快速迭代的当下，历史建筑的遗留成为必然。那些封存记忆的场所，正是人们对城市产生特定归属感的载体。

milanesi丨paiusco 以解决问题为出发点，守护并激活被遗忘的老旧空间，让这份情感根系得以延续与新生。

因此我们重新思考：

历史遗迹如何在当下数字化城市语境里再次呼吸？

In this rapidly evolving era, historic building endure as inevitable urban legacies. These spaces of collective memory anchor human sense of belonging to the urban fabric.

As a solution-driven practice, m|p embraces the mission of preserving and revitalizing forgotten old spaces – extending and revitalizing this rooted sense of place.

We rethinking:

How can historical relics breathe again in today^s digital urban context?

本次改造的建筑——新一棉仓库，原为上海第九棉纺织厂遗址，坐落于杨浦区黄浦江畔。这座建于20世纪初的新古典主义建筑，以钢筋混凝土为骨架，清水红砖为外墙，见证了上海百年纺织工业的兴衰与转型。

本次改造不仅是一场空间的更新，更是一次关于城市记忆的再编织——在过去与未来，历史认同和城市转型之间，建立新的联结。

milanesi | paiusco 以“尊重时间，始于未来”为内核，克制介入，旨在构建一个具有活力、亲近日常的城市记忆社区，将人、文化遗产和城市肌理紧密相连。

The No.9 Cotton Mill Warehouse stands on the Huangpu River waterfront Yangpu district. This early 20th-century neoclassical structure—with reinforced concrete bones and exposed red-brick skin—bears witness to Shanghai^s century-long textile industry evolution.

This renovation transcends spatial renewal; it is a reweaving of urban memory—forging new connections between past and future, historical identity and urban transformation.

Guided by the philosophy "Respect Time, Begin from the Future", m|p adopts a restrained approach to create a vibrant, daily-integrated, urban memory community, tightly interlinking people, cultural heritage, and urban fabric.

杨浦滨江，曾是上海工业核心地带，集聚纺织、造船、电力等重工业，烙下城市工业化的直观印记。沿岸国棉九厂、国棉十七厂、杨树浦发电厂等历史遗存，已完成改造转型，成为城市更新的重要样本。

Yangpu Waterfront, once Shanghai^s industrial core, hosted textiles, shipbuilding, and power industries, imprinting the city^s industrial legacy. Revamped sites like Cotton Mill No. 9, No. 17, and Yangshupu Power Plant serve as key models for urban renewal.

当下矛盾：

数字经济驱动美团等科技园区在周边崛起，城市新界面加速成形。历史与未来在此割裂——工业遗存未能融入快速发展的城市体系，孤立于城市肌理之外，面临被忽视和遗忘的风险。

Current Contradiction:

Digital economy accelerates—Meituan tech parks rise nearby; new urban interfaces rapidly form. History and future fracture here—industrial relics trapped in time^s crevices, isolated from the urban fabric, gradually forgotten.

设计锚定三大策略

连接、保留、重构

Design anchors three core strategies

Connect · Preserve · Rebuild

为了打破空间割裂、延续城市肌理，设计围绕“连接”展开多维度的思考与实践：

打破孤立，连接场地与周边，城市界面动态流动

强化贯通，联动南北与东西，空间脉络持续延展

融合新旧，延伸人文与景观，数字记忆交汇共生

To break spatial fragmentation and continue the urban fabric, the design explores and practices the concept of "connection" on multiple levels：

Breaking isolation, connect site and surroundings, enable dynamic urban flow

Enhancing circulation, link north-south and east-west, extend spatial networks

Fusing old and new, extend culture and landscape, converge digital memory

东西向延续沿江绿带的慢行系统与骑行通道；南北向结合周边人群实际需求，构建前后场景观序列。

East-West: Extend the riverside slow-traffic system and cycling paths; North-South: Build layered landscape sequences and public spaces serving diverse needs.

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前场景观结合周边居民及办公人群的日常活动需求，融入景观台阶与休闲长廊，为人们提供基础的活动场地与休憩空间。

The forecourt integrates Landscape Stairs and Leisure Corridor to meet the daily activity needs of surrounding residents and office workers.

后场景观作为核心活动区，主要服务于经东西向绿带导入的游客及家庭群体，通过布局记忆公园与亲子活动中心，满足该人群的游览及互动需求。

The rear landscape, as the core activity area, mainly serves tourists and families entering along the east-west green belt. By setting up Memory Park and Family Activity to meet their recreational and interactive needs.

 空中连廊—快慢分流 

Sky Corridor

Fast-Slow Circulation Separation

空中连廊与旧址塔楼直接衔接，提供直达二、三层的便捷通道，与地面慢行景观系统形成对比——连廊承载快速通行需求，地面则适配慢游体验；既实现了场地内部流线的快慢划分，更巧妙弥补了原有建筑在垂直交通及流线组织的短板，让场地动线更显从容有序。

Sky corridor connects to the old tower, providing a convenient passage to 2F/3F. Contrasts ground-level slow-traffic: sky walkway for efficiency, ground for leisure. Optimizes internal flow and remedies vertical circulation flaws.

空中连廊不仅是建筑功能的延伸，更作为景观部分的连接，后侧的亲水平台填补了滨河绿带的功能空白，让整体景观更趋完整。

It not only extends the function of the building, but also connects the landscape. Waterfront Balcony at the rear fills the functional gap of the riverside green belt, making the overall landscape more complete.

作为建筑原有结构中最具特色的部分，清水红砖砌筑的外墙与裸露的钢筋混凝土，散发出工业遗产独有的鲜明气息。

Upon arriving at the site, the fair-faced red brick façade immediately catches the eye. The masonry texture of the bricks and exposed reinforced concrete exude the distinctive character of industrial heritage.

保留是改造的核心命题，建筑立面成为其最佳载体: 秉持克制，拒绝过度修复，避免以“新”掩“旧”。

"Preservation" is central—façade become its vessel: Exercise restraint; reject over-restoration; prevent "new" obscuring "old."

基于不同使用场景的视觉路径分析，我们在核心视野区严格保留历史立面原貌；同时，于视线灰区策略性开洞，贯通并释放内部空间。

Based on visual path analysis, we preserved original facades in core sightlines. Strategically open voids in visual gray zones to release interior space.

红砖外墙与立柱抹灰的质朴肌理被特别凸显，以传递工业时代的厚重感与踏实感。这种对历史风貌的尊重，既回应了公众的情感记忆，更延续了老建筑的本真属性。

Highlighting brick texture and column plaster conveys industrial solidity. This respects historical character and public memory.

 翻板幕墙系统 

Mechanical Opening System

设计向历史致敬，却未囿于形貌的复写。立面上可跃动的翻板系统，成为此次改造的亮点。

Design honor history without copying forms. Kinetic flip panels become a highlight. 

它们如建筑的呼吸：

展开时，引入充足光线与视野，塑造通透空间体验

闭合时，划定独立单元，适配私密灵活的功能需求

一启一合间，老厂房的空间潜能被唤醒，能够从容不迫地应对当代多样化的需求。

They function like the building^s rhythmic breath:

Open panels bring light and views, shaping transparent spatial experiences.

Closed panels define independent units, adapting to flexible functions.

Through this dynamic cycle, the old factory^s spatial potential is awakened, effortlessly meeting diverse contemporary demands.

内在弹性即空间的灵活性与高可变性

Inner resilience is spatial flexibility and high adaptability

It embodies the essence of contemporary architectural sustainability – resilience to evolving functional demands endows buildings with enduring relevance through time.

 首层：自由穿行的城市客厅 

Ground Floor：Urban Living Room

We dissolve original boundaries, transforming enclosed blocks into permeable "urban living rooms".

Inefficient staircases become landscape nodes; added emergency stairs and consolidated cores liberate space, linking forecourt and riverside zones, establishing a cohesive open spatial experience.

Setbacks create inner ring corridors that naturally integrate interior spaces with the landscape. This reorients pedestrian flow from peripheral circulation toward internal exploration.

The open ground floor transforms the historic building from a static, isolated entity into an organic node carrying the rhythms of urban daily life.

 二层：可移动的创意办公空间 

Second Floor：Flexible Workspace

Eliminating fixed walls in favor of reconfigurable furniture systems and timber dividers. This enables dynamic spatial reconfiguration to accommodate hybrid work models.

The west side features an open-plan layout. It easily switches between private and interactive settings. The east side houses an exhibition area，which connects directly to the sky bridge, separating visitor and office circulation.

 三层：“第五立面”与光之展厅 

Third Floor："Fifth Façade" &  Light Gallery

Third floor consolidates core exhibition functions while utilizing the "fifth façade"—the roof. Preserving the original truss structure enables natural daylighting, avoiding structural modifications that could damage historic fabric. 

Preserving the original roof structure honors history while providing sustainable daylight for exhibits. As visitors encounter these historic trusses in the gallery space, industrial heritage resonates through the tangible dialogue between old and new – materializing historical continuity.

As the neighborhood around the site transforms, large quantities of construction waste are being generated—from high-rise projects. Estimated waste includes: 500 tons of scrap steel, 200 tons of concrete, and 350 tons of wood.

Sustainability extends beyond recycling: long-term adaptability via flexible mechanisms (open layout + movable partitions) ensures relevance without reconstruction.

Time surges forward; history persists. As renewal washes over red-brick textures, our redesign transforms isolated relics into warm connectors between urban life and historical corridors.

Preserving, connecting, and rebuilding communities anchors this vision—where people touch history^s warmth and find present solace.

Buildings do not speak, but in the softest posture, they carry the past, embrace the present, and connect everyone who stays here.