MEAN*：“Arid”是约旦的一个象征着干旱景观的艺术装置，旨在呼吁人们关注该国的水资源匮乏问题。
MEAN*：’Arid’ is an installation symbolic of a post-drought landscape in Jordan, that calls attention to the imminent problem of water scarcity in the country.
这幅作品在几何上表现的是土地因干旱而弯曲开裂形成的一种地质景观。
Geometrically, the piece expresses itself as a geological landscape, resembling cracked earth of a sinuous topography in an arid environment.
该作品曾受安曼设计周委托在2017年展览期间展出，其设计的新颖之处就在于对自然材料进行粗加工，与数字制造的精确性形成了鲜明的对比。
Amman Design Week commissioned the piece for exhibition during the 2017 edition of the show. The novelty of the project’s materiality is an outcome of processing natural, rough materials with imperfections, juxtaposed with the precision of digital manufacturing.
根据数字模拟自然干旱现象生成的“开裂”几何图形，将约旦北部Al Hallabat地区的天然石材利用数控机械切磨成独一无二的小块石材，再通过等离子数控切割机切割出石块的钢铁底座，将它们整体组装在一起。装置中的所有设计和制造都采用了数字化技术。
Robotic CNC arms were utilized to mill Natural Jordanian stone from Al Hallabat area, in the north of Jordan, into individual pieces, each one unique, from geometries generated by digitally simulating the organic phenomena of ‘Fractured Cracking’. Plasma CNC cutters were used to cut a steel base, assembled as a kit of parts, all designed and fabricated digitally.
▼建造过程 Process
“Arid”的每一个环节都由约旦当地专家构思和工匠手工制作完成，它的数字化生产方式为未来设计开创了更多的可能性。
活动结束后，MEAN将该作品永久安置在了约旦国家博物馆花园中，旨在帮助慈善机构提高人们对约旦淡水资源枯竭的认识。
‘Arid’ is a work made possible by the seamless computational design to production methods used. The sum of its parts are hand finished, conceived and made by local expertise and craftsmen in Jordan.
Post-event, MEAN installed the piece in the National Museum of Jordan, where it sits in the garden of the museum permanently. The objective of ARID is to aid Mercy Corps in raising awareness about Jordan’s depleting fresh water resources.
▼施工平面 FABRICATION PLAN
项目类型：艺术装置
客户：安曼设计周
行业合作伙伴：AW & Sons Stone Co. Ashour Industrial & Trading Co.
面积：8平方米
地点：约旦安曼
状态：已完成
首席设计师：Riyad Joucka
设计团队：Michael Pryor, Hashem Joucka
完成时间：2017年
Type: Installation
Client: Amman Design Week
Industrial Partners: AW & Sons Stone Co. Ashour Industrial & Trading Co.
Size: 8 Sqm
Location: Amman, Jordan
Status: Completed
Lead Architect: Riyad Joucka
Team: Michael Pryor, Hashem Joucka
Date: 2017
{{item.text_origin}}
