Tadao Ando: Building Imagination 空间冥想－建筑师安藤忠雄
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- 发布于 2011年12月19日
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In 1965, with only 600,000 yen, a 24-year-old Japanese man set off from Osaka, Japan on his grand tour of Europe to study architecture. His name was Tadao Ando. Little did he know that 30 years later, he would win the Pritzker Architecture Prize, the Nobel Prize of the profession.
1965年，身上仅有60万日圆的24岁日本青年从大阪出发，踏上前往欧洲学习建筑的伟大旅程。这位青年名叫安藤忠雄，当时他并不知道自己会在30年后获得建筑界的诺贝尔奖：普立兹克建筑奖。
Ando did not take the straight and narrow path to become an architect. He toiled as a truck driver, and was even a boxer for a while. Ando had no formal training in architecture. He was self-taught, pulling information from books and visiting the actual buildings he read about. For him, traveling was a spiritual journey that allowed him to see, think, and create.
安藤并非循一般途径成为建筑师。他做过卡车司机这种苦差事，甚至当过一阵子拳击手。他没受过正式建筑训练，而是借着自学，从书籍和实地参观书上读到的建筑物中获取信息。对他而言，旅行是使他观赏、思考与创作的心灵之旅。
During his teenage years, Ando apprenticed to a local carpenter and built a variety of wooden models. He created ships, airplanes and other objects out of wood. Browsing through a used bookstore one day, he came across a book of Le Corbusier sketches. Finding himself deeply inspired by Le Corbusier, Ando traced the drawings in the book repeatedly until the pages turned black.
少年时期，安藤曾做过当地一名木匠的学徒，制作各式各样的木头模型。他用木头创作船只、飞机和其他物品。某天在二手书店浏览时，他看见了一本柯比意的草图，深受鼓舞，于是一再重复描摹书中图稿直到书页变黑。
Ando tried to further his studies by apprenticing for designers and city planners. However, in his own words, “I was never a good student. I always preferred learning things on my own outside class.” And so, still wet behind the ears, he started visiting tea houses in Kyoto and Nara to observe traditional Japanese architecture. He kept detailed sketches of what he saw. With the combination of these observations and his wondrous imagination, Ando was able to create his own architectural style.
安藤试图藉由向设计师和城市规划师见习来增进所学。然而，他曾如是说：「我从不是个好学生，总爱在课堂外自我学习。」因此，经验尚浅的他开始参观京都和奈良的茶室，观察日本传统建筑，并将所见之处精细描绘下来。结合观察心得和奇妙想象，安藤已能创造自己的建筑风格。
Vocabulary
单词发音
set off: 出发 to start on a journey
architecture [ˋɑrkə͵tɛktʃɚ] n. 建筑(学)
toil [tɔɪl] v. 苦干
self-taught [ˋsɛlfˋtɔt] adj. 自学而成的; 自修的
spiritual [ˋspɪrɪtʃʊəl] adj. 精神（上）的，心灵的
apprentice [əˋprɛntɪs] v. 当学徒
come across 偶然碰见 to find someone or something; to discover someone or something
sketch [skɛtʃ] n. 速写，素描; 略图，草图
still wet behind the ears【口】【贬】无经验的; 幼稚的; 乳臭未干的; young and inexperienced
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grand tour 欧洲巡游旅行（指从前英国贵族子弟为完成最后的学程，由教师陪同所作的巡游）
trace [tres] v. 描摹，摹写；复写
wondrous [ˋwʌndrəs] adj. 令人惊奇的；不可思议的
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After a period of self-education, Ando founded his own architectural firm in 1969. When his work, the Row House (Azuma) won the Japanese Architectural Association Prize, he became known far and wide. This structure draws attention because of its doorway framed within a blank concrete façade. The space within is divided into three equal rectangles. Closest to the entrance is the living room, with a bedroom above it. It is meant to give a separate space for thought in the urban chaos of the modern world.
自修一段时间后，安藤于1969年成立自己的建筑事务所。他以「住吉的长屋」这个作品赢得日本建筑协会赏，并声名大噪。这个建筑之所以引起注意，是因为门口通道被纯混凝土前庭框住。屋内空间被均分成三个长方形，最靠近入口处是上有卧房的客厅。这座建筑是为提供人们在现代都会的纷乱中，有独立思考的空间。
Ando was catapulted into international fame upon the completion of his Rokko Housing on the slope of the Rokko Mountains in 1983. It is an apartment complex comprised of units of exactly the same size. Each of the apartments, constructed in a stepped fashion, has a view of the Osaka harbor. To Ando, this is the work that entirely captures his many ideas, even though it may appearsimplistic on the surface. “I think architecture becomes interesting when it has a double character,” he says, “that is, when it is as simple as possible but, at the same time as complex as possible.”
安藤于1983年完成建于六甲山坡地上的「六甲集合住宅」之后，扬名国际。这是一个由大小完全相同的许多单位组合成的集合公寓，每一栋阶梯式建筑的公寓都能眺望大阪港。对安藤来说，尽管这件作品表面上看来过于简单，但却完全捕捉了他所有的想法。「我认为具双重性格的建筑物才有意思，」安藤说道：「那就是，它在极为简单的同时，又极为复杂。」
Later on, Ando put together a series of religious works. His Church of Light demonstrates his signature concrete walls, in a long square tunnel ending in a wall with a cross of light. There is a strong contrast between light and shade. The texture and darkness of the floors and pews enhance the experience of seeing a light at the end of the tunnel. With such simple construction, it appears as an ideal source for meditation.
之后，安藤创造了一系列宗教作品。他的「光之教堂」展示了其混凝土墙特色：长方形信道尽头是一面有十字型光线的墙。教堂内部光影对比强烈，地板和座席的质感与暗色调更加深了目睹通道尽头光线的体验。藉由如此简单的结构，这间教堂似乎成为冥想的理想空间。
Vocabulary
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far and wide 四处地; 各处 everywhere
chaos [ˋkeɑs] n. 混乱
be comprised of 由……组成
comprise [kəmˋpraɪz] v. 由……組成
construct [kənˋstrʌkt] v. 建造
demonstrate [ˋdɛmən͵stret] v. 展示
signature [ˋsɪgnətʃɚ] adj. 为(某人)所特有的; 体现个体特征的 a distinguishing style
enhance [ɪnˋhæns] v. 提高，增加（价值，质量，吸引力等）
meditation [͵mɛdəˋteʃən] n. 沉思；冥想
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frame [frem] v. 给……装框子
blank [blæŋk] adj. 完全的; 空白的; 无变化的，单调的
façade [fəˋsɑd] n.（建筑物的）正面；前面
rectangle [ˋrɛkt͵æŋg!] n. 矩形，长方形
catapult sb into fame 使…一举成名
catapult [ˋkætə͵pʌlt] v. 被用弹射器弹射
stepped [stɛpt] adj. 有阶梯的；成梯状的
simplistic [sɪmˋplɪstɪk] adj. 极简的; 过分单纯化的；被过分简单化的
pew [pju] n. 教堂内的靠背长椅
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Throughout the 1990s and into the new millennium, Tadao Ando has designed many internationally acclaimed works, including the Meditation Space in Paris, and Fabrica, the Benetton Research Center in Italy. He also had solo exhibitions in New York, London, and Paris. Despite his worldwide fame, Ando still works in his hometown of Osaka.
从1990年代进入新的千禧年，安藤设计了享誉国际的作品，包括巴黎的「冥想空间」，以及班尼顿在意大利的研究中心「班尼顿艺术学校」。他还在纽约、伦敦、巴黎办过个展。虽然闻名世界，安藤仍在家乡大阪工作。
Today, Ando has embarked on his most ambitious project to date, revealing his design for what will become by far the world’s tallest structure. The New Tokyo Tower will stand 610 meters tall, surpassing Toronto’s CN Tower, the current tallest structure, by nearly 60 meters. The building will stand on a triangular foundation, and its slim body will taper into a silver-blue cylinder as it reaches towards the sky.
今日，安藤已展开其有史以来最雄心万丈的计划，揭示了即将成为世界最高建筑的设计：「新东京塔」。「新东京塔」将高达610公尺，较现今最高建筑「多伦多西恩塔」高出60公尺。「新东京塔」的地基呈三角形，细长的塔身会逐渐削尖成银蓝色圆锥直达天际。
Ando connects the art of building to the art of living. For Ando, architecture is defined as “the box that provokes.” He believes that buildings can challenge us to think and change the way we perceive the world. However, he has also said, “I do not believe architecture should speak too much. It should remain silent and let nature in the guise of sunlight and wind speak.”
安藤将建筑艺术和生活艺术结合。对他而言，建筑的定义是「激发心灵的盒子」。他认为建筑物能刺激我们思考，改变我们感受世界的方式。然而，他也说道：「我认为建筑物不应传达太多讯息；它应该保持沉默，让大自然透过阳光和风说话。」
Ando believes in the three indispensable principles of architecture, which are function, strength, and beauty. Each principle works with the other two to create a finished work. For Ando, architecture not only is a place for a person to live in, but it also provides a measure of inspiration. Architecture goes hand in hand with human thought. It switches back and forth between an idea and reality. What can be imagined can be built.
安藤相信建筑有三项不可或缺的原则：功能、力度和美感。每项原则都和其余两者相辅相成，以创造成品。对安藤来说，建筑不仅是住所，且亦能提供些许灵感。建筑和人类思维息息相关，并在概念和现实间摆荡。能想象出的皆可具体建造。
−by Joe Henley
Vocabulary
单词发音
millennium [mɪˋlɛnɪəm] n. 千禧年
solo [ˋsolo] adj. 单独的；单独表演的
embark [ɪmˋbɑrk] v. 从事，着手[（+on/in/upon）]
by far (用作比较的加强语)...得多, 非常; 显然; 到目前为止
surpass [sɚˋpæs] v. 超过; 胜过
cylinder [ˋsɪlɪndɚ] n. 圆柱
provoke [prəˋvok] v. 激起; 激发
indispensable [͵ɪndɪsˋpɛnsəb!] adj. 必需的﹐不可或缺的
back and forth 来来回回地 from side to side
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acclaimed [əˋklemd] adj. 受到赞扬的
to date 迄今; 至今; 到目前为止
taper [ˋtepɚ] v.（一端）逐渐变细，成锥形
perceive [pɚˋsiv] v. 察觉；感知; 〔以某种方式〕理解﹐领悟
guise [gaɪz] n. 外观，装束
measure [ˋmɛʒɚ] n. 程度；限度
hand in hand 密切合作；携手
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