NYX by Alberto Caiola Studio

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Alberto Caiola：Nyx是上海市中心的一家以希腊神话中的“夜晚女神”而命名的屋顶酒吧，居高临下而热闹非凡。其来自于古典建筑遗迹的设计灵感，加上灯光装置互动绳，为人们创造了一个壮观的城市景观，在这座未来都市的霓虹灯和明亮高速公路的宏伟背景映衬下，为中国这座最重要的灯光之城提供了一种另类的超现实体验。

Alberto Caiola：Commanding, convivial and named after the Greek goddess of the night, Nyx is a rooftop bar in central Shanghai. Inspired by classical architectural ruins and wrapped in UV reactive cords, it affords spectacular city views. A monumental frame for the futuristic metropolis’ backdrop of glowing neon and luminous highways, Nyx offers an alternative, surreal experience in China’s foremost city of lights.

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Nyx与它的现代背景保持着持续的对话，在呼应过去的同时，也反映出了一个抽象的未来，通过融合文化和本体特色，由此产生的装置形成了一种新的数字化美学，创造了一种超现实的时空体验，让游客身处其中感受短暂的迷失。

Maintaining a continuous dialogue with its contemporary context, Nyx echoes a distant past while projecting towards an abstract future, blending tropes of cultures and identities. The resulting installation sets a new phygital aesthetic, creating a surreal spacetime experience in which visitors can momentarily lose themselves.

Alberto Caiola的设计源于他在米兰的个人经历，他的设计参考了古代遗迹，尤其是圣洛伦佐的圆柱的当代双重性。几十年来，它们在白天一直作为旅游胜地使用，现在晚上俨然成为了这座城市年轻人的非正式夜生活场所。其开放性很好地为群体聚集创造了一个舒适的空间，也激发了人们之间的亲密感，而在上海这样一个人口稠密的城市，这些特质恰恰证明我们对古代遗址的现代诠释非常适用于酒吧。

Drawing on his personal experiences of Milan life, Alberto Caiola’s design references the contemporary duality of ancient ruins – in particular, the Column of San Lorenzo. A tourist attraction by day, for decades, it has doubled as an informal nightlife setting for the city’s younger generations. Its openness well creates both a comfortable space for groups to gather and convene, as well as inspires intimacy. In a city as dense and as populous as Shanghai, these were precisely the qualities that made a modern interpretation of an ancient sites so fitting for a bar destination.

该装置由21000多米的紫外线互动绳组装而成。夜幕降临时，原本黯淡的区域会散发出类似于上海高速公路的光芒——一种稳定而明亮的蓝色。与此同时，缠绕在装置框架上的绳索抽象地呈现出我们熟悉的缠绕的电线和电缆，即人们在城市上空和建筑物上常见的景物。

The structure is wrapped in more than 21,000 meters of UV reactive cord. Black lights activate a glow similar to that of Shanghai’s highways come nightfall – a steady, luminous blue. At the same time, the cords wrapped around the installation’s frame, offer an abstract take on familiar tangles of cable and wire, visible throughout the city both overhead and on buildings.

该结构的蓝色光芒是一种间歇性的颜色冲击。酒吧中20多种工艺啤酒的发光龙头，立刻吸引了人们对该场所主要产品的关注。醒目的拱门作为场地的焦点，在视觉上起到了把酒吧与开放的平面和露天空间分隔开的作用。

Punctuating the structure’s blue glow are periodic dashes of red. Luminous taps for the bar’s range of over 20 craft beers, they immediately draw attention to the venue’s primary product. Visually separating the bar from the open plan – and open air – space are dramatic arches, framing the venue’s focal point.

Nyx是一座名副其实的手工编织的光之建筑，也是上海面向现在和未来的仪式殿堂，它向上海的参与夜生活的年轻人展示了一种开放的态度，既拉近了群体之间的距离，又为这个原本联系紧密的城市提供了宽敞的空间。Nyx于两侧的未来主义风格的摩天大楼之间，向人们展现了一个遥远的过去，为上海现代化的无情提供了另一种视角。

A literally hand-woven architecture of light, and a temple to Shanghai rituals present and future, Nyx presents Shanghai night owls with an openness that at once draws groups close, and affords spaciousness in an otherwise close-knit city. Projecting a distant past, flanked by futuristic skyscrapers, Nyx presents an alternate perspective to Shanghai’s relentless modernity.