Photography: Architecture without an architect: “The art museum at the foot of the mountain” by Kejia Mei

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这组拍摄于杭州郊区的照片被摄影师梅可嘉戏称为《山下美术馆》。初看之下，庞大的白色建筑犹如一座经过细致构思和雕琢的艺术结构，而事实上，它是由当地村民自行搭建的杨梅大棚。不知道设计搭建这座大棚的人会不会意料到，这座建筑引发了包括摄影师在内的众多建筑学人的好奇心。

This series of photography, taken in the suburbs of Hangzhou, was jokingly dubbed “The art museum at the foot of the mountain” by the photographer Kejia Mei. At first glance, the large white building looks like a carefully conceived and sculpted building for art, but in fact it is a red bayberry shed built by the local villagers themselves. Does the architect who designed and built this shed anticipate that the building has aroused strong curiosity in many architects, including the photographer himself.

村民们是否已经对这样的大棚习以为常？它是如此简洁、纯粹，又是如此自然而然，就好像从山脚下生长出来的一样。也许正是这样一座“没有建筑师的建筑”，才能最真实地向我们揭示建筑的本质、建造的本质：回到民间，回归自然。

Have the villagers become accustomed to such sheds? It is so simple, so pure and so natural that it seems to have grown out of the foothills of the mountains. Perhaps it is this ‘architecture without an architect’ that reveals to us the essence of architecture and construction: return to the people, and return to nature.

摄影师 photographer：Kejia Mei
照片版权 copyright：Kejia Mei

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