架构师提供的文本描述。美国最大的私营媒体公司地平线传媒(TimeMedia)，由于其巨大的增长，需要对其办公空间进行大幅改变。位于继承空间的9层，位于市中心的3栋不同的建筑物中，相隔10街区。

Text description provided by the architects. Horizon Media, the largest privately held media company in the country, needed a drastic change to their office space due to immense growth. Situated on 9 different floors of inherited space, in 3 different buildings in midtown up to 10 blocks apart.

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我与地平线的工作开始于一个密集的编程阶段，同时进行房地产搜索，最终得出的结论是，搬到市中心对公司来说既是正确的房地产，也是文化的转移。瓦里克街75号，一座古老的印刷大楼，有360多处风景，灯光，高高的天花板，以及在市中心找不到的漂亮的混凝土结构。该公司日益关注的新媒体要求该公司向客户和潜在人才展示一张创新的面孔。

a+i's work with horizon began with an intensive programming phase, concurrent with the real estate search, which concluded with the determination that moving downtown was both the right real estate and cultural move for the company. An old printing building, 75 varick street has 360 views, light, high ceilings, and beautiful existing concrete structure that could not be found in midtown. The company's growing new media focus required the company to present an innovative face to both clients and prospective talent alike.

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用内部开放的楼梯打开三层楼是连接公司最重要的一步。因为两层楼梯都是直线排列的，从16楼接待处到14楼的社交空间，游客和员工可以立即感受到公司的工作环境，而不仅仅是通常的接待和会议室。为了使空间民主化，并鼓励员工通过部门以外的区域流动，重要的职能位于三层楼。接待和行政套房在16楼，15楼的玻璃陈列室从楼梯上所有人都可以看到，主储藏室、梯级座位区和二级展示室在14楼。所有工作人员都可以聚集在“沙丘”座位区和楼梯周围，进行鼓舞人心的演讲或演讲，这是以前需要地平线来出租酒店会议设施的一种功能。

Opening the 3 floors with an internal open stair was the most important move in literally connecting the company. Because both flights of stairs are configured in a straight run, from the 16th reception one can see all the way to the 14th floor social space, so visitors and employees get an immediate sense of the working environment of the company, not just the usual reception and boardroom. To democratize the space and to encourage employee circulation through areas outside of their department, important functions are located throughout the 3 floors. Reception and executive suite are on the 16th floor, the glass presentation room on the 15th floor is visible to all from the stair, and the main pantry, terraced seating area, and secondary presentation room are on the 14th floor. The entire staff can gather in the "dunes" seating area and around the stair for pep talks or presentations, a function that had previously required horizon to rent out hotel conference facilities.

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同样具有重要文化意义的是，从近50%的办公室和高工作站间隔的环境过渡到20/80的办公室与工作站的比例，玻璃办公室正面和低隔墙。办公室位于核心，周边有工作站，允许光线进入大楼的核心。为了方便那些离开办公室的人的过渡，为所有人提供了各种功能便利设施：用于快速会议或集中通话的“挤在一起的房间”、用于私人交谈的电话亭、各种大小的开放休息区、常设会议柜台，以及通常用于演讲和视频会议的大型封闭会议室。

Also of key cultural importance was transitioning horizon from an environment of almost 50% offices and high workstation partitions, to a 20/80 office to workstation ratio with glass office fronts and low partitions. Offices are situated on the core with workstations at the perimeter, allowing light into the core of the building. To ease the transition for those leaving offices, varied functional amenities were supplied in close proximity to all: "huddle rooms" for quick meetings or focused calls, phone booths for private conversations, open lounge areas of various sizes, counters for standing meetings, as well as the usual large enclosed conference rooms for presentations and video conferencing.

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技术在太空中起着重要的作用。主演示室桌子上方有一个可伸缩的10显示器屏幕，允许演讲者在演示时与听众面对面地坐着，并立即评估反应。一堵50英尺长的“媒体墙”在接收通道的两侧感觉到，展示了Horizon内部的物理和数字活动，以及跟踪股市、互联网流量和其他指标。行政检查室可容纳20人，可用于多种功能。

Technology plays an important role in the space. A retractable 10-monitor screen above the main presentation room table allows the presenter to sit face-to-face with his or her audience while presenting, and gauge reactions immediately. A 50' long "media wall" flanking the reception passage senses and exhibits physical and digital activity within Horizon, as well as tracking the stock market, internet traffic and other metrics. The executive screening room seats 20 people, and can be used for a variety of functions.

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物质上，我利用了空间的固有品质，并在这些基础上建立了一个中性调色板，在家具和磨坊中带有明亮的色彩口音。抛光的混凝土地板提供了一个精致的工业装饰。钢完成从现有钢柱加固可见在接收和其他领域的空间线索。从佛蒙特州砍伐的树木中，从佛蒙特州来的粉刷枫木贴面，带来了温暖的木材与微妙的规模的黑色蕾丝线的铲平。大部分白色家具和油漆调色板明亮，干净，轻。工作站的固体表面前主循环路径，最大限度地减少视觉杂波。

Materially, a+i took advantage of the inherent qualities of the space and built on those resulting in a neutral palette with bright color accents in furnishings and millwork. The polished concrete floor provides a refined yet industrial finish. Steel finishes take cues from the existing steel column reinforcements visible at reception and other areas of the space. Spalted maple veneer, sourced from Vermont from felled trees, brings the warmth of wood with the delicate scale of the black lacy lines of the spalting. The largely white furniture and paint palette is bright, clean, and light. Solid surfaces of workstations front main circulation paths, minimizing visual clutter.

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