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11 Sep 07:51

日本为保护古建筑造个灭火器,简直就是喷泉,竟成了打卡胜地!

by 创新君

导语

用心的设计总会变成闪光点,带来意外的惊喜。

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在日本京都北边的美山町有一个小村庄,因其传统的茅草屋而得名,叫做茅草村。

这里共有大约40间茅草屋,始建于日本江户时代,最老的房子距今已有约220年的历史,在1993年,村庄被列为历史建筑群保护区。

而这种房屋结构主要是以卡榑、结绳制造而成,屋顶多采用芒草,完全靠卡榫及绳子固定。据说,如今会这种手艺的仅有几十人。

虽然这些芒草等天然材料都非常的结实,并且遮风避雨也完全没问题。但是,年久失修总会有破损,因此,为了保护这些古建筑,大约二十年就必须翻新一次。

此外,这些茅草屋还有最怕的东西,那就是火。在2000年的时候,就曾发生过一起火灾,烧毁了一个档案中心,很多房屋也受到了破坏,这给当地的人们敲响了警钟。

于是,他们发明并安装了一个特殊的灭火器,可以像喷泉一样自动喷水的灭火系统。

 

而且,为了不破坏传统的原始环境,他们还造了一个小木房子和周围建筑融为一体,这些灭火器就隐藏在其中。

一旦发生火灾,这个小木房子的屋顶就会自动打开。

与此同时,一个消防龙头也会自动升起,并开始喷水。

值得一提的是,这个龙头还可以自动旋转角度,加大了水雾覆盖面积。

这样,整个一栋茅草屋都可被水笼罩起来。

更厉害的是,这种灭火器共有62个,一旦启动系统,霎时之间,就如同下起了倾盆大雨,整个村庄都被保护起来。

从天上俯瞰尤为壮观,在阳光明媚的天气,还会在村庄上方形成一道彩虹。

为了保持灭火系统稳定好用,同时也为了时刻提醒人们防火,每年村庄都会举行两次演习,而在此时,也会有很多游客慕名而来。

原始风光和茅草屋自然相结合,非常宁静祥和,一派世外桃源的景象,所以这里也被成为日本人的心灵故乡。

虽然变成了旅游景点,但这里并没有太多商业化的痕迹,大部分的茅草屋还是私人自住,还保留着质朴无华的生活气息。

据说,只有一个民俗博物馆和几家民宿,可供游客参观或住宿。

想去超市逛逛基本不可能,因为几乎没有商店。最常见的是一个巴士杂货店,定期会到村子里来,只要一播放音乐,当地的人就会跑出来买东西。

正是如此,这些百年的茅草屋才始终保持着原来的样子。

当然,也因为有了这些创新的消防设施,整个村庄才更安全。

日本为保护古建筑造的这个灭火系统,简直就是喷泉,这个小村庄竟因此成为了人们的打卡胜地!

 

 

13 Dec 14:58

The Acoustic Guitar gets its first significant design mod in 180 years!

by Sarang Sheth

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Picture an acoustic guitar and what do you see? The classical guitar with its wooden body and circular sound-hole, right? Yep. That guitar was designed sometime in the 1850s by Antonio de Torres, and has pretty much been the same for nearly two centuries, with the exception of the invention of the electric guitar. Maxwell Custom’s custom-made Infinitum guitar takes that age-old form and applies design-thinking to it… the design brief? How do you make the Acoustic Guitar with a harmonically rich and responsive sound that is rewarding for players and audiences alike?

The Infinitum takes the existing design and tweaks it to create a new and improved experience. The body comes CNC machined out of native New Zealand timbers (kahikatea and black maire), and features two major upgrades. The iconic sound-hole is bid adieu for four ‘vents’ on the front and back that allow the sound to emanate outwards in a way that makes it easy for the player as well as the audience to hear the music. The second significant upgrade is the absence of the bridge, or the piece of wood and metal that would be glued to the guitar’s body, holding onto the strings from one end as they wind around the turnkeys at the other end. Maxwell’s Infinitum actually integrates the bridge into the guitar body, by providing small, precise cutouts in the wood that allow the strings to literally be connected to the body of the guitar. This enables the vibrations from the strings to pass onto the echo chamber inside the guitar body more effectively, allowing your music to be louder and clearer, making the guitar, overall, more interesting… both visually and acoustically. Seems to me like they nailed the design brief!

Designer: Maxwell Custom

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