Yuyuan Road is one of the most historic streets in downtown Shanghai. The Street-Wall Gallery on Yuyuan Road is an art gallery designed for passers-by. We hoped to create an instant immersive experience, so we conceived this ultra-thin art gallery, which clings closely to the wall, with a total length of 5.2 meters and a floor area of less than 1 square meter. At the height of the eyes in the gallery, we set up a glass slot of 4.2 meters long and 30 millimeters high. Inside the glass slot is a luminous cavity for the exhibits. The passers-by can peep through the thin strip window to appreciate the artworks in the gallery. Meanwhile, they can also submit their own artworks to the operator, UNITU, by scanning the QR code in the gallery. Every month, UNITU selects an artwork from submitted works to present in the Street-Wall Gallery. Therefore, either for the curating form or the viewing form, it is a community art gallery that exclusively belongs to passers-by.

▼上海历史老街中的愚园路墙馆，Sreet-wall Gallery on Yuyuan Road in one of the most historic streets of Shanghai  ©陈颢(1)©朱迪(2)

▼超薄美术馆总长5.2米，紧贴墙面，占地不到1平方米，this ultra-thin art gallery which clings closely to the wall is 5.2 meters long and covers a floor area which is less than 1 square meter  ©陈颢(1)©朱迪(2)

因为建造发生在社区，为避免施工对居民造成影响，墙馆必须在一晚上建成。因此，我们采用了工厂预制加现场装配的方式。墙馆的主体结构为一体式钢框架，采用玻璃钢预制了一个5米长、表面金属氟碳喷涂的外壳，罩在框架上，形成外部围护。现场安装仅用了三小时。这座路人的美术馆随即于翌日开幕。

Because the construction took place in a community, in order to avoid disturbing local residents, the Street-Wall Gallery was required to complete construction in one night. Therefore, we combined factory prefabrication with on-site assembly. The main structure of the gallery adopted a one-piece steel frame. A 5-meter long, metal-fluorocarbon-coated FRP shell was prefabricated, and placed on the frame to form an external enclosure. The on-site installation took only three hours. This art gallery that belongs to passers-by was going to open the next day.

▼路人通过发光的细条形窗向内窥视，以完成对馆内艺术品的欣赏，the passers-by can peep through the thin strip window to appreciate the artworks in the gallery  ©石天金

墙馆的首个展览是席子用镜头记录上海老街坊的“铺”。它本是2017年城事设计节的环节之一，但因为受到周边社区的喜爱，而被保留下来。作为一个街头的“违章”临建，已经属于奇迹。

The first exhibition in the Street-Wall Gallery is Xizi’s photography exhibition of the “stalls” on the old streets in Shanghai. The gallery was originally part of the 2017 Urban Design Festival, but for the surrounding communities’ fondness, it was retained. For such an “illegal” temporary building on the street, this was a miracle.

▼模型，model

▼平面图，plan

▼北立面图，north elevation

▼背部结构图，back structure

▼节点图，detail