架构师提供的文本描述。扎纳作为世界上最重要的建筑金属制造商之一的持续成功，促使他们需要扩大他们在8号和Paseo Blvd的生产设施。在密苏里州的堪萨斯城。扩建的地点与一座有30年历史的耐候钢覆盖设施的北面相连，重新设想了一个粗糙的混凝土组装场，周围环绕着一条难看的链环围栏。

Text description provided by the architects. Zahner’s continuing success as one of the world’s foremost architectural metal manufacturers prompted the need for an expansion of their manufacturing facility at 8th and Paseo Blvd. in Kansas City, Missouri. The location for the expansion ties into the northern façade of a 30-year-old weathering steel clad facility and re-imagines a roughly paved concrete assembly yard surrounded by an unsightly chain link fence.

设计的目的是将这个未充分利用的区域转换成一个大的无柱装配空间，有足够清晰的高度，可以在两个大型起重机上移动材料，并与现有的工厂地板无缝连接。除了纯粹的效用之外，该设施力求提供透明度，说明Zahner未来的发展方向，并展示其在内部生产高度工程形式的能力。

The design intent was to convert this underutilized area into a large column-free assembly space, with ample clear height to move material around on 2 large cranes, and make a seamless connection to the existing factory floor. Beyond pure utility, the facility sought to provide transparency, characterize where Zahner is headed in the future, and showcase their ability to produce highly engineered forms within.

封装这些价值意味着理解扎纳已经建立了他们的声誉，了解复杂的金属，它的化学性质，以及如何可以被操纵。根据这一概念，经过深入的设计研究，外观的形式是从金属氧化模式的启发下，在扎纳的校园发现。最后的石墨概念草图从多个模式中汲取灵感，创造出一种特定于膨胀的比例和背景的形式。当草图完成后，一种基于计算机的算法将草图的色调值转换为外观的三维数字表面模型。由此产生的形式是从现有建筑东面的僵硬而坚实的几何图形中发展而来，只需一次大范围的移动，随着它向西移动，它的复杂性就会增加，这是对扎纳的过去和未来的致敬。

Encapsulating these values means understanding that Zahner has built their reputation on knowing the intricacies of metal, its chemical properties, and how they can be manipulated. Following this notion through intensive design research, the form for the façade was derived from metal oxidation patterns inspired by those found on Zahner’s campus. The final graphite concept sketch drew inspiration from multiple patterns to create a form that was specific to the proportions and context of the expansion. Once the sketch was complete, a computer based algorithm converted the sketch’s tonal values into a 3-dimensional digital surface model of the façade. The resulting form grows out of the rigid, solid geometry of the existing building’s east façade with a single sweeping motion, and increases in complexity as it moves around the corner to the west, paying tribute to both Zahner’s past and future.

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基于抽象的模型是与Zahner的工程师紧密结合起来的，并使用了Zepp(Zahner工程专有面板)系统的一个变体。该系统的关键部件是垂直取向的DT*鳍，由半圆形铝制挤压铆接到水射流切割3/16“铝板。这些鳍通常被用作结构备份系统，在Zahner的许多有机外观后面，皮肤被涂在它们的表面上。在这种情况下，皮肤既没有暴露，也没有表达下面的结构骨架。鳍的放置是每24英寸中心与一个倒缝™干式玻璃面板系统在中间产生一个结构幕墙设置在一个浇铸的地方混凝土底座。玻璃板系统不仅在商店的活动和周边社区之间提供透明，而且还为装配空间提供了理想化的北极光。这种灯与一个大的结构舱(43.5‘宽)和2(5吨)起重机的配置结合在一起，提高了生产率和产量。

Articulation of the abstractly based model was closely developed with Zahner’s engineers and utilizes a variation of the ZEPP (Zahner Engineered Proprietary Panel) system. The system’s key components are vertically oriented DT* fins made from a half-circle shaped aluminum extrusion riveted to a water jet cut 3/16” aluminum plate. These fins are commonly used as a structural backup system behind many of Zahner’s organic façades with a skin applied to their surfaces. In this case the skin is left absent both exposing and expressing the structural skeleton beneath. Placement of the fins is every 24 inches on center with an Inverted Seam™ dry-set glass panel system in-between producing a structural curtain wall set on a cast-in-place concrete base. The glass panel system not only provides transparency between the shop’s activities and the surrounding neighborhood, but also provides idealistic northern light into the assembly space. This light combined with a large structural bay (43.5’ wide) and the configuration of 2 (5 ton) cranes has led to increased productivity and production.

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克劳福德建筑师的礼遇

其结果是一个动态的，涟漪的表面，为周围的城市环境注入了新的生命，并展示了扎纳作为艺术和科学之间桥梁的能力。

The result is a dynamic, rippling surface that breathes new life into the surrounding urban environment and showcases Zahner’s ability to act as a bridge between art and science.

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克劳福德建筑师的礼遇