© Jan Bitter

(扬·斯泰特)

架构师提供的文本描述。坐落在马斯布拉赫特-靠近荷兰-比利时边界-这个曲折的1.850平方米的办公室是一个总部，周围的水闸，运河和水闸-所有这些都毗邻默斯河。在法国、卢森堡、比利时、德国和荷兰的交汇处，这些纠缠的水道被大量地用于整个地区的航运。许多以前完全不同的水道控制中心被合并，创建了这个新的办公室，这次重组决定了它最初的曲线体积。这种高架多边形形状增强了从内部到直接景观的可见度，允许所有360度的拉长视图。

Text description provided by the architects. Situated in Maasbracht–near the Dutch-Belgian border–this sinuous 1.850 m2 office is a headquarters for the water traffic control of surrounding sluices, canals, and locks–all of which are adjacent to the river Meuse. This plethora of entangled waterways is heavily utilized for shipping throughout this area, at the confluence of France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands. Numerous previously disparate waterway control centers were combined to create this new office, and this regrouping determined its primary, curvilinear volume. This elevated polygonal shape strengthens visibility from the interior toward the immediate landscape, by allowing for elongated views in all 360-degrees.

由两卷书组成；办公室的上层悬挑在其底座上方10米处，在下面的一个隐秘的反射池之上。两条小径切入这个浅水体-围绕着地台-并通向地面入口，而坡道则提供通往较低层的通道，其区域可供自行车存放。悬臂体积的底面是完成一个丝屏蔽黑色玻璃。这个属性放大了水面反射的自然光的数量，水面上点缀着莲花。在冬天的几个月里，这个反光池可以作为溜冰的溜冰场.

Composed of two volumes; the office’s upper story cantilevers up to 10 m beyond its plinth, above an intimate reflecting pool below. Two paths slice through this shallow body of water–which encircles the plinth–and lead to the ground level entries, while a ramp provides access to the lower level, with its area for bike storage. The cantilevered volume’s underside is finished with a silkscreened black glass. This attribute amplifies the amount of natural light that reflects off the water’s surface–which is dotted with lotus flowers. During the winter months, this reflecting pool is able to function as a rink for ice-skating.

 © Jan Bitter

(扬·斯泰特)

上面悬挑立面的立面上有一个渐变的圆点图案-它的密度分散在眼睛的水平上；这支撑了外部的能见度和丰富的内部阴影。适当地，负责监督办公室水路网络的人被提升到了高层。通过这种方式，他们保留了各自的水上交通控制区的物理概况，尽管这些水道现在是由数字控制的。

The façade of the upper, cantilevered volume is fritted with a gradient pattern of dots–whose density disperses at eye level; this buttresses exterior visibility with abundant interior shading. Appropriately, those responsible for the oversight of the office's waterway network have been elevated to its upper story. In this way, they retain a physical overview of their respective water traffic control areas, even though these waterways are now digitally controlled.

 Floor Plan

空灵，中央玻璃屋顶的空隙组织内部，但也确保充分的自然光渗透贯穿整个。支助领域和个别办事处掩盖了这一空白；后者通过流通方式与前者分开。两层楼梯和一部电梯提供了通往高层的通道；一个“快速楼梯”在主入口迎客，将他们引向上游，而一个“慢楼梯”-以其折叠式楼梯命名，只供员工使用-微妙地悬挂在超大的空地上。无所不在的玻璃为办公室内部提供了透明；这允许偷窥进入和穿过中央的空白，但也允许其他封闭的空间，在两个层次。

Ethereal, a central glass-roofed void organizes the interior, but also ensures ample amounts of natural light permeate throughout. Support areas and individual offices wrap this void; the latter separated from the former by circulation. Two staircases and an elevator provide access to the upper story; a ‘fast stair’ greets visitors at the main entry, ushering them upward, while a ‘slow stair’–so named for its switchback landings, and intended for use only by employees–delicately hangs in the oversized void. Omnipresent glazing lends transparency to the office’s interior; this permits voyeuristic visual access into and through the central void, but also other otherwise enclosed spaces, on both levels.

 © Jan Bitter

(扬·斯泰特)

该大楼还设有一个航海培训设施和一个教育中心，两者都是公共的。该教育中心旨在向当地居民和游客介绍目前在该地区部署的水交通战略，以及这些战略在国家更大的水交通管制框架内的适用方式。整个办公室屋顶的顶部是一个拉长的露台-只有一个水工门，设置在虚空的玻璃屋顶内-它以其全景景色吸引着人们，俯瞰着源源不断的水道，以及远处的乡间田园。

A nautical training facility and an educational center are also housed in the building, and both are public. The educational center seeks to enlighten local residents and tourists as to the water traffic strategies currently deployed in the area, and the ways in which these strategies fit within the country’s larger framework for water traffic control. Capping the entirety of the office’s roof is an elongated terrace–accessed only by a hydraulic door, set within the glazed roof of the void–which seduces with its panoramic views onto the ever-flowing waterways, and, in the distance, the bucolic countryside.

 © Jan Bitter

(扬·斯泰特)

Architects Wiel Arets Architects

Location Kanaalstraat 3, 6107 CL Stevensweert, The Netherlands

Category Office Buildings

Design Team Wiel Arets, Bettina Kraus, Julius Klatte, Harold Hermans, Rob Willemse

Area 1850.0 sqm

Project Year 2014

Photographs Jan Bitter