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架构师提供的文本描述。上楼工程是一幢十七层高的大厦，共有一百一十间公寓及两份商业租约。该建筑采用社区空间作为一种以舒适为导向的设计原则，承认可持续性既是社会的，也是环境的。

Text description provided by the architects. The Upper House project is a seventeen storey building consisting of 110 apartments and 2 commercial tenancies. The building employs community space as an amenity orientated design principle, acknowledging that sustainability is both social and environmental.

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约翰·戈林斯

建筑质量的独特构成是通过一系列城市设计姿态来构思的。第一种概念姿态是将建筑围护结构的西部部分固定在我们所称的“连续性线”上，即斯旺斯顿圣斯旺斯顿街的边缘，这一边缘条件的部分定义是现有DDO(36m)的限制，以及最近的事态发展，挑战了这一限制规定的高度限制(特别是卡尔顿啤酒厂的重新开发，将其作为一项限制)。墨尔本规划计划和2007年综合发展计划的一部分)。

The unique composition of the building mass was conceived through a series of urban design gestures. The first conceptual gesture entails anchoring the western portion of the building envelope to what we have termed a “line of continuity” that exists along Swanston St. This edge condition is defined partly by the constraints of an existing DDO (36m) and by more recent developments that have challenged the height limits stipulated by that constraint (in particular the Carlton Brewery Redevelopment as a part of the Melbourne Planning Scheme and the 2007 Comprehensive Development Plan).

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该物质的东部部分进一步锚定了昆士伯里街沿线的建筑，合并的块体被一个“峡谷”所碎裂，该“峡谷”将两种不同的形态联系在一起。“峡谷”提供了一个自然通风的“微风通道”，居住者进入他们的家园，同时也提供了一种视觉和空间连接与周围环境的感觉。

The eastern portion of the mass further anchors the building along Queensbury St. The combined mass is fragmented by a “ravine” that articulates two separate forms. The “ravine” provides an naturally ventilated “breezeway” where occupants access their homes, while also providing a sense of visual and spatial connection to the surroundings.

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约翰·戈林斯

该平台是一个坚实的形式，自然混凝土和突出的白色钢圈阳台。毗邻斯旺斯顿街和昆士伯里街，形式是高架在街道的水平上，引入了一个部分透明的商业平台-铰接为黑色显示。在这个展示中，将钢制的环形窗户投射到商业租约和进入大厅，激活并与街道正面接触。

The podium is a solid form of natural concrete and projecting white steel loop balconies. Adjacent to Swanston St and Queensbury St the form is elevated above street level to introduce a partly transparent commercial plinth - articulated as a black reveal. Within this reveal, projecting steel looped windows to the commercial tenancies and the entry lobby, activate and engage with the street frontage.

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一个重要的考虑因素和组成成果是通过在十一层的公共空间的规划激活建筑来实现的。作为建筑的一种物理休息，“天文台”包含了一个休息室、体育馆和餐厅，可以俯瞰花园的屋顶景观。这种姿态激活了“天际线”，为居民提供了便利，同时也使建筑的上部看起来与下面的人群分开-在这里，居住者可以见面、休息、阅读、吃饭和思考。在上面的形式的镜像，创造了花园和社会活动的反映，提供了一个视觉提示，从街道水平的高架花园。

An important consideration and compositional outcome is enabled through the programmatic activation of the building as a communal space at level eleven. As an implied physical break in the building "The Observatory" incorporates a lounge, gymnasium and dining space that overlooks a garden roofscape. This gesture activates the “skyline” in a way that provides amenity for residents while enabling the upper section of the building to appear separated from the mass below – a place where occupants can meet, rest, read, eat, and reflect. The mirrored soffit to the upper form creates reflections of the gardens and social activity, providing a visual cue to the elevated garden from street level.

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上面的外观是部分透明的白色玻璃幕墙。玻璃光洁度可以达到一定程度的反射率，并建议一个更短暂的轻质光泽表面，这是抵消与马特混凝土基座。上下立面之间是阳台和窗户的散落，通过不同的悬臂深度和交替的窗口位置将正面与吸引人的三维质量联系在一起-这是一个具有自身地形的立面。

The upper form materiality is white glass curtain wall that is partially transparent. The glass finish enables a degree of reflectivity and suggests a more ephemeral lightweight gloss surface that is offset against the matt concrete base. Across the upper and lower facades are a scattering of balconies and windows that tie the facades with an engaging three dimensional quality, through varying cantilevered depths and alternating window placements – a facade with its own topography.

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上下质量之间的对比放大了正式休息的感觉，以及“像云”一样漂浮在天际线上的建筑的概念。上议院是一座建筑，它展示了城市构成和社会计划的清晰性，它将以一种新的、积极的方式与其背景联系在一起。

The contrast between the lower and upper mass amplifies the sense of a formal break and the idea of a building which is floating across the skyline” like a cloud”. Upper House is a building that demonstrates a clarity in urban composition and social program that will engage with its context in a new and positive way.

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Architects Jackson Clements Burrows

Location Upper House, 516-520 Swanston Street, Carlton VIC 3053, Australia

Category Apartments

Project Team Tim Jackson, Jon Clements, Graham Burrows, Chris Manderson, Blair Smith, Simon Topliss

Contact Person Tim Jackson

Project Year 2014

Photographs Shannon McGrath