童年空白之 LEGO - Revisiting Childhood Fantasies

在众多事务所自制建筑模型的表现方法中，用LEGO做概念设计模型推导也不在少数，制作过程充满限制又有无限可能，未/WAY Studio 也通过某些项目做了以下实践，话说LEGO作为玩具的"构件"，有其独特的结构组合特征，可以为实际建造提供参考的同时也为打破传统技术思维提供了便利性。

How shall a team of designers use atypical tools to develop new ideas, and possibly to recreate building rules?Building blocks, most infamously, LEGOs, were designed as a learning tool for children to develop their three-dimensional geometric language.

The recent creation of LEGO's architectural theme, has given us opportunity to explore these building blocks as a tool of creation. Using LEGOs might be 'boxed' by its physical limitations but it also forced us to discover and expand on certain opportunities. Physical models always have had an additional level of persuasion, in that they are actually built, so in turn whatever it represents can seemingly also be built on a grander scale. LEGO creations are the same in that way, yet at the same time, it interestingly introduces the idea of a different type of building system. A system closer to that of currently popular prefabricated modules which combines structure and space into "blocks", a completly different structural system than that of the column and beam system.

Tools of creation, be it physical crafting or digital explorations, are like our hands. With practice, like forming new nerve connections, these tools become an extension of the mind, making mere ideas into reality.

We discovered that exploring with building blocks allowed our creations to "grow", inching closer to the concepts of nature, which draws and inspires us in our designs. If these building blocks were cells and their connections malleable and adaptable, it could then grow, wilt, adapt, evolve and adjust to the needs of its occupants or to the environment just as in nature. Our only barrier is the limits of imagination and of technology.

不仅建筑游戏的表达方法更新了，更重要的原因是为了弥补童年的空白。

...or maybe in the end, this was all just to satisfy our own childhood fantasies.

© 未/WAY Studio 2019

设计团队 DesignTeam:

郑涛 Zheng Tao, 黎紫翎 Fernie Lai, 洪勤哲 Alan Hung,

李旭东 Li Xudong, 刘芷昕 Sherise Lau, 王玥儿 Joy Wang

WAY Studio建筑设计研究所是一个创新精神的建筑事务所，致力于建筑设计与艺术和科技领域的融合。WAY Studio以艺术体验为出发点，并通过跨界合作探索新的可能性。目前涉猎领域包含城市规划、美术馆、博物馆、大剧院等文化项目、城市综合体、建筑改造、社会住宅、艺术作品等。WAY Studio在北京、香港、温哥华分别设有工作室。

WAY Studio is an innovative architecture and design studio with a focus on coalescing architecture with art and technology. With consideration for artistic representation at its core, WAY Studio has focused on discovering new possibilities through cross-disciplinary collaborations. Our scope of work currently includes urban planning, cultural projects such as galleries, museums and opera houses, mixed-use buildings, architectural renovations, residential projects, exhibitions and installation designs. Our collaboration with other disciplines results in an adaptive, flexible approach and methodology in our work. Our unique make-up allows WAY to cross boundaries and scales. We are highly experienced in interdisciplinary work alongside artists, designers, consultants, engineers and more, seeking new possibilities in every situation. We are interested in looking towards what is next, to find the balance between people and nature, culture and technology. WAY Studio currently has offices in Beijing, Hong Kong and Vancouver.