这些神奇的小巷房屋曾经是上海上世纪30年代令人陶醉的主要建筑结构，如今正被整个城市的高密度开发项目慢慢拆除。奈里

The magical lane houses, which were once the dominant fabric that made urban Shanghai the intoxicating place that it was in the 1930s, are now slowly being demolished, taken over by high-density developments all over the city. Neri&Hu was commissioned to reconstruct a dilapidated lane house left with almost nothing except its glorious shell in the historic and artistic Tianzifang area in Shanghai, and the mission was to transform it into three separate apartment units.

Neri&Hu’s strategy was to rethink the typology of the lane house--keeping the split level formation, a typical trait to lane houses in this city, and add spatial interest through new insertions and skylights to accentuate the architectural integrity of such a typology, contemporizing it for today’s lifestyle.

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从历史上看，车道房屋是由两个不同的空间分开的-一个更长、通常是矩形的空间，它有一个较小的房间，比这高出半层，在中间形成一个由缠绕楼梯连接的分割部分。在世纪之交，这些常被单身家庭占据的小巷房屋，在城市经济历史的过程中发生了变化。现在，他们通常被三个或更多的家庭所占据，共用公共楼梯和楼梯，这样住在不同层次或房间的邻居就有机会在搬进或搬出他们的私人单元时进行互动。

Historically the lane houses are separated with two distinct spaces--a longer and often rectangular space with a smaller room half a level above that creates a split section connected by a winding stairway in between. These lane houses which were often occupied by single families during the turn of the century, have changed over the course of the city’s economic history. They are now typically occupied by three or more families, sharing the public stair case and landings, so that neighbors living on different levels or rooms have a chance to interact as they move in and out of their personal units.

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为了保持这种类型的精神的活力，一个新的连续金属楼梯被插入，以取代旧的腐朽的木楼梯，这是没有代码的。它还起到了垂直连接三个层次的作用，同时也为正面房间和上方半层的房间设置了一个锁，使其结构完好无损。为了保持这些空间的纯净和严谨，所有的厕所都被插入楼梯间。浴室，可以想象是每个公寓最亲密的空间，插入在最公共的楼梯旁边，只有一个喷砂玻璃隔板隔开。在这个楼梯上，一个ClearStory天窗被添加到最黑暗的空间，也给正面的房间，半层以上的房间，以及楼梯空间本身带来光。私人和公众的模糊是把分裂的层次联系在一起的核心概念，同时也将生活带到了小巷的中间部分和最黑暗的部分。

To keep the spirit of this typology alive, a new continuous metal stair was inserted to replace the old decaying wooden stair that was not to code. It also serves to act both as a vertical connection to the three levels and at the same time a lock for the frontal room and room half a level above to be intact in its configuration. To keep these spaces pure and rigorous, all toilets were inserted into the stair spaces. The bathrooms, conceivably the most intimate spaces of each apartment, are inserted next to the most public stairway separated only with a sandblasted glass divider. Above this stairway, a clearstory skylight was added to bring light to the darkest space and also to the frontal room, the room half a level above, and the staircase space itself. The blurring of both the private and the public acts as the central concept that binds the split level together, and at the same time, bring life to the middle and darkest portion of the lane house.

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在建筑上，在过去60年中添加的装饰元素被剥去，在正面部分创造了大的开口，以改善每个公寓的公共空间的光线质量。选择黑色是为了让这座建筑“消失”，希望人们能体验到30年代上海城市生活中如此重要的公共楼梯连接的分隔部分。通过捕捉历史的过去精神，并作出新的抽象插入，以满足现代需要，奈里。

Architecturally, the decorative elements added over the last 60 years were stripped off, and large openings were created on the frontal section to improve light qualities to the public spaces of each apartment. The color black was selected to make the building “disappear”, in hoping that one would experience the split-section connected by a public stairway that is so vital to Shanghai’s urban life in the 30’s. By capturing the spirit of the historic past and making new abstract insertions to meet modern needs, Neri&Hu infused life into a lane house in a neighborhood whose original fabric is dissolving too fast, too soon.