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這家書店竟然和「斑馬線」有關係

2021/12/25

一座繁忙的城市，林立亂象的霓虹燈是背景。匆忙穿梭的行人，從街的這一側穿過馬路，從馬路的這一側越到另外的街區。從這座城市的上空看下來，人來人往，車水馬龍，唯有斑馬線靜靜的護航與指引。芮歐百貨就在一個繁忙的充斥著穿行與駐停的街角，鍾書閣芮歐店就在上海的市中心靜安區芮歐百貨的4樓的端頭。乘坐電梯來到四樓並向深處看去，可能就會看到鍾書閣的字幕玻璃幕牆，隱約可見其中乾淨整潔灰白色調和諧暈染，安靜的光暈透過字幕幕牆的空隙傳遞出來。走近，走進。你便知道這次鍾書閣要講的與書的故事和斑馬線有關。

Background of a busy city is always the randomly standing neon lights. Hurried pedestrians cross the street from one side to the other, from one block to another block by passing through the street. When viewing from above, you could see people come and go, the streets are crowded with pedestrians and vehicles, only the zebra crossings stand still to offer convoy and guidance. Réel Mall is at such a street corner filled with traveling and short stay, which is located at the centre of Shanghai – Jing』an district, and Zhongshuge is at the end of the 4th floor of Réel Mall.Come to the 4th floor by taking a lift and look further into this space, you might see the glass curtain wall with subtitles of Zhongshuge. It is dimly visible that the clean and neat white and grey colors fade softly into each other harmoniously; and quiet halo comes out through the gaps of the subtitle curtain wall. Walk closer and then walk into it. You would find out that the story Zhongshuge is going to tell is somehow related to zebra crossing.

這正是這家鍾書閣要表達的情懷，也是上海這座繁忙的城市的縮影。素色的混凝土映射著城市的馬路顏色，白色擺書台橫豎有致靜立路面，鏈接每個書台的地面畫著一條條白色的人行橫道線條，明確指引著書台與書台間的路徑。

This is the feeling that this Zhongshuge store wants to express, and this is a micro-cosm of busy Shanghai. The plain concrete represents the color of the city road, and white book tables stand still on the road in an orderly manner. On the floor, there are painted white zebra crossings linking to the book tables, which give clear guidance to the path between book tables.

滿牆陣列的白色圓管，每一根都可以自由伸縮進牆體，通過這樣的機動性可以塑造不同樣式的陣列圖形，這種變換的形式亦是擺放書的架台，同時更映射了快速變換的社會現狀。在這裡讀者儼然進入到了一個城市空間，但是這裡沒有車水馬龍，只有安安靜靜的路與斑馬線，還有在書台上落成山的書。因為斑馬線好比那一本本伴隨我們成長的書籍。在對的時間，遇到對的指引。由此來表達書與讀者的精神關聯。

On the wall, it is fully covered with white circular tubes. Each of the white circular tubes spread over the wall could retract into or stretch out of the wall freely, in this way, different array patterns could be formed with such flexibility. While this flexible design acts as book shelves, it also reflects the quick changed social status quo. Here, readers enter into a city space where there is no heavy traffic, but only quiet 「roads and zebra crossings」 and mountains of books on the books tables. Zebra crossing is like books that accompany our growth. Get the correct guidance at the right time. The spiritual connection between books and readers is thus expressed.

接承這個空間的是一個休閑閱讀的長廊，這裡有一排長長的公園椅子，書架設在兩廂，書牆每隔一段就會有一盞路燈。這裡不僅是讀書長廊，更是一個室內讀書公園。慢慢行走在書的世界，累了，坐在路燈下的椅子上，靜靜安放精神在一本心愛的書上，正是這個空間想給予讀者的閱讀環境。

What connects to this space is a long corridor for leisure reading, where there is a long row of park benches. The book shelves are placed at the two sides of the corri-dor, and there is a street lamp at a regular distance from one another. This is not only a reading corridor but also an interior reading park. Walking slowly in the world of books, when you get tired, you could sit on the chairs under the street lights and relax your mind by reading your favorite books- this is the reading environment that this space intended to create for readers.

穿越這安靜的圖書公園便來到了書籍的天空之城，一條蜿蜒的路徑貫穿4幢由書架構築成如建築般的書架，讓讀者體驗穿越在真正的書的城池，在路徑上看在這裡每一間「房子」外的牆都是書架構成，而且留有大面積的可透視窗口，可以看見「房子」內的情景，但從房子內部看則是一個個文化藝術主題和相應的書籍館。4間建築內面積有大有小，小型的猶如一個安靜的書房，大的可以容納小型的讀書會。這裡用書籍構建城市的模樣，與外界喧囂的街區不同，這裡只有安靜的讀者與作者之間的隔空交流與感悟的精神世界。書架之間的路徑寬窄漸變，曲徑蜿蜒間可見地面標示的斑馬路線，這裡，恍惚間像是走在上海的百年街道感受浪漫與上海的情懷。

Walking through the quiet park of books you will arrive at the castle of books in the sky. A winding path gets through the 4 architecture-like book shelves which are built with shelves, bringing the reader with an experience of walking through a real city of books. Along the path, you will notice that exterior walls of every 「house」 are built with book shelves, and on the wall there are big windows through which the interior of the 「house」 could be seen. From the inside of the 「house」 you will find out that the 「houses」 are book libraries with different themes of culture and art. The interior area of the 4 「houses」 are very different, the small one is like a quiet study while the big one could hold a small reading party. Here, the designer builds a city with books. Different from the outside bustling streets, this place is a spiritual world where readers could communicate with authors quietly through the books. The width of the path between book shelves is changing, and on this winding path you can see zebra crossings, you may dimly feel that you were walking in the centuries-old Shanghai streets where you can feel the romance and mood of Shanghai.

紅塵俗世，向來是每個人都逃不開的誘惑。尤其是上海這樣「紅塵中一二等風流富貴之地」便更是充斥著更多的慾望與無奈。所以糾纏沉浮在紅塵俗世中的人，時常渴望有一個安靜的場所，可以讓自己的身心得到解放！芮歐鍾書閣用斑馬線的概念來貫穿和引領故事的情節，從安靜的馬路街景到公園閑適的環境再到建築群的精神空間，來表達繁忙浮躁的城市節奏下，書籍作為生活的陪伴，像是城市的各種功能與我們生活的關聯，並且闡述像斑馬線一樣的書籍為我們的成長護航與指引！

The world of mortals is a temptation that everyone could not escape from. Shanghai, in particular, a 「top-ranked romantic and rich place within the world of mortals」, is saturated with far more desires and helplessness. Thus people who struggle within this world of mortals always long for a quiet place where their body and mind could be set free! Zhongshuge (Réel Mall) uses the concept of zebra crossing to penetrate and lead the plot of the story, which expresses the idea that under the busy and im-petuous pace of city, books, being a companion to life, is acting as association be-tween all kinds of functions of the city and our life; and that books give convoy and guidance to our growth just like what zebra crossing does!