“有活动发生是因为有活动可以发生”——杨·盖尔《交往与空间》，关于驻足节点的设计。

Something happens because something happens because something happens. Life Between Buildings, by Jan Gehl on places for staying.

▼项目视频，Video

场地原为一所闲置的小学教舍，被改做乡村研学中心。业主希望对现有入口大门进行改造，给将来的研学中心一个有别于昔日的新形象。校舍原有入口是南侧两座门房之间的一扇铁栅栏门。大门平日关闭，防范小偷小摸的同时也拒绝了其他人接近它的可能。它的空间形象是杂乱消极的，功能类似闸门，只可开合。我们希望在回应使用者对于入口新形象的期待同时，不是去雕塑一个标志化的造型，而是通过重新建立人与入口空间的联系，让大门成为人停留和使用的真正空间。

▼轴测图，Axonometric

The site was a primary school left unused for a long period and is going to be transformed into a training center. The owner expected an entrance renovation to establish a new public image. Between two gatehouses lays the entrance door, which was an iron fence, usually locked and closed to protect the property from burglars, however, it also rejected any possibilities for public activities. The entrance space is negative and chaotic. To respond to the need for a new image for the entrance, instead of simply designing a symbolic form, we choose to rebuild the connection between people and the space and reshape people’s feelings towards the space.

▼大门原状，Existing condition of the entrance

入口空间被忽视的公共属性 Entrance Area as Public Realm 大门是街道空间的延续，它不只是薄薄的门板，也是具有厚度的公共空间。在传统建筑中，大门往往以入口建筑的形式存在，门扇后退让出一部分面向街道的檐下空间，供人停留。主人送客出门时在此寒暄送别，大雨倾盆时路人借此避雨。大门自古虽有彰显自家身份地位的用途，但也是具有社交温度的空间。胡同里大门口的檐下空间，就承载着邻里间闲谈、纳凉、游戏的公共交往属性。

The entrance area contains not only a gate but also an extension of street life. As in traditional buildings, the entrance gate exists as an entrance building, with doors drawn back to spare some space facing the street as an entrance porch, which allows passersby to stop off and take it as shelter from the bad weather, or for hosts to greeting and seeing off guests. Although the gate building has the function of showing off the owner’s state, it is also a space helping to build up social connections between neighborhoods. The entrance porch in Hutong could be easily found as an example of the entrance area as a public space, which allows neighbors to sit and chat or to entertain.

▼改造后大门外观，External view after renovation

我们设置了一个板柱结构的小亭作为入口建筑，它以最基本的结构和材料建造：两排圆柱支撑一片平屋面板，创造出挡雨遮阳的檐下空间，地面用两步高差的抬升来界定入口可停留的区域，亭下设置三张混凝土长凳，让进出的师生和过往的路人在此小憩或交谈。地面砌筑空心砖矮折墙，引导人走入亭内。竖向支撑均使用圆柱，增强了空间的流动性。

As the entrance building, we designed a slab-column system pavilion built with basic structure and materials. The roof is made with reinforced concrete slab and supported by two rows of circular columns, which could be a shelter from rain or heat. Within the pavilion, the ground is two steps higher than the street, and three concrete benches are made for the teacher, student, and passersby to take a set. The folding draft wall made with hollow bricks guided and drove people walking into the pavilion. The Circular column works as vertical support, which adds fluidity to the space.

▼板柱结构的入口亭，Entrance pavilion of slab-column system