传承千年文脉，重拾城市记忆，是南头古城街区改造升级项目的动心起念。万社设计Various Associates作为深圳本土新锐设计工作室，受邀参与此次由万科主导的古城改造集群设计，在项目先行示范段的南北街核心区，完成了一栋兼具复合功能和公共属性的“城市记忆展厅”。 设计灵感源自岭南建筑及园林中的游廊，通过连接两个或多个独立建筑物的曲折回环的轴线式布局，在有限的围合空间中营造无限之域；也是游人停留、休憩、观赏的空间。与此场地承载的功能如出一辙。 银箔这种传统材料并未直接的大面积使用在空间内，而是与木饰面作贴合成为带有木纹肌理进化版“银箔”，中和了炭黑色木及天花矩形阵列设计语言下的肃穆、及理智。使整个空间质感更加的柔和且温暖。 以结构的干涉语言，在有限的场地条件下引导及丰富场内人流动线；以材料及细节设计给予项目自身的特性；万社一如既往的关怀项目背后的人文及需求。南头古城此次的改造，在万社看来，意为结合当代的文化，激活社区的活跃度，将千年历史的地区文化符号化为大众所能接受并喜爱的进阶性的地标。以设计手法更新传统材料予人的“年代感”“单一感”是此次设计的重点之一。万社始终推崇推陈出新，传统韵味当代表达。
Nantou Ancient Town Renovation and Upgrade is a project launched to inherit the historical context for more than a thousand years and recapture the memory of Shenzhen city. As a local emerging design studio, Various Associates was entrusted to participate in the cluster renovation of the Project led by Vanke. The studio has completed an "urban memory exhibition hall" in the core area at Nanbei Street — the demonstration section of the Project. Drawing inspiration from verandas in Lingnan traditional architectures and gardens, the design team intended to create a zigzag corridor to connect the architectural volumes and produce an endless realm within the limited enclosed space. The corridor also serves for resting and display, which is con-sistent with functions of the entire space. The traditional material silver foil was not applied to large areas of the space. Instead, it was attached to wood veneers to form an updated version of "silver foil" that features wood grain. It neutralizes the sense of solemnity and rationality generated by charred wood and the orderly matrix of the ceiling, while also adding a soft and warm touch to the entire space. Various Associates enriched the circulation routes through structural interventions, endowed the pro-ject with its own identity via materials and details, and paid attention to cultural context and demands behind the project as always. Various Associates sees the renovation of Nantou Ancient Town as an attempt to activate the community based on contemporary context, and to transform local culture for more than a thousand years into a popular upgraded landmark. In this project, one of the key points that the design team focused on was to update the "sense of age" and "simple image" of traditional materials by design approaches. As the studio always tries to bring forth the new through the old, and seeks for modern expression of the traditional.