在2022年米兰设计周上，国际设计和创新办公室CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati和建筑师Italo Rota公布了一个项目，将城市的植物园变成了一个能源公园。”感受能源 “利用500米长的数字弯曲铜管创造了一条感官路径，人们可以探索不同形式的可持续能源生产和消费。该项目是为Plenitude开发的，作为设计周的INTERNI Re. 代展览的一部分。铜是由KME提供的，它是世界上这种材料的最大生产商之一。”感受能量 “将向公众开放，直到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.
该装置邀请人们在米兰历史悠久的植物园中漫步，主要分为六个阶段。能源旋转木马、花园乐团、领先的标志、动力振动、阳光下的百叶窗和太阳能花园。这些使人们有可能直接体验到如何从太阳、风和人们的运动中产生能量。每个步骤都有一个不同的物体，都是由铜制成的。该装置在白天收集和储存能量，在晚上用它来照亮植物园。它还为水汽化器提供动力，在冷却花园道路的同时滋养植被。
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, and 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.
游客进入植物园，立即发现一个雄伟的旋转木马，在那里他们可以体验到运动的能量。之后，人们可以在一系列门户下行走，播放意大利巴洛克作曲家安东尼奥-维瓦尔第著名的《四季》交响曲的序列，由米兰交响乐团的Ensemble Strumentale la Barocca演奏。展览路径还包括一个巨大的电颤琴，人们被邀请演奏。此外，一个带有彩色隔膜的隧道，上面有有机光伏板，可以由漫步其中的人打开或关闭，而天幕上的传感器可以检测到人们的存在并激活凉爽的雾气。
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.
“这个装置的灵感来自于植物有机体的功能，”CRA的创始合伙人和麻省理工学院可感知城市实验室主任Carlo Ratti说。”正如森林中的树木从不同的来源吸收能量，然后在它们需要的地方–某个树枝或一片叶子的末端–就地取材，’感受能量’的长铜管在其整个长度上吸收能量，然后在装置路径的特定点上使用。”
“游戏是每个人的基本活动。这个装置提出了游戏和能源世界之间的新联系。它告诉我们，每当我们消耗能量时–无论是在旋转木马或秋千上，甚至是在产生声波时–我们都可以恢复其中的一些能量。此外，该装置密切暗示了效率的主题。伊塔洛-罗塔建筑事务所的创始人伊塔洛-罗塔说：”一个简单的手势，如确定光伏板的方向，使我们能够实际地思考节约和优化资源的问题。
“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.”
“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.
Plenitude项目说明了自给自足的能源基础设施是什么样子的，在微电网中离散的点被连接起来。该装置在小范围内重现了城市、国家甚至横跨大陆的能源网络的情况：复杂的分配渠道能够在漫长的旅程中连接和供应每个节点。此外，铜管具有抗菌特性，这对允许加入体验的游客之间的安全接触特别有利。在活动结束后，同样的材料将被重新使用，遵循循环设计的原则。
The Plenitude project illustrates what a self-sufficient energy infrastructure looks like, where discrete points are connected in a microgrid. The installation reproduces, on a small scale, what happens with urban, national and even transcontinental energy networks: complex distribution channels are able to connect and supply each node over a long journey. Moreover, the copper tube features antimicrobial properties, which are particularly beneficial to allowing safe contact between visitors joining the experience. The same material will be reused at the end of the event, following the principles of circular design.
CRA已经在各种项目中探索了自然和人工以及不同规模的能源生产。这些项目包括Cloud Cast，一个使用运动跟踪和天花板安装的喷雾元件来提供局部冷却的系统，以及The Greenary，一个在意大利北部围绕10米高的榕树建造的私人住宅。在以前的设计周展览中，CRA开发了临时装置，使用技术来设计可持续发展的替代未来。例如，在米兰的主要广场Piazza del Duomo的Living Nature重新创造了一个花园亭子，由于创新的能源管理系统的气候控制，所有的四季都同时共存。
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.
Architects: Carlo Ratti Associati, Italo Rota
Year : 2022
Photographs :Marco Beck Peccoz
Client : Plenitude
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
Italo Rota Team : Italo Rota, Francesca Grassi
Copper Manufacturing : KME Italy S.p.A.
City : Milan
Country : Italy