陰影下的祈禱者

陰影下的祈禱者

Prayer of Shadow Protection

地點：荷蘭厄伊特霍倫

業主：Province of Noord-Holland

結構工程師： DHV Ruimte en Mobiliteit

設計團隊： Sean Matsumoto， Maurice Nio， Giuseppe Vultaggio

竣工時間： 2008年

造價： 6 000 000歐元

Address： Vrouwenakker， the municipality of Liemeer and Uithoorn， the Netherlands

Client： Province of Noord-Holland

Structural engineer： DHV Ruimte en Mobiliteit

Design team： JSean Matsumoto， Maurice Nio， Giuseppe Vultaggio

Completion： 2008

Costs： € 6 000 000

大部分橋梁，無論可動還是不可動，恐怕都不需要建筑師來設計。圈內人稱它們為工程師的計算產品。 這些橋梁的建造是完全基于功能性而不可避免的缺乏詩意。只有在工程很大并追求高端的前提的下，客戶才會有雇傭建筑師的預算。這就是為何對于這個相對較小的橋梁設計來說，建筑師的存在是必要的，因為其有助于脫離工程師的無差別性設計操作。

在設計的過程中，我們受啟發于螳螂的四肢以及絕地星際戰斗機的造型。不過影響此橋設計語言最多的還是行駛在Amstel-Drecht上游船。這些游船的類型異乎尋常的多，而且每一只都有自己的風格。

我們為這座橋梁選擇了暗色調。 此顏色在綠與藍之間，有點像荷蘭的水只不過多了點閃爍。老Vrouwenakker橋正如大部分其他橋一樣，是白色的。為何如此？可能因為白色是中性的顏色。白色并不表達自我。在中國，白色代表生命的逝去， 也許這是為何我們從來不選擇白色的原因。這座橋乃暗色，所以當夜晚開始降臨時，它那神秘而優雅的輪廓將漸漸消失于漸暗的地平線。（2010年荷蘭設計獎—最佳公共空間）

For most bridges， whether they are fixed or moveable， an architect is not required. They are simply“engineered”， as they call it in professional circles， which results in functional constructions devoid of any poetry whatsoever. Unless it be big， prestigious civil works for which the necessary extra financial resources are reserved. That is why it is actually quite nice that for this relatively small bridge an architect was considered necessary， thus escaping civil engineering indifference.

During the design process we were inspired by the limbs of the praying mantis and the shape of the famous Jedi starfighter from Star Wars， but the language of this bridge corresponds most of all with the design of the pleasure boats that inhabit the Amstel-Drecht canal. It is truly amazing how many different types of these boats there are， every one of them very stylized.

We have made the bridge dark. The colour is something between green and blue， a bit like the water in Holland but more sparkling. The old bridge Vrouwenakker was white， as most bridges are. Why is that？ Probably because white is a neutral colour， a colour that does not really express itself. In China white is the colour of death， a reason for us never to choose for it. This bridge is dark， a mysterious and yet elegant figure of which the contours slowly disappear when the evening falls.