未来有机生活畅想 / Avoid Obvious Architects

Circle of Life是一種將建築視為建築場地生命週期一部分的建築方式。試想一下，如果建築能像生命體一樣自然地生長、開花和死亡，會隨著時間變化，而不是留下一個永久的、不可改變的印記，那將會是怎樣呢？建築仍將服務於棲息地，只不過它將顛覆傳統意義上的永久性結構。建築將以碳的形式永存，材料中的碳永遠不會離開場地，而是從一種形式循環到另一種形式。那麼這個自然過程要完全根據物質循環科學，這將會是藝術與科學相結合的設計搖籃。

Avoid Obvious Architects：Circle of Life is a method of construction that treats architecture as part of the life cycle of the building site. What if architecture can grow, blossom and die naturally just like a living organism? Instead of leaving a permanent footprint, what if it morphs over time? Architecture will still serve the purpose of habitat but it will overcome the traditional sense of a permanent structure. Architecture will become permanent in the form of carbon. The carbon that is stored in the material never leaves the site. It recycles on site from one form to the next. This natural process will fully embrace the science of material cycle. It is a cradle to cradle design that combines art and science.

過程 Process

Circle of Life可以看作是為致敬藝術、自然和科學而建造的一系列可持續建築。我們的設計想法是激勵人們把大自然當作遊樂場來欣賞，然後在墨西哥森林裡建立一個自然學習中心來證明我們的想法，讓人們可以把自然的衰敗看作建築美的一部分。它正在改變人們的新舊觀念。這個已完成的中心並不是一次性的，而是下一個生命的開始。以下是打破這個循環的7個步驟。

1. 尋找並收集倒下的樹木
2. 製作木材產品
3. 現場使用木製品
4. 撒種和施肥
5. 建立保護
6. 生長和棲息
7. 分解和回收

Circle of Life can be seen as a collection of sustainable buildings made to celebrate art, nature and science. We prove our concept by proposing a natural learning center inside a forest in Mexico. Our idea will inspire people to appreciate nature as playground. People can see natural decay as part of the beauty of architecture. It is changing people's concept of old and new. The finished center will not be the one-off result but a beginning of the next life. Below are the 7 steps to break down the cycle .

1. FIND & COLLECT FALLEN TREES
2. MAKE WOOD PRODUCTS
3. USE WOOD PRODUCTS ON SITE
4. SEED & FERTILIZE
5. BUILD TO PROTECT
6. GROW & INHABIT
7. DISINTEGRATE & RECYCLE

▼自然學習中心平面圖 Master Plan

▼有機生活創建步驟 How to build with nature

▼居住模型 The model

營銷 Marketing

“Circle of Life”將會推廣給對生態旅遊和慢生活感興趣的人群。該項目會為城市居民提供另一種生活方式，同時提升周邊發展的地位。它向遊客展示了，如果在能夠對社會和環境負責的情況下發展，那麼旅遊業就能蓬勃興旺。為了使居住設計多樣化，我們還將做一個挑戰，讓當地藝術家居住在這樣一個用森林中的材料建造的新構築中。這種私人和公共參與將使設計更加多樣化、民主和不斷改進，會有更多的理由吸引遊客再次過來。

Circle of Life will be promoted to people interested in eco-tourism and slow living. This project will provide an alternative lifestyle to city dwellers who are caught up in the urban speed. The creation of this project will simultaneously elevate the status of surrounding development. It showcases to visitors that tourism can bloom if the development can become socially and environmentally responsible. To diversify the living design, we will also challenge local artists to reside in the project by making new pavilions with materials found in the forest. This private and public engagement will make the design more diverse, democratic and ever changing. Visitors will have more reason to come back again.

獎項:
2018倫敦創意大賽-Circle of Life-入圍
2017年仿生建築設計

團隊:
創意與指導：Erica Wong，結構工程師
3d打印和製造：gCreate and Gordon Laplante, RA, Architect
生態旅遊品牌化：Matisse Design Ltd.
建築師：Vicky Chan, Krystal Lung, Melissa Chan, Daewook Lee, Ava Chow

Awards:
2018 London Creative Competition – Circle of Life – Shortlisted
2017 Bio-mimicry Design

Credits:
Inspiration and Critique: Erica Wong, PE, Structural Engineer.
3d Printing and Fabrication: gCreate and Gordon Laplante, RA, Architect.
Branding for Eco-tourism: Matisse Design Ltd.
Architecture: Vicky Chan, Krystal Lung, Melissa Chan, Daewook Lee, Ava Chow

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