© Jan Bitter

(扬·斯泰特)

架构师提供的文本描述。B‘Tower位于鹿特丹市中心，由三个不同的零售和住宅项目组成，是Marcel Breuer 1955年的“Bijkenkorf”百货公司的连续延伸。它身高70米，包括零售，随后的成交量分别由54间工作室和24套公寓组成。鹿特丹市在20世纪90年代中期规定，在其中心新建的部分建筑必须包括住房；从本质上说，B‘Tower是首批这样的建筑之一，试图在这个快速重组的地区传播和保持城市活力。

Text description provided by the architects. The B’ Tower, located in the center of Rotterdam, is composed of three distinct volumes of retail and residential program, and is a contiguous extension of Marcel Breuer’s 1955 ‘Bijkenkorf’ department store. Standing at a height of 70 m, its plinth encompasses retail while its subsequent volumes are composed of 54 studios and 24 apartments, respectively. The city of Rotterdam mandated in the mid-1990s that a portion of newly built structures in its center incorporate housing; intrinsically, the B’ Tower is one of the first of these buildings, seeking to impart and sustain an urban vibrancy within this rapidly restructuring district.

 © Jan Bitter

(扬·斯泰特)

伴随着步行街，塔的零售和大厅可以步行进入，而它的住宅项目为汽车和骑自行车的人提供了更多的入口选择。特别指定的电梯使这个汽车入口，它上升到一个高架公园四层，提供直接进入建筑物的核心。这座两层楼高、64层的太空停车场除了一条透明的玻璃窗外，还可以看到城市周围的景色，这是这座混合塔内许多电影体验序列中的第一个。

Adjacently sited to a pedestrian promenade, the tower’s retail and lobby are accessed by foot, while its residential program provides additional entry options for automobiles and bicyclists. Specially designated elevators enable this automobile entry, which rise four stories to an elevated park that offers direct access to the building’s core. This two-story and 64 space car park allows for views onto the city’s surroundings beyond a ribbon of transparent glazing, disclosing the first of many cinematographic experiential sequences within this hybrid tower.

 First Floor Plan

一层平面图

由于预见到今后可能会改变用途，因此开发了这座大楼，以便将其住宅单元(目前用作短期住宿公寓)转变为合作住房。底层零售空间是多层楼高，暴露在相邻的步行街，柱在每一个角落的塔允许完全冲洗玻璃。楼高的住宅空间配有宽大大小的阳台，每个阳台长2.4x2.1米，为塔楼的居民提供了户外娱乐空间，可容纳六人共进的宴会桌。

Foreseeing a possible future conversion of use, the tower was developed so as to allow for the transformation of its residential units, which currently function as short stay apartments, into cooperative housing. The ground floor retail space is multi-storied in height, exposing itself to the adjacent pedestrian promenade, and columns within each corner of the tower allow for completely flush glazing. The upper storied residential volumes feature generously sized balconies, each admeasuring 2.4 x 2.1 m, providing the tower’s residents with outdoor entertainment space able to accommodate a six-person dinner party table.

 © Jan Bitter

(扬·斯泰特)

在每个楼板内嵌入一个集体平衡的加热和冷却系统，以及电气和IT解决方案，随时调节进出塔楼的通风流量。加热用的能量通过该地区的中央“集中供热”系统在每个板坯上循环使用，而冷却则是在中央设备内集体产生的，然后再分配。这种对室内气候的整体处理方法使得采暖、冷却、电气和IT组件得以无缝集成，这些组件可以满足塔的环境需求，而无需指定其设计。拉长的零售空间的屋顶和塔顶都是绿色的植被。

A collectively balanced heating and cooling system is embedded within each floor slab, together with electrical and IT solutions, regulating the flow of ventilation to and from the tower at all times. Energy for heating is circulated throughout each slab by way of the area’s central ‘district heating’ system, while cooling is collectively created within a central device before its distribution. This holistic approach to the interior climate allowed for the seamless integration of the heating, cooling, electrical, and IT components, which service the tower’s environmental needs without dictating its design. Capping both the roof of the elongated retail space and the top of the tower are areas of green vegetation.

 © Jan Bitter

(扬·斯泰特)

室内居住空间配备了厨房，由WAA与Alessi和Valucine合作设计，其余大部分住宅家具由WAA与伦斯维特合作设计。所有浴室都配有WAA Il Bagno点浴室系列装置，由Alessi、Laufen和Oras生产。最上层和悬臂式住宅的独特之处是面对浴室的正面，使人可以在超大型浴缸中浸泡，同时可以俯瞰鹿特丹的天际线和更远的地方。

Interior living spaces are outfitted with kitchens designed by WAA in collaboration with Alessi and Valcucine, with most remaining residential furnishings designed by WAA in collaboration with Lensvelt. All bathrooms are equipped with the WAA Il Bagno dOt bathroom series fixtures, which are produced by Alessi, Laufen, and Oras. Unique to the uppermost and cantilevered volume’s residences are façade facing bathrooms, allowing one to soak in an oversized bathtub while overlooking the skyline of Rotterdam below and beyond.