Thatched observatory installed on roof of 1930s Sonneveld House in Rotterdam

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墨西哥艺术家Santiago Borja在一幢荷兰的保存完好的现代住宅的屋顶建造了一个大型茅草材质观景台。

Mexican artist Santiago Borja has built a thatched observatory on the roof of one of Holland's best-preserved Modernist houses (+ slideshow).

Borja的装置被命名为心灵映像——布拉瓦茨基天文台，建造在鹿特丹索能凡尔公寓的屋顶，公寓由荷兰事务所Brinkman & Van der Vlugt设计，建于20世纪30年代。

Named A Mental Image – Blavatsky Observatory, Borja's installation has been constructed on top of Sonneveld House in Rotterdam, a property designed in the 1930s by Dutch firm Brinkman & Van der Vlugt.

七边形的装置将简单的屋顶平台变成了一个户外空间，将人们的视线集中于天空。

倾斜的表面被茅草覆盖，借鉴了传统的荷兰农舍，同时也与公寓的白色墙体和历史建筑的功能主义形式形成对比。

The heptagonal structure transforms the simple roof terrace into an outdoor room that focuses visitors' attention to the sky above.
Its angled surface is thatched with straw, intended to reference the traditional Dutch farmhouse, but also to directly contrast the white walls and functional styling of the historic house.

“Borja把天文台作为冥想空间，一个抽象的空间场所，人们在这里可以静心沉思和冥想，进行自省，找寻自我。” 策展人Erich Weiss领导的设计团队表示。

设计团队补充道：“Borja采用了茅草材质作为屋顶，回应了荷兰的传统建造方式。”

"Borja considers his observatory to be a space for contemplation, an abstract space where visitors can find themselves through spiritual and spatial awareness," said a statement from the project team, led by curator Erich Weiss.
"[He] covered his observatory with a thatched roof in acknowledgement of traditional Dutch construction methods," they added.

Albertus Sonneveld是范内尔设计工场的三位董事之一，他在1929年委托建筑师设计了这幢公寓。自2001年，在荷兰建筑协会的参与下，公寓恢复到了原来的状态，并作为博物馆对外开放。

索能凡尔公寓是Nieuwe Bouwen风格的重要实例，也是荷兰功能主义的典范。

Albertus Sonneveld, one of the three directors of the Van Nelle Factory, commissioned Sonneveld House for himself and his family in 1929. Since 2001 it has operated as a museum, run by the Het Nieuwe Instituut of architecture, design and e-culture.
The house is an important example of the Nieuwe Bouwen style, which is also referred to as Dutch Functionalism.

Borja希望装置能够反应出西方秘契主义的影响——一种抽象思维。

团队表示：“在第二十世纪的历史背景下，人们希望探寻一种被大众所理解的视觉语言，蒙德里安和瓦西里.康定斯基这样的艺术家从中汲取创造灵感，思想家们晦涩的文学著作中也体现了这一点。”

Borja intends his installation to draw attention to the influence of Western esotericism – a type of abstract thinking – on this style.
"In their quest to find a universal visual language at the dawn of the 20th century, artists such as Piet Mondrian and Wassily Kandinsky drew inspiration from, amongst other things, the writings of esoteric thinkers," explained the team.

“并未引起人们注意的是这些思潮对建筑的影响。”

艺术家以布拉瓦茨基的名字命名，是为了纪念海伦娜•布拉瓦茨基或者称为布拉瓦茨基夫人，她创建通神学会，研究精神及心灵和神秘主义。

"Less well known is the influence of these ideas on the architecture of the period," they said.
The artist named the installation after Helena Blavatsky, or Madame Blavatsky, who founded a society around an esoteric doctrine promoting spiritual and mystical practices.

布拉瓦茨基天文台装置参展周末开幕的鹿特丹国际建筑双年展，将持续至2016年5月22日。

艺术家和设计师们被邀请为住宅建造附属装置，例如Richard Hutten曾在2014年设计了类似的项目，艺术家Eva Rothschild在今年夏季将会设计一个新的装置艺术。

The Blavatsky Observatory installation coincides with the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, which opened at the weekend. It will remain in place until 22 May 2016.
Borja is the latest in a series of artists and designer who have been invited to make a temporary addition to the house. Designer Richard Hutten added a series of his own objects back in 2014, while artist Eva Rothschild will create a new work for the building this summer.

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