什物是一家以销售精致生活方式相关的日本产品为主的商店，位于南京总统府旧址旁。其商品涵盖器皿、女装、配饰等类型的手艺人定制作品。委托人经历过日本的泡沫经济时期，时代的沉浮让她更能读懂匠人的以物传情，并以传播者的视角传递手作的情绪。与此相似，CATS的设计也是探索手作精神在空间体验和材料氛围上的再表达。

Located along a narrow alley next to the Presidential Palace, a cultural heritage and popular tourist destination in Nanjing, the new Shiwu branch store is provided a context that is not to the advantage of its own character. While the surroundings embrace loud crowds, cheap souvenirs and fast food, Shiwu primarily features carefully crafted products that are mostly handmade by Japanese craftsmen.

▼整体空间，Overall Impression

网 | Web

什物的商品种类繁杂，形式各异，并且更替频繁。如何巧妙的应对商品的多样和多变？是否有机会只做一个简单的操作而同时解决多个问题？答案也许并不难发现——植入可以灵活挂装的墙面。传承自隈研吾先生的材料探索精神，我们选用了定制孔径的张拉铝网，并用纸絮挂浆包裹其表面。张拉铝网孔径与常规金属托架产品的孔距相对应，其拼合而成的墙面允许托架在任意位置安装（现了最大程度的灵活）。同时，经过大量调研和试验，我们找到中国古法造纸所采用的原浆纸浆，发现其纸絮长并且附着力很强。我们以试验得出的合适比例将其溶入水池，在现场亲手完成了20张铝网的挂浆、晾晒。

纸絮网墙坚固，灵活，透明，斑驳，多变，时而封闭，时而通透，既是功能理性的产物，也有独特的美学，是空间硬件上最有表现力的主元素。

▼张拉铝网挂浆制作过程，the process of applying paper pulp

▼网墙使用灵活性示意，flexibility diagram

Maximizing the flexibility of rearrangement through a single intervention, we tested early on the idea of inserting partitions cladded with expanded mesh. We carefully selected a custom aperture dimension, which best fit commonly available standardized hangers, so that there could be no limit in terms of where the objects or shelves could be fixed. In the spirit of Kengo Kuma’s material experimentation, we went on to look for a fitting twist to the harshness of metal mesh. After going through many surveys and experiments, we discovered an ancient Chinses formula of paper pulp, which is very fiber rich and adhesive. Before execution on site, we tested to control the level of transparency of pulp web in our studio. We then dipped and dried 20 sheets of metal mesh on the construction site by ourselves.

The appearance of these pulp webs is constantly oscillating, due to the unevenness of pulp attachment to the metal meshes. Depending on where the viewer is standing, these webs will look rigid or soft, blurred or transparent, closed or open. They are initiated for the functional flexibility of rearrangement, but perform aesthetic values, giving the space its most unique character.

▼功能吊顶，Functional Ceiling