野望观星空间丨中国滁州丨LAUNCH BOX

记得儿时仰望天空能够看到点点星光，而如今在夜晚抬起头，看到的却只有城市里的灯火通明。当灯光掩盖了星光，当纷扰的城市噪音成为生活的背景音，你是否有怀念过儿时头顶的那片星空呢？因此我们想做一个可以看星星的艺术装置。

▼项目概览 overview ©朱迪

When we look up the sky when we were kids, we could see bunch of star lights. However, we can only see the city lights today when we look up the sky. Would we miss the starry sky when the lights in the city cover them up and the disturbing city noise becomes the background sound in our life? Thus, we want to build an art installation for observing the starry sky.

我们在管壁上开洞，管壁上的洞装有透镜，用来模拟望远镜的原理。我们将涵管放在草原上，置于旷野上，管子与天地间的对比是如此悬殊，人造材料在巨大的自然体量面前，是这般渺小。

We punched holes on the shell of the cement pipes and installed optical lens in the hole in order to simulate the working principle of the telescopes. The cement pipes were set on an open space of the grassland, there is a great disparity in size between pipes and nature which makes people feel small and humble.

▼场地环境 the site ©朱迪

▼走近涵管 approaching the cement pipes ©朱迪

在搭建装置的过程中，我们遇到了一位以手碟进行创作的音乐人，手碟的演奏自然随性，它所呈现的音乐质感和星空达成无比美妙的协调，这让我们想到可以把音乐元素融入装置里。

During the construction, we met a studio musician who plays hang drum. The sound made by hang drum give people a sense of peace and quiet which is a great fit with the starry sky. Then we decided to integrate music elements with the installation.

因此我们决定在涵管内部加入可以敲击的管乐器，在另外一处设置一个开口向上的涵管，并用波纹管进行连接，让声音可以像小时候孩子们玩的传声筒一样，将声音从管子一端传到另外的管子里，传声筒的外形也因此诞生。

We finally set a percussion instrument inside of the pipes and put a cement pipe which is perpendicular to the ground, linking them with a seamless pipe, so the sound made by the instrument could be spread upward to the sky just like the “telephone” toy of children’s games. And that is also how the shape comes out.

▼内部传声筒 the “telephone” inside the cement pipes ©朱迪

传声筒只是一个简单的玩具，却能为孩子们带来很大的乐趣。我们想用最有力量感的方式复刻出这一玩具的形态。我们每天身处城市，面对视觉上的刺激、现代化生活带来的噪声，每一天都被无比喧嚣的状态包围，当我们来到空旷的草原，面对自然和星空，才意识到这份宁静是多么的难能可贵。

Although “telephone” is a simple toy, it brings children great fun. We want to recreate the shape of this toy in a powerful way. We live in the city, facing to the visual stimulation and the noise brought by modern life, being surrounded by the hustle and bustle of city life. Only when we come to the open grassland, we could realize the rarity of the tranquility.

▼夜景 night view © 凌杰

▼内部 the interior view © 凌杰

▼概念草图 sketch © LAUNCH BOX

▼图纸 plans and elevations  © LAUNCH BOX