Xinxuan Yang 杨昕璇
Boston
既有建筑改造 · 公共文化与商业复合空间
本项目将波士顿市中心一处餐饮空间改造为社区剧场，并与毗邻的披萨店进行空间整合，探索既有建筑中公共文化功能与日常商业业态共存的可能性。设计以“表演”为线索，既服务于剧场演出与公共活动，也关注建筑在日常使用中的持续运作方式。
项目并未以拆除重建作为更新手段，而是从原有建筑的材料与构件出发，通过轻量化的设计介入，在保留空间原有性格的同时，重新组织内部关系，创造新的使用与消费场景。在气候与资源压力不断加剧的背景下，这种低干预的改造策略有效控制了施工成本与实施风险。
改造后的空间一方面回应城市生活中的公共文化需求，另一方面为既有餐饮业态引入新的使用可能，使商业与公共功能相互激活。建筑因此不再是单一功能的容器，而是在时间中持续发生的城市场景。
Adaptive Reuse · Mixed-Use Cultural and Commercial Space
This project transforms a dining space in downtown Boston into a community theater, integrating it with an adjacent pizza shop to explore the coexistence of public culture and daily commerce within an existing structure. Guided by the theme of "performance," the design serves not only theatrical productions and public events but also facilitates the building's continuous operation during daily use.
Avoiding demolition and reconstruction, the approach begins with the building's existing materials and components. Through lightweight design interventions, the project reorganizes internal spatial relationships to create new scenarios for use and consumption, all while preserving the space’s original character. Amidst intensifying climate and resource pressures, this low-intervention strategy effectively mitigates construction costs and implementation risks.
The renovated space responds to the demand for public culture in urban life while introducing new possibilities for the existing dining business, allowing commercial and public functions to mutually activate one another. Consequently, the building is no longer a container for a single function, but an evolving urban scene unfolding over time.