探索地面建筑的视觉效果

建筑是为数不多与地球表面有物理联系、固定且持久的工作。然而，数世纪以来，特别是西方，一直认为自己是独立的，凌驾于自然之上的，与自然渐行渐远，定义自己的系统和秩序，仅仅把地面用作地基。其他时候，为仪式宗教、防御工事、生态平衡才借鉴自然。

这本近1400页的全球汇编让建筑重新与地球表面和谐相处。多年来，比亚恩·马斯滕布鲁克（Bjarne Mastenbroek）和他的建筑公司SeARCH一直在研究建筑与周围环境的关系，认为建筑是一种景观，既适合场地，又不会影响或干扰场地。在本书中，他们深入挖掘了建筑文化的历史，并将这一理念的精彩案例呈现出来——有些是众所周知的，有些是曾经无人问津的。

透过岩石上凿出的非洲教堂、在地形上挖出的中国村庄、生机勃勃的巴黎住房、建在卡普里岛悬崖上的别墅（碧姬·巴铎（Brigitte Bardot）主演的电影《情圣》中出现过），本书剖析了过去数千年的建筑结构。部分是地图集，部分是百科全书，突出了传统的地方做法，反思了历来的最爱，并展示了全球各地的当代实例。本书由梅维斯和范德尔森（Mevis & Van Deursen）设计，内容丰富，包括SeARCH的分析图和伊万·巴恩（Iwan Baan）的摄影文章。

本书分为六个章节（或“策略”）——埋藏、嵌入、吸收、螺旋、雕刻和模仿——肯定了重新连接建筑与景观、融合建筑与地面的努力，通过建筑文化揭示了人类与地球的联系，展现了我们在城市和自然环境中所面临和将要面临的挑战。

A visual exploration of earth-

bound architectureBuilding is one of very few endeavours that are physically connected to the surface of the earth, fixed and enduring. Nevertheless, for centuries, especially in the West, we have considered ourselves separate and above nature, drifting away, defining our own systems and order, and using the ground as a nothing more than a passive foundation. Other times we sought connection, drawing on nature for ritual and religion, fortified protection, and ecological balance.

This global compendium of nearly 1,400 pages brings architecture back in harmony with Earth’s surface. For years, Bjarne Mastenbroek and his architectural firm, SeARCH, have delved into the relationship architecture has, had, and will have with its surroundings, seeing buildings as landscapes that fit into their site without dominating or disturbing it. For Dig It!, they have dug deep into the history of building culture and brought to light fascinating examples of this philosophy—

some well known, some previously overlooked.

From African churches chiseled from rock and Chinese villages dug into terrains to Parisian housing vibrantly overgrown and a villa built into the cliffs of Capri (famously featured in the film Le Mépris starring Brigitte Bardot), this book dissects structures from the past millennia. Part atlas, part encyclopedia, it highlights traditional vernacular practices, reconsiders all-

time favorites, and celebrates contemporary examples across the globe. Designed by Mevis & Van Deursen, the extensive collection features analytical drawings from SeARCH and photo essays by Iwan Baan.

Dig It! acknowledges an effort to reconnect architecture and landscape and merge building with ground. Separated into six chapters (or “strategies”)—

Bury, Embed, Absorb, Spiral, Carve, and Mimic—

this remarkable survey reveals humanity’s connection to the earth through building culture: clever and utterly relevant for the challenges that we have and will face in both urban and natural environments.