Pond[er] 2021 Architecture Commission by Taylor Knights Architects + James Carey

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这是一座美丽的建筑装置，一方让人联想到澳大利亚内陆盐湖的粉色池塘，它坐落在维多利亚国立美术馆前的Grollo Equiset花园中，并在2021届NGV建筑竞赛中拔得头筹。该装置由墨尔本建筑事务所Taylor Knights与艺术家James Carey合作完成，名为“Pond[er]”，旨在为游客们提供一处消暑降温的空间，同时引导人们反思自身与环境的关系，思考澳洲人们如何在这块地球最干燥的大陆上共创与自然和谐共存的未来生活。

A beautiful architectural installation, replete with a pink pond evocative of Australia’s inland salt lakes, has been revealed as the winner of the NGV’s 2021 Architecture Commission in the Grollo Equiset Garden at NGV International. Designed by a Melbourne-based team comprising architecture firm Taylor Knights in collaboration with artist James Carey, the installation, entitled pond[er], offers a space for visitors to cool off during the summer months and reflect on their relationship with the environment and our shared future living successfully together in the driest continent on earth.

▼项目概览，overall view ©Derek Swalwell

维多利亚国立美术馆由澳洲著名建筑师罗伊·格鲁斯(Roy Grounds)设计，美术馆中的三处露天庭院成为本装置设计的灵感与依据，这件将建筑与景观融为一体的艺术装置包含了两个关键性的设计元素，分别为当地植物以及一片粉色水域。粉色的池水直接反映了维多利亚州的内陆盐湖，突出了“水”作为一种基本但日益稀缺的自然资源，具有的稀缺性、重要性和政治含义。在整个装置中，维多利亚时代盛开的野花突出了自然生态的美丽、不稳定性和时间性，邀请着人们思考人类与环境未来的关系，号召人们保护自然。

▼分析图，diagram ©Taylor Knights Architects

Referencing Sir Roy Grounds’s inclusion of three open-air courtyards in the original design of NGV International, this architecture and landscape installation comprises two key design elements: a body of indigenous plants and a body of water. The body of water is coloured pink, making direct reference to the many inland salt lakes in Victoria and highlighting the scarcity, importance and political implications of water as a fundamental yet increasingly scarce natural resource. The inclusion of Victorian wildflowers that bloom at different times throughout the installation seeks to highlight the beauty, precariousness and temporality of natural ecology, as well as inviting reflection on our future custodianship and care of the environment.

▼项目坐落在美术馆前的Grollo Equiset花园中，the installation is located in the Grollo Equiset garden in front of NGV ©Derek Swalwell

▼粉色池水与水中雕塑，Pink pool water and art sculpture in the pool ©Derek Swalwell

▼池水反射着周围花园的景观，
The pool reflects the landscape of the surrounding garden ©Derek Swalwell

设计的初衷是将Pond[er]化作维多利亚国立美术馆花园的一部分，而不是一个单独的建筑个体，通过装置中一系列相互连接的走道和露天平台引导游客们在建筑与景观之间环游。游客可以沉浸其中，探索充满植物与池水的空间，甚至可以走下来，涉水穿过粉红色的池塘。为了响应2021年的竞赛要求，本项目所选择的材料都是在当地生产与加工的，并尽可能保证装置拆除后，其材料能够被各种土地保护组织、当地社区与本土居民回收利用。

Envisioned as a space that becomes part the NGV garden rather than a separate architectural object, pond[er] invites audiences to move through a series of interconnected walkways and accessible platforms. Visitors can immerse themselves within and explore the spaces of flora and water and can even step down and wade through the pink pond. In response to the 2021 competition brief, the materials that have been selected for the project are locally sourced and manufactured, and, wherever possible, are intended to be distributed and used again by various Landcare, Indigenous, and community groups upon deinstallation.

▼水池边的走道，The walkway by the pool ©Derek Swalwell

▼水池深度的保证了儿童玩耍时的安全，
the depth of the pool ensures the safety of children playing ©Derek Swalwell

“年复一年，NGV的年度建筑竞赛见证了Grollo Equiset花园因各种临时建筑或装置作品而发生的改变。2021届NGV建筑大奖作品：Pond[er]，为人们提供了一处安静沉思和与自然对话的场所，引发人们对自然世界与必要资源的深思。通过建筑和景观元素的优雅融合，该作品让我们关注到澳大利亚许多水域和河流系统面临的环境挑战，同时作品的设计也全面地考虑到材料的未来生命周期，确保作品本身对环境的影响达到最小。”NGV馆长托尼·埃尔伍德(Tony Ellwood AM)评价道。

Tony Ellwood AM, Director, NGV, said: ‘Year after year, the NGV’s annual architectural competition sees our garden transformed by an ephemeral work of architecture and design. The 2021 commission, pond[er], offers a moment for quiet contemplation and conversation as we consider the natural world and the essential nourishment and resources it provides. Through an elegant interplay of architectural and landscape elements, this work draws our attention to the challenges facing Australia’s many catchments and river systems, whilst also ensuring that the design itself has minimal environmental impact by considering the future lifecycle of the materials used.’

▼粉色池水代表了澳大利亚内陆盐湖，
The pink pool represents the Australian outback salt lake ©Derek Swalwell

▼儿童玩耍的场景唤起人们保护自然的意识，Scenes of children playing arouse people’s awareness of protecting nature ©Derek Swalwell

每年的NGV年度建筑奖将通过两阶段的全国竞赛选出，竞赛邀请建筑师或多学科团队提交一项引人入胜的临时建筑或艺术装置设计方案，以激活墨尔本最伟大的城市和文化空间之一 —— Grollo Equiset花园。NGV建筑奖历届获奖得主包括：艺术家Yhonnie Scarce + 墨尔本Edition工作室（2019）、MUIR + OPENWORK事务所（2018）、艺术家Retallack Thompson + Other Architects事务所（2017）、M@ STUDIO Architects事务所（2016）、John Wardle Architects事务所（2015）。2021年NGV建筑大奖Pond[er]将于2021年11月至2022年4月在墨尔本圣基尔达路的NGV国际展览中向公众免费开放。更多信息可详询维多利亚国立美术馆官方网站。

Each year, the annual commission is selected via a two-stage national competition, in which architects or multi-disciplinary teams are invited to submit a design for an engaging temporary structure or installation to activate the Grollo Equiset Garden, one of Melbourne’s great civic and cultural spaces. The NGV Architecture Commission has previously been designed by Yhonnie Scarce and Edition Office (2019), MUIR + OPENWORK (2018), Retallack Thompson and Other Architects (2017), M@ STUDIO Architects (2016), John Wardle Architects (2015). The 2021 NGV Architecture Commission will be on display from November 2021 – April 2022 at NGV International, St Kilda Road, Melbourne. Free entry. Further information is available via the NGV website: NGV.MELBOURNE.

▼总平面图，site plan ©Taylor Knights Architects

▼平面图，ground plan ©Taylor Knights Architects

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