长得跟你一样的高压输电塔.docVIP

长得跟你一样的高压输电塔 译者： soarey 原作者：Stephen Messenger, Porto Alegre 大地是伟大的，我们却把它踩在脚下！ Who says that transmission towers need to be ugly? One of the biggest downsides of having easy access to energy has long been the unsightly way its carried from place to place, but one US design firm hopes to revolutionize all that -- by giving electricity pylons a human touch. In a project entitled The Land of Giants those normally stark, utilitarian structures are transformed into more aesthetically pleasing sculptures that folks might not mind having in their backyards. 谁说电力铁塔一定就一副灰蒙蒙的丑相？输送电力到千家万户这样一件伟大的事总是保有某个遗憾：人们对于那些“电”是如何送达的几乎一无所知！美国的一家设计公司再也看不下去了，他们要改变这一切。他们要让电力塔们活起来！在一项名为“巨人之地”的计划中，他们将这些通常实用但“僵死”着的钢铁事物，变成更有美感、看起来更舒服的“雕塑”。相信大家出门再看见这些随处都是的大家伙时，再也不会觉得碍眼了。 The artful pylons were designed by the Massachusetes based firm Choi+Shine for submission in a recent competition hosted by Icelands national power transmission company who sought designs that had a low environmental impact. Although the project ultimately received only an honorable mention, it has gone on to win praise closer to home, taking home an award from the 2010 Boston Society of Architects Unbuilt Architecture. 这些精巧设计的输电塔由坐落于美国马萨诸塞州的Choi+Shine 公司设计。设计方案起初是提交给冰岛国家电力传输公司。冰岛国家电力传输公司为了使电力塔的设计能更加环保和友好，举办了一个设计比赛。而Choi+Shine 公司参加了这个比赛。尽管在这个比赛上该方案只获得了荣誉奖，但却在故乡赢得了波士顿建筑家协会颁发的“非建建筑”奖。 In the spirit of Easter Islands iconic rock sculptures, The Land of Giants is intended to express quiet authority, belonging to their landscape yet serving the people, say the designers. But much like the architecturally appealing aqueducts of Ancient Rome, which transported another type of resource that made urban life possible, these artful towers breathe life into a structure that is otherwise quite stark. “巨人之地”的理念与复活节岛的标志性岩石雕塑同气相求。它想表达的是“静默威严，生于斯地，为民公仆，造福百姓”，设计者称。然而，它们实际更像昔日罗马古城所用的水道桥渠。古罗马的水道渠传送的亦是城市生活不可或缺的另一种自然资源。铁塔和水道渠此刻不约而同，都赋予其僵死生硬的躯体生命般的灵魂。 According to Choi+Shine, the pylons are clearly meant to convey much more than just electricity: 公司声称，设