新浪地产：老建筑改造、更新项目的魅力是什么？

　　Ben wood: 创造“新天地”这样的地方，其关键在于：要记住，一些令你快乐的东西几乎往往是一个意外的发现、一个偶然的邂逅、一个突如其来的惊喜。在一个拥有不同空间、视觉及知觉的丰富体验的环境中，更容易发现这种快乐。

　　在营造这种感觉的努力过程中，老建筑通常能给予建筑师一个先天优势——在时间考验中幸存下来的老建筑，通常拥有一些天然的特质：一种历练的神态，一种不拘礼节的感觉，一种质地纹理上的壮丽，以及只有老建筑才有的色彩，不同的时代共同冶炼了这种特质。建筑就像人，因为有了经历，而呈现出了更多的品格。

　　What's the charm of renovation projects? 

　　The key to creating a place like Xintiandi is to remember that finding something that makes you happy is almost always anaccident, a chance encounter, an unexpected surprise.  Happiness is easier to find in an environmentrich in different spatial, visual, and sensory experiences.  Old buildings usually give the architect ahead start in this endeavor.  Old buildings that have survived the test of time usually have some intrinsic character.  Generations have contributedto this character.  There is a “patina”of age, a feeling of informality, and panoply of textures and colors that only an old building can have.  Buildings like people take on more personality with experience.