由国际设计创意事务所CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati与建筑师Italo Rota合作完成的项目 —— “感知能量”，于2022年米兰设计周上亮相，该艺术装置将城市植物园变身为一座充满奇幻氛围的能源公园。设计利用500米数字弯曲铜管，创造了一条感知路径，在这里，人们可以探索不同形式的可持续能源生产和消耗过程。该项目是设计周INTERNI Re.Generation展览的一部分。项目中所使用的铜由世界上最大的铜材料生产商之一KME提供。“感知能量”装置将向公众开放至2022年6月13日。

At Milan Design Week 2022, international design and innovation office CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati and architect Italo Rota unveil a project that turns the city’s Botanical Garden into an energy park. “Feeling the Energy” makes use of 500 meters of digitally bent copper pipe to create a sensorial path where people can explore different forms of sustainable energy production and consumption. The project is developed for Plenitude as part of the Design Week’s INTERNI Re.Generation exhibition. The copper is provided by KME, one of the world’s largest producers of this material. “Feeling the Energy” will be open to the public until 13th June 2022.

▼项目概览，overall of the project

该装置旨在邀请人们在米兰历史悠久的植物园中漫步，园内共分为六个区域，分别为：能量旋转木马、花园管弦乐队、领先标志、动力振动、阳光下的百叶窗，以及太阳能花园。这些装置能够向人们直观地展示出阳光、风以及人们的运动是如何产生出能量的。在白天，装置能够吸收并贮存产生出的清洁能源，然后在夜晚利用这些能源照亮整个植物园。此外，装置产生出的能源还为水雾器提供动力，在为花园小径提供清凉的同时，滋养植物园中的植被。

The installation invites people to wander through Milan’s historical Botanical Garden, in a sequence of six main stages: Energy Carousel, Garden Orchestra, The Leading Logo, Powering Vibrations, Blinds in the Sun, Solar Garden. These make it possible to directly experience how energy can be produced from the sun, wind, and people’s movements. Each step features a different object, all made of copper. The installation harvests and stores energy during the day, using it to illuminate the Botanical Garden in the evening. It also powers water vaporizers that will cool the garden pathways while at the same time nourishing the vegetation.

▼由铜管与有机光伏板构成的装置作品，art installation composed of copper pipes and organic photovoltaic panels

踏入植物园中，一个宏伟的旋转装置首先映入人们的眼帘，在这里，人们可以直观地体验到运动所带来的能量。随后，游客们将从一系列“门洞”下方穿过，这段路程将伴随着意大利巴洛克作曲家安东尼奥·维瓦尔第的著名《四季》交响曲片段，该曲段原声由米兰交响乐团巴罗卡弦乐合奏团演奏。展览路径上还包含有一座巨大的“风铃”，邀请着人们来亲自演奏。此外，门廊隧道中还设有由彩色有机光伏板构成的隔断，漫步其间的人们可以自行将其打开或关闭。而树冠上的传感器则可以探测到人的存在，并激活薄雾装置，为人们提供清凉。

▼位于公园入口的能量旋转木马，

a majestic carousel at the entrance of the park

Visitors access the Botanical Garden and immediately discover a majestic carousel where they can experience the energy in motion. After that, people can walk under a series of portals that plays sequences from the renowned Four Seasons symphony by Italian baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi, performed by the Ensemble Strumentale la Barocca of the Symphony Orchestra of Milan. The exhibition path also includes a giant vibraphone which people are invited to play. Moreover, a tunnel with colored diaphragms laden with organic photovoltaic panels can be opened or closed by those wandering through it, while a canopy features sensors that can detect people’s presence and activate a cool mist.

▼花园管弦乐队，Garden Orchestra

▼铜管塑形的“门廊”， “portal” of copper tubes

▼有机光伏板投下的彩色光影，colored shadows cast by organic photovoltaic panels

“装置的灵感来自植物的有机功能，”CRA创始合伙人、麻省理工学院感知城市实验室(MIT senable City Lab)主任Carlo Ratti说，“就像森林中的树木从不同来源吸取能量，并将能量传输到所需的位置，如某根树枝或叶子末端一样，装置的长铜管会吸收整体装置产生出的能量，然后在园区路径指定的位置上释放出来。”

“The installation is inspired by the functioning of plant organisms,” says Carlo Ratti, founding partner at CRA and director of the MIT Senseable City Lab: “As trees in a forest draw energy from different sources and then use it locally where they need it – in a certain branch or the end of a leaf – the long copper tube of ‘Feeling the Energy’ absorbs energy in its entire length and then uses it in specific points of the installation path.”

▼阳光下的百叶窗与太阳能花园，Blinds in the Sun and Solar Garden.

▼由装置构成的路径引导着人们在公园中漫步，

paths formed by the installation guide people through the park

▼装置的灵感来自植物的有机功能，

the installation is inspired by the functioning of plant organisms

“玩耍是人类的基本活动，该装置暗示了游戏和能源世界之间的新联系。它向我们展示出，每当我们消耗能量 —— 无论是在旋转木马上，还是在秋千上，甚至是在发声时 —— 我们都可以再从中回收一些能量。此外，该装置还引出了对能源效率的思考，一个简单的手势，比如调整光伏板的方向，就可以切实地节约到能源，实现能源的优化。”Italo Rota Building Office的创始人Italo Rota说道。

“Playing is a fundamental activity for every human being. This installation suggests new links between play and the world of energy. It shows us that every time we consume energy – whether it’s on a carousel or a swing, or even while producing sound waves – we can recover some of that energy. In addition, the installation hints closely at the theme of efficiency. A simple gesture such as orienting the photovoltaic panels allows us to think practically about saving and optimizing resources,” says Italo Rota, founder of Italo Rota Building Office.

▼树冠上的传感器则可以探测到人的存在，并激活薄雾装置，a canopy features sensors that can detect people’s presence and activate a cool mist

▼水雾营造出童话般的环境氛围，the water mist creates a fairy-tale atmosphere

项目向大众展示出一个自给自足的能源基础设施的雏形，分散的主题装置相互连通在同一微电网中。该装置在小范围内再现了城市、国家甚至跨洲能源网络的情况：复杂的能源运输渠道能够连接每一个节点，并长时间为这些节点供能。此外，铜管具有抗菌的特性，这十分有利于为游客提供健康安全的触摸体验。装置材料将在活动结束后重复使用，贯彻了循环设计的原则。

▼由装置构成的林间小径，the path through the woods framed by the installation

除本项目外，CRA事务所还在各种不同尺度的项目中探索了自然、人工，以及能源生产的课题，例如：能够利用运动跟踪与天花板上的喷雾元件来提供建筑局部冷却的Cloud Cast系统，以及意大利北部围绕一棵10米高的榕树建造的私人住宅The Greenary等。在此前的设计周展览中，CRA事务所还展出了一系列利用科技实现可持续未来的临时装置作品，例如，位于米兰大教堂广场的

“鲜活的自然”花园展馆

，该项目以创新气候控制能源管理系统，实现了建筑内部春夏秋冬四季共存的可能。

CRA has explored the Natural and the Artificial as well as energy production at different scales, in a variety of projects. These include Cloud Cast, a system that uses motion tracking and ceiling-mounted misting elements to provide localized cooling, and The Greenary, a private house built around a 10-meter-tall ficus tree in northern Italy. At previous Design Week exhibitions, CRA developed temporary installations that use technology to devise alternative sustainable futures. For instance

Living Nature

, in Milan’s main square Piazza del Duomo, recreated a garden pavilion where all four seasons coexist with each other at the same time, thanks to an innovative energy management system for climate control.

▼夜景，night views

▼夜间灯光与水雾效果，lighting and water mist effect at night

CREDITS

Feeling the Energy

A project by CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati and Italo Rota

Client: Plenitude

Orto Botanico, Brera, Milan, Italy

Part of INTERNI Design Re-Generation exhibition within the Milan Design Week 2022

Opening dates: 6-13 June 2022

CRA Team: Carlo Ratti (founder), Antonio Atripaldi (Partner in Charge), Mario Daudo (Architect),

CRA Make Team: Mykola Murashko, Carlo Turati, Yasser Mohamed Harris, Lorenzo Capra

Italo Rota Team: Italo Rota, Francesca Grassi

Copper manufacturing: KME Italy S.p.A.

With the musical contribution of the Ensemble Strumentale laBarocca of the Symphony Orchestra of Milan, conducted by M. Ruben Jais.