由库巴拉·华盛顿建筑师设计的178343sf J.W.扬声器公司总部位于威斯康星州日耳曼镇，总部包括公司的公司总部，与该公司的OEM照明解决方案制造设施相同。该设施没有将这些独特的方案要素分开，而是将创新的设计和施工战略结合起来，以加强J.W.扬声器及其雇员的整体商业模式，从而涵盖了固有的障碍。

Designed by Kubala Washatko Architects, the 178,343sf J.W. Speaker Corporate Headquarters in Germantown, Wisconsin houses an innovative program that includes the company’s corporate headquarters on the same premises as the company’s manufacturing facility for OEM lighting solutions. Rather than separate these distinct programmatic elements, the facility embraced the inherent obstacles by combining innovative design and construction strategies to reinforce the holistic business model of J.W. Speaker and its employees.

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这一商业模式在工厂最初的建筑组织中得到了高度重视，该机构努力摆脱典型的制造企业。参观者和员工没有进入单独的接待环境，而是立即被引入一个既为企业服务又为制造服务的有凝聚力的设施。根据建筑师的模式语言描述，“当以访客、员工的身份接近大楼时，或者卡车司机，该设施必须被视为一个地方，一个工作场所，那里的东西是制造出来的，而不是一个有附属办公室的工厂“(库巴拉·沃萨特科建筑师)。这与一个基本的工业设施类型完全相反，进一步证明了建筑师和公司致力于创造一个有凝聚力的工作环境。

This business model was highly regarded in the initial architectural organization of the facility, which strove to digress from the prototypical manufacturing complex.  Rather than entering into a separate reception environment, visitors and employees are immediately introduced to a cohesive facility that serves both corporate and manufacturing services.  According to the architects’ Pattern Language description, “when approaching the building whether as a visitor, employee, or trucker, the facility must be perceived as one place, a working place where things are made as opposed to a factory with an attached office” (Kubala Washatko Architects).  This is in diametric opposition to a base-case industrial facility typology and further evidences the architect and corporation’s devotion to creating a cohesive working environment.

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除了项目说明所造成的方案障碍外，德国城建筑工地也是设计过程中的一个地形问题。这座建筑群坐落在一片丘陵地带，这与建筑群对大面积、平坦的功能空间的需求是直接对立的。TKWA对这一需求作出了回应，建立了一个建筑平台，扩大了工地与周围斜坡之间的对比，同时维护了建筑和货运通道的功能。这家公司通过清楚地勾勒出桥墩的边缘，突出了这一建筑决策。这一决定不仅使现场与景观区分开来，还满足了J.W.演讲者所要求的快速施工进度。

In addition to the programmatic obstacles posed by the project description, the Germantown building site was also a topographical issue during the design process. The complex is situated on a hilly plot of land, which is in direct opposition to the complex’s demand for a large, flat space for functionality. TKWA responded to the demand by establishing a construction plinth, which amplified the contrast between the site and its surrounding slopes while maintaining functionality with regard to building and freight access. The firm accentuated this architectural decision by clearly delineating the plinth’s edges. Not only did this decision differentiate site from landscape, it also accommodated the rapid construction schedule required by J.W. Speaker.

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为进一步提高施工速度，选用倾斜混凝土面板作为主要建筑材料，长期以来，倾斜混凝土因其热质量(降低内部温度波动)、成本效益和设计的创造性灵活性而被认为是一种非常理想的结构体系。所有这些都对项目的完成至关重要。材料的选择也容纳了建筑环境性能中使用的各种被动的可持续技术。J.W.扬声器总部的设计是为了最大限度地利用办公空间和生产设施的自然日光，因为那里的照明质量是至关重要的。因此，该建筑位于东/西通道上，以最大限度地利用南方的太阳辐射-为了帮助减少从这些缝隙中获得的热量，增加了大型钢遮阳罩，让用户可以定制室内环境。该建筑群还采用梯级生物水路通过雨水花园引导雨水，帮助减少对邻近湿地的破坏性径流。

To further increase the speed of construction, tilt-up concrete panels were selected as the primary building material.  Tilt-up concrete has long been regarded as a highly desirable structural system for its thermal mass (reducing interior temperature fluctuations), cost efficiency, and creative design flexibility, all of which were vital to the project completion.  The material choice also accommodated the various passive sustainable techniques utilized in the building’s environmental performance.  The J.W. Speaker Headquarters was design to maximize natural daylight in both office spaces and the manufacturing facility, where quality of lighting is critical.  Accordingly, the building is oriented on the east/west access to maximize southern solar exposure --- to help mitigate any heat gain from these apertures, large steel sunshades were added to allow users to customize the interior environments.  The complex also employs terraced bioswales to direct storm water through rain gardens help reduce damaging runoff to the adjacent wetlands.