架构师提供的文本描述。115 West Street是南非一家金融服务公司的新总部。在新的高速火车站对面，对许多南非游客来说，这是他们将在机场之外遇到的第一座建筑。

Text description provided by the architects. 115 West Street is the new headquarters for a South African financial services company. Opposite the new high speed Gautrain station, it is for many visitors to South Africa, the first building they will encounter beyond the airport.

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这座建筑的设计是从困难的西北方向(记住南半球的位置)和南非坚持新能源立法的需要中得出的。该国与澳大利亚和新西兰共享绿色认证体系。该建筑已通过4星级绿星设计V1等级认证。这将在2013年3月被确认为已建成的评级。

The design of the building draws its concept from the difficult north-west orientation (remembering the southern hemisphere location) and the need to adhere to new energy legislation in South Africa. The country shares a green accreditation system with Australia and New Zealand. The building has been accredited with a 4 Star Green Star Design V1 rating. This will be confirmed as an as built rating in March 2013.

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2400名工作人员大楼拥有广泛的灰色水系统、被动式供暖和冷却系统以及高性能的百叶窗玻璃，以遮挡下午的阳光。东部和西部高地的特点是扇形异型锌片。这一设计需要一座灵活的建筑，因此需要一个大的楼板，中间有两个中庭，以最大限度地利用办公室空间和底层的自然日光，营造一个类似公园的环境，引入6米高的无花果树，沉入地板。光源为12个巨大的8.4米锥，它们像巨云一样漂浮在中庭空间之上。

The 2400 staff member building has extensive grey water systems, passive heating and cooling systems and high performance glazing with louvres to shade from the afternoon sun. The east and west elevations are characterised by scalloped profiled zinc sheeting. The design required a flexible building hence the large floor plates, punctuated by two atria to maximise the natural daylight into the office spaces and the ground floor below which was designed to create a park like environment with the introduction of 6m high Ficus Benjamina trees, sunken into the floor. The light sources are twelve giant 8.4m cones, which float above the atrium space like giant clouds.

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模型软件被广泛使用，产生锥，混凝土柱和许多内部适合。

Modelling software was used extensively generate the cones, the concrete columns and much of the interior fit out.

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外部地区用本地低耗水量植物进行干洗。工作区设有五颜六色的突破空间，为员工提供放松空间，让他们有再骑单车的设施，以协助改变有关可持续办公文化的观念。

The external areas are xeriscaped with indigenous low water consumption plants. The work areas are punctuated with colourful breakout spaces to provide relaxation areas for the staff with re-cycling facilities to assist with the change of mindset regarding sustainable office culture.