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WSECU广场建筑立面设计，西雅图

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该项目的负责人Brian Collins-Friedrichs表示：“该建筑的设计目标是充分利用项目小但重要的场地特征。行人的感知是推动设计的重要因素，我们仔细考量了项目规模，质地，材料，透明度及公共设施的配置等细节。我们希望能够设计出一栋与社区环境相和谐，又不失WSECU独特魅力的建筑。“

“The building is designed to take advantage of the unique properties of the small, yet prominent site,” according to Brian Collins-Friedrichs, principal-in-charge for the project. “Sensitivity to pedestrians—scale, texture, materials, transparency, and public amenities—drove the design. The goal was to create a building that feels a part of its neighborhood and that also provides a signature identity for WSECU.”

▼建筑鸟瞰，bird-view of the building ©Nicholas Worley，Hannah Rankin

该建筑简洁但富有表现力的外观使建筑与周边的砖砌学术类建筑产生了较强联系。建筑西北角设有六层高雕刻般的玻璃立面，嵌入内部。在第45大街东北侧，装有斜面砖窗框的活动室非常醒目。与之相邻的店面则采用了红木，为行人营造出温暖的体验与触感。通常来说，为了获得较好的视野，大多数办公室都选择朝向主街，并形成通向电梯空间的动线。但WSECU将他们的办公室安置在12大街的次要街道上，以便在45大街主街上留出活动起居室及会议室的空间。设计团队通过这种对城市和社区的统筹规划，加强了建筑与周边环境的连接性，激发了场地的活力。

▼建筑立面，简洁的外观与周边的砖砌建筑相和谐，simple, yet expressive form relates to and strengthens ties with existing brick academic buildings in the neighborhood ©Nicholas Worley，Hannah Rankin

▼建筑立面，西北角嵌入6层高的玻璃立面，northwest corner of the building features a six-story, sculpted glass facade that anchors the intersection ©Nicholas Worley，Hannah Rankin

The building’s simple, yet expressive form relates to and strengthens ties with existing brick academic buildings in the neighborhood. The northwest corner of the building features a six-story, sculpted glass facade that anchors the intersection. On the main 45th Ave NE side, a community room is highlighted by its beveled brick window frame. Next to that, mahogany is used on the storefront to provide warmth and tactility as part of the pedestrian experience. It is common for most office lobbies in buildings to be on the primary street for visibility. With that said, most office lobbies are merely circulation paths to the elevators. WSECU chose to locate their office lobby on the secondary side street of 12th Avenue to provide a community living room and meeting room on the primary street of 45th Avenue. This thoughtful urban and community-driven approach encourages connection, activation and creates a new vibrancy to the site.

▼斜面的砖砌窗框，beveled brick window frame ©Nicholas Worley，Hannah Rankin

为维持临街面的人行道方向，车库入口和装载设施由小路连接。建筑一层和二层入口向内缩进，并沿45街东北侧设立两层透明的立面，作为零售商店和社区活动的便捷入口。

The garage entry and loading facilities are accessed via the alley to preserve the pedestrian orientation of the street frontage. Portions of the first and second floors are pulled back from the property edge to create a two-story transparent façade along NE 45th Street with access to retail and community-focused amenity spaces.

▼建筑一二层入口向内缩进，portions of the first and second floors are pulled back from the property edge ©Nicholas Worley，Hannah Rankin

▼门窗细节，detail of the access ©Nicholas Worley，Hannah Rankin

通过构建共享大厅及“起居空间”，零售商店与WSECU分公司间的界限被模糊。建筑通过将空间中心偏移，获取更多的开放式空间和自然采光。该建筑通过平衡围护结构的设计与机械系统的配置来最大限度提高能源性能。

Inside, the line between retail and the WSECU branch is blurred through the creation of a shared lobby or ‘living room.’ The building employs an offset-core which allows for more open- and daylight-filled floor plates. The building is designed to maximize energy performance through a balance of envelope design strategies and mechanical systems.

SkB建筑的联合创始人兼项目设计师Kyle Gaffney说到：“对于这样的商业建筑来说，考虑其如何在特定环境中发展是至关重要的一点。我们想创建一个可以18小时运作的环境，而最重要的一点就是激活建筑与场地连接面的活力。WSECU也赞同了这一愿景。”该项目场地虽小，但地理位置卓越，事务所创造出与周边环境相和谐且不失WSECU客户的特色的建筑，

“When it comes to commercial buildings like this, it’s important to consider a development in its specific context. We wanted to create an environment that was an 18-hour experience; it’s important to create a vibrancy at ground-plane. WSECU saw that vision as well,” said Kyle Gaffney, SkB Architects co-founder and project designer. The project, on its small but prominent site, succeeds in creating a building that acts and feels like a part of its neighborhood and that also provides a signature identity for WSECU.

Project size: 66500 ft2
Completion date: 2018
Building levels: 7
Project team: SkB Architects (architecture and interior design) /GCH Planning and Landscape Architecture (landscape architecture)

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