設計文刊 Life Article

 
Discovery travel in St. Louis
聖路易之拱
 
Initiating a new dialogue between architectural and urban perspectives
開啟建築與都市視野的全新對話
 
More than a decade ago, a visit to St. Louis opened the team’s eyes to the possibilities of architecture. After returning home, this experience inspired him to devote himself wholeheartedly to architectural and spatial design. Even today, his passion has only grown stronger. It has led him to receive the German iF Design Award, the Japanese JCD Design Award, and many other design honors in Taiwan and abroad. Through these achievements, he has become even more convinced that only by traveling can one truly experience the details of design.
 
By repeatedly visiting renowned buildings around the world, the team has been able to study architecture and spatial design at close range. They carefully examine everything from architectural proportions, spatial planning, materials, window placement, fire safety systems, and water pipelines to the position of every socket and switch, as well as the way each detail is finished. Different places reveal different solutions, construction methods, and cultural attitudes toward space. These are qualities that cannot be fully understood through magazines, books, or images collected online. Only by standing inside a building, moving through its spaces, touching its materials, and observing how people actually use it can the design be genuinely felt.
 
Gateway Arch 全世界最高的拱形建築。位於密蘇里河和密西西比河交會處的聖路易(St. Louis),早期為美東前往美西必經交通樞紐,因此有「Gateway to the West通往西方的大門」稱號。代表聖路易地標的 “Gateway Arch”,其設計概念就是源自於此,這座1965年完工高約194公尺的不鏽鋼大拱門,是美國最高的國家紀念建築,也是全世界最高的拱門式建築,中央圓弧最高處的瞭望台,可遠眺迷人景觀,東邊是密西西比河岸、西邊是市中心,拱門正對面的綠色圓頂建築 Old Courthouse,就是引發南北戰爭做出讓黑奴恢復自由身判決的舊法院大樓。
 
青埕團隊因十幾年前一次造訪美國聖路易之旅,而開啟對於建築的視野,回國後開始一頭栽進建築空間設計領域。直至今日,這股熱忱未減反增,不僅獲得德國iF設計大獎、日本JCD設計大獎,之後屢屢榮獲國內外諸多設計大獎的肯定,並堅信「唯有透過旅行,才可以真實感受設計的細節」。
 
透過多次造訪著名的建築,從中細細了解建築與空間的設計,從建築比例、格局配置、材質、開窗、消防系統、水路管線,到每一個插座、開關與如何收尾...等。興致盎然的仔細觀察。假想自己就是設計者及施作人員,不同的地方可以看到很多不同的細節,這是無法透過閱讀雜誌書籍,或網路搜集到的圖片資料,可以感受得到的。也因此,建議工作再忙都要抽出時間出國來一趟設計之旅。
 
聖路易郡公園的月光烤肉活動,以湖畔夕陽、戶外野餐與設計團隊相聚為主,呈現寧靜、自然且富有溫度的休閒時光。
 
公速公路旁大摩天輪在暮色中緩緩轉動,璀璨燈光勾勒城市天際線,讓遊客從高處欣賞聖路易迷人的夜景風貌。
 
森林公園內熱氣球競賽在夜幕中點亮巨型氣球,繽紛燈光倒映湖面,形成熱鬧、夢幻又充滿城市活力的節慶景象。而城市與建築的環境比例、自然與人造空間的運用、不同的對話方式、對於光影的處理。訴說不完的細節,促使團隊踏上每年一次的設計旅程,也在潛移默化中昇華對建築、對空間設計的處理與態度。
 
說明 :
1. 聖路易大拱門
2. 聖路易藝術館
3. 聖路易科學館
4.5.6. 聖路易近郊活動
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