架构师提供的文本描述。作为一家新兴的、总部位于蒙特利尔的销售点软件开发商，新的总部位于蒙特利尔的莱特斯皮尔全球总部，重新振兴了历史上著名的viger火车站和酒店的三层楼，这是一座几乎被遗忘的城堡式建筑，尖顶的塔楼俯瞰着一个著名的市民广场。工作室通过保存曾经废弃的空间中发现的原始元素，叠加了一层精选的、光滑的、充满智慧的元素，这些元素与粗糙相悖，反映了客户的动态、创造性和活力品牌。

Text description provided by the architects. For the new global headquarters of Lightspeed, a burgeoning, Montreal-based developer of point-of-sale software, ACDF Architecture reinvigorated three floors of the historical Viger train station and hotel, a nearly forgotten, chateau- style building whose pointed turrets overlook a prominent civic square. The studio did so by preserving the found, raw elements of the once-abandoned space, superimposing a layer of select, slick, wit-filled elements that pop against the roughness and reflect the clients’ dynamic, creative and vigorous brand. 

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自2005年成立以来，LightSpeer一直在快速、大胆地崛起，从一家以家庭为基础的企业成长为一个在欧洲和北美拥有卫星的蓬勃发展的全球实体。该公司的目标是成为第一家估值10亿美元的蒙特利尔科技公司。该公司总部目前占地3万平方英尺，计划在2016年春季前再增加2万人。该公司希望在保留其文化的同时，为不断扩张的员工留出空间，使其成为一家紧密、灵活的初创企业。自始至终，该公司在过去和未来之间建立了联系，反映了其所在地区的独特遗产和欢乐(将其作为硅谷标准技术办公室的一部分)。当代的干预措施，如光滑的玻璃墙、五颜六色的亭台、生机勃勃的家具和平面艺术-以及圣保罗的阿林·克里斯蒂亚诺(Arlin Cristiano)和蒙特利尔的杰森·博特金(Jason Botkin)的壁画-与工业并驾齐驱。

Lightspeed has had a fast, audacious rise since it was founded in 2005, growing from a home-based business to a thriving global entity with satellites in Europe and North America. It aims to be the first Montreal tech company with a billion dollar valuation. At its headquarters, which are currently 30,000-square-feet with plans for another 20,000 by spring 2016, the company wanted room for an expanding workforce while retaining its culture as a tight-knit, nimble startup. Throughout, ACDF forged connections between the past and the future, reflecting the unique heritage and joie de vivre of its locale (setting it a part from the standard tech offices in Silicon Valley). Contemporary interventions such as slick glass walls, colourful pavilions, vibrant furniture and graphic art — with murals by Sao Paulo’s Arlin Cristiano and Montreal’s Jason Botkin — juxtapose industrial, found elements that speak to the building’s long history.

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当Viger火车站和酒店于1898年第一次开业时，它是当地的一个地标，有着极其详细的兵马俑墙。20世纪30年代，大萧条的爆发和蒙特利尔市中心向西转移，导致了经济下滑。经过很长一段时间的失修，包括15年的彻底放弃之后，ADF开始了办公室的改建，留下了该站的一小部分过去。这间工作室展示了高耸的双高空间，它们的巨大木梁在上世纪50年代的一次改建中被遮住了；保留了21世纪初该建筑被剥去石棉后留下的粗糙的砖墙；当它们在工作空间中滑动时，留下了未装饰的巨大的、镶有钉的钢梁的两端。

When the Viger Train Station and Hotel first opened in 1898, it was a local landmark with grandly detailed terra cotta walls. The onset of the Great Depression and the shift of Montreal’s downtown to the west caused a downturn in the 1930s. After a long period of disrepair, including 15 years of utter abandonment, ACDF began the office conversion, leaving a palimpsest of the station’s past. The studio revealed soaring double height spaces, with their immense timber beams, that were obscured during a 1950s remodeling; retained the rough-hewn brick walls that remained after the structure was stripped of its asbestos in the early 2000s; and left unadorned the ends of monumental, studded steel girders as they slide in and out of the work spaces.

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现在，当游客们走进大厅的时候，一种重新振作起来的轻浮感就很明显了。当从电梯里看到时，层压板接待处看起来就像光速的红白标志扁平的图形-一个流质的L和S，盘绕成明亮火焰的形状。从不同的角度揭示了设计的变形性。一个锋利的卷的断言组合跳了出来，更多的是因为周围粗糙的纹理。

Now, a revitalized sense of levity is evident as soon as visitors step into the lobby. When seen from the elevator, the laminate reception desk looks like the flattened graphic of Lightspeed’s red-and-white logo — a fluid L and S that coil into the shape of a bright flame. From different perspectives, the anamorphic nature of the design is revealed. An assertive assemblage of sharply edged volumes jumps out, all the more because of the surrounding, coarse textures. 

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类似的幽默感弥漫在空间的其余部分。例如，aff在大厅里安装了三个层压板的木屋式会议亭。每一间看起来都像是一间迷你的、光彩夺目的房子，一种对家的舒适度的赞许，以及以前在住宅区里的一间小得多的办公室。额外的一层机智提高了游戏感：工作室在相邻的地板和展馆外的墙壁上画了永久的“阴影”。小屋与“游泳池”相邻，这是一个厨房旁的公共区域，指的是前一间办公室的后院游泳池。这片水色的区域有一层茶色的环氧地板和玻璃纤维凳子，上面有浸水的图案，这是由磨坊工人艾蒂安·霍特(Etienne Hotte)定制的，这两件都让你觉得这个区域就像你最喜欢的度假胜地的游泳馆一样梦幻般的。(与此同时，阿林·克里斯蒂亚诺的“凤凰”，一幅大型涂鸦风格的壁画，增添了一种边缘。)

A similar sense of humour pervades the rest of the space. For example, ACDF installed three laminate cabana-shaped meeting pavilions in the lobby. Each looks like a mini, high-gloss house, a nod to the comforts of home as well as Lightspeed’s previous, much-smaller office, which was in a residential neighbourhood. An extra layer of wit heightens the sense of play: the studio painted permanent “shadows” on the adjacent floor and walls outside the pavilions. The cabanas are adjacent to the “pool,” a kitchen-side common area that references the backyard swimming pool at the previous office. The aqua-coloured area has a teal epoxy floor and fiberglass stools with a waterlogged pattern, custom- made by millworker Etienne Hotte, both of which make the area feel as dream-like as the swim-up bar at your favourite resort. (Meanwhile Arlin Cristiano’s The Phoenix, a large, graffiti-style wall mural, adds an edge.) 

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在开阔的工作空间里，朴素的白色系统家具从保存下来的工业时代遗迹、高耸的木材天花板、尖塔状的角落和精美破旧的砖墙旁掠过。这种新老的对比，以及杰森·博特金(JasonBotkin)的图形、抽象线条和形状的注入，激发了巨大的协同作用，激发了人们的想象力，帮助年轻员工(平均年龄为32岁)创作。

In the open-plan workspaces, stark white systems furniture streaks past the preserved ruins of industrial-age relics, soaring timber ceilings, garret-like nooks and elegantly frayed brick walls. The new-old contrast, as well as the infusion of Jason Botkin’s graphic, abstract lines and shapes, inspires a dramatic synergy that sparks the imagination and helps the youthful employees (the average age is 32) create. 

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未来的增加将进一步推动主题。在“游泳池”区外新建的960平方英尺的露台将有热水浴缸和bbq；室内雪茄风格的休息室，配有人字形地板和簇生的皮革沙发；以及一个受云启发的透明圆形剧场，将确保215名和正在统计的员工在空间中完全宾至如归。

Future additions will push the themes further. A new, 960-square-foot patio off the “pool” area will have hot tubs and BBQs; an indoor, cigar-style lounge with herringbone floors and tufted leather couches; and a cloud-inspired, diaphanous amphitheater will ensure the 215 and counting employees feel entirely at home in the space. 

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Architects acdf architecture

Location Amherst / Viger, Montréal, QC H2L, Canada

Category Renovation

Architect Team Maxime-Alexis Frappier, Joan Renaud, Laure Giordani, Laurence Le Beux, Christelle Montreuil Jean-Pois

Area 2620.0 sqm

Project Year 2015

Photographs Adrien Williams