Copper Blockhouse

No fear. No distractions. The ability to let that which does not matter truly slide. Fight Club You are not your job, you're not how much money you have in the bank. You are not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You are not your fucking khakis. You are all singing, all dancing crap of the world. Fight Club In 2021, I was invited by my friend Qiye, to design a central building in the center of the creative industry park that I renovated for him. However, we are both spaced out those days as our wives are facing a similar dilemma. We are distracted, yet tried to take our minds off anxiety by working, but it was hard to fully concentrate. Various possibilities of functions such as clubs and café were vetoed, as these ordinary functions cannot convince the two worried middle-aged men. Eventually, we agreed on a multi-functional spiritual fortress to be the central building. I said to Qiye that we needed to justify our existence through this project, which can not be done with a commercial development. A museum is a church of the modern age, and it might settle our restless souls. Therefore, we used the museum as the base of the work. Nautical machinery and ships are huge metal objects, therefore, I decided to build the building entirely of metal, and copper was chosen in the end. I am superstitious that metal shell is strong enough to protect our frighted souls. I Want to Build a Copper Blockhouse the W ay a Ship is Built First you have to give up. First you have to know, not fear, know that someday you re gonna die. It s only after we ve lost everything that we re free to do anything. Fight Club The form of the design is the original arched shed on the site. The building is an arch, and that s it. It was the nautical machine factory that inspired me to build this fortress the way a ship is built. Therefore, the construction of the building started with the keel, which was made of welded structural steel from 150mm to 220mm wide, covered by copper plates on both sides to form the internal and external facades. This is the origin of Full Metal Jacket. There s a gleaming stainless-steel space in the fortress, the cabin of the ship. It functions a café, as well as a stage, with a kitchen and a bathroom. This is the only decoration of the Copper Blockhouse, symbolizing the sharpness of our souls, and the desires behind. The grass on the north side of the fortress was designed into a huge black wading pool. The Copper Blockhouse is then presented as a submarine, emerging from water surface like a shimmering whale, quietly, silently, rippling inside. Every evening, I died and every evening, I was born again. Resurrected. Fight Club The rest of the park was designed by an excellent architect who gave the park a new look. However, I kept the newspaper wall on south side of the shed, the human security, the big tree, and the rockery. I tried to remain some fragments of the memory of the site because I am increasingly reluctant to forget. Each building in the park is abundantly designed, and that s why I preferred to keep the Copper Blockhouse simple. If the whole park is a partita, the Copper Blockhouse is a silent pause.