰号是“蝙蝠侠旅社”，它是超级英雄的一个版本，它仍然展示了许多穿着黑色西装的布鲁斯·韦恩。很明显，该项目是一个转换过程，它提示对其原始状态的跟踪。

The conversion process of exterior and interior in this project has a lot to do with ‘archiving’, meaning the building will have to look fresh and different from what it used to be while many of old elements are to be kept intact. The project is nicknamed, “Batman hostel”, a version of the superhero that still shows a lot of Bruce Wayne under the black suit. Very clearly, the project is a transformation process that hint to the tracing back of its original condition.

外部的主要操作是展示原有的现代主义建筑的外观，这一建筑具有很强的时代表现力。竹板通常是手工制作的，在泰国农村地区的小房子里使用，放在现有遮阳板的后面，以形成对比背景，并强调我们所欣赏的现有建筑的形式。竹墙也是宿舍房间的定义框架，每个单元之间都有隐私。

The main operation for the exterior is to reveal the original modernist façade of the existing building which has a very strong expression of its time. The bamboo panels, typically hand-made and used in small houses in rural area of Thailand, are inserted behind the existing sunshade to make contrast background and emphasize the form of the existing architecture that we admire. The bamboo walls also act as defining frames of the hostel rooms giving privacy between each unit.

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内部是不同概念的并列。前租客遗留下来的大理石接待处一直依附在旧式样的新拼贴墙上。

The interior is about juxtaposition of different concepts. The marble reception counter left from the previous renter is kept attached to the new collage wall made of old fashion & design magazines. Separating by the giant clock clad with colorful toys, guest dining area is an all-white vintage tile space. Just a few meters away, the public area of the hostel is a bombarded with vibrant colors; the turquoise stair well, the orange hall on 2nd floor and the yellow corridor on 3rd. Inside the 16 hostel rooms are kept simple using white and natural wood colors to make the compact rooms feel spacious. 6 bunk beds are combined and built in capsule-like units to add little more privacy.

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如今住在招待所不仅仅是为了经济上的睡眠，而是要体验这个地方所能提供的一切。在某种程度上，Yim Huay Khwang Hostel试图证明这一点。

Staying in the hostel these days is more than just about budget sleeping, but experiences what the place has to offer. In a way, Yim Huay Khwang Hostel is trying to prove that.

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