大地颂歌，用沙土向自然大地诉说感恩与尊重
大地颂歌，用沙土向自然大地诉说感恩与尊重
Karim和Elias是一对专注于探索沙土材料的设计师组合，他们通过艺术和设计展现了沙土的独特魅力。从2021年成立跨学科设计工作室以来，他们通过美术、室内和产品、建筑、装置、数字和壁画等多种领域艺术设计展现沙土的魅力。
项目概况
- 项目名称："源自大地"装置 & "IOTA"装置
- 设计公司：Karim+Elias
- 主要设计师：Karim Tamerji, Elias El Hage
- 完成时间："源自大地" - 2024年；"IOTA" - 2022年
- 地点："源自大地" - 沙特阿拉伯 迪里耶；"IOTA" - 阿联酋 迪拜
Karim+Elias的设计理念
Karim+Elias专注探索沙土这一丰富又多功能的自然材料，于2021年成立跨学科设计工作室，通过美术、室内和产品、建筑、装置、数字和壁画等多种领域艺术设计展现沙土的魅力。2022年迪拜城市设计展他们的首个大型土球装置「IOTA」亮相，其柔美与厚重的特殊结合一经展出便引发强烈反响。今年，他们又推出同类土球装置「源自大地」为沙特阿拉伯迪里耶谱写一首自然赞歌，向当地土建工艺致敬。
"源自大地"装置
2024沙特阿拉伯迪里耶年度活动中，Karim和Elias的最新艺术装置作品同样采用沙土材料建造，上千个土球堆叠起的错落屏障，象征拔地而起的建筑形态，歌颂当地泥土构筑的艺术之美，向这座城市的夯土建筑工艺致敬。
▽当地传统夯土建筑
Diriyah Gate Development Authority
迪里耶当地政府组织常年来致力于保护和推广当地土制手工艺，现在这座以“大地之城”著称的城市已成为沙特阿拉伯最著名的联合国教科文组织世界遗产之一。
Renowned as ‘the city of earth’, Diriyah has become one of Saudi Arabia’s most celebrated UNESCO World Heritage sites, largely in part for its committee’s efforts towards the preservation and promotion of earthen craftsmanship.
“源自大地”由1400多个模制球体组成，每个球体都由当地材料手工夯制而成，堆叠在一起形成一系列泥制“屏幕”。球体之间的孔隙仿佛现代的“mcharrabiyah”，是对迪里耶这座城市建筑的特有三角形风孔和屋顶剪影的赞颂。
‘From This Earth’ is composed of over 1,400 modular spheres; each individually hand-sculpted from locally sourced materials, and stacked to compose a series of earthen ‘screens’. The porous surfaces act as a modern-day ‘mcharrabiyah’ — an ode to the city’s vernacular characteristics of triangular wind perforations and rooftop silhouettes.
迪里耶年度活动由Design Lab Experience设计，Diriyah Season主办，该装置会在活动中一直展出到2024年3月，向沙特阿拉伯王国的传统文化、建筑遗产和发源地致敬。
The installation will remain on display until March 2024, as part of ‘Layali Diriyah’ hosted by Diriyah Season; an annual celebration honoring the traditions, heritage, and birthplace of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, designed by Design Lab Experience.
▽与灯光设计结合的土球装置，在夜间呈现神圣的光影效果
"IOTA"装置
IOTA是Karim+Elias推出的第一个大型露天装置，由阿联酋最丰富的天然材料之一——沙土手工制作而成。150多个粉色模制沙土球体阵列在迪拜市中心设计博览会入口处欢迎着每一位客人的到来。
Utilizing one of the most abundantly found natural materials in the UAE — sand, IOTA is a grand open-air installation showcasing over 150 modular spheres of sand, designed to welcome guests into Dubai’s Downtown Design 2022 fair.
装置赞助商House Of Today作为非营利性设计平台，旨在挖掘、展示、培养和连接新兴的黎巴嫩设计师与全球设计专家建立联系。Karim+Elias便是他们力荐的新锐设计师之一。
The project has been supported by House Of Today, a non-profit design platform that identifies, showcases, nurtures, and connects emerging Lebanese designers to create a relationship with design experts globally.
沙子自带的永恒特性，巧妙地描绘记录下了迪拜这座城的历史、文化和个性形成一幅幅有意义的生活画卷。两位设计师本能地认为运用当地最丰富的材料向这片土地表达赞颂之情，才是最符合自然的创作方式。
Sand has existed timelessly and, in many ways, paints a meaningful picture of the city’s history, culture and identity. Instinctively, the design duo saw this as an opportunity worth embracing while asking themselves — how can the most abundantly found local material be used as an ecological ode to Dubai?
设计师保留了古老的手工夯土方法，用现代模具铸造。将原来的夯土变构为球体形式，这样一来，原本沉重的材料反而呈现出当代、柔软、轻盈的观感。自然上色后，每个球体都呈现独一无二的触觉和纹理。
The work preserves the age-old method of hand-pressing earth layer above layer, now cast in modern-made moulds. The design duo has reimagined the method through form, showcasing a perceptibly heavy material as contemporary, soft and seemingly weightless. Each tactile sphere is unique in texture and composition, naturally pigmented in an array of colors.
人行入口处，橙红、粉色的球体堆叠成一处趣味休憩区。为了平衡和协调其颜色视觉效果，同时考虑到它放置在入口处的多种功能需求，装置的每个角度都经过设计师不断调整确认，最终形成如画般的迎宾风景，也让参观者在行走过程中感受不断变化的观感体验。
A majority of blood orange and powder pink spheres are composed to define areas of circulation and rest — a playful layout allowing pedestrian porosity to and from the exhibition’s entry point. The modular composition is likened to a painting, where each perspective throughout the installation is an exercise of art direction, meant to balance and harmonize the palette of colors. Given its versatile layout, ever-changing moments experienced throughout the installation present multiple opportunities for picturesque moments.
IOTA装置收获的成功，让Karim+Elias深受鼓舞，这对搭档深刻认识到沙子是一种极具意义的材料，其自有的永恒属性和常见性，可以作为石材、大理石甚至混凝土的潜在替代品。因此围绕自然、环保的工作理念，Karim+Elias开始持续通过艺术和设计探索沙土材料，在世界各地景观中创作夯土艺术装置和空间体验。
Sparked by the story of IOTA, Karim+Elias was founded to creatively explore sand through art and design. The duo has come to recognize sand as a material with meaning, in its timeless and universal quality. As a potential alternative to stone, marble or even concrete, it is the foundation of their work philosophy. Karim+Elias is beginning with pieces of Dubai, on a mission to craft earthen relics and spatial experiences from landscapes worldwide.