架构师提供的文本描述。在一个不确定和危机的时期，吉娃娃商人基金会(FECHAC)的西班牙语缩写顾问决定，他们没有收回建造自己的总部办公室的打算，而是选择了一座“象征性或标志性的”建筑，而不是继续出租他们以前的大楼。表明基金会支持在困难时期进行投资，创造就业机会，促进他们的承诺，并在困难时期显示出持久和强大的力量。

Text description provided by the architects. In a time of uncertainty and crisis, the counselors of the Chihuahua’s Businessmen Foundation, (FECHAC) for its acronym in Spanish, decided that instead of retracting their intention to build their own headquarter offices, and keep renting their former building, they opted instead quite the opposite, they asked for an “emblematic or iconic” building, to show that the Foundation was in favor of investing in hard times, create jobs, and promote their commitment and show permanency and strength in these difficult times.

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该项目位于墨西哥华雷斯城，一个试图恢复其对国际社会的负面形象的城市，它是墨西哥打击毒品贩运战争的据点之一。基金会发出的另一个信息是，他们关心环境，因为该建筑物是一个可持续的项目，他们以前的建筑效率很低，每一分钱用于公用事业都是一种资源，而不是用于社区的资源。

The project, located in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, a city trying to revert the negative image it has on the international community, being one of the strongholds of the war against drug trafficking being fought in Mexico. Another message sent by the Foundation was that they are concerned about the environment as the building was planned as a sustainable project, their former building was very inefficient and every dime spent on utilities is a resource not spent on the community.

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两层建筑面积分别为15，600平方米。英国“金融时报”。我们的建筑采用了一系列可持续的策略，包括景观美化和绿色屋顶、亨特·道格拉斯(Hunter Douglas)的立面遮阳、低E度双层玻璃、变风量暖通空调系统，以及整个建筑的低维护材料。整个办公区域都有足够的自然光在一天的大部分时间里工作，没有任何人工照明，如大厅和多用途/宴会厅。塑造这座建筑的概念来自两套不同的价值观。

On the two levels and 15,600 sq. ft. building we applied a range of sustainable strategies, including landscaping and green roofs, façade sun shades from Hunter Douglas, double pane glazing with Low E, Variable Air Volume HVAC system, and low maintenance materials throughout the building. There is enough natural light throughout the office areas to work during most of the day without any artificial lighting, as in the lobby and in the multi-use / banquet room. The concept that shaped the building comes from two different sets of values.

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首先是塑造社区基金会的价值观，这四种价值观是：捐赠、辅助性、团结和共同利益。这四种价值体现在四层铝板上，这四块铝板构成了办公大楼的面积，这些体积就好像它们一直都在那里，它们是永久的，不可移动的，它们不会改变，就像四个巨大的石头砌块一样。作为基金会的核心价值观，它们不会被时间或事件所取代或移除。就像在复活节岛上的石头一样，他们照看着他们的人民，他们的社区。

First the values that shaped the Community Foundation, which are these four: Giving, Subsidiarity, Solidarity, and Common Good. These four values are represented on the four tessellated aluminum panel volumes that make the area of the building that holds the offices, these volumes are as if they have always being there, they are permanent, unmovable, they don’t change, like four giant stone blocks. As the core values of the foundation they are not replaced or removed by time or events. As a similitude with the stone heads on Easter Island, they watch over their people, their community.

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第二套价值观是Grupo ARK居屋价值观，它们是：可持续性、变化和进化、活力、对自然的尊重。这些价值体现在建筑的绿色屋顶上，它是有机多变的，植物选择上的叶子和花朵的颜色将使一幅活壁画面向街道，并会随着季节的变化而变化。这座建筑的另一个方面将随着时间的变化而变化，首先是明暗的外墙，它以不同的角度、强度和阳光的颜色冲击着建筑的体积，白天看上去不一样，特别是日落时温暖的甜点光线。在此之后，选择LED颜色变化的灯光，照亮的外观描绘了一系列的阴影和颜色在夜间。这两个概念反映了适应组织环境的不断变化的方式，解决或解决问题的方法有所改变，但它们的价值观却是永久不变的。

The second set of values are Grupo ARKHOS values, which are, sustainability, change and evolution, dynamism, respect for nature. These values are represented on the green roof of the building, it is organic and variable, the color of the leaves and flowers on the plant selection will make a living mural facing the street, and it will be changing according to seasons. Other aspect of the building that will be changing with time is the tessellated façade, first with daylight, hitting the volumes with a different angle, intensity and color of sunlight, the building looks different during the day and specially with the warm dessert light at sunset. After this, the selection of LED color changing lights that illuminate the façade portrays an array of shades and colors during the night. The two concepts reflect the ever changing way of adapting to situations on the organization, the methods employed to solve or address problems change but their values stay permanent.

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复合材料铝板是建筑施工的关键部件之一，在…设计团队中，面板的几何形状是设计团队主要关注的问题之一。这个地区的大型安装工人都不愿意把铝板整整齐齐，他们想要的是硅橡胶接头，我们只想把它们折叠起来，因此，我们必须训练自己一群熟练的木匠，由“MacGyver”型总承包商领导，他们愿意打破模板，如何工作和安装面板，以及一种在地面上预制整个立面的方法，包括支撑它的结构，用铝板覆盖它，然后用起重机将整个模块吊装到它的最后位置。这使我们可以减少建造时间，成本，并减少使用5x18英尺的风险。在脚手架结构顶部的几个方向上有褶皱的铝片，以便安装它们。最重要的是，使用面板几乎是一个整体，给我们留下了很少的浪费，我们把它作为设计意图，在铝元素的整个工作中浪费了3%。

Composite aluminum panels were one of the key elements for the construction of the building, the geometry on the tessellated façade was a main concern among the design team… none of the big installers in the area were willing to work the aluminum sheets in one piece, they wanted to have silicone joints where we wanted just folds, so we had to train ourselves a group of skilled carpenters lead by a “MacGyver” type general contractor who was willing to break paradigms on how to work and install the panels and also a way to prefabricate the complete facades on the ground, including the structure that supports it, covering it with the aluminum panel sheets, and then lifting the whole module with a crane to its final position. This allowed us to reduce construction times, costs, and reduce the risk of working with a 5 x 18 ft. piece of aluminum with folds on several directions on top of scaffolding structures in order to install them. On top of all this, using the panel sheets almost in one piece, left us with very little waste, which we used on the sides of these tessellated elements as a design intent, coming to a maximum 3% waste for the whole job on the aluminum elements.

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帮助我们致力于可持续发展的另一个因素是使用松树树皮进行屋顶花园和景观美化，这是从该州南部山区的Tarahumara地区带来的，它帮助当地经济，并利用木材工业的副产品。作为一件轶事，这座建筑已经成为社区的一个标志和一部分，在开幕后的几周里，它在宴会厅举办了几场活动，成为高中和大学课堂照片的背景，甚至新婚夫妇也来拍他们的工作室照片。晚上，在大楼前举行游人和情侣的游行，观看LED灯所提供的各种色彩效果。

Other element that helped us commit to sustainability was the use of pine bark for the roof gardens and landscaping, brought from the Tarahumara region on the Sierra Madre, on the southern part of the state, helping the local economy and using a byproduct from the wood industry. As an anecdote the building has become an icon and a part of the community and in the few weeks since its opening has hosted several events in the banquet room, has being the backdrop on high school and university class photos and even newlyweds have come for their studio pictures. At night hosting a parade of visitors and couples that park in front of the building to look at the varied chromatic effect that the LED lights offer.

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Grupo ARK居屋是2008年由建筑师Ruben Escobar-Urrutia、LEED AP BD C和Ricardo Pacheco-Lopez共同创建的一家设计公司。从那以后，我们一直致力于各种各样的项目，从学生中心和教室大学大楼，办公楼，餐馆，和目前工作的6万平方米的会议和博览会中心和两个10层的IT开发大楼，其中一个已经在建设和寻求LEED黄金认证。

Grupo ARKHOS, is a Design Firm Cofounded in 2008, by architects Ruben Escobar-Urrutia, LEED AP BD+C, and Ricardo Pacheco-Lopez. Since that date we have worked on a very varied array of projects, from student centers and classroom university buildings, office buildings, restaurants, and currently working on a 60,000 square meter Convention and Exposition Center and on two 10 story IT development buildings, one already under construction and seeking a LEED Gold certification.

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我们在墨西哥的华雷斯和墨西哥城都有办事处。并在墨西哥的几个城市开发了项目，包括吉娃娃、华雷斯、墨西哥城和坎昆。在美国得克萨斯州的埃尔帕索。我们的设计方法总是朝着可持续发展和创新的方向发展。

We have offices in Juarez Mexico and in Mexico City. And have developed projects in several cities in Mexico including Chihuahua, Juarez, Mexico City and Cancun. And in the United States in El Paso, Texas. Our design approach is always towards sustainability and innovation.

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