© Mlungisi Mathe

(Mlungisi Mathe)

架构师提供的文本描述。理查兹湾工业开发区受省夸祖鲁-纳塔尔政府委托，是一个世界级的工业开发区，位于南非东北部海岸，服务齐全。工业园区是为吸引外向型投资而设立的经济特区。这是一个理想的位置，增加了主要的铁路和公路通道；它也连接到里查兹湾的深水港口。理查兹湾工业开发区被认为是通往世界的贸易门户。

Text description provided by the architects. Commissioned by the provincial KwaZulu-Natal government as its business entity, the Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone is a world class, fully serviced industrial estate located on the north-eastern coast of South Africa. The Industrial estate is a special economic zone set up to attract export orientated investment. This estate is ideally located, boosting prime rail and road access; it is also linked to the deep water port of Richards Bay. The Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone is envisioned to be a trade portal to the world.

 © Mlungisi Mathe

(Mlungisi Mathe)

简报需要有一个通往工业区的具有里程碑意义的大门，作为理查兹湾工业开发区到达的大胆声明。地标网关需要既对环境敏感，又在架构上大胆。我们最初的建议是一种重量轻的Salia木材“盒子”结构，带有清晰的床单，这被认为在建筑上不够大胆而被驳回。

The brief required a landmark gateway into the industrial estate as a bold statement of arrival by the Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone. The landmark gateway needed to be both environmentally sensitive and architecturally bold. Our initial proposal was a light weight Saligna timber ‘box’ structure with clear sheeting which was dismissed as not being architecturally bold enough.

 Ground Floor Plan

由此产生的液体混凝土形态并不是那么微妙地提到了市政府的动物，鱼鹰，显示在市政府的标志上，它的翅膀张开，滑向它的下一餐。流体混凝土形式也可能被解释为在1公里外的海洋中，船舶驶入港口，将铝土矿等原始产品运入工业区进行加工，并留下加工/成型的铝。这座建筑的形状与典型的工业钢棚类型的刚性、正交几何学相反，这将是该产业内的主导形式。

The resulting fluid concrete form is a not so subtle reference to the municipality’s animal, the fish eagle, shown in the municipality’s emblem with its wings wide open gliding towards its next meal. The fluid concrete form could also perhaps be interpreted as a subconscious reference to the ocean 1km away on which ships sail into the port bringing in raw products like bauxite for processing in the industrial estate and leaving with processed/formed aluminum. The building’s form is a counter-point to the rigid, orthogonal geometry of the typical industrial steel shed typology which will be the predominant form within the estate.

 © Mlungisi Mathe

(Mlungisi Mathe)

将建筑物从地面上抬高1米，不仅可以让入口和接待处更加明显，而且还可以在楼板上放进通风口。板坯排气口是复杂的被动冷却系统的一部分。这种被动系统包括一个种植庭院，作为建筑物的热烟囱。庭院的目的也是作为建筑物的组织结构；办公室、会议室和接待处都与之有着有形和视觉上的联系。

Raising the building by 1m off the ground, not only allowed for a much more pronounced entrance and reception but also allowed for air vents in the slab. The slab vents are part of an intricate passive cooling system. This passive system includes a planted courtyard which acts as the building’s thermal chimney. The courtyard also serves the purpose of being the building’s organizational structure; the office, boardroom and reception are all physically and visually connected to it.

对建筑物的长期可持续性进行了广泛的审议，这反过来又影响到建筑的形式。例如，所有的屋顶都是用来收集雨水进入池塘的。收集到的雨水随后被清洗并泵入地下水箱。水箱被用来为厕所和花园提供水。太阳能电池板和柴油发电机主要用作建筑物的后置系统，但如果需要的话，可以使建筑物远离电网长达6天。

The long term sustainability of the building was extensively considered which in turn, informed and affected the form. For instance, all the roofs were designed to collect rainwater into the pond. The collected rainwater is then cleaned and pumped to underground water tanks. The water tanks are used to provide water for the toilets and garden. The Solar panels together with the diesel generator are primarily used as the back system for the building but could, if needed keep the building off the grid for up to 6 days.

 © Mlungisi Mathe

(Mlungisi Mathe)

Architects Jeremy Steere Architect

Location Richards Bay, South Africa

Lead Architects Jeremy Steere, Sphephelo Mhlongo, Bonga Dube & Clinton Hartley

Project Year 2016

Photographs Mlungisi Mathe

Category Transportation

Manufacturers Loading...