筑象建筑 | 螺蛳厂综合空间改造提升
ELEPHENO ARCHITECTS | Snail Factory Comprehensive Space Transformation and Improvement
中国 China

海晏村螺蛳厂---贝丘展览馆


从上个世纪50年代第一次发现河泊所遗址以来,数十年的考古工作正在逐步揭开自青铜时代以来古滇王国的风貌和历史。古时居住在此的人们在滇池边生活劳作渔猎,利用滇池捕捞螺蛳食用,然后将壳丢弃。经过几千年的时间,这些螺蛳壳逐渐堆积而成,形成了螺蛳山。这些看似不起眼的螺蛳壳均为源于云南水深或面积极广的高原湖泊独有品种,以螺蛳

(margarya melanioides)牟氏螺蛳(margarya monodi)尖龙骨螺蛳(margarya oxytropoides)为代表,大量地在贝丘遗址中被发掘。


螺蛳自有考证的自云南的古人类文明发源起就一直在被食用,最早距今已有一百七十万年历史。作为最易获得的高营养食物成为了原住民的重要食材,食用螺蛳的历史也是云南古文明的发展的历史。上个世纪中后期,螺蛳开始淡出人们的食谱,但是作为商业物种仍然广泛地被用作制作饲料,作为建造土坯房的骨料。近二十年由于工农业污染,城市排污,外来物种入侵,湖泊周边过度开发等原因,滇池原生螺蛳品种已经面临濒危,生活中已经难见螺蛳的踪影。


新的展览馆利用海晏村原有的螺蛳厂旧址,将其改造为贝丘装置艺术展览馆。深埋在地里的螺蛳壳被重新挖掘出来,堆成一座贝冢,不知道过了多久它们又再次回到滇池畔---贝冢、滇池和西山重叠在眼前。当观者身临其境,有如步入一座连接时间的空间---古时人们的生活和文化图景浮现的同时,也引发今天对滇池生态以及我们共同栖息地未来的思考。


Haiyan Village Snail Factory--Beiqiu Exhibition Hall


 Since the first discovery of Heboso Site in the 1950s, decades of archaeological work has gradually unveiled the appearance and history of ancient Dian Kingdom since the Bronze Age.The people living here in ancient times worked, fished and hunted by Dianchi Lake, and used the lake to catch snails for food, then discarded the shells.After thousands of years, these shells gradually accumulated and formed the Snail Hill.These seemingly humble snails are unique to Yunnan's highland lakes with deep water or wide surface, represented by margarya melanioides, margarya monodi and margarya oxytropoides, which were excavated in large quantities in the Beiqiu Hill Site.


 Snails have been eaten since the origin of ancient human civilization in Yunnan, with a history of 1.7 million years.As the most easily available high-nutritional food, it has become an important food material for the aborigines. The history of eating snails is also the history of the development of ancient Yunnan civilization.In the middle and late period of the last century, snails began to fade from people's diet, but as a commercial species, it is still widely used for making fodder and as a brick material for building adobe houses. In the past two decades, due to industrial and agricultural pollution, urban sewage, invasive alien species, and excessive development around the lake, the native species of snail in Dianchi Lake has been endangered, and it is hard to see the trace of snail in daily life. 


The new exhibition hall uses the original site of the snail factory in Haiyan Village, which is transformed into the Beiqiu installation art exhibition hall. The shells of the deep-buried snail shells are dug up and piled into a shell mound. It is not known how long it takes for them to return to the Dianchi Lake again -- the shell mound, Dianchi Lake and Xishan Mountain overlap in front of us. When the audience is on the scene, it is like stepping into a space connecting time -- the ancient people's life and culture appear while also triggering today's reflection on the ecology of Dianchi Lake and the future of our common habitat.


筑象建筑工作室成立于昆明,多年以来扎根云南,从本土文化和自然生活中汲取养分,通过建造实践为主要媒介不断探索一种更加“好在”的设计哲学。好在,在云南方言里既可以指人的状态也可以形容场所的舒适。“好在”的场所,“日常”的诗性,“永用”的精神,我们关注它们,也相信它们可以把人带到更佳的状态。云南独特的风物和多样的地域性是我们创造的依托。我们思考建筑并通过建造真诚表达,让大家看到地方性在云南如何成长与变化。工作室的设计实践与学术研究曾刊载于《建筑学报》、《卷宗wallpaper》、《三联生活周刊》、archdaily、gooood、一条 等学术刊物和专业媒体。荣获“2023年自然建造奖”评委会特别项目奖、入围第二届”三联人文城市奖“。部分作品获邀参加”在野·云南传统建筑研究展“深港双年展”“上海双年展”等展览。


Founded in Kunming, ELEPHENO Studio has been rooted in Yunnan for many years. We draw nutrients from local culture and natural life, and constantly explore a more "good" design philosophy through construction practice as the main medium. Fortunately, in Yunnan dialect, it can refer to both the state of people and the comfort of the place. The "good" place, the "daily" poetry, and the "eternal" spirit, we pay attention to them and believe that they can bring people to a better state. The unique scenery and diverse regionalism of Yunnan are the basis for our creation. We think about architecture and sincerely express through construction, so that everyone can see how locality grows and changes in Yunnan. The design practice and academic research of the studio have been published in academic journals and professional media such as Architectural Journal, Scroll Wallpaper, Sanlian Life Weekly, archdaily, gooood, and one. It won the special project award of the jury of "2023 Natural Construction Award" and was shortlisted for the second "Sanlian Humanistic City Award". Some of the works were invited to participate in "In the Field · Yunnan Traditional Architecture Research Exhibition", "Shenzhen-Hong Kong Biennale", "Shanghai Biennale" and other exhibitions.