山岛里·落日水塔丨中国武汉丨UAO瑞拓设计

朋友小黎去了现场，她说现场比发给她的照片震撼，我问她有什么感受，她说：“感觉在塔里会唤起心里深处的声音。”她的话提醒了我，我找出概念构思的草图本，翻到当时的概念：“仿佛若有光”——我把封闭的水塔顶部开了一个圆洞，用薄的钢板制作，希望塔如灯塔，从顶部射出光，划破黑暗的天空。

©小黎

My friend Xiao Li went to the scene, she said that the scene was more shocking than the photos sent to her, I asked her how she felt, and she said: “I feel that being in the tower will evoke the voice in my heart.” Her words reminded me, and I found a sketchbook of the concept, and turned to the concept of the time: “As if there was light” – I made a round hole in the top of the closed water tower, made of thin steel plates, hoping that the tower would be like a lighthouse, shining light from the top and cutting through the dark sky.

▼夜景，night view©小黎

▼远景，viewing the project at distance©小黎

▼顶视图，top view©小黎

回想我第一次看现场的时候，惊叹西边梅店水库的美景。这个水塔不像传统中的红砖水塔修长瘦高的比例，而是矮墩墩的，想必是它矗立在小山包的高地的原因。所以进山岛里营区大门的时候，是先远远瞥到这个水塔，然后绕它一周，行注目礼，才来到山包顶。正如去朗香教堂朝圣一样的路径，回旋而上升，期待而后惊艳。

When I first saw the scene, I was amazed by the beautiful scenery of the Meidian Reservoir in the west. This water tower is not the traditional red brick water tower with slender and tall proportions, but has a low pier, which must be the reason why it stands on the high ground of the hill. Therefore, when entering the gate of the camp on the mountain island, you first glimpsed this water tower from afar, and then circled it around and saluted before coming to the top of the mountain. Like a pilgrimage to La Chapelle de Ronchamp, it spirals and rises, expecting and then amazed.

▼鸟瞰，aerial view©小黎

▼场地与环境，site and environment©小黎

近观之，下部红砖年限已久，上部圆形水箱也有破损，有几株不知名小树居然从裂缝里长出来。我对业主泊宁说，这也可以保留——我想我内心想要保留的不是小树，而是保留这个沧桑感而已。水塔的水箱原来装满了水，所以我判定它肯定可以承载侧向的压力和水的重量，结构安全是经历了“历史考验”的。航拍踏勘原来的屋顶，居然是条板状的预制混凝土条：单位是条，因为它确实不宽，30 公分左右——因此，拿掉它很容易，换成钢板，中间薄板的圆形天窗就很容易实现。

Looking closely, the lower part of the red brick is old, the upper part of the circular tank is also damaged, and there are a few unknown small trees that actually grow out of the cracks. I said to the owner Boning, this can also be preserved – I think what I want to keep in my heart is not the small tree, but to retain this sense of vicissitudes. The water tower’s tank was originally filled with water, so I judged that it must be able to carry the lateral pressure and the weight of the water, and the structural safety has been “tested by history”. Aerial photography surveyed the original roof, which turned out to be prefabricated concrete strips in the shape of slats: the unit is a strip, because it is really not wide, about 30 centimeters – therefore, it is easy to remove, replace it with a steel plate, and a circular skylight with a thin plate in the middle is easy to achieve.

▼园区半鸟瞰，half-aerial view©小黎

▼远景，viewing the project at distance©小黎

▼远景立面，facade©小黎

▼外观概览，overall of exterior©小黎

如何上去？最开始的设想是在内部做个螺旋楼梯，但转念一想，内部做成螺旋楼梯，那内部停留的空间就没有了。而我们想进入水塔水箱内部，不就是想要在里面发呆一段时间吗？所以，我把楼梯拉到了外侧，拉了一条直线。用钢板来实现，犹如登上外星飞船的舷梯——也因为舷梯这个概念，我把钢板和水塔之间留了 100 毫米的间隙——这个物理间隙，也是我想要表达的，新与旧之间的并置与对比。

How to get up? At first, the idea was to make a spiral staircase inside, but after thinking about it, if the interior is made into a spiral staircase, there will be no space to stay inside. And when we want to get inside the water tower tank, don’t we just want to be in a daze for a while? So, I pulled the stairs to the outside and pulled a straight line. Using steel plates to achieve this is like boarding the gangway of an alien spaceship – and because of the concept of gangway, I left a 100 mm gap between the steel plate and the water tower – this physical gap is also what I want to express, the juxtaposition and contrast between the old and the new.

▼水塔与楼梯，water tower and the staircase©小黎

▼楼梯拉成一条直线，the stairs is pulled a straight line ©小黎

▼近景，closer views©小黎

▼支撑，support©小黎

楼梯的下方需要支撑，在开始的概念中，支持楼梯的柱子是垂直于地面的。在结构深化过程中，我突然觉得，斜柱子会更能体现不稳定感和力量感，于是把柱子改为垂直于梯段，成倾斜状插入地面。而且后期刷楼梯栏板白色的时候，坚持不刷这个柱子和楼梯踏步的下面，让白色的梯段猛一看，如同漂浮在空中的感觉一样。仪式感直线的楼梯，拾级而上，正对着水塔的开口，也有朋友说这是“天国的阶梯”。进入毛糙的开口，踏入水箱内部，原有地面和墙面都给与保留，而在面向西边水库，敲开了一扇 800 毫米高，1600 毫米宽的水平洞口，它如同一长幅的山水画卷，把水面和一抹夕阳、岛屿和如黛远山都框进来，也框入游客的心里。

▼草图，sketches©UAO 瑞拓设计

The underside of the staircase needs to be supported, and in the beginning concept, the columns that support the staircase are perpendicular to the ground. In the process of deepening the structure, I suddenly felt that the inclined columns would better reflect the sense of instability and strength, so I changed the columns to be perpendicular to the staircase and inserted into the ground in an inclined shape. And when painting the white staircase railing in the later stage, insist on not painting the column and the bottom of the stair step, so that the white staircase looks at it sharply, as if it is floating in the air. The ceremonial straight staircase, which rises up the stairs and faces the opening of the water tower, is also said by some friends to be “the staircase of heaven”. Entering the rough opening, stepping into the inside of the tank, the original ground and wall are preserved, and facing the reservoir to the west, a horizontal hole with a height of 800 mm and a width of 1600 mm is opened, which is like a long landscape painting, framing the water surface and a touch of sunset, islands and mountains such as Daiyuan, and also framing the hearts of tourists.

▼白色楼梯，white staircase©小黎

▼人在梯上，on the stairs©小黎

▼由楼梯看周围景色，viewing the surrounding environment from the stairs©小黎

水塔内部，只有 2 个靠墙的弧形钢板座椅。坐在那里，看顶部洞口的光影变换，云卷云舒、星转斗移。小而圆的内部空间，包裹着我们的身体，仿佛与自然的隔绝。但自然的风、光、水、星星又被开口给放大，我一直说“建筑是自然的放大器”。现代人生活在信息过载的状态里久了，已经缺少了对自然的感知。此刻在这个塔里，空间虽狭小，但时间会消失，只有那束光，照进自己内心的平静。

Inside the water tower, there are only 2 curved steel plate seats against the wall. Sit there and watch the light and shadow change at the top of the hole, the clouds roll and the stars move. The small, round interior space envelops our body, as if cut off from nature. But the natural wind, light, water, and stars are magnified by the opening, and I have always said that “architecture is the amplifier of nature”. Modern people have been living in a state of information overload for a long time, and they have lacked the perception of nature. At this moment, in this tower, although the space is small, time will disappear, and only the light will shine into inner peace.

▼内部，interior©小黎

▼水塔内部，只有 2 个靠墙的弧形钢板座椅，inside the water tower, there are only 2 curved steel plate seats against the wall©小黎

▼天窗与观景窗，skylight and window©小黎

▼仰视水塔内部，looking up to the skylight©小黎

▼光影与尺度，light and scale©小黎

亨利梭罗说：一个好的身体感知，比一个高耸入云的纪念碑更值得纪念。

Henry Thoreau said: A good sense of the body is more memorable than a monument that towers into the sky.

▼夜景，night views©小黎

▼观景，views©武汉市文化和旅游局 / 山岛里

▼总平面图，master plan©UAO 瑞拓设计

▼平面图与剖面图，plan and section©UAO 瑞拓设计

项目名称：山岛里·落日水塔

项目地址：武汉 黄陂 山岛里营地，湖北

业 主：山岛里

项目规模：30㎡

设计单位：UAO 瑞拓设计

主创设计师：李涛

设计团队：张杰铭、谈平、龙可成

施工团队：山岛里工程部

设计时间：2024.7.23-2024.8.27

施工时间：2024.8.31-2024.9.25

主要材料及品牌：钢板-山西晋南钢铁集团有限公司、不锈钢板-山西晋南钢铁集团有限公司、白色油漆-德丰尔氟碳漆

中 文：李涛

Project name: SATORI Sunset Water Tower

Location: Wuhan Huangpi Shandaoli Camp, Hubei

Clients: SATORI

Project size:30㎡

Office Name: UAO Design

Chief Designer: Li Tao

Design team: Zhang Jieming, Tan Ping, Long Kecheng

Construction team:SATORI Engineering Department

Design time: July23, 2024 – August27, 2024

Construction time: August31, 2024 – September 27, 2024

Main materials: Steel plate – SHANXIIINNAN IRON&STEEL GROUP Co.Ltd, stainless steel plate – SHANXIIINNAN IRON&STEEL GROUP Co.Ltd, white paint – Defeng fluorocarbon paint

Chinese: Li Tao