经过18个月的改造,一个废弃的超市盒子，华丽蜕变成一座2.5万平米的崭新社区商业中心――2019年5.30开业的天津万科广场，包括餐饮，精品零售，书店和2000平米的美食集合街区,现已成为天津老城区的活力焦点。

The Tianjin Vanke Square project transformed an existing, abandoned 3 level super market into a 2500 m² community retail center, including restaurants, boutique retailing, bookstores and a 2,00m² market & food court.

▼鸟瞰透视，Bird-eyes view ©金伟琦

项目背景：快速城市化 VS. 文化的传承

Background: Urbanization vs. Cultural heritage

项目前身一栋老城区里毫无特色的白色钢结构方盒子。它正位于天津市著名历史街区-五大道的边缘。在它的北侧，是“红区”–富有文化底蕴，空间质感的民国建筑街区。从它的南侧开始，是“白区”— 在近年城市化过程中形成的苍白，草率而简陋的城市区域。这一变迁折射出伴随快速城市化而生的平庸化城市生活。我们就试图把这个项目作为这座城市复兴实验的楔子。从一座建筑出发，回应从老城到形成的历史过度，激活与复兴场地及周边城市空间，传承天津的城市精神。

The building itself, located on the edge of the Five Avenues Historical Zone in Tianjin, can be seen as a trans-formative element that mediates between the rich colors and textures of the historic district and the chaotic jumble of recent developments. The building is a marker on the cross roads of both location and time. This change reflects the mediocre urban life that accompanied the rapid urbanization.

▼城市肌理及项目位置，Context and Location©UV

改造策略：文艺复兴

Strategy: Renaissance

一个城市的历史，在城市的空间中留下痕迹。天津卫特有的品味，格调和归属感，蕴藏在老城里精致的建筑和宜人的场所氛围之中。但这些品质很遗憾地在现代化的进程中迅速地流失了 。我们提出“文艺复兴”这个概念，希望通过对历史天津文脉的传承更新，超越当代全球化风潮下单一而均质的空间风格，创造出一种温暖，精致，可以传达情感和故事的场所。

The project concept was conceived as a “Renaissance”, conveying the rebirth of both the historic district of Tianjin and the manner in which the existing building was transformed to meet the demands of its new use. The new life, breathed into the lifeless hulk, is expressed through a series of colorful geometric elements that break out from its previously uniform exterior, to form a composition that reflects entrances, internal courts and the dynamic new uses within.

▼引入历史街区尺度，Introduce historical street scale©UV

立面策略

Elevation Strategy

从五大道老房子肌理中提取小尺度建筑元素插入原建筑，打破原有单调封闭立面。用现代手法表现红与白两种传统材料，激发街道的活力，成为连接新老城区的纽带。嵌入立面的小盒子创造出面向城市新的表情和姿态，创造出更宜人的街道尺度，也暗示出了内部空间的存在。

The large scale of the existing building was broken down into a more manageable human scale that express the red and white traditional material palette. The new façade engages and stimulates the vitality of the surrounding streets and plazas.

▼改造前建筑立面，Facade befor renovation©UV