2012威尼斯建筑双年展：冥想空间

这个艺术品名为“船只”，其主题是“共同点”，整体呈烟囱形，灯笼状的封闭中空结构。该成品的设计灵感来源于爱尔兰诗人谢默斯•希尼的诗作和但丁的《地狱》，两个文学作品中都对船只及造船有所述。建筑师极其注重艺术和文学上的关联，从精神层面探寻这一深刻主题。设计师运用简单的材料和传统的技艺创造了一个圣龛式的空间。艺术品同时探索了木材和砖的历史联系。木材与砖块联系密切，都是从一定的模具里成型的，木制的模具，烧制砖块的粘土、森林等等，这些事物之间具有千丝万缕的联系。

Vessel is a site-specific response to the theme of Common Ground – a wooden structure, composed of a stacked planks, that works in conversation with the layered brick construction of the Arsenale. Irish architects O’Donnell + Tuomey have created a contemplative space, hollowed out of solid matter, that is at once a light funnel, a lantern chamber, and a passage.The project has been inspired by Irish poet Seamus Heaney’s “The Annals Say” and a passage from Dante’s Inferno, both of which deploy visceral images of seafaring and shipbuilding in the context of profound spiritual discussion.