Blue Note是国际最知名和顶级的爵士音乐现场表演机构，1981年创立于纽约，它是爵士乐迷心目中的圣地，是梦想去朝拜的音乐殿堂。众多爵士乐历史上的巨人和现今坐拥无数格莱美奖的爵士乐大师都长期活跃在这里，其品牌更是最高品质音乐演出的代名词。而在华语音乐教父李宗盛和田坦的共同努力下，这个爵士乐品牌被引入了中国，并带来了这座全球规模最大的Blue Note 北京俱乐部！它超越了纽约的老店，以及米兰，东京和夏威夷的分店。在这里，每周都有格莱美奖大师的演出，同时还有融合了更多元的优秀艺术展现。而这个老牌爵士已经从一个曾经可望而不可即的梦想，变成了现今许多人生活中的一部分。

The project is the first China branch of the age-old Jazz brand from New York City, the Blue Note Jazz Club. The site is the former American consulate to the Qing Dynasty, a landmark project in itself and just minutes of walk from the forbidden palace in Beijing. One is faced with the challenge of landing the face of New York cool jazz, in the capital of China, a city so full of Chinese history.

▼室内音乐现场，the live show

Blue Note北京俱乐部所在的场地是前美国驻民国领事馆旧址，距故宫步行几分钟。它的霸气位置也决定了它是一个地标性的项目。但同时，该项目要面对的挑战是如何在首都落地一个纽约蓝色爵士乐的地标，如何让西方的文化和首都浓郁的中国历史文化起到一种有意思的对话。 项目位置于美国领事馆旧址的地下，通过东侧的一组大台阶为入口连通地上与地下部分。建筑的空间序列中带有一种韵律感，这种布局方式的灵感既来源于音乐的节奏感，又来源于北京老城百转千回的胡同肌理。其设置有长长的走道，蜿蜒扭转，在不同的体量之间形成互动关系。

The project takes place in the courtyard of this landmark complex, mostly underground with a grand stair entrance from the east. The procession of the space has a rhythm that was inspired as much by music as the hu-tong complex in the old city of Beijing, with long corridors, twist and turns and also a play between different volumes.

▼通往地下空间的入口台阶，the entrance stair to the bar

客人们穿过领事馆旧址的大花园，到达大楼梯处，顺楼梯向下进入门厅，在这里有音乐商店和餐厅。再从门厅向右转穿过一条狭长的走廊，走道两侧展示有爵士乐发展的历史时间线。走道的尽头是一个宽敞的迎宾大厅，该处空间位于地下五米的深度。大厅是一处多功能聚集性场所，上层是VIP环形观演台、售票区、办公区和卫生间。接着又一个蓝色光晕的大楼梯，直达音乐厅。二楼的7个包厢是此项目对于传统歌剧院的一种致敬。也隐含了中国传统美学里的“看与被看”的微妙。

Visitors are moved from the inner garden of the complex via a large set of staircases, slowly down to a entree lobby that has an attached jazz store / cafe. Then a right turn brings them through a long and narrow corridor, lined with a history time line of the development of jazz. At the end of the tunnel one arrives at the grand lobby, now already some 5 meters down from street level. The grand lobby is a gathering place as much as a functional hub, branching into the upper VIP circuits, ticketing area, office area and restrooms.

▼大厅是一处多功能聚集性场所，the grand lobby is a gathering place

▼一个蓝色光晕的大楼梯直达音乐厅，from the grand lobby one descends a mysterious blue stair case with a curved ceiling, to the main performance space