架构师提供的文本描述。Knoll岭咖啡厅位于山区的Whakapa滑雪场。鲁佩胡，汤加罗国家公园。位于一座山的一侧，商业滑雪场也坐落在新西兰最大的活火山上。

Text description provided by the architects. Knoll Ridge Café is located at Whakapapa Ski Field on Mt. Ruapehu, Tongariro National Park. Situated on the side of a mountain the commercial ski field is also sited on what is New Zealand’s largest active volcano.

 © Sharon Mazey

沙龙·马齐

咖啡馆取代了2009年2月被大火烧毁的原Knoll岭Chalet。因此，启动了雄心勃勃的设计和建造方案，以便在2009年冬季以临时预制设施取代小木屋。一旦拆除了原来小木屋的碎片，就在剩下的楼板上建立了一个220平方米的临时咖啡馆。这检验了后来为建造咖啡厅而采用的方法。

The café replaces the original Knoll Ridge Chalet which was destroyed by a fire in February 2009. As a result an ambitious design and build programme was initiated to replace the chalet with a temporary prefabricated facility for the 2009 winter season. Once the debris of the original chalet were removed, a 220sqm temporary cafe was erected on the remaining floor slab. This tested the methodology which was later adopted for the construction of the café.

 © Simon Devitt

西蒙·德维特

迅速变化的天气是新西兰山区的典型情况。如皮虎也不例外。为如此恶劣的环境设计一座建筑本身就提供了一套独特的挑战。进入现场的道路有限，要求严格，这意味着需要进行广泛的规划和后勤工作，以便将物资运抵现场。预制混凝土地板必须在雪融化前迅速建造和交付，然后在第二年夏天开始施工之前，将这些在700米的积雪上拖到现场。

Rapidly changing weather is typical of the conditions encountered on New Zealand mountains, with Mt. Ruapehu no exception. Designing a building for such a severe environment provided its own set of unique challenges. Limited road access to site and stringent requirements meant extensive planning and logistics were required just to get materials to site. Prefabricated concrete floor panels had to be rapidly constructed and delivered before the snow melted, these were then hauled over snow 700m up to site before construction began the following summer.

 © Simon Devitt

西蒙·德维特

建筑物设计中的一个主要考虑因素是偏远地点的问题。整个建筑物，从地基梁/地板到屋顶部分和窗户，被分解成一个模块化的面板系统，可以通过直升机在现场交付、放置和安装。用胶合板和LVL建造的隔热夹层板在很大程度上构成了咖啡馆的墙壁和屋顶。与大多数建筑物一样，这些部件的设计必须仔细考虑，不得超过直升机的最大载重量上限800公斤。

A major consideration in the design of the building was the issue of the remote location. The entire building, from foundation beams/floor panels to roof sections and windows was broken down into a modular panelised system, which allowed for delivery, placement and erection by helicopter on site. Insulated sandwich panels constructed of plywood and LVL form a large extent of the walls and roof of the café. These like most of the buildings components had to be designed with careful consideration not exceed the helicopters 800kg max load limit.

 © Simon Devitt

西蒙·德维特

一个100%的热裂用途的玻璃幕墙是为一个可能是最具挑战性的环境而设计的。玻璃和框架系统必须承受高达200公里/小时的风速和低于冰点的温度。在415平方米的玻璃表面上使用了25吨玻璃，这些玻璃表面都是预先确定的，是在没有现场测量的情况下从计算中订购的。所有的玻璃单元都安装了3个平衡管，以便于现场氩气体的填充，平衡管也被用作飞行过程中高度加速的预防措施。

A 100% thermally broken purpose built glass curtain wall was designed for what is possibly one the most challenging environments to build in. The glass and framing system had to withstand wind speeds of up to 200km/ph and temperatures well below freezing. Twenty-five tons of glass was used in the 415m2 of glass façade which was all predetermined and ordered from calculations without a site measure. All the glass units were fitted with 3 equalizing tubes to facilitate onsite argon gas filling, equalizing tubes were also used as a precaution for rapid altitude acceleration during flight.

 basement plan

地下室平面图

在夏季，可以看到建筑的东面设置在火山岩层之上，位于落体边缘的河河谷。北面朝下看山，西面是椅子、电梯和滑雪场。

In the summer season the eastern face of the building can be seen set above the volcanic rock formations located on the edge of the drop off to the Te Heuheu Valley. The north face looks back down the mountain whilst to the west is the chair lift and ski area.

建筑的形式反映了这座山的强烈的地质特征。“海鸥翼”的屋顶出现在“摇篮”的山峰上。从实际的角度来看，雪是用来管理的。这座建筑被设计成覆盖了3.0米的积雪。

The form of the building reflects the strong geological features of the mountain. The “gull wing” roof was to appear to “cradle” the mountains peak. On a practical level is used to manage the snow. The building is designed to cover with up 3.0m of snow.

 © Simon Devitt

西蒙·德维特

木材已被广泛使用内外，以创造温暖的“感觉”的“传统”山区小屋，而不是采取传统的形式。玻璃外墙(特别是向东墙)是建筑的另一个特点-允许充分暴露在壮观的视野中的顶峰岭。

Timber has been used extensively inside and out to create the warm “feeling” of the “traditional” mountain chalet without adopting the traditional form. The glass exterior (particularly to the east wall) is the other feature of the building – allowing full exposure to the magnificence view to the Pinnacle Ridge.

 © Simon Devitt

西蒙·德维特

新咖啡馆位于离原址约50米的山下，主咖啡厅的楼层约为2010米。新大楼可容纳约400人的咖啡厅座位，所有设施均位于一层，有锯齿状、厨房和辅助设施。在同一级别，提供了一个可供大约200人使用的甲板面积。主要的公厕区、工作人员设施和储藏室在楼下，从外面单独进入，并通过内部楼梯与咖啡馆连接。

The new café is located approximately 50m down the mountain from the original chalet site, with the main café floor at approximately 2010m ASL. The new building accommodates café seating for approx 400 people with servery, kitchen and support facilities all on one level. At this same level, a deck area for approximately 200 people is provided. The main public toilet area, staff facilities and storage are on the level below with separate access from the outside as well connection to the café via an internal stair.