建筑设计  POLO+Archipelago

项目地点  比利时梅赫伦

建成时间  2023年

建筑面积  近1.9万平方米

在合作赢得新交通枢纽竞赛之后，POLO与Archipelago的建筑师们，共同为梅赫伦（Mechelen）完成了这座能够塑造城市形象的标志性建筑。

Realising our competition-winning vision for a new mobility hub, POLO collaborated with architects from Archipelago to build an image-defining icon for Mechelen.

这座建筑不仅意味着一个新住宅区的兴起，还畅想了这样一个未来：越来越多的建筑将被设计成具备功能灵活性的可变容器。

Not only does this building mark the emergence of a new residential neighbourhood, it also imagines a future in which buildings are increasingly designed as adaptable containers prepped for functional flexibility.

当人们从通往梅赫伦的主要干道之一驶向这座城市时，驾车者便能看到一座引人注目的新建筑。这里设有500多个停车位，建筑面积近1.9万平方米。它在周边低矮建筑的衬托下矗立着，成为城市边缘一座谦逊的地标。

When approaching Mechelen from one of the main access roads into the city, motorists are confronted with an eye-catching new building. Here we find more than 500 car parking spaces and nearly 19,000 square metres of built space. It rises up above the low-rise context to become a modest landmark at the edge of the city.

一个由菱形构成的醒目外立面网格，包裹着这座坚固的停车场建筑，仿佛在邀请司机们把车停好，转而选择更可持续的交通方式在城内通行。

A striking facade grid of parallelograms envelops this sturdy car park structure, an open invitation for drivers to leave their car behind and transfer to a more sustainable mode of transport.

它鼓励我们放慢脚步，去探索这片正在兴起的街区——这里融合了过去与现在，作为一个独特门户通往历史悠久又充满活力的梅赫伦。这片新街区的城市形态，与附近老城区密集的城市肌理形成鲜明的对比。

It encourages us to slow down and explore the emerging neighbourhood here — a blend of past and present, a unique gateway into this historically rich yet vibrant city. Here we establish new forms of urbanity which play in tandem with the dense fabric of the old city centre nearby.

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被包裹的空旷空间

Wrapped emptiness

外立面由大型预制构件搭建而成，将立柱以及边梁整合其中。楼板悬挂在这个具有雕塑感和承重功能的斜交网格结构之中。这个外立面结构仅覆盖建筑的长轴方向立面，建筑两端较短的立面则保持开放，像一个景框朝向周边环境。

The facade is built up out of large prefabricated elements, integrating the columns as well as an edge beam. The floor slabs are suspended within this sculptural load-bearing diagrid. This facade structure covers only the longitudinal elevations of the building, opening up the end elevations for framed views of the surroundings.

设计通过将结构体系集中设置在建筑四周，解放了内部布局，使得宽敞的平面具有灵活的布局和丰富的可能性。这样的布局很好地适应了停车楼对布局效率的要求，同时也让建筑能够承载各种各样的其他功能。

By concentrating the structural system along the perimeter, we free up the layout and create large, flexible floor plans. These are ideal for fitting in efficient car parking layouts but also open up the building for a wide variety of other functions.

无柱且无突出横梁的开放式楼板呈现出简约的风格，与停车场功能的基础设施性质相契合——但这并不妨碍日后对该结构进行装修或“装扮”，以适应其他活动需求。

The current minimalism of open floor plates without columns or protruding beams befits the infrastructural nature of the car parking function — but this does not prevent the structure from being furnished or “dressed up” to suit other activities in the future.

也是出于这个原因，结构设计得较为有余量——方案预留了一定的空间，因为设计团队知道，如果设计得过于贴合某种特定需求，最终可能会对使用产生限制。这是一种在建筑耐久性方面具有远见的做法，从长远来看是有益的。

For this reason the structure is over-dimensioned: we build in margins, knowing that what is made to measure to an excessive degree may ultimately prove constrictive. This is a kind of generous durability that pays dividends in the long term.

形态依功能而定

Formed to function

建筑的较高楼层设置了办公功能区，这体现了建筑结构的灵活性。在建筑顶部，有一个种有树木的屋顶花园，经此通勤的人们可以在这里放松身心，同时远眺梅赫伦市的全景。

The upper floors accommodate an office function, showcasing the building structure’s flexibility. On top we find a roof garden with trees where office workers can relax while taking in panoramic views of the city of Mechelen.

最高的停车楼层是一片开放式空间，也可被改造为面向公众的活动或休闲场所。在梅赫伦市的语境中，这种空中公共空间是一种独特的存在。

The highest car parking floor is an open space also which can be appropriated to become an event or hangout space for the general public. This kind of elevated public space is a unique proposition within the context of the city of Mechelen.

位于地面层的超市顺应周边新道路的曲线走势，引导骑行者和行人前往附近的住宅区，或通过新建的桥梁前往迪耶勒河（Dijle river）对岸的红十字广场（Rode-Kruisplein）。超市作为平台界面连接着周边环境与上方的停车楼层，为环境增添了活力，也起到了一定的管控作用。

The supermarket on the ground floor follows the curves of the new paths and roads around it, guiding cyclists and pedestrians to the nearby residential developments and over the new bridges towards the Rode-Kruisplein (Red Cross Square) across the Dijle river. It functions as a podium interface between the context and the parking floors above and adds liveliness and a measure of social control to the surroundings.

相较于较高楼层的斜交网格外立面那种适合远距离观赏的大尺度几何造型，“欢迎广场”（Welkomstplein）边柔和的曲线以及天然石材饰面，带来了更多的人性化尺度感。

Compared to the large scale geometry of the diagrid facade of the upper floors, designed to be readable from large distances, here the gentle curves and natural stone cladding add a more human scale next to the Welkomstplein (“Welcome Square”).

由Vogt设计的景观绿色基础设施，从这个新广场延伸至周边区域。它巩固了这个交通枢纽作为街区功能核心的地位，人们及各类活动从这里向外扩散，如鲜活的血液让这片城市新街区焕发生机。

From this new square a landscaped green infrastructure — designed by Vogt — extends into the district around it. It consolidates this mobility hub as the functional heart of the neighbourhood, from where people and activities are distributed, the lifeblood animating this vibrant new addition to the city.

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完整项目信息

Location: Elektriciteitstraat, Mechelen

Year: 2023

Surface area: 19,400m²

Status: realized

Client: Kairos - Montreal

Architecture Partners: Archipelago

Landscape Design Partners: Atelier Ruimtelijk Advies, Vogt Landscape Architects

Photography: Johnny Umans

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