上海徐汇滨江沿岸城市公共步道是一条汇集了艺术、运动、餐饮及休闲生活的多样化城市生活带。Pluto/Liquid of ideas的品牌精神在于传递一种不被定义的未来生活范式。因此，Pluto徐汇滨江咖啡亭（Pluto X）旨在为这一标志性的城市公共空间引入咖啡与艺术的碰撞式表达，以看似微小的体量与城市背景产生对话。

The Shanghai Xuhui West Bund Riverside Walk is a world-class urban space with diverse lifestyles that bring together art, sports, dining and leisure life. The brand spirit of the Pluto/Liquid of ideas is to deliver an undefined paradigm of future life. Therefore, Pluto Xuhui West Bund Coffee Station (Pluto X) aims to introduce the collision of coffee and art to this iconic waterfront space, creating a dialogue with the urban background in a seemingly small volume.

▼项目环境，environment © 刘松恺 Songkai Liu

Pluto X是继Pluto/Liquid of ideas外滩金融中心店之后在上海的第一家分店，业主希望可以构思一座能够出现在城市各个角落的微型装置。设计概念X最初来自于冥王星不确定的未知状态，我们通过设计为X赋予了多重意义：X暗示了位置的不确定性；X也代表了咖啡售卖与LED艺术展示两个基础功能需求的交叉；同时X也呼应了咖啡亭形体上下两个分段：扬起的上端玻璃体量内置格栅LED屏幕，与下端咖啡台交叉自然地形成了咖啡出售与拿取的窗口区域，同时也创造出一种非平衡的动态感。

Pluto X is the first branch in Shanghai after the flagship store in BFC (the Bund Finance Center). The client wanted to conceive a miniature installation that would appear in any corner of the city. The design concept “X” originally came from Pluto’s uncertain/unknown state, and we gave “X” multiple meanings through our design: X implies uncertainty of location; X also represents the intersection of two basic functional needs: coffee retail and LED art display; at the same time, X also reflects the form of the installation: the lower segment serves as the coffee station, while the raised upper glass volume with built-in grille LED screen is the art display, which crosses with the lower coffee segment to naturally form window areas for coffee to be sold and delivered. The cross also creates a sense of unbalanced dynamics.

▼概念图解，concept diagram © UN-GROUP 未集建筑

▼项目概览，overview © 刘松恺 Songkai Liu

▼侧边视角，side view © 刘松恺 Songkai Liu

▼内部，interior © 刘松恺 Songkai Liu

我们希望自然真实地表达建筑体量关系下的结构体系，钢结构被透明的玻璃包裹，形成了一种轻盈的工业感，如同建筑被X-ray透视一般，也呼应了Pluto X的母题概念。徐汇滨江成为Pluto X的第一个试验地。这一语汇试图和周围的工业遗址形成一种延续关系。

We wanted to naturally express the structural system and the building massing. The steel structure was wrapped in transparent glass, forming an exquisite industrial sense, just like the station was seen through by X-ray, which also echoed the motif concept of Pluto X. Xuhui West Bund Riverside Walk became Pluto X’s first test site. This vocabulary attempts to form a continuity with the surrounding industrial sites.

▼结构细部，structure detail © 刘松恺 Songkai Liu

在建筑中，我们希望探索看与被看的互易性：多个表情共存一体，日常表现出周期性的变化状态。在白天，建筑呈现一种半透明的开放状态，扬起的玻璃体量映射周围的树木与江水；在晚上，玻璃盒子内嵌的格栅LED屏幕放映着动态的艺术化图像，为黑夜中的城市带来一抹变幻不定的色彩。建筑与周围环境形成的主配角关系，使得两者共同营造出一种暧昧的拉扯，而非单一姿态的伫立。

In architecture, we want to explore the reciprocity of seeing and being seen: multiple expressions coexist and appear in a cyclical state of change on a daily basis. During the day, the building presents a translucent openness, with the raised glass volume reflecting the surrounding trees and river; at night, the LED screen embedded in the glass box projects dynamic artistic images, bringing a touch of changing colors to the city in the dark. The station and the surrounding environment are protagonist and supporting role at the same time; the two jointly create an ambiguous interchanging relationship, rather than a single posture.

▼细部，details © 刘松恺 Songkai Liu

▼半透明的开放状态，a translucent openness © 刘松恺 Songkai Liu

▼周期性的变化状态，cyclical state of change on a daily basis © UN-GROUP 未集建筑

Pluto X仅15㎡，却涉及多系统、多专业交叉配合，设计深化及实现的过程经历了诸多波折，在此特别感谢业主对于设计实现的执着以及各方顾问、施工方的配合。

Pluto X is only 15㎡, but it involves multi-system and multi-discipline cooperation. The process of design and construction has gone through many twists and turns. We would like to express our gratitude to the client for his dedication to the design realization and the cooperation of all consultants and the construction team.

▼外观，appearance © 刘松恺 Songkai Liu

▼傍晚的咖啡亭，coffe station at dusk © 刘松恺 Songkai Liu

我们希望在不久的未来Pluto X可以成为徐汇滨江步道上一个人们驻足停留的顿号，一个新的艺术载体，一个激发灵感的微缩城市舞台。

We hope that in the near future, Pluto X can become an intriguing stop on the Xuhui West Bund Riverside Walk, a new artistic carrier, and an inspiring mini urban stage.

▼远景，distant view © UN-GROUP 未集建筑

业主：Pluto / Liquid of idea 设计方：UN-GROUP 未集建筑、贾涛 项目地点：上海市徐汇区滨江沿岸（星美术馆东侧约300米） 建筑面积：15㎡ 结构设计：黄卓驹 施工图：上海呈煜空间设计有限公司 施工单位：上海雅磊建设工程有限公司 摄影：刘松恺 项目设计：2023年5月-7月 施工完成：2023年8月

Client: Pluto / Liquid of idea Designer: UN-GROUP Architecture, Jia Tao Project Location: Xuhui West Bund Riverside Walk, Shanghai (about 300 meters east of Star Art Museum) Building area: 15㎡ Structural design: Huang Zhuoju Construction drawing: Shanghai Chengyu Space Design Co., Ltd Contractor: Shanghai Yalei Construction Engineering Co., Ltd Photo by Liu Songkai, UN-GROUP Project design: May-July 2023 Construction completion: August 2023