Minimalist pagoda of monks

设计方：A21事务所

分类：公共环境

内容：实景照片

图片：7张

为了表达对于佛教一丝不苟的崇拜，一个越南城市公园内建造了由A21事务所设计的石棚。（注：A21事务所正是2014年世界年度建筑的设计者。）胡志明市的A21事务所——其色彩缤纷的社区中心设计赢得了去年世界建筑节的最高奖项，而他们建造的僧侣宝塔则为越南海岸城市芽庄的市民们提供了除了精巧的寺庙外的另一种选择。

建筑师们认为这些豪华的寺庙太过奢侈，违背了佛教的真谛。因此他们想建造一个简约的礼佛地，与大自然有更加亲密的联系。“佛教正在挣扎着适应现代社会，”设计团队如此说到：“现在的僧侣们更加喜欢生活在华丽的寺庙和纪念馆中。”“作为僧人，我们在想放弃现代生活的方便和舒适是否太难。一块大理石放置在钢筋钢棒制作而成的支柱上，就这样形成了2.3米×3米的小亭子。一条崎岖的石阶穿过布满石头的斜坡到达这座位于树林中的僧侣宝塔。宝塔四面向外开放，地面上全是野花和野草。来者必须屈膝才能在宝塔内行动。磁碟内有一盏孤烛。“在亚洲，人们进入一座宝塔时必须屈着身子，”建筑师Toan Nghiem说到：“这是一种传统，它表示你在向佛表达你的敬意。”

译者: 蝈蝈

Intended to encourage more austere worship for Buddhists, this stone shelter in a Vietnam city park was designed by a21studio – the firm behind the 2014 World Building of the Year (+ slideshow).Ho Chi Minh-based a21studio – whose colourful community centre design won the top prize at last year's World Architecture Festival – built the Pagoda to offer an alternative to the more elaborate temples of Nha Trang, a city on Vietnam's coastline.

The architects believe these grand temples are superfluous and contrary to the ethos of the religion, so wanted to produce a pared-back place of worship more connected to the natural environment."Buddhism is struggling to adapt to modern society," said the team. "Buddhists, nowadays, prefer living in magnificent temples and monuments."As Buddhists, we are wondering whether it is too hard to renounce conveniences and comforts in the modern life."The tiny 2.3- by 3-metre pavilion consists of a granite stone slab mounted on pillars made from twisted reinforced-steel rods.

A set of craggy stone steps lead up a rocky slope to the structure, which sits in a clearing among a patch of trees. It is open on all sides to the elements and has a floor of wild flowers and grasses.Visitors must crouch to move beneath the shelter of the canopy, where a solitary candle rests on a ceramic saucer."People usually have to bend when they are entering a pagoda in Asia," explained studio architect Toan Nghiem. "That's a traditional way, like you are showing your respect."

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