“老菜场市井街区一段”项目位于西安明城墙内南顺城巷东端。在一片衰败的城墙东南角，由工业遗留转化而来的菜市场是唯一生机勃勃的角落。项目意图以菜市场为发起点，带动社区更新，振兴区域活力。

The project “Old Market Folk Culture Block _ Phase I” is located around the east end of the South Shuncheng Alley of Xi’an. Among the decaying southeast inner city, the market which used to be a velveteen factory is the only corner bustling with life. The project’s ambition is to renew the area in a gentle way that preserves its local community.

▼改造后，台阶广场联系了公共走道与 1、2 号楼的数个标高 The step plaza that connets multiple levels © LEON

西安城墙东南角区域，清末至民国曾是驻军和府邸用地，至解放初期建设了一批机关单位大院；在改革开放及其后数十年，大院边界的韧性让片区得以避开数轮粗暴的城市开发，保留下一片低层高密的历史肌理；新世纪前后，随着生产功能的转移和基础设施的老化，区域逐步陷入衰败。2000 年，位于此区域的平绒厂停产，闲置的厂房被转化成一个综合农贸市场，成为周边居民的一个热闹的去处，即小有名气的“建国门菜市场”。然而片区的结构性衰落并未得到解决，菜场本身近几年也受到超市、电商的竞争和动摇，城墙东南角和老菜场需要走出下一步。2018 年末，政府，投资方一起推动了以保存区域肌理和市井生活为前提的“老菜场市井街区”微更新计划。我们受委托对计划的启动部分开展设计。

▼从东侧看城墙东南角区域及项目涉及范围 Aerial view from east city wall ©行止计画

▼平绒厂改造成为菜场前后 The original velveteen factory and the transformed market ©行止计画

The Southeast inner city in Xi’an has been a place for important mansions and offices at the beginning of the 20th century. After the New China founded, several Unit Yard Communities—Danwei were constructed here. After China’s opening up in 1976, the tough boundaries of those Unit Yards prevented this area from brutal urban developments afterwards, which preserved the low-rise, high-density texture of this area. Stepped into the 21st century, the area fell down with the transferring of productions and decaying of infrastructures. The velveteen factory in this area discontinued in 2000, the obsoleted space transformed into a market which is a welcoming place for the surrounding residence as “Jianguomen Market”. But the structural problems of this area haven’t been solved, the market with the area together need to step forward. At the end of 2018, the micro-renewal plan “Old Market Folk Culture Block” landed in and we were assigned to design its starting section.

▼改造后的老菜场市井街区一段街景 View of the market before and after renovation© LEON