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《艺术 | 自然的近与远》

在西班牙的巴塞罗纳，有这么一座老式水泥厂退隐于偏远的郊区，那儿藤蔓植物爬满墙，绿树成荫一遮天，有着桉树、棕榈树、橄榄树以及松木，好似天然花园紧密环绕，各式美景尽收眼底。更让你意想不到的是，这片看似遗弃的建筑综合体实则是一部作品，出自这位西班牙建筑师Ricardo Bofill之手，称之为：繁忙工作之生活空间。
Covered by climbing plants and surrounded by a garden of eucalyptus, palms, olive trees and cypresses, this old cement factory on the outskirts of Barcelona looks like an abandoned industrial complex reclaimed by nature. In reality, it’s a bustling work/living space designed by Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill.

1973年，Bofill寻觅到了这座“一战”遗留下来的水泥厂，并为此深深着迷。他带领他的团队买下了整座综合体，其中包括30个贮仓、地下坑道以及几间宽敞的机房，将其作为Taller de Arquitectura的总办事处。两年时间内，拆除了各种破旧不堪的建筑，再重新改造那些物有所值的建筑群。当尘埃落地的时候，一切基本已经就绪，还剩8个贮仓有待改造，剩下均已完美转型，有着几间办公室、一间建模实验室、一个图书馆、一个放映室、一座硕大无比的“The Cathedral”展览厅，还有一间Bofill休憩的起居室。
Bofill discovered the closed down World War I cement factory in 1973, and was immediately drawn to it. He and his team bought the entire complex consisting of over 30 silos, subterranean galleries, and huge machine rooms and convert it into the head of the office of Taller de Arquitectura. They spent two years demolishing dilapidated structures and remodeling those worth converting. When the dust settled, only eight silos remained, which became offices, a models laboratory, archives, a library, a projections room, a gigantic exhibition space known as “The Cathedral” and a residential space for Bofill.

曾经释放着污染物的工厂，在建筑师的精心布置下，与自然融为一体。那些水泥贮仓、老式烟囱等庞大的建筑群纷纷都披上了藤蔓植物，在那儿巍然而立，直耸高天，身后的花园一片郁郁葱葱，环绕着各类树木，如桉树、棕榈树、橄榄树和松木。啧啧称奇的不仅仅是那建筑综合体，更多的则是其内饰令人难以忘怀。
Once a polluting industrial complex, “La Fabrica” (The Factory), as Bofill’s compound is now known, now coexists in harmony with nature. The giant concrete silos and buildings, the old smokestacks rising up into the sky are all covered with grass and climbing plants, and surrounding them is a lush garden of eucalyptus, palms, olive trees, and cypresses. It’s a stunning site, but the interior is even more impressive.

虽然Ricardo Bofill尽可能的保持原生态，不去破坏原有的水泥墙和建筑分支线，期望以此保留住那建筑身前的回忆，不过因每间房的独特装饰，为此很难让人们联想起它之前的用途。每一间的功能性不同，搭配的家具摆设也不一样，有些还残余着该房间的原始功能，譬如水泥生产机器，这些金属设备则与现代办公元素相互交融。
Even though Ricardo Bofill chose to keep the original concrete walls and the brutal lines of the buildings to preserve the “memory of the structure’s former use”, each of the dozens of rooms is uniquely decorated, so that none of them look remotely alike. They all have their specific purpose, and are furnished accordingly; some even have remnants of their old function – like metal cement machines – blending with modern office elements.

“我很喜欢住在管辖区内，因为那儿无时不刻让我免受外界的侵扰”，谈起在La Fabrica生活与工作时，Bofill是这么解释的：“水泥厂是工作的绝佳地。在这儿生活永不停息，工作与闲暇并无很大的区别。”
“I have the impression of living in a precinct, in a closed universe which protects me from the outside and everyday life,” Bofill says about living and working in La Fabrica. “The Cement Factory is a place of work par excellence. Life goes on here in a continuous sequence, with very little difference between work and leisure.”

“相比而言，在这儿生活和工作远胜于其它地方”，这位西班牙建筑师补充道：“因为这儿是一个唯一能让我放开思想，以最为抽象的形式全身心投入其中的净地。”
“Presently I live and work here better than anywhere else,“ the Spanish architect adds. “It is for me the only place where I can concentrate and associate ideas in the most abstract manner.”

Ricardo Bofill在La Fabrica工作了近半个世纪，但他仍觉得该项目还未完工，这反而令我们更翅目以待。
Having worked on La Fabrica for nearly half a century, Ricardo Bofil still considers it a work in progress, which just makes it more fascinating.

编译：BubbleSwan
Edited & Translated by BubbleSwan

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