文：Enrico Taranta
When in October 2010, someone proposed me to be the designer for the renovation of Rockefeller villa in shanghai I felt extremely excited.
當時正值2010國慶時節，一位朋友向我提案了一份關于上海洛克菲勒別墅改建項目的方案，使我興奮不已。
Such a building is so peculiar and witness of last century changes in history.
這是一棟不可多得的設計精品，并且見證了上世紀風云變幻的歷史。
The villa was built in 1913 for the American Rockefeller family in a classical colonial style: mostly wood floor in the main interior areas and ceramic mosaic in the bathrooms a few fireplaces imported during last century and a very stunning entrance in marble stones to testify the austerity and power. The villa was not actually the residence for Rockefeller’s family in Shanghai but a gathering and hospitality place for fellow American investors.
這棟別墅落成于1913年，為洛克菲勒家族度身打造的古典殖民時代的建筑風格：以大量實木地板打底的室內區域以及浴室中的陶瓷錦磚，佐以當年進口的柴火壁爐配合氣派莊嚴的大理石入口來作為其家族的底蘊與權貴的象征。然而從別墅本身并未被洛克菲勒當做居家用，更多的是扮演商務宴請與招待其美國投資人與生意合作伙伴的場所。
