意义：不是建筑的建筑

Meaning: A building, yet not a building

我一直都抱有幻想，如果有机会能在西北盖一栋房子挺好。虽然我从事的工作多以改造项目为主，可万一实现了呢？三年前改造了美贺酒庄之后，当我再一次来到贺兰山脚下时，依然被大自然的雄伟壮观所震撼。

因为消防规范的要求，需要在离酒庄建筑不远处建一栋水塔，来解决酒庄消防用水的压力问题。基于之前愉快的合作经历，业主希望委托我来设计这个听起来有点奇怪的附属建筑，对于从未接触过此类项目的我来说，或许是一次难得的机会。

I’ve always been with a dream that it would be nice to build a house in the Northwest. I work mostly on construction renovation projects, but what if it could be true? When I returned to the foot of Helan Mountain three years after the renovation of Mihope Chateau, I was still shocked by the magnificence of nature. Due to the requirements of the fire code, a water tower to be built should be by the Chateau, to solve its water pressure problem of extinguishing and protection. Based on the previous good cooperation experience, the owner wanted to entrust me to design this strange-sounding annex, which may be a distinct opportunity for me as I had never been involved in such a project.

酒庄的建筑高度是 21 米。根据规范要求，水塔的高度必须要高过酒庄的建筑才能满足消防供水的需求，所以选址就尤为重要！可去到现场后，无论从哪个角度看，水塔的高度和体量未来都不可避免地映入眼帘。

The building height of the Chateau is 21 meters. According to the code requirements, the height of the water tower must be higher than the Chateau buildings to meet the water supply needs for extinguishing and protection, so the location is particularly important. After being at the site, the height and volume of the water tower will inevitably come into the view from any perspective in the future.

▼项目与环境鸟瞰，aerial view of the project and surrounding environment

“太大了，太挡了，太突兀了”心里想如果不盖这个东西最好了。但是水塔和建筑的关系是相互依存的，即酒堡建筑在水塔必须在。水塔的高度是不可回避的一个问题，所以这个看似临时的构筑物却不能当成一个临时的构筑物去思考。

“It’s too big and obtrusive.” I thought it would be better if I didn’t cover it. But the connection between the water tower and the building is interdependent, that is, the building of the wine castle must be with the water tower. The height of the water tower is an unavoidable problem, so this seemingly temporary structure cannot be considered as a temporary building.

▼项目与酒庄鸟瞰，aerial view of the project and the Mihope Chateau

▼项目与环境夜景鸟瞰，aerial view of the project and surrounding environment at night

选址：让灌溉水池成为水塔的景观

Site Selection: Make the irrigation pond a water tower landscape

“如何让水塔显得不孤立不突兀呢？”这个问题一直盘旋在我脑中，直到在回上海的飞机上看到 ipad 里的一张航拍照片。

How to make the water tower look not isolated and not abrupt? This question kept hovering in my mind until I saw an aerial photo in my ipad on the plane back to Shanghai.

▼项目与酒庄近景鸟瞰，closer aerial view of the project and the Mihope Chateau