于北京市顺义区高丽营镇一村北街广场，礽建筑 + KEYWORKS 联合设计了一处乡村戏台广场，为当地塑造一个戏曲表演与集会交流的公共场所。

RENGARCH and KEYWORDS designed together a public space for the local community in a village in Shunyi District of Beijing. The space includes a public stage for folk art performances, playing areas for children as well as a platform for local gatherings.

2020 年 5 月，在诗人范学宜邀请下，我们来到北京市顺义区高下路高丽营镇一村并展开了一个关于乡村戏台广场的设想，并取名“高下剧场”。

In summer 2020, the Chinese poet Fan Xueyi invited us to collaborate with the local community as a team. We developed ideas to vitalize an existing area for local people as well as visitors.

▼戏台广场鸟瞰，aerial view of public stage ©ArchVmap 建筑地图

▼戏台夜景鸟瞰，aerial view of the stage at night ©ArchVmap 建筑地图

戏台一直在乡村公共生活中扮演着重要的角色。从节日活动到村民日常生活，戏台一直承载着人们生活娱乐记忆。我们希望“高下剧场”能为当地带来情感的回归，并同时具有当代生活的公共属性。

In the tradition of Chinese villages, the stage is an important public space. Commonly used for festivities, the stage has always been in the villagers’ lives. Being a space for so many different happenings, the stage is also emotionally important to the locals. By revitalizing a stage culture, we hope to bring back emotions and memories to the local community, combined with the public attributes of contemporary life. We want to give culture and old tradition a platform so they can exist and even grow with the next generations.

▼戏台资料，public stage photo ©网络资料

场地位于村子两条中心道路的交叉位置，是低于周边一米左右的不规则方形广场。戏台的开间呈南北朝向，设想的戏台既是表演场所，也是作为连接东西的“桥”，同时成为村里的“亭子”。

The site is an irregular square situated at a crossing of two main roads. The surroundings topography slopes from north to south with a height difference of around one meter. The long rectangular stage is situated carefully to form a bridge between east and west, whilst dividing the site into two areas from north to south. The larger south area offers plenty of space for visitors viewing towards the stage. Six existing willow trees in the north area naturally become the background of the stage. The stage is not only a performance venue but also a bridge connecting the east and west sides, or a pavilion of the village.

▼露天戏台，open air stage ©吕博