Fire Over Sugarhouse

糖火迎新

 

A New Year Between Ruins, Mountains, and Flame

在老糖廠、山水與火塔間跨年

 

Staying at Yangshuo Sugar House felt like entering a landscape where a 1960s sugar mill, new guest buildings, reflective pools, and karst peaks had been composed into one quiet sequence; the old trusses, chimney, brick walls, framed restaurant views, and waterside gathering spaces showed how preservation can support contemporary comfort without erasing industrial memory.

 

At midnight, Guo Liaohui Studio’s Songming Fire Tower transformed the former cargo wharf into a ceremonial theatre: its rotating tensegrity frame rose through flame, sparks reflected on the water, and the surrounding mountains briefly appeared in the darkness, making the New Year feel less like entertainment than a collective farewell to the past and an invitation to begin again within the old mill’s continuing living history.

 

青埕團隊抵達陽朔糖舍時，泳池、老桁架與喀斯特山峰，將人帶進一幅介於工業遺址和山水畫之間的場景；這座由二十世紀六十年代糖廠改造而成的酒店，讓舊廠房居於建築群中央，使游泳、休息與觀看山勢都成為閱讀空間前世今生的方法。

 

老煙囪、舊磚牆、穿孔新牆與倒影水池彼此並置，建築師董功在設計時，沒有刻意把歲月修飾得光滑，反而讓新材料以克制尺度襯托原有結構，使我感受到保存不是凍結歷史，而是讓記憶在當代生活中繼續被使用。

 

走進面向山林的餐廳，整片格窗把綠意切成一格格流動畫面，低調木桌椅和老廠房尺度讓用餐變得安靜；人在室內仍能感知天色、樹影和岩壁，這種不以裝飾搶戲的設計，使舒適來自與自然保持連續，而非將風景隔絕在玻璃之外。

 

跨年前夕，賓客聚集於老廠房與水池旁，火盆、燈光、人群及水面倒影共同形成一座臨時劇場；原本用於生產與運輸的工業空間被轉化為分享音樂、交談和等待倒數的公共場所，感受到酒店真正珍貴之處，是以活動重新喚醒建築的集體記憶。

 

夜裏看著老友廖輝設計的「凇明火塔」燃起，火星映照漓江與群山，也把辭舊迎新化為可以被身體感受的儀式；那一刻跨年不只是慶祝時間更替，更是在短暫燃燒中向老糖廠的過去致意，並為新的生活留下想像。

 

說明 :

1.2.3. 建築外觀及室內餐廳 (網路)

4.5. 泳池旁人群及跨年火塔