Scope
Deloitte Summit, Vancouver BC, Canada
加拿大溫哥華 德勤之巔
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OSO
Scope
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OSO
The office tower is located on one of the main avenues through downtown Vancouver and straddles two distinct neighbourhoods: the business centre dominated by glass high-rises and the cultural and the entertainment district scattered with low-slung buildings like museums, theatres, and sports complexes.
The tower is designed as a vertical assemblage of glass boxes that radiate outward to express the pivotal location of the site. The multitude of orientations creates an ever-changing silhouette that shifts depending on the position from where it is seen. This is further exaggerated by the reflections of the angular facade, made up of mainly glass and aluminium panels, but also of mirror soffits where the volumes cantilever.
此案坐落於於通往溫哥華市中心的主要路徑之上,橫跨兩個不同的街區:聳立著玻璃高樓的商業中心和散佈著博物館、電影院和綜合體院館等低矮建築的文化與娛樂中心。
此建築以一個個垂直排列的玻璃立方組成,向外突出的玻璃立方彰顯著建築所坐落的位置。從不同的地點欣賞這個多變相的建築會有不一樣的變化。由玻璃和鋁板製成的立體面徹底放大了反射的效果。
While the tower’s shape and materiality create an impression of randomness, the underlying structure is based on simple rules. The building’s main element is the 4-storey high glass cube. Six of these cubes are grouped together around a central shaft to complete a floor. Overall, there are three main groupings (3 typical floors) of which two are repeated.
Internally, the folding façade creates a jagged plan that gently compartmentalizes the otherwise continuous floorplate. This offers new ways of configuring the fast-evolving office layout. Spatially, the inner angles of the glass bring light deeper into the building. At the same time they provide more views of the surroundings from the depths of the floorplate.
The bulk of the building is held by a central elevator core and six “mega-columns” that penetrate through all floors. There are no other columns in the centre of the floorplate, only trusses along the facade that transfer perimeter loads from one cantilevering volume to another. Being mostly unobstructed by columns, the interiors feel wide and open. From the outside, the weightless quality of the building is enhanced by the lack of interlocking details where the boxes stack, creating and illusion of sliding volumes.
雖然建築的外形看似隨意,但基層結構是按照一套簡單的規則所建立。每個玻璃立方都有四層樓,六個立方圍繞著中心軸便為一組。總體而言,五組立方共有三個不同的排列方式。
立方的堆疊造成了內部空間的不規則化,這很好地隔開了不同的空間,使辦公室快速產生了新的佈局。玻璃內角的反射將光帶入到建築的更深處,同時提供更多的周圍景觀。
整棟建築物僅由電梯核心和六個穿透所有樓層的巨柱所支撐。建築中心沒有其他的支撐柱,只有立方表面的桁架將周邊無支撐的負荷轉移到其他地方。因沒有柱子的阻擋,內部空間顯得格外開闊及寬敞。從建築的外觀來看,立方之間會因為缺乏連接與支撐而使觀賞者產生一種微妙的失重感。
The concept of the office tower is to produce a variety of scales and appearances while maintaining a single, coherent identity. Although the tower may be seen as a sculpted object, the intention is to integrate it into an environment that still includes many buildings of different sizes and functions. Being on the edge of two urban zones, the multi-directional structure highlights this transition through its simple, but emphatic, form. There is no obvious front or back, nor are there any tiers that distinguish higher or lower portions of the tower. And yet it retains a distinct character that comes from the range of scales and orientations it encompasses. On the whole it is undeniably a 90m high glass building, but proportionally it is also a series of 4-storey structures. Even if the tower is only partially visible – be it from street level or within the skyline – it is identifiable and complete.
此案的設計理念在於維持單一建築的同時達到可觀的規模和外觀。雖然此建築可能只被視為雕塑般的存在,但設計師的主要意圖是將其整合進這個擁有不同大小和功能建築的大環境中。位於兩個街區之間,多面向的建築通過其簡單卻強烈的設計突出了這一點。它沒有明顯的正反面和樓層的區分,這是它非常獨特的特徵。整體來看,它是一座 90 米高的玻璃建築;按比例來說,它是數組的四層結構。雖然平時只能欣賞到建築的一部分,但從街道整合層面和天際線內來看,它都是非常鮮明且完整的。
Principal Architects:Esteban Ochogavia, Michael Sypkens
Architect of Record (firm):Merrick Architecture
Structural Engineering:Glotman Simpson
Contractor:EllisDon
Character of Space:Office Tower
Each Floor Area:1,400 ㎡ (average)
Building Area:34,850 ㎡
Site Area:1,950 ㎡
Principal Materials:Glass and Steel
Principal Structure:Steel
Location:Vancouver BC, Canada
Photographer:OSO
Collator:Yit-Ming Liang
主要建築師:埃斯特班.奧喬加維亞 邁克爾.西普肯斯
請照建築師:梅里克建築事務所
結構工程:Glotman Simpson
施工單位:EllisDon
空間性質:辦公大樓
各階面積:1,400 平方公尺(平均)
建築面積:34,850 平方公尺
基地面積:1,950 平方公尺
主要建材:玻璃 鋼材
主要結構:鋼構
座落位置:加拿大溫哥華
攝影:OSO
整理:梁煜鳴
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