回旋的砖壳 - 红砖概念图书馆

The Concept Library is a spiral shell embraced by high grass field, located in rural area of Zhejiang Province, China. It tries to explore the possibility of the fusion between contemporary formal expression and vernacular material culture. The Concept Library is approximately 10 meters in diameter and 5 meters high. The continuous surface is generated by two semicircles sweeping from one to the other, blurring interior and exterior. The shell is made of red bricks, not by masonry, but all casting in-situ. Sunlight sheds into dim interior through the opening at the top. Visitors can read text inside the acrylic balls through the small holes in the walls. The texts overlays with the landscape, creating a poetic moment to connect body, mind and nature. The distribution of bricks on the double-curved surface presents a great challenge to construction. The bricks are positioned by perforated steel plates that work as steel reinforce framework and then filled by high strength concrete. These three materials work together as a total structure. Bricks in 12 different widths are distributed along the UV grid to ensure the radial continuity of the structure. The shell thus forms a refreshing construction logic and visual expression, which derives from stacked and interlocking masonry. The pixelated matrix distribution of the brick, the everchanging thickness of 'mortar' (which is actually in-situ concrete) subverts the common tectonic of brick construction. This is a bold attempt at rural construction, integrating digital industrialization with traditional materials. It is also trying to create a transcendent experience beyond mere idyllic expression of 'countryside'. The library is a contemporary shelter for body and mind, encouraging visitors to read and reflect a broader outside and inside.

概念图书馆是一座位于浙江田间的回旋壳体。它试图探索当代形式和地域主义之间一体两面、流动交融的可能。 概念图书馆直径约10米高5米，从一侧的半圆翻转向另一侧，互为内外。壳体由红砖构成，夕阳从顶部的开口流向地面。来访者透过墙上的小孔可阅读亚克力球内的文字，它们漂浮在外面的景观上。你依次探索它们，直到第二十四个。 砖随双曲面分布是对建造的极大挑战。砖块通过开孔钢板定位，再用灌浆料浇筑的方式完成建造。12种宽度的切割砖顺uv线分布，以保证结构径向的连续性。砖壳由此形成了新的建构逻辑和视觉表现。从层叠咬合的砌筑，成为网格化的浇筑。像素化的点阵分布颠覆了砖的建构印象。 这是一次乡村建造的大胆尝试，将数字化工业化揉入传统材料。它也在试图创造乡土之外的超验体验，鼓励参观者通过身体去阅读更宽广抽象的外在和内在。