来自

Bernard Dubois

Appreciation towards

Bernard Dubois

for providing the following description:

Nicolas Andreas Taralis

品牌中国新总部位于上海一个老工业园区里，整个办公室与展区的设计由威尼斯建筑双年展比利时联合策展人，也是建筑师的

Bernard Dubois

一手打造。整个室内环境仿佛与外面的世界隔绝，整整1500平方米只剩下安静与平静，没有任何喧嚣与匆忙的痕迹。

Situated in an old industrial complex, the offices are the new headquarters of the brand

Nicolas Andreas Taralis

in China.

Designed with the architect

Bernard Dubois

, co-curator of the Belgian Pavilion of the 14th Venice Architecture Biennale, the space is conceived of as a hermetic world housed within the shell of the existing building. Situated over 2 floors and 1500m2, the calm and quiet interior transports the visitor into a universe far removed from the daily bustle and hurry of the building’s environs.

这是一个在材料使用上极为克制的室内空间。最少量的使用材料，创造出一个清晰的整体空间。陈列室，办公区，工作室，管理区这四大区域独立并关联。陈列展区是整个空间的核心，这里就像是一个科技感很强的封闭盒子，从天花上照射下的冷光与灰色的基调协作，仿佛外宇宙的传输站，在这种单纯中性的整体空间下，客人们更容易将精力放在品牌展示物上。墙面上的镜子将空间放大无穷倍，结构柱映射其中就如同古代神殿或者希腊神庙的壮观柱列。一段楼梯，是通往上方的“唯一”出路。当把一层的灯关闭，从楼梯井上射入的天光也足够将空间照亮。

Different layers of space and interaction with the existent structure and outside world reveal themselves over the two levels in a mixture of contrasts and harmonies.

Purity, symmetry and centralization are key elements that guided the composition of the project. Materials are kept to a minimum in order to create a monumental whole and a clear design vocabulary — repetition becomes a central device. Shapes are rectilinear, unconditional and markedly horizontal.

The building, divided into 4 distinct zones (Showroom, Studio, Atelier and Administration), functions independently from one zone to another however all are inter-linked through an annular circulation showing in cross-section.

At the heart of the design is the showroom, conceived as a closed box within the existing structure, which immediately transports the visitor into a science-fiction-like world under the glow of an intense light-box ceiling. The sealed and immersive universe commands attention and invites the visitor to discover the brand. The space is markedly horizontal and rectangular; a geometry that is further accentuated through the low ceiling and mirrors placed either side of two long walls and that repeat the room into infinity. All elements express the central composition of the space; a series of columns hint of a cloister or Greek temple in antiquity. Hanging rails in chrome metal run the final perimeter of the room whilst a grand central staircase rises to the second floor studio, the only connection from the showroom to the outside world and existing building. When the light-box ceiling is off, natural light floods from above through the central stairwell.