概念的哲学深度与通感激发：该项目最精髓之处在于其对“味觉”这一核心概念的颠覆性诠释。它超越了生物学界限，提出“隐形舌头”和“味觉记忆”的哲学思辨，将建筑、物件与感知建立起深刻的通感联系。这种对日常空间进行诗意重构的尝试，使得原本静态的庭院瞬间“活化”，引导观者重新审视环境中的细微体验（如雨后青草的湿意），赋予了设计极高的精神价值和思辨性。
尺度敏感的装置介入与材料的叙事性：在历史石墙围合的紧凑庭院中，设计团队巧妙地平衡了“激发参与”与“尊重尺度”的需求。金属镜面舌头的设计，不仅在体量上保持了对现有结构的克制，更通过反射光影、天气和活动，实现了与环境的动态融合。特别是粉色毛毡味蕾的引入，不仅在视觉上提供柔软的对比，其触感和象征性（代表酸甜苦咸）更直接地邀请了身体互动，将抽象的概念转化为可触摸、可塑形的叙事载体。
参与性互动与社区的生命力延续：项目成功的关键在于其将“被动观赏”转化为“主动创作”的设计策略。通过邀请访客插入、弯折味蕾的行为，装置的最终形态不再由设计师完全决定，而是成为社区集体记忆和即时互动的累积体。这种参与性极大地增强了公共空间的活力，使其在一周内成为富有童趣的交流场域。最终材料的捐赠和再利用，也体现了设计对场所精神和社区福祉的持久关注，完成了从艺术装置到教育媒介的意义延伸。
Does every everyday object possess an invisible tongue? The tongue of a column, the tongue of a window, the tongue of a flowerbed—each silently perceives and tastes the space in its own way. The dampness of wet grass after rain, the freshness of a light breeze, the instant crackle of popping candy, the creamy texture of melting cheese, all transform into moments of synesthesia that extend the boundaries of taste, reminding us: taste may not be confined to the human tongue.
每个日常物件是否都拥有一条隐形的舌头？柱子的舌头、窗户的舌头、花坛的舌头 —— 它们以各自的方式静默地感知与品尝空间。雨后青草的湿意、轻风的清鲜、跳跳糖的瞬间爆裂、融化奶酪的绵密质感，皆化为延展味觉边界的通感片刻，提醒我们：味觉或许并不限于人体的舌头。
At the 2025 International Architecture Festival in Montpellier, France, themed "Gourmandise," Studio Deng, as one of the winning competition teams, was invited to design an installation intervention for the courtyard of the Hôtel de Rozel. This compact residential courtyard, enclosed by historical stone walls, required a design approach that could inspire perception and participation without disrupting its scale and atmosphere. Based on the concept of the "invisible tongue," Studio Deng proposed that every everyday object might store its unique "taste memory." The installation, "Tongue of Taste," materializes this concept, making the tongue of the window visible in the space.
在以“饕餮”（Gourmandise）为主题的 2025 年法国蒙彼利埃生动建筑节中，等建筑作为竞赛优胜团队之一，受邀为 Hôtel de Rozel 的庭院进行装置介入设计。这个由历史石墙围合的紧凑居民庭院，需要一种既能激发感知与参与、又不破坏其尺度与氛围的设计方式。基于“隐形舌头”的设想，等建筑提出：每个日常物件都可能储存其独特的“味觉记忆”。装置《味觉之舌》由此将这一概念具象化，使窗户的舌头在空间中显影。
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A metal tongue hangs down from the windowsill, extending to the center of the courtyard, its end slightly upturned to meet the entrance axis. The surface of the tongue is made of mirrored stainless steel, capturing changes in light, weather, and activities within the courtyard. Growing on it are 130 pink papillae, inspired by microscopic images of real taste buds, made from pink felt originally used for hamster nests. Each soft and playful form symbolizes the four basic tastes—sweet, sour, bitter, and salty—and can be touched and further shaped, while also stimulating association.
一条金属舌头自窗台垂落，延展至庭院中心，末端轻轻翘起，迎向入口轴线。舌面以镜面不锈钢制成，捕捉光影、天气与庭院中的活动变化。其上生长着 130 株粉色味蕾，灵感来自真实味蕾的显微图像，由原用于仓鼠窝的粉色毛毡制成。每一种柔软而俏皮的形态象征甜、酸、苦、咸四种基本味道，既可触摸和进一步塑形，又能激发联想。
"Tongue of Taste" invites visitors to select their own papillae to insert onto the metal tongue surface, tasting the space with their bodies. Thus, viewers enrich the installation's taste map in their own ways—children bend the papillae into new shapes, residents revisit repeatedly to observe changes, and strangers share the flavors they have added. These spontaneous actions transform the courtyard into a playful public space for communication during its week of opening.
《味觉之舌》邀请访客挑选属于自己的味蕾插入金属舌面，用身体品尝空间。由此，观者以各自的方式丰富了装置的味觉图谱 —— 儿童将味蕾弯折成新形状，居民多次回访观察其变化，陌生人分享彼此添加的味道。这些自发的行为让庭院在一周的开放时间里成为富有童趣的公共交流场所。
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After the architecture festival, the installation was moved to the inner hall of a 14th-century monastery in Avignon, France, to continue exploring the response of the "invisible tongue" in the context of historical architecture during Architecture en Fête. After both exhibitions, all pink felt components and mirrored metal sheets were donated to the charity organization Children’s Relay for use as art education materials, allowing the journey of the tongue to continue within the community.
建筑节结束后，装置被移展至法国阿维尼翁一座 14 世纪修道院的内厅，于 Architecture en Fête 中继续探索”隐形舌头”在历史建筑语境中的回应。两次展出结束后，所有粉色毛毡组件与镜面金属板均捐赠给公益机构 Children’s Relay，用作艺术教育材料，使舌头的旅程得以在社区中延续。
