水之屋/莫尔特·林奈曼建筑事务所  

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建筑设计：莫尔特·林奈曼

地点：德国，凯撒斯劳滕

摄影：莫尔特·林奈曼建筑事务所特许授权—迈克尔·海因里希，克里斯蒂安·科勒

项目面积：1700平方米

预算：4500000欧元

Transparency

The client, the Technical Facilities Kaiserslautern (TWK), is a modern, medium-sized public utilities company, one of about 900 in Germany. Because of this the TWK is in a constant process of innovation and professionalization. Moreover, the TWK intends to be a transparent and open participant of society. The urgently needed renovation of the water purification plant “Rote Hohl” offered an excellent opportunity to publicly show the aspired professionalism, innovation and effort towards sustainability.

透明度

甲方是凯撒斯劳滕技术设备公司（TWK），德国900个现代的中型公共设施公司中的一个。正因如此，TWK一直在创新和专业化的道路上稳步发展着。另外，TWK打算成为透明公开的社会参与者。急需改造的净化水工厂为公开展示他们在可持续方面的专业性，创新性和不懈努力提供了一个绝佳的机会。

Context

The Pfaelzer forest offers locals and visitors to the region attractive opportunities for daytrips. Apart from the main attraction, the forest itself, other touristic attractions include the Biosphere House in Fischbach and the House for Sustainability in Trippstadt. These houses contribute to the awareness for the environment and our natural resources. The water plant “Rote Hohl” will provide the region with water also after the renovation and upgrading. As the “House of Water” the building will provide information services to selected target groups about water, water collection, purification and distribution. The House of Water also offers space for exhibitions, workshops and events.

背景

大森林提供给当地居民和游客徒步旅行的好机会。除了主要景区森林，另外一个吸引游客的地方就是Fischbach的生态屋和Trippstadt的可持续小屋。这些小屋提醒我们注意保护环境和自然资源。水厂将在更新后为该地区提供用水。作为“水之屋”，这座建筑将提供关于水，水的采集、净化和分配的信息服务。水之屋还为展出、讨论会等大事件提供了空间。

2 in 1

The combination of water purification and information services about the natural resource water is logical, but also poses a challenge. The water plant “Rote Hohl” occupies a key position in the regional water distribution network. Public access to a place, that plays a crucial role in the supply of drink water to the city Kaiserslautern and its larger surroundings 24 hours a day 7 days a week, 365 days a year is not an easy task. In the end people expect and demand a guaranteed supply of drinking water. Both the need for security and a secured, reliable product became an essential part of the technical and architectonical brief for the project.

二合一

将净化水与信息服务结合起来是合情合理的，但也提出了一个挑战。水厂在地区供水网中占有重要的位置。每年365天一周7天每天24小时向凯撒斯劳滕市及其周边供水并不是一项容易的任务。人们期待并需要饮用水的供应保证。对安全性和安全可靠的产品的需求成为该项目技术和建筑要求的重要部分。

Appearance

The external appearance of the building needs to fulfill both conditions of security and express the new public function of the building adequately. Inside the existing building a spatially satisfactory solution could not be found. The existing building was enlarged with a single entrance space and a large awning. The silhouette of the new building has been kept low in order to secure the view of the forest. At the end of the access road the large awning offers welcoming protection from wind and rain. A light grey exposed concrete wall signals the entrance. A new wall, a steel structure fully clad with folded aluminum, is placed in front of the existing building. The selected color is quite dark. The wall gives off a closed impression and connotes security.

On the one hand this color emphasizes the clear form, on the other the building blends into the atmosphere of the forest. Seen from the inside the façade turns out to be perforated and appears transparent. Only near the entrance the existing building is still visible. This wall is painted bright grass green and becomes an extension of the adjacent slope: the House of Water is rooted in its surroundings. At night the perforations of the wall become visible on the outside and the building illuminates its surroundings. Like red eyed giants camera masts stand guard over this bright shimmering object. Although reserved during the day, the House of Water appears open at night and creates a secure, magical space in the darkness of the woods.

外观

建筑的外观需要同时满足安全条件并充分表达建筑新的公共职能。在现有的建筑空间内没有找到令人满意的解决办法。现有建筑扩展出单独的入口空间和一个大雨篷。降低了建筑的轮廓线以保证森林景观。走到道路尽头，大雨篷为来客遮风挡雨。一堵浅灰色混凝土墙明显地

标志着入口。新的墙体和钢结构以折叠铝覆盖，置于建筑之前。选择了较深的颜色。墙体给人以封闭的感觉，意味着安全感。

一方面颜色强调了明晰的形状，另一方面建筑混入了森林的氛围。从内向外看，正面是贯通而透明的。只有在入口处建筑依旧是可见的。墙被漆为鲜艳的草绿色，成为邻近的斜坡的延伸：水之屋植根于环境中。到晚上，通透的墙体从外部变得明晰，照亮了周围环境。像巨大的红眼相机，天线杆伫立着，保卫着这闪闪发光的物体。尽管白天里有些拘谨，水之屋在夜间却表现得很直率，在黑暗的树林里创造出安然奇幻的空间。

Connections

In the course of the technical planning of the installation by ARCADIS Consult some existing spaces became redundant, and consequently available. Early on the TWK recognized the potential of one of these spaces. Molter Architects proposed a concept which did not only consider this single space, but also activated all adjacent spaces. Crux of the concept is to relate the originally closed-off spaces to one another. Flow of movement becomes possible through new horizontal and vertical structural perforations. The technical areas of the actual water plant are also connected to the public area through a technical blue, large steel casing. Doors, originally placed flush, are placed deeper into the spaces. The hierarchy of spaces changes, new types of use present themselves. This effectively constituted the transformation from a water purification plant to the “House of Water”. Custom furniture and platforms offer various types of use. They can be either be used as normal seating or to display exhibition objects in space.

联系

在ARCADIS顾问公司进行规划的过程中，发现剩余了一些可用的空间。TWK意识到其中一个空间的潜能。莫尔特建筑师提出了一种概念，不仅仅考虑单独的空间，还将毗连的空间一起开发。概念的关键在于将原本封闭的空间连接起来。新的水平线和贯通的垂直结构使得运动的流通成为可能。真正的水厂也与公共区域通过一个大的蓝色钢管相连。原先齐平排列的门现在空间中放置得更深。空间变化的层次显示出它们新的用途。这有效地使一个水净化厂变为“水之屋”。惯用的家具和平台提供了多种用途。它们既可以用做普通的座椅，也可以摆放展出的物品。

Pact
Architecture has almost completely lost her critical capacity. Architecture tends to restrict itself to self-referential topics like form or construction, or politically correct topics like sustainability or the environment. Architectural themes like safety and security probably would be a more fitting form of contextuality. However, constructed (concrete, fences) or high-tech (electronics) security measures are not capable of addressing the social need for psychological security. The project “House of Water” communicates security with the signs of architecture and thus creates the pre-conditions for merging the public works (drink water supply) and the public domain: appropriate architecture for uncertain times.

合同
建筑几乎丧失了她的重要能力。建筑将自己限制在自参照命题中，如形式或结构，或者是政策正确的主题如可持续性或环境。以安全为建筑主题可能更适合境域性。然而，结构（混凝土、围墙）或高科技（电子）安全措施并不能迎合心理安全的社会需求。“水之屋”项目将安全与建筑符号联系起来，创造了将公共工程（饮用水供应）和公共产业合并的先决条件：不确定的时代，特定的建筑。