Wutopia Lab | 铜堡

抛弃一切，才有自由。有一种能力看透并抛弃，不在乎失一切。——《搏击俱乐部》

No fear. No distractions. The ability to let that which does not matter truly slide. ——《Fight Club》

2023年4月，Wutopia Lab设计的Copper Blockhouse 铜堡在EKA天物创意园区正式落成开放。

同病相怜的一对中年男人

Two Middle-aged Man in a Same Predicament

工作不能代表你，银行存款并不能代表你，

你开的车也不能代表你，皮夹里的东西不能代表你，衣服也不能代表你，

你只是平凡众生中的其中一个。 ——《搏击俱乐部》

You are not your job, you’re not how much money you have in the bank.

You are not the car you drive. You’re not the contents of your wallet. You are not your fucking khakis.

You are all singing, all dancing crap of the world. ——《Fight Club》

2021年，好友七爷邀请我为他改建的航海机械厂厂区的创意园区中心区域设计一个中心建筑。不过我们两都有些魂不守舍。我们的夫人面临相似的困境。我们忧心忡忡，想通过工作来缓解自己的焦虑，但又无法完全集中注意力在工作上。

In 2021, I was invited by my friend Qiye, to design a central building in the center of the creative industry park that I renovated for him. However, we are both spaced out those days as our wives are facing a similar dilemma. We are distracted, yet tried to take our minds off anxiety by working, but it was hard to fully concentrate.

我们否决了各种功能可能性比如俱乐部，咖啡馆，会所之类的。两个有些惶恐不安的中年人无法用世俗的功能说服自己。最后我们达成一致，用一个多功能的精神堡垒，来作为中心建筑。我对七爷说，我们需要证明自己存在的意义，一个成功的商业开发是无法做到这点的。博物馆是现代人的教堂。它或许可以安顿我们不安的灵魂。于是我们以博物馆作为基底来创作。

Various possibilities of functions such as clubs and café were vetoed, as these ordinary functions cannot convince the two worried middle-aged men. Eventually, we agreed on a multi-functional spiritual fortress to be the central building. I said to Qiye that we needed to justify our existence through this project, which can not be done with a commercial development. A museum is a church of the modern age, and it might settle our restless souls. Therefore, we used the museum as the base of the work.

航海机械或者航船都是巨大的金属制品，由此，我决定全部用金属，最后确认是铜来造这个建筑。我迷信金属外壳，以为它足够坚固能保护我们惶恐的灵魂。

Nautical machinery and ships are huge metal objects, therefore, I decided to build the building entirely of metal, and copper was chosen in the end. I am superstitious that metal shell is strong enough to protect our frighted souls.

我要造船那样造一个铜堡

I Want to Build a Copper Blockhouse the Way a Ship is Built

你得先放弃一切，你必须没有恐惧，面对你总有一天会死的事实。

只有抛弃一切，才能获得自由。 ——《搏击俱乐部》

First you have to give up. First you have to know, not fear, know that someday you’re gonna die.

It’s only after we’ve lost everything that we’re free to do anything. ——《Fight Club》

这个设计的形式来源是基地原来的拱形车棚，没错，这个建筑就是拱。是航海机械制造厂激发我要造船那样去造这个堡垒。所以这个建筑首先要建造龙骨。龙骨是由220宽到150宽的型钢焊接而成。然后把铜板在两侧蒙起来形成变截面的内外立面，这就是全金属外壳的由来。

The form of the design is the original arched shed on the site. The building is an arch, and that’s it. It was the nautical machine factory that inspired me to build this fortress the way a ship is built. Therefore, the construction of the building started with the keel, which was made of welded structural steel from 150mm to 220mm wide, covered by copper plates on both sides to form the internal and external facades. This is the origin of Full Metal Jacket.

堡垒里面有间闪闪发光的不锈钢房间，它就是舰船里舱房，里面是可以做舞台的咖啡店，厨房以及卫生间。这间铜堡里的房子是铜堡里唯一的装饰，象征我们总想尖锐表达自己但藏着欲望的灵魂，

There’s a gleaming stainless-steel space in the fortress, the cabin of the ship. It functions a café, as well as a stage, with a kitchen and a bathroom. This is the only decoration of the Copper Blockhouse, symbolizing the sharpness of our souls, and the desires behind.

我们把堡垒北侧的草地变成了一个巨大的浅浅黑色水池。最后这个铜堡就像浮出水面的潜水艇，是一条闪闪发光的鲸鱼。安静，沉默，但内心波澜壮阔。

The grass on the north side of the fortress was designed into a huge black wading pool. The Copper Blockhouse is then presented as a submarine, emerging from water surface like a shimmering whale, quietly, silently, rippling inside.

尽管无处可去，但这个建筑是我们的救赎

Despite Nowhere to go, this Building is Our Salvation

Every evening, I died and every evening, I was born again. Resurrected.——《Fight Club》

我每晚都会死一次，可是又重生一次。复活过来。 ——《搏击俱乐部》

整个园区是由一位优秀的建筑师设计，让园区脱胎换骨而面目一新。但我还是保留了车棚南侧的报刊墙，保留了人防，保留了大树和假山。我试图保留一些场地的片段的记忆。因为我越来越不愿意忘记。园区里的每栋建筑都设计得很丰富，所以我想把铜堡设计得简单。整个园区是组曲，铜堡则是一个沉默的停顿。

The rest of the park was designed by an excellent architect who gave the park a new look. However, I kept the newspaper wall on south side of the shed, the human security, the big tree, and the rockery. I tried to remain some fragments of the memory of the site because I am increasingly reluctant to forget. Each building in the park is abundantly designed, and that’s why I preferred to keep the Copper Blockhouse simple. If the whole park is a partita, the Copper Blockhouse is a silent pause.

在这个停顿里，在树影斑驳的堡垒里，我埋伏了许多可能。展览，演出，演讲，宴会，博物馆甚至滑板。咖啡面临水池的大门会打开，这时候咖啡变成舞台，水面会徐徐下降，露出一条闪闪发光的T台。我们曾经设想这是一场戏剧性的大秀。但经历了2022年，我现在有点改变。我希望有场绚烂的烟花，水面上是合唱团，唱出我们这些人这些年的痛苦和希望。“所有过往，皆为序曲。”

I ambushed a variety of possibilities in this “pause”, the fortress – exhibitions, performances, lectures, parties, a museum, even skateboarding activities. The café can be used as a stage if keep the gate towards the pool open. With the water surface drawing down, a glittering catwalk appears. We once imagined here to be a dramatic show, but after the year of 2022, I’ve changed my mind. I hope there would be glorious fireworks, a choir performance on the water, singing about the pain and the hope. Because “What’s past is prologue.”