这里是上海被称作老西门的地方，黄浦中心大厦就在这里。

Huangpu Center is located in the place known as Old West Gate in Shanghai.

▼入口望向钛锌板覆盖的超尺度前台，oversized reception with Ti-Zn panels

从地图上看，它所处的路口拐角即分别是人民路与中华路，方浜中路与方浜西路的分界点。人民路与中华路围起上海的老城厢，方浜中路往东直通向城隍庙，而往西不过一公里多开外就是新天地。每天，熙熙攘攘的人流穿过这里。

From the map, it is located at the corner of the junction where Renmin Road meets Zhonghua Road and Mid-Fangbang Road meets West Fangbang Road. Renmin Road and Zhonghua Road enclose Shanghai’s old city quarter, while Mid-Fangbang Road leads eastwards to the Chenghuang Temple and westwards to Xintiandi just by about 1 kilometer. Crowds of people pass through here every day.

▼吊灯矩阵下的问询区，information area under a battery of pendant lamps

▼两组黑色家具组成接待区，parlor with two sets of black furniture

2020 年，一切发生改变。从暴发到持续，疫情成为城市生活中常态化的存在。与其说是影响，不如说所有人都接受了这种改变，建筑作为包含人们日常行为的重要场所也不例外。

Things changed a lot in 2020 that from outbreaks to ongoing, epidemics become a regular presence in urban life that the change has been everywhere. Architectures that go with people’s everyday life are of no exception.

▼前台南端的闸机出入口，the brake gates on the south end of the reception