架构师提供的文本描述。这是一座有40年历史的钢筋混凝土建筑的翻修工程，最初存放从地下室到二楼的储藏室和办公室空间，三楼的住宅空间。

Text description provided by the architects. This is a renovation project of a 40 year-old reinforced concrete building that originally housed storage and office spaces from the basement to the 2nd floor and residential spaces on the 3rd floor.

我们目前的设计主要集中在二楼和三楼的建筑外部和起居区。该项目的第二阶段将把地下室和一楼改造成商业空间。

Our current design focused on the building’s exterior and living quarters on the 2nd and 3rd floors. The second phase of the project is set to convert the basement and 1st floor into commercial spaces.

首先，所有内部分区都是为了腾出空间而取消的。高耸在周围的房屋之上，三楼光线充足，可容纳居住空间，而二楼则提供了相对较多的私人空间。

First, all interior partitioning was done away with to free up space. Towering above the surrounding houses, the 3rd floor is well lit and accommodates the living space, while the 2nd floor offers a comparatively more private space.

在第三层的中心有一个孔，一个带有内置楼梯的大家具被直接放置在它下面，在建筑物内部形成了一条流线。稍微偏离中心的摆设松散地隔断了合奏，从而创造了周围有不同个性的空间。

An aperture was made at the center of the 3rd floor and a large piece of furniture with built-in stairs was placed directly underneath it to create a line of flow inside the building. The slightly off-center furnishing loosely partitions the ensemble, thus creating spaces with different personalities around it.

在连接上下层的这件家具的顶上，有一个宽阔的平台，使另一个小地板。

Atop of this piece of furniture connecting the upper and lower floors there is a wide landing that makes another small floor.

通过使二楼的长湾窗户成为一张大桌子，或者把三楼的阳台改造成通往入口的空间等，我们努力使新加入的元素与现有建筑的残余物共存，并给它一种整体的统一感。

By making the long bay window on the 2nd floor serve as a big desk or remodeling the veranda on the 3rd floor into a space leading to the entrance, etc., we strived to make newly added elements coexist with the remnants from the existing building and give it an overall sense of unity.