01 “托邦”Brick-topia

“砖托邦”是 Eme3 国际建筑节“Build-it”类别单元的获奖项目，它计划在巴塞罗那旧线程工厂 Fabra i Coats 的庭院中用砖块构建一个复杂的拱形几何结构。这项干预计划为拱形构筑配置了一个新广场，构筑下方和周围可以开展不同的活动。项目包括公共卫浴空间、日光浴平台、一个酒吧和一个可以享受 2013 年夏天的舞台。

Bricktopia is the winner Project in eme3 “Build-it” category. It proposes the construction of a complex vaulted geometry using tile in the courtyard of the old thread factory Fabra i Coats in Barcelona. This intervention configures a new square where different activities can be performed, both under the building and around it. It includes bathing public spaces and sundecks, a bar and a stage for enjoying the summer 2013.

©Manuel de Lózar y Paula López Barba

“砖托邦”是一种由砖块砌制的拱形结构，采用被称作“砖拱顶（或加泰罗尼亚拱顶）”的传统建造技术。这一传统建造体系诞生于地中海，数百年来在世界各地广泛使用，该结构体现了“砖拱顶”体系在当下时代的有效性。具体而言，它既经济又可持续，还具有形式和功能的多功能性，如今它还为在发展中国家建造屋顶、楼梯、排水系统等提供了可能。与当今所见的建筑结构不同，本项目旨在恢复建筑工人的专业知识和想象力。“砖托邦”由杰出的建设者建造，他们创造了前所未有的工艺水平。项目面临的挑战要求砖拱顶的建造需要有良好的布局，尤其是像“砖托邦”这样复杂的形状，建造工作就恰恰要与机械作业相反。

It is a vaulted structure made of brick using a traditional construction technique called tile-vault (or “Catalan vault”). It sets out the contemporary validity of this traditional system, born in the Mediterranean and widely used in various parts of the world for centuries. It is economical, sustainable, with formal and functional versatility and nowadays it is also offering the possibility of being built in developing countries for roofs, stairs, drainage systems, etc. Unlike the construction that can be seen these days, this project aims to restore the expertise and imagination of the building hands. “Bricktopia” has been built by excellent builders who have made an unprecedented craftsmanship. The challenge that requires good layout in tile vault construction, especially with a complex shape like this one, suggests the work as an opposite to the mechanical work.

Different activities can be performed, both under the building and around it.

©Manuel de Lózar y Paula López Barba

©Manuel de Lózar y Paula López Barba