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Reinier de Graaf.Norra Tornen项目开始于两个继承的建筑信封，这是由前城市建筑师Aleksander Wolodarski发起的一个被取消的项目的遗骸。每一种不同高度的“新月”组合-无论是板状还是塔形-都禁止展开一种不妥协的类型学。相反，选择的方案，强调大的室外空间的公寓，防止太直截了当地把信封翻译成建筑形式。

Text by Reinier de Graaf. The Norra Tornen project started with two inherited building envelopes, the remains of a cancelled project initiated by the former city architect Aleksander Wolodarski. Each a kind of 'crescendo' composition of different heights – neither slab nor tower – prohibit the unfolding of an uncompromised typology. Conversely, the opted program, apartments with an emphasis on large outdoor spaces, prevented too literal a translation of the envelopes into architectural form.

Text by Reinier de Graaf. The Norra Tornen project started with two inherited building envelopes, the remains of a cancelled project initiated by the former city architect Aleksander Wolodarski. Each a kind of 'crescendo' composition of different heights – neither slab nor tower – prohibit the unfolding of an uncompromised typology. Conversely, the opted program, apartments with an emphasis on large outdoor spaces, prevented too literal a translation of the envelopes into architectural form.

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通过一种“弗洛伊德式的向前飞行”-为了征服和克服最初的恐惧而对不可避免的事物充满热情的拥抱-既定的建筑封套被采纳为一个给定的。它最初的垂直分割得到了第二个水平分割的补充，它使建筑物的外部得到了单一的、均匀的处理：粗糙的皮肤，它是通过一种分离的室外空间和突出的起居室的交替模式形成的。所选择的材料，带肋的彩色混凝土，用暴露的多色骨料卵石刷过，与野蛮的建筑相呼应，这不是偶然的。建筑评论家雷纳·巴纳姆(Reyner Banham)认为，野蛮建筑这个词是古纳尔·阿斯普罗德(GunnarAsplind)的儿子汉斯·阿斯普罗德(Hans Asplond)在写给英国建筑师朋友的信中提到工作室同事设计时发明的。

Through a kind of 'Freudian flight forward' – a passionate embrace of the inevitable in order to conquer and overcome one's initial fears – the prescribed building envelope was adopted as a given. Its initial vertical segmentation was complemented by a second, horizontal segmentation that gives the buildings' exterior a single, homogeneous treatment: a rough skin, formed through an alternating pattern of withdrawn outdoor spaces and protruding living rooms. The chosen material, ribbed colored concrete brushed with exposed multi-colored aggregate pebbles, echoes brutalist architecture and that is not by chance. According to architecture critic Reyner Banham, the term brutalist architecture was invented by Hans Asplund, the son of Gunnar Asplund, when referring to a design of his studio colleagues in a letter to his British architect friends.

Through a kind of 'Freudian flight forward' – a passionate embrace of the inevitable in order to conquer and overcome one's initial fears – the prescribed building envelope was adopted as a given. Its initial vertical segmentation was complemented by a second, horizontal segmentation that gives the buildings' exterior a single, homogeneous treatment: a rough skin, formed through an alternating pattern of withdrawn outdoor spaces and protruding living rooms. The chosen material, ribbed colored concrete brushed with exposed multi-colored aggregate pebbles, echoes brutalist architecture and that is not by chance. According to architecture critic Reyner Banham, the term brutalist architecture was invented by Hans Asplund, the son of Gunnar Asplund, when referring to a design of his studio colleagues in a letter to his British architect friends.

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NorraTornen的混凝土以预制面板的形式出现-这是一种施工技术，允许建筑工地的工作继续进行，甚至低于5摄氏度的限制，这一限制禁止在现场浇筑混凝土。预制也大大降低了建筑成本。这样，墙与楼的比例接近1的设计-大多数开发人员都会被0.5的比例所劝阻-突然间就不是一个不可想象的命题了。这笔投资可以用于建造具有独特布局、多方向和额外窗户的公寓-这在一个日照稀少的国家是一笔宝贵的资产。在第二次世界大战前建造了大量住房的城市中心，诺拉·托伦(Norra Tornen)提出了一种新的生活方式，它将密度与享受户外空间的可能性结合起来(斯德哥尔摩在欧洲联盟空气质量最高的城市中排名第四)。

Concrete at Norra Tornen comes in the form of prefabricated panels – a construction technique that allows work on the building site to continue even below the five-degree Celsius limit which prohibits in situ concrete pouring. Prefabrication also significantly reduced construction costs. This way a design with a wall-to-floor ratio close to 1 – most developers would be discouraged by a 0.5 ratio – was suddenly not an unthinkable proposition. The investment could be channeled in creating apartments with unique layouts, multiple orientations and extra square meters of windows – a precious asset in a country with scarce daylight for half of the year. In a city center with a housing stock largely built before the Second World War, Norra Tornen introduces a new way of living which brings together density with the possibility to enjoy outdoor space (Stockholm ranks fourth among the cities with the highest air quality in the European Union).

Concrete at Norra Tornen comes in the form of prefabricated panels – a construction technique that allows work on the building site to continue even below the five-degree Celsius limit which prohibits in situ concrete pouring. Prefabrication also significantly reduced construction costs. This way a design with a wall-to-floor ratio close to 1 – most developers would be discouraged by a 0.5 ratio – was suddenly not an unthinkable proposition. The investment could be channeled in creating apartments with unique layouts, multiple orientations and extra square meters of windows – a precious asset in a country with scarce daylight for half of the year. In a city center with a housing stock largely built before the Second World War, Norra Tornen introduces a new way of living which brings together density with the possibility to enjoy outdoor space (Stockholm ranks fourth among the cities with the highest air quality in the European Union).

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创新大厦由182个单元组成，从44平方米的一居室公寓到顶层的271平方米的顶层阁楼，其中大多数由80至120平方米的两居室或三居室组成。住宅单元由电影院、派对和庆祝活动的餐厅、客人公寓、带桑拿和休闲区的健身房以及底层的零售空间补充。螺旋塔包括138个单元，外加便利设施。

The Innovationen Tower comprises 182 units ranging from 44 sqm one-bedroom apartments to a 271 sqm penthouse on the top floor, with the majority consisting of two- or three-bedroom apartments of 80 to 120 sqm. The residential units are complemented by a cinema room, a dinner room for parties and celebrations, a guest apartment, a gym with a sauna and a relaxation area, and retail space at the ground floor. The Helix Tower includes 138 units, plus amenities.

The Innovationen Tower comprises 182 units ranging from 44 sqm one-bedroom apartments to a 271 sqm penthouse on the top floor, with the majority consisting of two- or three-bedroom apartments of 80 to 120 sqm. The residential units are complemented by a cinema room, a dinner room for parties and celebrations, a guest apartment, a gym with a sauna and a relaxation area, and retail space at the ground floor. The Helix Tower includes 138 units, plus amenities.

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这两座高楼的高度分别为125米和110米，是斯德哥尔摩市中心最高的住宅建筑。位于斯德哥尔摩北部的Hagastaden新区，位于Karolisnka研究所(颁发诺贝尔医学奖)周围，他们站在这座城市的大门上。然而，对初始建筑包络的操纵从根本上改变了它们最初隐含的具有巨大意义的建筑结构。它让位于家庭生活。一种曾经的形式主义结构出现在公寓里，这是令人惊讶的非正式的.甚至可以说是人文主义。

At a height of 125 meters, and 110 meters, respectively, the two towers are the highest residential buildings in Stockholm’s city center. Located in Hagastaden, a new district in the north of Stockholm developed around the Karolisnka Institute (which awards the Nobel Prize in Medicine), they stand as a gate to the city. However, the manipulation of the initial building envelopes radically transforms their initial implied architecture of monumentality. It gives way to an articulation of domesticity. A once formalist structure comes to house apartments that are surprisingly informal...one could even say humanist.

At a height of 125 meters, and 110 meters, respectively, the two towers are the highest residential buildings in Stockholm’s city center. Located in Hagastaden, a new district in the north of Stockholm developed around the Karolisnka Institute (which awards the Nobel Prize in Medicine), they stand as a gate to the city. However, the manipulation of the initial building envelopes radically transforms their initial implied architecture of monumentality. It gives way to an articulation of domesticity. A once formalist structure comes to house apartments that are surprisingly informal...one could even say humanist.

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Architects OMA

Location Torsplan 8, 113 64 Stockholm, Sweden

Partner in Charge Reinier de Graaf

Client Oscar Properties

Program 320 apartments, Retail

Area 42299.0 m2

Project Year 2018

Photographs Laurian Ghinitoiu, Ossip van Duivenbode

Category Apartments