Because the noodle restaurant is located in the most inside of Jidian Yuan, the client named it "inside" in Chinese.  

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The project is close to the south gate of Beijing Jidian Yuan, surrounded by the old residential areas.  Compared with the strong commercial atmosphere on the north side, the "life vitality " is the main theme spreading around: migrant workers on their way back and forth, students running after school, old man enjoying the cool in the shade... 

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Externally, the exterior walls are painted with a light textured coating, freeing the dining room from the original red textured building, and framing the boundary between old and new.  The dilapidated doors and windows of the original facade have been replaced with more permeable folding windows. The black steel plate winds up and down, separating the solid wall from the transparent glass windows and becoming the building's new facade. The upper part of the steel plate formed window frames, while the lower part of the steel plates become outdoor chairs. Folding windows on the facade and outdoor seating enhance the restaurant's connection to the street. 

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Under the shadow of skyscrapers in Beijing, how much real and simple life is folded and disappeared into extravagance and luxury. Opening this folding window, the island isolated by cement intersects with the city, and the people "inside" are also looking at the outside world.

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