我们不认为我们应该造一个你以前生活过的老院子让你全然的重温过去；我们只是创造一个窗口，从这里窥视你依然能找到儿时上房揭瓦的兴奋，打柿子的愉悦，看鸽子时的畅快，但同时真正激动人心的，是这些传统的片段却组成了一个属于未来你不曾体验过的空间。

We don’t think we should make an old courtyard so you can relive the past of growing up; we just create a window from which you can still find the excitement of going up to the house, the pleasure of hitting persimmons, the pleasure of watching pigeons, but at the same time, what is really exciting is that these traditional fragments form a space that belongs to a future you have never experienced before…

▼庄子玉工作室鼓楼 7 号院，Buro Ziyu Zhuang’s Gulou No. 7 Courtyard ©BUZZ 庄子玉工作室

2015 年，BUZZ 庄子玉工作室，从国贸标准化的办公楼搬到了钟鼓楼旁的一座老四合院，走出了纯粹的办公场景，融入了北京的日常生活。

In 2015, BUZZ Buro Ziyu Zhuang moved from a regular office building in China World Trade Center to an old courtyard next to Drum and Bell Tower, moving out of the corporate office scene and into the daily life of Beijing.

▼入口露天庭院，Outdoor entry yard©BUZZ 庄子玉工作室

6 年间，这里完成了许多令人印象深刻的设计，亦有大量灵感和原型源起这个院子。鼓楼 7 号院，也成为了团队探索建筑空间关系和当代中国人生活方式的原型伊始。

6 years later, many impressive designs have been conceived here, and a large number of inspirations and prototypes originated from this patio. No. 7 Gulou Courtyard also became the model for the team to explore the relationship between architectural space and contemporary Chinese lifestyles.

▼鼓楼 7 号院屋顶，Rooftop view© 张辉

▼南眺鼓楼，Overlooking the Drum Tower to the south©BUZZ 庄子玉工作室