© Javier Callejas

.Javier Callejas

阿布扎比卫报大厦是一座由18层住宅楼、18层商业办公大楼和2层零售平台组成的综合建筑群。

Guardian Towers, Abu Dhabi is a mixed-use complex of an 18-storey residential tower, 18-storey commercial office tower and 2-level retail podium.

 © Javier Callejas

.Javier Callejas

该项目将这两座中高层建筑设置为一种相隔的关系，允许滑落的视野和相邻的景观。这些块体经历了切片，移位和轻微旋转的过程，打破了挤压，矩形塔块的静态传统。在这样做的过程中，该项目在建筑形式和整个整体方面提供了更有活力和更精细的外观发展。这个战略为项目提供了具体的开发逻辑，它是一个大型新房地产开发项目的一部分，拥有35座以上的塔楼(毗邻十几个现有的街区)。

The project sets these two mid-rise blocks in an off-set relationship, allowing for slipped views and adjacent vistas. The blocks undergo a process of slicing, shift and slight rotation, breaking the static tradition of extruded, rectangular tower blocks. In doing so, the project provides a more dynamic and more elaborate development of the façade in relation to building form and in relation to the whole ensemble. Part of a large new real estate development with more than 35 towers (next to more than a dozen existing blocks), this strategy provides the project with specific development logic.

 © Javier Callejas

.Javier Callejas

该项目实际上是两个地块，它们已联合起来组成一个集体。卫报塔以连贯的方式容纳了这些不同的用途，帮助它作为一个单一的项目阅读，同时也允许不同的占位空间，特别是在正面。该住宅塔是线性和延伸，提供阳台和公寓景观，而办公大楼是压缩，与有效的地板。

The project is effectively two plots that have been joined to form a communal ensemble. Guardian Towers accommodates these different uses with a coherence that helps it read as a single project, and yet also allows for the different occupancies to read through, particularly in the facades. The residential tower is linear and extended, providing for balconies and apartment views, while the office block is compressed, with efficient floor plates.

 © Javier Callejas

.Javier Callejas

该项目是通过实验室建筑工作室与当地建筑师Erga-Advanced之间的合作实现的，并与其他顾问和专家投入协同工作。这包括对外墙和开裂的玻璃进行广泛的测试和可视化，以评估这类外墙的内部和外部后果。这座住宅楼的双层外墙是对阿布扎比气候的回应，夏季天气酷热潮湿，而冬季和春季则比较温和。

The project was achieved by collaboration between LAB Architecture Studio and the local architects, ERGA-Progress, working in tandem with other consultants and specialist inputs. This included extensive testing and visualisation of the facades and fritted glazing to evaluate the internal and external consequences of these types of façade. The double-skin façade for the residential tower was a response to the Abu Dhabi climate, with extreme heat and humidity during summer, but more moderate temperatures during winter and spring.

 © Javier Callejas

.Javier Callejas

开放的缝隙-以及住宅外墙的开放阳台-允许外部皮肤的玻璃经过玻璃化和炸裂，以改变和改善太阳能的直接增益，部分地保护凹窗和阳台门不被太阳直接穿透。办公室外墙上的渐变使办公室能够保留所有办公室的地板至天花板玻璃，但只有部分透明的窗户墙-再次限制了办公室的全部太阳能增益。

The open slots – as well as open balconies of the residential façade – allow for the glazed and fritted glass of the external skin to modify and ameliorate the direct solar gain, with the recessed windows and balcony doors partially protected from direct solar penetration. The gradient fritting on the office façade allows the offices to retain floor to ceiling glazing to all offices, but with only partial transparency to the window-wall – again restricting the over-all solar gain to the offices.

对于所有明显的复杂的聚集和外观，与移动，离开设置和倾斜的表面，这两个塔的结构方案遵循一个非常简单和经济的柱状网格。操纵的立面是明智地使用名义悬臂，容易建造，没有结构体操的结果。该项目提前两个月交付，节省了大量资金，目前已全部用于住宅和办公大楼。

For all of the apparent complexity of the massing and facades, with shifted, off-set and tilted surfaces, the structural plan of both towers follows a very simple and economical column grid. The manipulated facades are a consequence of the judicious use of nominal cantilevers, easily constructed and with no structural gymnastics. The project was delivered 2 months early and with considerable savings, and is now fully occupied for both the residential and office towers.

 © Javier Callejas

.Javier Callejas

底层和平台包括零售、食品和饮料租赁。办公楼北侧的咖啡馆/餐厅非常成功，使卫报大厦能够为这两座大楼的占用者以及邻近区域内的许多现有和最近的塔创造一种目的地感和社会互动感。北侧的氛围和阴凉的前厅为城市提供了一个独特的休闲和交谈区域。

The ground floor and podium includes retail and food and beverage tenancies. The café/restaurant on the north side of the office tower is very successful, allowing Guardian Towers to create a sense of destination and social interaction for the occupants of the two towers, as well as for many of the existing and recent towers within the immediate precinct. The ambiance and shaded forecourt of the north side allows for a unique zone of urban relaxation and conversation.