约翰•索恩爵士博物馆的四个虚构人物/ Studio Mutt
Studio Mutt designs four fictional characters to inhabit Sir John Soane's Museum

由专筑网王帅，李韧编译

伦敦Mutt工作室设计了四幅建筑人物插图，这些人物居住在约翰•索恩爵士博物馆（Sir John Soane's Museum）里，是今年伦敦设计节的展示作品。

插画名为“不合适的性格”（Out of Character），其中包括四个混合媒体插画，代表了四个虚构人物：律师、建筑师、和尚和魔术师。

这些3D插画将在伦敦设计节的博物馆展出，该艺术节将于2018年9月15日至23日举行。

London-based practice Studio Mutt has revealed illustrations of four architectural characters that will inhabit the Sir John Soane's Museum as part of this year's London Design Festival.
Titled Out of Character, the project will feature four mixed-media installations designed to represent fictional characters: a lawyer, architect, monk, and magician.
The 3D installations will be displayed at the museum throughout London Design Festival, which runs from the 15-23 September 2018.


在伦敦设计节期间，四个角色将展示／Four characters will be realised as installations during the London Design Festival

每一个角色都描绘了博物馆内可能居住的人，它们在John Soane搬进来之前就住在这栋楼里。

约翰•索恩爵士博物馆是一座房屋博物馆，它建成于1833年，是建筑师索恩（Soane）的家，内部展示了许多英国建筑师的工程图纸和模型，以及他私人收藏的绘画和古董。

这些人物以索恩1812年的一篇文章为基础，标题为“我家的大致建议（Crude Hints towards a History of my House）”，这位建筑师想象他的博物馆里住着四个人物。

Each character will be designed to depict a possible inhabitant of the museum, who might have lived in the building before John Soane moved in.
Established in 1833, the Sir John Soane's Museum is a house-museum, in the former home of architect Soane. It features many of the British architect's project drawings and models, as well as his private collection of paintings and antiquities.
The characters will be based on an 1812 text by Soane titled Crude Hints towards a History of my House, where the architect imagined his museum to be inhabited by four figures.


人物来源于约翰•索恩的一篇文章／The characters are based on a text written by John Soane

Mutt工作室的联合创始人James Crawford说：“在这篇奇怪的文章中，索恩想象他的家在未来会成为废墟，游客们一边参观，一边推测它的起源、功能和以前的居住者。”

该项目将采用索恩提到的四个人物，并将它们重新构思为三维图像。

这些画将按照索恩的推测放置在四个地点，例如，和尚将坐在客厅里。

"In this strange and perplexing text Soane imagined his home as a ruin centuries in the future, inspected by visitors who speculate on its origins, functions and previous inhabitants,"  said James Crawford, co-founder of Studio Mutt.
The project will take the four characters that Soane suggested and reimagine them as three-dimensional installations.
These will be placed in four sites chosen to tie together with Soane's speculative text and the physical context of the museum. For example, the Monk will sit in the Monk's Parlour.


每个人物都将受到约翰•索恩爵士博物馆内部的影响／Each of the characters was influenced by the interiors of the Sir John Soane Museum

Crawford告诉Dezeen的记者说：“通过装饰、色彩和形式的组合，每个人物都将放置在博物馆中的特定空间。”

该工作室认为，每个角色的色彩和图案都与博物馆色彩丰富的内饰息息相关。

他解释说：“太多的建筑都有着简约、中性的现代主义特征，许多人们也认为装饰、色彩和个性是多余的元素。”

"Through compositions of ornament, colour and form each character communicates with the specific spaces they inhabit throughout the museum," Crawford told Dezeen.
According to the studio, the colours and patterns featured in each of the characters was influenced by Soane's colourful interiors.
"Too many buildings now default to a watered down, depoliticised modernist rhetoric which sees ornament, colour and character as superfluous elements," he explained.


每个角色都将居住在建筑的相关区域内／Each of the characters will inhabit an area of the house related to them

Crawford继续说：“‘不合适的性格’项目探讨了建筑中可能出现的个体之间的沟通与交流，同时也表达了个体的特征对建筑设计所产生的影响。”

“我们希望激发设计师们的全新想法与创意。”

这不是Mutt工作室第一次重构抽象的概念。之前，该工作室将英国历史上的地形测量地图中的图标转变成五颜六色的建筑元素。

"Out of Character explores how an architecture of character can communicate and give life to buildings of all scales whilst also questioning how a person's character can inflict on the design or interpretation of a building," continued Crawford.
"An important aspiration of our exhibitions and events programme is to offer a platform for new and emerging practitioners who offer fresh and innovative ideas and approaches."
This is not the first time Studio Mutt has reinterpreted abstract concepts into physical installations. Previously, the studio transformed icons from Britain's historic Ordnance Survey maps into colourful architectural elements.