Market Revitalization: Steel Mezzanine Inserted into the Atrium of an Old Market

Inside a 1930s old market building, the central voided atrium is preserved. The surrounding old staircases are terrazzo, with simple steel pipe handrails painted green, the paint peeling to reveal the underlying material. A new glass roof has been added above the atrium, with a slender white steel truss structure contrasting with the ruggedness of the old building. The original stall partitions have been removed, leaving only traces of columns and flooring. New movable wooden tables and chairs are scattered around the void. The walls retain their original white tiles, with cracks and repairs visible. Sunlight streams into the atrium from the new roof. Avoid: repainting the surface of the old building, using dark or bulky components for the new structure, adding commercial signs, repaving the floor.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一棟一九三○年代的舊街市建築內部,中央的挑空天井被保留下來,四周的舊樓梯是水磨石的,扶手是簡單的鋼管,漆成綠色,漆已剝落露出底層。天井上方加了一片新的玻璃屋頂,結構是纖細的白色鋼桁架,與舊建築的粗獷形成對比。舊有的攤位隔間被拆除,只留下柱與地坪的痕跡,新加的家具是可移動的木桌椅,散置在挑空四周。牆面保留原有的白色磁磚,有裂痕與修補痕。日光從新屋頂灑進天井。避免:舊建築表面重新粉刷、新結構使用深色或粗大的構件、加入商業招牌、地坪重新鋪設。