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架构师提供的文本描述。2018年9月26日，由开放式建筑公司(Open Architecture)与中国电子巨头小米合作设计的“火星案例”(MarsCase)在北京鸟巢国家体育场(鸟巢国家体育场)外向公众正式揭幕。这项建议是一个名为House Vision的跨行业创新和研究平台的一部分，该平台利用“房子”的媒介来探索和质疑未来我们的生活习惯和城市环境的方向。

Text description provided by the architects. On September 26, 2018, MARS Case—a minimal housing prototype designed by OPEN Architecture in collaboration with Chinese electronics giant Xiaomi—was officially unveiled to the public outside the Bird’s Nest National Stadium in Beijing. The proposal is part of an annual cross-industry innovation and research platform known as House Vision, which uses the medium of the “house” to explore and question the direction of our living habits and urban environments in the future.

Text description provided by the architects. On September 26, 2018, MARS Case—a minimal housing prototype designed by OPEN Architecture in collaboration with Chinese electronics giant Xiaomi—was officially unveiled to the public outside the Bird’s Nest National Stadium in Beijing. The proposal is part of an annual cross-industry innovation and research platform known as House Vision, which uses the medium of the “house” to explore and question the direction of our living habits and urban environments in the future.

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一百年前，亨利·大卫·梭罗(HenryDavidThorreau)退出社会，独自前往瓦尔登，以反映简单生活的性质。今天，在环境危机和似乎无休止的物质消费时代，我们必须问自己，我们的基本需要是什么？

Two hundred years ago, Henry David Thoreau withdrew from society and moved to Walden alone to reflect upon the nature of simple living. Today, in an era of environmental crises and seemingly endless material consumption, we must ask ourselves—what are our essential needs?

Two hundred years ago, Henry David Thoreau withdrew from society and moved to Walden alone to reflect upon the nature of simple living. Today, in an era of environmental crises and seemingly endless material consumption, we must ask ourselves—what are our essential needs?

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在火星的情况下，开放挑战生活空间的惯例，并为未来提出新的可能性。原型想象人类被迫在火星上定居-一个遥远而孤独的星球。在那里，我们不能依赖自然资源，因为我们已经如此习惯于地球。在那里，我们别无选择，只能减少对过去生活方式的过度消费，而只携带最低限度的必需品。回收将是我们生存的唯一途径。当我们在每一滴水，每一口食物，每一口空气中找到新的欣赏，我们最终会发现真正简单的生活的自由吗？这就是我们应该定义的未来的理想之家吗？

With MARS Case, OPEN challenges conventions of living space and proposes new possibilities for the future. The prototype imagines that humanity is forced to settle on Mars—a distant, lonely planet. There, we cannot rely on natural resources, as we have become so accustomed to on Earth. There, we have no choice but to reduce the excessive consumption of our former lifestyles and carry only minimal essentials. Recycling will be the only way we survive. As we find new appreciation in every drop of water, every bite of food, and every breath of air, will we at last discover the freedom of truly simple living? Is this what we should define as the ideal house of the future? 

With MARS Case, OPEN challenges conventions of living space and proposes new possibilities for the future. The prototype imagines that humanity is forced to settle on Mars—a distant, lonely planet. There, we cannot rely on natural resources, as we have become so accustomed to on Earth. There, we have no choice but to reduce the excessive consumption of our former lifestyles and carry only minimal essentials. Recycling will be the only way we survive. As we find new appreciation in every drop of water, every bite of food, and every breath of air, will we at last discover the freedom of truly simple living? Is this what we should define as the ideal house of the future? 

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“火星案例”设想了这座完美的房子，它无缝地结合了技术、产品设计和建筑。小米目前产品线上的家用电器都可以通过无线连接，并通过智能手机进行控制。MARS案例更进一步，将这些独立的电子设备集成到一个综合产品中，即家庭。在利用和循环利用热量、废气、冷凝和其他副产品的过程中，每个电子设备都会产生热量、废气、凝结物和其他副产品，从而使能源、空气、水和空气反馈到一个完整的生态系统中，从而最大限度地减少资源消耗。

MARS Case envisions this ideal house, which seamlessly combines technology, product design, and architecture. Domestic appliances in Xiaomi’s current product lines can all be connected wirelessly and controlled over smart phones. MARS Case goes a step further to integrate these separate electronic appliances into one synthesized product, The Home. In harnessing and recycling the heat, exhaust, condensation, and other byproducts generated by each electronic device within it, the house feeds energy, air, and water and air back into an integrated ecosystem, minimizing consumption of resources.

MARS Case envisions this ideal house, which seamlessly combines technology, product design, and architecture. Domestic appliances in Xiaomi’s current product lines can all be connected wirelessly and controlled over smart phones. MARS Case goes a step further to integrate these separate electronic appliances into one synthesized product, The Home. In harnessing and recycling the heat, exhaust, condensation, and other byproducts generated by each electronic device within it, the house feeds energy, air, and water and air back into an integrated ecosystem, minimizing consumption of resources.

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这是火星的案子。一个自我循环能源和零浪费的地方。一个重量轻，紧凑的2.4米x2.4米x2米的模块，其中-像一个手提箱-所有的服务组件和充气居住空间可以折叠和储存，以便于运输。一种适合生活需要的工业产品和世界各地所有用户的环境。最重要的是，它是一个理想的房子，可以用来探索未来无限的可能性。

This is MARS Case. A place of self-circulating energy and zero waste. A lightweight, compact 2.4 meter x 2.4 meter x 2 meter module, within which—like a suitcase—all the house’s service components and inflatable living spaces can be folded and stored for easy transportation. An industrial product suited for the living needs anfd environments of all users, everywhere on earth. And above all, an ideal house with which to explore the boundless possibilities of the future.

This is MARS Case. A place of self-circulating energy and zero waste. A lightweight, compact 2.4 meter x 2.4 meter x 2 meter module, within which—like a suitcase—all the house’s service components and inflatable living spaces can be folded and stored for easy transportation. An industrial product suited for the living needs anfd environments of all users, everywhere on earth. And above all, an ideal house with which to explore the boundless possibilities of the future.

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Architects OPEN Architecture

Location Beijing, China

Architect in Charge Hu Li, Wenjing Huang

Design Team Boji Hu (Project Architect), Mian Qin, Meng Ma, Mengru Li, Wenhan Wei, Xuezhu Sun

Project Year 2018

Photographs Qingshan Wu, Nácasa&Partners Inc.

Category Houses