架构师提供的文本描述。古老的西门座原是明朝古城门的所在地。

Text description provided by the architects. The old west gate block was originally where the ancient gates from Ming & Qing dynasty located. Before rebuild , the place was deserted. But now ,it has become an independent block that is a national cultural-innovation complex where the aborigines still live here.

书店位于街区的中部，与剧院相连。我们认为书店的气氛应该是安静和平静的。我们期望它就像一扇窗户，让这里的居民和游客在独立的街区里阅读和思考。白色是意味着净化的颜色。于是，白色成了书店的主题。

The bookstore locates in the middle area of the block and is contiguous to a theater. We think the atmosphere of the bookstore should be quiet and peaceful. We expect it to be like a window for the residents and tourists here to read and think in the independent block. White is the color that implies purifying. So, white became the theme of the bookstore.

在离书店20米的地方，第二次世界大战期间有一座堡垒。它是用纯混凝土制成的。书店的建筑也是原汁原味的混凝土。我们没有用它的具体结构，但把它的纹理作为它是如何回响文物。不管怎么说，我们把一楼的标准铝制窗户和门取下来，换成了大而笨重的无框玻璃。透明完全吸引光线，减轻以上硬部分的整体天平。

20 meters away from the bookstore, there is a fort relic in the second world war. It was made by pure concrete. The building of the bookstore was original concrete as well. We didn’t do with its concrete texture but put the texture remained as how it is for echoing to the relic. Anyway ,we removed the standardized aluminum window and door on the first floor and replaced it to the big heavy unframed glass. The transparency attracts light completely and lighten the hard part above for monolithic balance.

西门仍保留着千年前的金子传统民居建筑。金子民居形如庭院，多有两区两层。站在房子里，高高的墙壁被包围，内部结构是纯木的，天花板就像一个漏斗，四边向下延伸到中间。它变成一个空井，可以吸收阳光和新鲜空气从屋顶。

The west gate block still keeps the traditional Jinzi house architecture of one thousand years ago. Jinzi house is shaped like a courtyard, mostly there are two districts and layers. Standing inside of the house, high walls are surrounded, the inner structure are pure wood, the ceiling is like a funnel that the four edges goes down to the middle. It becomes a empty well that could absorb sunlight and fresh air from the roof.

为了呼应和表达我们对传统智慧的尊重，我们用木结构描述了金子室内的房子。天花板上有四边形的漏斗，就像荆子房子的屋顶。这个比喻性的屋顶连接着书店的其他地方。我们用乳白色透明玻璃制作了瓷砖的艺术装置，营造了一种典型的中国石大福生活方式的氛围：在雨夜读书，倾听它敲击手掌扇的声音。(这种景物常出现在中国唐诗中)

For echoing and showing our respect to the tradition wisdom, We described the Jinzi house indoors by using wooden structure . Up the ceiling ,there is quadrilateral funnel just like the roof of Jingzi house. This metaphorical roof connects other areas in the bookstore. We made art installation of tilefall by milk white transparent glass , creating an atmosphere of typical Chinese’s Shi Da Fu’s way of living : reading in a rainy night and listen to its knocking sounds onto the palm -leave fan. ( This scenery appears often in Chinese Tang poetry)

白色是最底层的颜色和主题，而历史和地方文化传统则是在室内呈现的。

While white is the bottom color and theme, the historical and local cultural tradition is presented indoors.