架构师提供的文本描述。奇科尼广场是一座37层楼高的综合建筑群，最近刚刚在中国成都建成。这座庞大的建筑群由伊利诺伊州芝加哥的Goettsch Partners设计，拥有完整的城市博克，目前作为一家百货公司服务于成都，有450间客房的酒店时间表将于2012年秋季开业。

Text description provided by the architects. Chicony Plaza is a 37-story mixed-use complex that has just recently reached substantial completion in Chengdu, China. Designed by Goettsch Partners of Chicago, IL, the massive complex occupies a complete city bock and, at present, serves the city of Chengdu as a department store with a 450-room hotel schedule to open in the fall of 2012.

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奇科尼广场开发项目位于成都商业区内一个充满活力的公共广场旁，最近开设了第一期，一家12层的百货公司，面积超过120万平方英尺，成为中国中部最大的百货公司之一。在第二阶段完工时，百货公司平台上方的塔楼将提供一家拥有450间客房的君悦酒店。该建筑群规模庞大，需要对现有城市环境进行敏感考虑。

The Chicony Plaza development is sited adjacent to a vibrant public plaza within the Chengdu business district and recently opened its first phase, a 12-story department store that exceeds 1.2 million square feet making it one of the largest in central China. At Phase Two completion, the tower above the department store podium will feature a 450-room Grand Hyatt hotel. The complex is massive, which required sensitive consideration of the existing urban context.

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Goettsch为防止压垮现有的社区结构所采用的策略之一是使用平台-建筑物较低部分的大部分被适当缩放，以反映相邻的结构。这一策略有效地减少了25层酒店塔的视觉影响，并解决了建筑群与公共广场的关系。北方。通过把领奖台的入口设在北边，它吸引了广场的使用者，把酒店的塔楼推到了南边，为客人提供充足的日光和令人难以置信的视野。

One of the strategies employed by Goettsch to prevent overwhelming the existing community fabric would be the use of the podium --- a large portion of the lower mass of the building is appropriately scaled to reflect the adjacent structures.  This strategy effectively reduces the visual impact of the 25-story hotel tower and addresses the complex’s relationship to the public square to the north.  By siting the podium entry to the north it engages the plaza users and pushes the hotel tower to the south, offering it’ guests abundant daylight and incredible views from their rooms.

整个建筑群都覆盖着不同程度的不透明玻璃，以反映项目的要求。不透明的白色玻璃和高性能视觉玻璃的主要材料调色板是一种新颖而独特的方法，通过使用毛料和细木工来进一步缩放和组织巨大的结构。

The entire complex is clad with glass with varying levels of opacity to reflect the requirements of the program within.  The primary material palette of opaque white glass and high-performance vision glazing is a novel and unique approach, further scaling and organizing the immense structure through the use of mullions and joinery.