中國上海　銅堡

Wutopia Lab｜Wutopia Lab 建築師事務所

No fear. No distractions. The ability to let that which does not matter truly slide.

「拋棄一切，才有自由。有一種能力看透並拋棄，不在乎失一切。」――《搏擊俱樂部》

2023 年 4 月，Wutopia Lab 設計的 Copper blockhouse 銅堡在 EKA 天物創意園區正式落成開放。2021 年，設計師被邀請為改建的航海機械廠廠區中，創意園區的中心區域設計一棟建築。共同討論並否決了各種功能的可能性，例如俱樂部，咖啡館，接待館等等之類的。最後達成一致，選擇以多功能的精神堡壘，來作為本案的核心概念。人類需要證明自己存在的意義，而光只是一個成功的商業開發是無法做到這一點的。博物館卻彷彿是現代人的教堂，它或許可以安頓人們不安的靈魂，於是本案決定以博物館作為基低來創作。來自航海機械或航船都屬巨大的金屬製品為靈感，由銅來造這個建築，相信金屬的外殼，能夠以堅固的意象保護著惶恐的靈魂。

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.

Various possibilities of functions such as clubs and cafés were vetoed, as these ordinary functions cannot convince the two middle-aged men who were in panic. Eventually, we agreed on a multi-functional spiritual fortress as the central building. I said to Qiye that we needed to justify our existence, which was impossible for successful commercial development to achieve. The museum is the church of the modern age, and it might settle our disturbed souls. Therefore, we used the museum as the base of the work. 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 frightened souls.

本案的外觀形式源自於基地原來的拱形車棚，易聯想至如同造船般創建一個堡壘。所以這棟建築首先要建造骨架，由 220 寬到 150 寬的型鋼所焊接而成，再把銅板在兩側蒙起來形成變截面的內外立面，形成外殼，堡壘裡面有間閃閃發光的不銹鋼房間，意象著船裡的艙房，裡面是可以做舞台的咖啡廳，廚房以及衛生間。它是這間堡壘中唯一的裝飾，象徵我們總想尖銳表達自己但藏著慾望的靈魂。而堡壘北側的草地則化作一個巨大的黑色水池，使堡壘如同浮出水面的潛水艇般，成為一艘閃閃發光的鯨魚，安靜，沉默，但內心波瀾壯闊。

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. 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.

整個園區布滿優秀的建築師作品，讓園區脫胎換骨而面目一新。團隊則是選擇保留車棚南側的報紙牆，保留了大樹和假山，試著藉保留一些場地的片段記憶。當整個園區是一首組曲時，這棟銅殼堡壘則是沉默的停頓。在這個停頓裡，樹影斑駁的堡壘裡，埋伏了許多可能，展覽，演出，演講，宴會，博物館甚至滑板。而為何取名為銅堡，則是來自原基地所保留的防空洞，一種堅固的堡壘。

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.

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."