前哨村位于崇明岛的北部，从1968年开始围垦至今已41年。前哨湾艺术部落便坐落于此，意图通过“艺术旅游”这样一种形式让崇明岛发展出新兴的文化经济产业。图书室原先是一栋破败的平房，为前哨小学校舍。校舍年久失修已经成为危房，受当地政府委托，我们在拆除后的原址新建一座图书室，同时兼备咖啡馆的功能，作为服务于前哨湾艺术部落的配套设施。

Qianshao Village is located in the northern part of Chongming Island. It has been 41 years since the reclamation began in 1968. Qianshao Bay Art Tribe is launched with a intention to develop a new cultural and economic industry in Chongming Island through the form of ‘art tourism’. The library used to be a run-down bungalow that served as the primary school in this village. We were commissioned by the local government to build a new library and cafe on the site of the demolished school, which will also become a supporting facility for the Art Tribe.

▼雾中的树林图书室，library in the mist ©朱润资

2020年5月的初次踏勘现场之后，我们被前哨湾大片的苗木林所吸引。漫步其中，可以感受到城市生活中难得一见的与自然的亲近。 “ 如何用具象表现抽象？” “如何通过建筑氛围让人感受自然意境？” 设计试图将这种树林的自然景象转译为建筑氛围，在现实与超现实、具象与抽象的转化中展现自然与建筑的和谐共处。

After our first visit to the site in May 2020, we were attracted by the large nursery forest in Qianshao Bay. When meandering throug it, you can feel the closeness with nature that is rarely seen in city life. ‘How to visualize abstraction with concrete design?’ ‘How to make people feel the natural mood through architectural atmosphere?’ The design attempts to interpret the natural scene of the forest into an architectural atmosphere, showing the harmonious coexistence of the nature and architecture in the interpretation between real and surreal, figurative and abstract.

▼校舍原状，the existing building ©空间里

▼左：苗木林环境；右：英国超现实主义画家 玛格丽特·吉利斯 left: the nursery forest; right: British painter Margaret Gillies©空间里

▼设计概念，design concept ©空间里