Wiki World • Secrets Natural Camp is located in Cihui Street, Dongxihu District, Wuhan City. It is part of the rural revitalization plan in this area. The camp covers an area of 30 acres. The base is a primitive metasequoia forest, including a service center, a public rest pavilion, 8 cabins and several camping sites. Wiki World • Secrets Natural Camp provides a variety of natural courses and natural co-construction plans in the forest.
1. Discover a forest
The project base is a forest land that has been abandoned for many years, and it used to be a small park on the edge of the city. We think it is a precious thing to find such a mysterious forest on the edge of the city. Over the years, plants have grown wildly here, and we only need to intervene in the lightest way: try to preserve every tree, every plant, do not do any hardening, just use gravel to pave the field and path, there are no finished municipal facilities here, everything is light wood. All the inspiration comes from this overly dense and mysterious forest, and the countless bird nests on the trees. Although we have become outsiders, we still hope to humbly let the site rejuvenate.
2. Finding some sprites
Often immersed in nature, we (architects) easily become lazy, inspiration goes through four seasons, from flowering to falling leaves, and even gradually develop some emotions with the plants, we begin to awe every tree, curious about what the seeds on the ground will grow into?
“Doesn’t the bird’s nest on the treetop sway?”
The architect’s deduction time is up, and the following points are gained:
1 “We are just guests of the forest.”
2 “Everything has a spirit, look at the trees swaying in the wind.”
3 “It’s like being in an oasis, but the signal is still full.”
4 “Have you ever taken a sea cruise across the dark night? Here at night, the big trees will make a low moan like waves.”
5 “Hey, I was hit by bird droppings again.”
6 “We’re lost again. Who’s played a game called Limbo? It’s also called Lost Realm, a dark game.”
These inspirations arrived before the excuses, letting us start to fantasize that maybe the houses were already here, maybe it was a whale in the forest, or a crocodile in the grass, and the design started in this way.
3. Cabins with eyes
We became more calm, we support the sense of mystery. Those seeds that fascinated us grew into cabins, and the cabins have their eyes. This gave us a sense of intimacy, even if we were alone, as if we had friends with us, this gave us a sense of inexplicable security, even if the night was cold as water, we could look at each other and wait. The Wiki Shelter also grew eyes, satisfying the childhood fantasy that “La Barbapapa” once brought us.
This is Wiki World • Secrets, a place where curiosity is respected.
4. Wiki World-Build Small, Dream Big
Wiki World has been committed to returning to natural life through natural construction. The sprite cabin continues such a natural wild house experiment, jumping out of the inertia of the size of the thinking, focusing on the relationship between living behaviour and environment, the answer of space must be far from the daily living experience, even a little paranoid. "Small" brings us closer to the material, so we are more sensitive. Now that we are in the forest, let's go barefoot for a day and listen to the sound of dead leaves being crushed on the terrace.
5. Build Naturally
Natural buildings can be built like Lego. Little cabins, like building blocks, were placed in the forest. We stick to the original wild wood construction technique that we hand fired the façade of the carbonized wood boards. The cabins are all connected by small metal components that can be repeatedly assembled.
We try to create a precise relationship between the cabins and the environment in the nature. Each wooden cabin is elevated above the ground, and no walls or artificial landscapes are used. Nature is the best package.
