Boutique Shops in Old Buildings: Historic Shell, New Interior

A boutique on the ground floor of a 19th-century stone building, retaining the original stone columns, arched windows, carved ceilings, and herringbone wood floors. The new display cases are a set of independent, light-colored wood and glass volumes that do not touch the old walls, placed in the center of the space. Lighting emanates from within these volumes, rather than from holes drilled into the old ceiling. New and old are clearly separated. Avoid: covering the entire old wall surface with new decor, drilling holes in the carved ceiling to install track lights, new display cases imitating classical moldings and carvings, removing all historical traces.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一棟十九世紀石造建築一樓改造而成的精品店,保留了原有的石柱、拱窗、雕花天花與人字拼木地板;新的陳列櫃是一組獨立的、不碰觸老牆的淺色木與玻璃量體,放在空間中央,燈光從這些量體內部發出,而不是在老天花上打洞裝燈。新與舊清楚分開。避免:把老牆面整片包覆成新的裝潢、在雕花天花上鑽孔安裝軌道燈、新的陳列櫃模仿古典的線板與雕花、清除所有歷史的痕跡。