【英国网友】中国最奇怪的建筑：从裤子到乒乓球拍

Chinese presidentXi Jinping wants to put a stop to China’s bizarre building syndrome. Here are the mostoutlandish oddities that have appeared so far

中国国家主席想阻止中国的奇异建筑综合症。以下是目前为止最奇怪的建筑。

SPACE EGGS

National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing

国家大剧院，北京



Designed by Frencharchitect Paul Andreu, Beijing’s opera house was one of the first specimens of the space-egg genreto arrive in China.

北京剧院由法国建筑师Paul Andreu设计，是space-egg流派抵达中国的第一批样板。

Galaxy Soho, Beijing

银河SOHO，北京



Not to be outdoneby a Frenchman, queen of the space egg Zaha Hadid soon laid a clutch of stripywhite eggs a little further east. It proved so popular with its clients, the Soho group, that they commissioned another batch ofslightly more pointy eggs across town.

法国人不甘示弱，space egg之后Zaha Hadid 在偏东一点的地方放了一堆有条纹的白蛋。可是在它的受众SHOHO一族中大受欢迎，因为他们委托又在城市里建了一批稍微尖一点的蛋形建筑。

Henan Art Centre, Zhengzhou

河南文化艺术中心，郑州。



Beijing might now have a whole basket of spaceeggs, but Zhengzhou, the capital of nearby Henan province, actuallygot there first in 2003 and went one better: golden space eggs. Designed byCanadian-based Uruguayan architect, Carlos Ott, the Henan Art Centre isapparently not inspired by eggs at all, but intended to resemble abstractversions of ancient Chinese wind instruments – the Xun .

北京现在可能有一整筐的“空中鸡蛋”，但是临近省份河南的首府郑州，2003年就先行一步：金色的空中鸡蛋。由常驻加拿大的乌拉圭设计师Carlos Ott设计的河南文化艺术中心明显灵感根本不是鸡蛋，而是想模仿抽象版的中国古代管乐器——埙。

Phoenix Island, Hainan

凤凰岛，海南



Like a cluster ofsailing boats, these globular totems are the work of China’s own spawn of Zaha, MaYansong of MAD Studio. Part of a luxury artificial archipelago, built off the coastof Hainan Island in southern China, the development was billed as “China’s Dubai,”proclaimed to be a “fierce competitor” for the title of “eighth wonder of themodern world.” But reports say that it’s rapidly turning into a ghost island, as investors rush to offloadtheir apartments following the economic downturn.

这些球状的图腾像一群正在航行的帆船，是中国自己的产物，来自MAD工作室的马岩松。这群建筑作为豪华的人造岛的一部分，沿着中国南部的海南岛海岸线建 筑，这被记载为“中国的杜拜“宣称是“现代世界第八大奇迹”的“热门竞争者”，但是报道说这很快会变成鬼城，因为投资者在经济衰退后急于出售房子。

Linda Haiyu Plaza, Beijing

Linda Haiyu 广场，北京


Moreof a space caterpillar than an egg (although its designers claim it resembles afish), the Linda Haiyu Plaza squats at the corner of Beijing’s Fourth Ring Road, readyto swallow you into its gaping mouth.

相对鸡蛋，更像一条毛毛虫，虽然其设计者说它像条鱼。 Linda Haiyu广场蹲在北京四环路的角落里，随时把你吞进嘴里。

Tianzi Hotel,Hebei

天子酒店，河北



China has a finehistory of carving enormous buddhas, and one hotel entrepreneur has been keento keep up the tradition, erecting a vast trio of habitable gods in the middleof Hebei, east of Beijing. The building takes the form of 10-storey higheffigies of Fu, Lu and Shou, the Chinese gods of good fortune, prosperity and longevity.

中国雕刻佛像水平高超，历史悠久，中国一个酒店老板热衷于保持此传统，在北京东部的河北中心建造了一座巨大的福禄寿三星像。10层楼高的建筑兼用了福禄寿三星的形象，在中国神话中代表好运、财富和长寿。

Wuliangye Yibinbuilding, Sichuan

宜宾五粮液大厦，四川


It only seemsappropriate that the producer of China’s most potent white spirit, baijiu, has chosen tomonumentalise its liquor in the form of a gigantic bottle building.

唯一合理的解释是，中国最大的白酒生产商通过建造这么大的瓶装建筑来纪念它的酒。

Mobile phonebuilding, Kunming

手机大厦，昆明



Photograph: DavidMyers/Alamy

Rising above Huancheng Road in the provincial capital Kunming, the 11-storeymobile phone building features button-shaped windows – plus a sinister bluehand, emerging from the ground and clutching its sides.

在云南首府昆明环城路上建造起来的手机大厦有11层高，窗户做成了按键的造型，-另有一直蓝色的手，从地上升起抓着手机两边。

Piano and violin building, Huainan

钢琴小提琴大厦，淮南



No, it’s not Taylor Swift’s dream mansion, but an experimental building in Huainan, centralAnhui province, designed by a group of architecture students at HefeiUniversity of Technology. Locals have allegedly dubbed it “the most Romantic building in China” –though perhaps they don’t know that it currently servesas a showroom for the city planners.

哦不，这不是Taylor Swift的梦想大厦，而是安徽省中部城市淮南的一个实验性建筑，由合肥工业大学的建筑系学生设计。当地人称呼为其为“中国最浪漫的大厦”-不过也许他们不知道这个大厦是城市规划者的陈列室。

Teapot building,Wuxi

茶壶大厦，无锡


What shape does atourist information centre take in an area famous for its red clay teapots? Ateapot of course, made all the more spectacular by having been funded by thesecond richest man in China,Wang Jianlin of the Dalian Wanda group . The 10-storey pot in Wuxi, Jiangsuprovince, has received the blessings of antique teapot master Wang Jinchuan,who praised the building’s design as “strongly reflecting clay teapotculture”.

在一个红粘土茶壶闻名的地方，什么形状能让旅游信息中心接受呢？当然是茶壶更激动人心的是，这栋大厦是有中国第二首富、万达集团的王健林赞助建造的。这个十层楼高的茶壶位于江苏省无锡市，收到了来自传统茶壶师父王金川的祝福，王师傅夸赞这栋建筑“有力的反映了茶壶文化。”

Meitan Tea Museum, Guizhou



Wuxi’s pot may rotate, but it’s not the biggest teapot building in China. That sought-after titlegoes to the Meitan Tea Museumin southern Guizhouprovince, which towers 74m. It trounces the previous Guinness World Record forthe Largest Teapot Monument(yes, there is such a category),.

无锡的壶会旋转，但是这不是中国最大的茶壶建筑。此荣誉花落南方省份贵州的湄潭茶博物馆，高74m。它打破了最大茶壶纪念碑的吉尼斯记录（是的，还真有这样一个分类。）。

Olympic Park, Anhui

奥林匹克公园，安徽


Image: Mei Jikui

Huainan City launched an ambitious plan for an Olympic Park in 2011 with venuesdesigned like a load of massive balls. There would have been a main stadiumshaped like an American football, a swimming pool like a volleyball, two otherstadia shaped like a football and basketball.

淮南市2011年发起一个野心勃勃的计划建筑奥林匹克公园，把场馆设计成一堆球。主体育馆像美式足球，游泳馆设计得像排球，另两个像篮球和足球。

Ring of Life, Fushun

生命之环 抚顺


Having abandonedplans for an office building and entertainment complex (the local populationwas deemed too small to support such a use), Fushun city planners settled onbuilding an enormous empty metal ring to attract tourists to the region.TheRing of Life houses a viewing platform and is fitted with 12,000 LED lights,*** it hard to miss by night. It was originally intended to include abungee-jumping platform at the summit, but the plan was cancelled when the ringwas found to be too high to jump from. Some have speculated on other uses forthe great ring.

抚顺政府放弃了建造办公大厦和娱乐综合体的计划，因为本地人口太少，不足以支撑大厦功能的发挥，现决定建造一个空的金属环来吸引游客。“生命之环”建造了 一个观景台，并安装了12000盏LED灯，这使得它在夜里格外夺目。在规划时本想在顶端安装个蹦极台，但因建筑太高而取消了这个计划。有人猜测或许这个 环会有其他用途。

Guangzhou Circle

广州圆



As if a giant cablereel had rolled into town and come to rest on the banks of the Pearl River,Guangzhou Circle towers 138m above southern China’s largest city like a great copper spool. Housing theworld’s largest stock exchange for raw plasticmaterial, it is the work of Italian architect Joseph di Pasquale.

就像一个滚进城的电缆盘，停靠在珠江的岸边。广州圆有138米高，屹立在中国南部最大的城市里，就像一个大铜盘。这是意大利建筑师Joseph di Pasquale的作品，内有世界上最大的原塑材料证券交易所。

Sheraton Hotel, Huzhou

喜来登酒店，湖州



Photograph:Sheraton

Like a large doughnut dunked halfway into the waters of Huzhou, in Zhejiangprovince, the Sheraton hotel is another work from Ma Yansong and MADArchitects.

浙江省湖州市的希尔顿酒店，就像一个大甜甜圈掉了一半到水里。这座酒店是马岩松和MAD工作室的又一作品。

Gate of the Orient,Suzhou

东方之门，苏州



Photograph: Gate ofthe Orient

“It’s just a big pair of pants!” raged localbystanders, as the long legs of the Gate of the Orient were joined togetherwith a majestic crotch on the skyline of the ancient city of Suzhou in 2012.Soaring 74 storeys into the clouds, the office building has been declared thelargest gateway building in the world – and no doubt takes the title of theworld’s largest trouser-shaped building too.Thebuilding has been declared “humiliating” by some locals, who say walking through its gaping arch is “like being forced to crawl between someone else’s legs.”

“这就是条裤子！”本地旁观者众口相传，因为在2012年东方之门的两条长腿由一个宏伟的裆部飞跃古城苏州的上空被连接。74层楼高耸入云，这栋大厦已被 确认是世界上最大的门户建筑，毫无疑问也是世界上最大的裤型建筑。一些本地人称呼这座大厦为羞耻，因为穿过其中拱就像被迫从别人胯下爬过。

CCTV headquarters,Beijing

CCTV总部，北京

Pedestrians are dwarfed by the CCTV Headquarters in Beijing on February 28, 2010. The futuristic 54-storey building standing 234 metres, or 768 feet tall, for the state-run China Central Television was designed by European architects Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)CITYILLUSTRATIONARCHITECTURE MONUMENT CHINAARCHITECTUREHORIZONTALTOURISTTELEVISION PREMISESSTREETPASSER-BY

The headquarters of China Central Television, has drawnsmutty sniggers and been nicknamed the “big boxer shorts” – as well aslikened to someone squatting above the city, ready to offload a nasty surprise.

中国中央电视台总部建筑招致猥琐的窃笑还被“昵称”为大裤衩——也像有人蹲在城市的上空，准备扔出一个恶心的意外。

评论翻译：

Just awesome! What spectacular buildings. This is the second spectacularthing I have seen today. Try this below.

太雄伟了！多壮观的建筑啊。这是我今天碰到的第二壮观的东西。



Why not try this panoramic virtual tour of Moscow for another spectacular delight. Ithas got to be the most visually amazing thing I have ever seen on my PC. But ittakes a while to learn how to use the mouse.

为什么不试试全景模拟莫斯科，建造另一个壮观的建筑。这是我在电脑上见过的最神奇的东西。但这需要一段时间来学习如何使用鼠标。



Moscow is one hell of a beautiful city, I willhave to go there one day.

莫斯科真TM是个美丽的城市，总有一天我会去的。



quarrytone

In the glass and steel, Galaxy Soho is an awesome sight driving by in ataxi. So too is the CCTV tower to walk around

银河SOHO用玻璃和钢铁建筑而成，在出租车里看还是相当雄伟的，CCTV大厦在走路上仰观也是一样。



freespirit86
Some are a little gaudy but on the whole I love this! So imaginative andfun!

有的的确有点俗，但是整体我喜欢，很有想象力，很有趣！



Nelson Ricardo
The giant mobile is the worst of the bunch. Most of these re actuallyquite pleasing to the eye.

手机大厦是最差劲的。大部分都是挺赏心悦目的。



Xlbfan
I like most of these. Outlandish is better than tacky or faceless as muchof recent architecture in Chinais.

大部分我都喜欢，古怪总比俗气或者无特色好，就像中国近现代的大部分建筑一样。



morememoreme
What makes these buildings special is that there is space around them,they can be viewed and appreciated from a distance. The Lowry in Salford was splendid when it could be seen from the endof the Quays. Walking towards it was really inspiring. Now it is hidden behindand dwarfed by a shopping mall, blocks of flats and the BBC Media Centre. Sucha shame.

这些建筑奇特之处就在于周围有空间，远远的就能观赏到。Salford的Lowry酒店原本在码头尽头就能看见，相当壮观。沿着它散步让人心旷神怡。现在它被被购物中心、公寓和BBC媒体中文遮蔽，真讨厌。



LemonFall
I’m a Chinese and for long these buildings has been talked about veryoften among people. Some of them may look strange but they are actually veryimaginative. It just doesn’t make sense to me why Xi wants to put an end to it.

我是中国人，一直以来这些建筑都被国人议论纷纷。有些建筑的确看起来很奇怪，但是的确很有创意。我不明白为什么习主席想要结束这样的设计。



pingoergosum
…absolutely wonderful! – but maybe like most of the’radical modernist/brutalist’ concrete emporiums of the fifties and sixties inthe west, not destined to ‘age well’ – never mind at least these buildings makeyou smile or perhaps even think – bravo China!

太棒了~！但是就像西方五六十年代的“激进的现代主义/野兽派”商场一样，不一定非要“成熟”。别介意，至少这些建筑让你会心一笑，甚至可能会想——中国真棒！



Sudrac1
As a regular visitor to ChinaI find the daring architecture a delight. My family is part Chinese and I feelthe risks architects take reflect the exuberant and ambitious side of China. A lot ofmy Chinese relatives and friends in Beijinglove the architecture and are proud of risks architects take. (I should addnone of us are architects – these are personal views, not professional ones!)

作为常去中国旅游的游客，我很高兴看到这些大胆的建筑。我有部分家人是中国人，我认为这些建筑大胆的设计反应了中国野心勃勃的一面。我在北京大部分的亲人朋友都喜欢这些建筑并为大胆的设计自豪。（我需要补充，我们都不是建筑师，这些都只是个人意见，不是专业意见！）



BPing00003
Many of the buildings are very interesting and light hearted. Some areawesome, such as Phoenix Island, and Meitan Tea Museum.

大部分建筑都很轻松有趣，有些很壮观，比如凤凰岛和湄潭茶博物馆。



buildabridge
It’s great everyone can find their own favorite in these buildings. Mineis the Guangzhou Circle;I like the allusion to Chinese culture / history; . Great original and funarchitecture.

每个人都能找到自己最爱的建筑，很好。我最喜欢的是广州圆。我喜欢它暗喻中国的文化/历史。很棒的原型，有趣的建筑。