架构师提供的文本描述。兰溪古宫位于中国成都国际非物质文化遗产公园。它由三部分组成：餐厅、内部庭院和私人俱乐部。它是通过数字制作语言对中国传统建筑的一种诠释。

Text description provided by the architects. The Lanxi Curtilage is located at the International Intangible Cultural Heritage Park in Chengdu, China. It is composed of three parts: restaurant, inner courtyard and private club. It is an interpretation of traditional Chinese architecture through the language of digital fabrication methods.

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沈忠海

这个项目的空间布局代表了一个传统的华南花园的一个新的解释。纵向住宅和庭院的多重布局反映了传统园林的分层多维空间格局。建筑屋顶的轮廓体现了起伏的山川，也是中国传统坡顶文化的隐喻。

The spatial layout of this project represents a new interpretation of a traditional South China Garden. The multiple layouts of the longitudinal residence and courtyard reflect a hierarchical and multi-dimensional spatial pattern of traditional gardens. The silhouettes of the building’s roof embody rolling mountains and rivers, and also function as metaphor of the traditional Chinese sloping roof culture.

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沈忠海

波纹墙的设计源于对水的数字化解释，这是一个灵活而自然的概念。我们开发了一种模拟水的瞬态行为的算法，该算法可以在时间上被冻结，从而使其瞬态行为的字面结构表达成为可能。我们将此算法应用于传统建筑材料蓝砖的交错拼接加工，其方式与以前产生表面的方法相同，形成了具有水的内在动力的粘结砖模式，并提供了一种轻而透明的效果以及结构墙。设计的重点是开发一个艺术图案，以及创造一个可行的制造模式。

The design of the ripple wall derived from a digital interpretation of water, a flexible yet natural conception. We developed an algorithm that mimicked the transient behavior of water, which could be frozen in time allowing a literal architectural expression of its transient behavior. We adapted this algorithm to process a traditional building material, blue bricks, in a staggered joint pattern, in the same way as it produced a surface before, creating a bonded brick pattern with the intrinsic dynamics of water, and providing a light and transparent effect as well as structural walls. The design focuses on developing an artistic pattern as well as on creating a feasible fabrication pattern.

 © Shen Zhonghai

沈忠海

由于财政拮据，无法自动铺设砖块，因此必须手工完成砌体工作，以配合三个月施工期间的严格时间表。通过对五种模板值的排列和分类，设计了五种砌体节点模板，并将其转化为简单的砌筑程序，得到了节点梯度。建成后的建筑证明了光线和阴影在外墙上的作用体现了水的动态效果。一个精心结合的数字设计和低成本制造，以实现数字制造，准确地反映了数字技术和本地材料和制造的结合。

As a robotic arm was not available to lay the bricks automatically due to financial constraints, the masonry had to be completed manually in order to match the rigorous schedule of the three month construction period. Five kinds of brick joint template were devised and the joint gradient was achieved through the permutation and classification of the five template values, which were translated to a simple brick-laying schedule. The finished building is testament that light and shadow playing across the façade embody the dynamic effects of water. A careful combination of digital design and lo-tec fabrication to actualize digital fabrication exactly reflects the combination of digital technologies and local materials and fabrication.

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