© Sebastián Crespo

(塞巴斯蒂安·克雷斯波)

架构师提供的文本描述。琥珀建筑的设计是从一个单一的城市地段的特殊环境中产生的，其比例，特别是其极其狭窄的前部，对建筑和结构解决方案都提出了挑战。

Text description provided by the architects. The design of Amber Building emerges from a special condition of an urban lot with a single front which proportions and especially its extremely narrow front creates a challenge both for the architecture and the structural solutions.

这座大楼是一座12层的塔楼，有5层地下停车场.市政法规和技术要求规定，考虑到土地的面积，整个建筑物的结构解决方案须视停车场的发展而定。

The building is a 12-story tower with 5 floors of underground parking. Municipal regulations and technical requirements demand that, given the size of the land, the structural solution for the whole building be subject to the development of the parking area.

在街道层面，这座建筑有免费的办公区域，有不同的调制方式，每个区域只有两个结构轴线。

At street level, the building has free office areas with different modulation options and only two structural axes in each.

 © Sebastián Crespo

(塞巴斯蒂安·克雷斯波)

作为已经建成的城市设计的延续，这座塔试图成为一个干净而简单的建筑，与相邻的建筑相比，它没有太多的伪装，而是具有降低城市规模和融入城市的重要理念。

The tower, as a continuation of the already built urban design, attempts to be a clean and simple volume without much pretense compared to adjacent buildings, but with an important idea of lower urban scale and integration into the city.

这是通过一个开放的广场和一个双层玻璃入口实现的，该入口通过与广场的连接投射到内部。

This is achieved by an open plaza and a double height glazed entrance that is projected to the inside by means of a connection to the plaza.

前两层与塔的其他部分一起被收回，建在离街道3.5米的地方，因此在入口广场上形成了一个天篷，同时扩大了外面的大厅空间。

The first two floors are retracted from with the rest of the tower, built approximately 3.5 meters to the street, thus creating a canopy over the entrance plaza while extending the lobby space outside.

主要体积的塔打开了一个大的玻璃前面的主要街道，而它是部分盲的边，更多的控制窗户周围的建筑物。

The main volume of the tower opens up with a large glass front onto the main street, while it is partially blind to the sides with more controlled windows to the surrounding buildings.

 © Sebastián Crespo

(塞巴斯蒂安·克雷斯波)

该建筑采用钢结构，以梁和暴露柱的形式表达建筑物内外的结构单元。

The building is constructed in steel structure and was used to express the structural elements both inside and outside the building by means of beams and exposed columns.

调色板的材料是相当有限的，但符合简单和纯净的理念，玻璃和钢是主要的材料和木材被用于各种细节，如温暖的对比材料。

The palette of materials is pretty limited but consistent with the idea of simplicity and purity where glass and steel are the predominant materials and wood is used in various details like a warm contrast material.

Architects Diez + Muller Arquitectos

Location Av. Portugal, Quito 170135, Ecuador

Area 6458.0 m2

Project Year 2014

Photographs Sebastián Crespo

Category Office Buildings