位于尼日利亞拉各斯Ikoyi的金斯威大廈（Kingsway Tower）是一座地標(biāo)性的建筑綜合體，坐落在Alfred Rewane路一個顯眼的角落，這條干道將城市一分為二，北至機(jī)場，南至維多利亞島。大廈由南非建筑公司SAOTA設(shè)計(jì)，高15層，有一個地下室，一座二層零售裙樓，一個停車裙樓和12層的辦公樓。金斯威大廈不僅為拉各斯這座尼日利亞的經(jīng)濟(jì)中心，同時也是世界上發(fā)展最快的城市之一，引入了新的設(shè)計(jì)理念，并且在建筑質(zhì)量和執(zhí)行管理方面體現(xiàn)著這個新興市場在全球范圍內(nèi)的重要地位。

Kingsway Tower in Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria is a landmark mixed-use building set on a prominent corner on Alfred Rewane Road, an arterial road that bisects the city leading north towards the airport and south to the Victoria Island. Designed by South African architects SAOTA, Kingsway Tower is 15 storeys high. It has a basement, a two-level retail podium, a parking podium and 12 office floor levels.

Not only does the design of Kingsway Tower introduce new architectural ideas to Lagos – the economic centre of Nigeria and one of the fastest growing cities in the world – but it is also uncompromisingly world-class in its quality and execution, reflecting the importance of this emerging market in a global context.

Alfred Rewane路位于著名的Ikoyi住宅區(qū)，周邊地帶經(jīng)過重新規(guī)劃已經(jīng)形成了一個多功能區(qū)域走廊，也喚起了辦公建筑和酒店的蓬勃發(fā)展。然而，拉各斯的許多開發(fā)項(xiàng)目都具有相當(dāng)程度的匿名性，它們大都遵循統(tǒng)一模式，采用混凝土板和制式外墻。\"我們希望設(shè)計(jì)出一棟針對拉各斯獨(dú)有特點(diǎn)的，能夠用外立面回應(yīng)氣候的建筑。\"項(xiàng)目首席建筑師，SAOTA總監(jiān)Greg Truen如是說。

Located in Ikoyi, a prestigious residential neighbourhood, Alfred Rewane Road and its surrounds have been rezoned to create a mixed-use corridor, resulting in a boom in office and hotel developments. Much of the development in Lagos, however, has a fairly anonymous character, generally following a standard commercial model with concrete slab and curtain wall facades.

“We wanted to design a building that made direct references to the fact that it was in Lagos, with a fa?ade that responded to the local climatic conditions,” says SAOTA Director Greg Truen, lead architect on the project.

大廈獨(dú)特的飄揚(yáng)式外形巧妙地參考了拉各斯湖上傳統(tǒng)船只的方帆，同時突出了城市的氣候條件。大廈聳立在波浪形的天幕之上，底部的編織狀圖案也讓人聯(lián)想到微風(fēng)中的織物。頂篷環(huán)繞著一座二層的零售裙樓，為街道提供了遮蔽，并且在街角提示了大廈入口。

The distinctively swollen, billowing form of the tower subtly references the square sails of the traditional boats on Lagos Lagoon while conveying the effect of the gentle breeze that characterises the climatic conditions of the city. The tower rises above a wavy canopy with a “woven” pattern on its underside, reminiscent of fabric caught in the breeze. The canopy sweeps around a two-level retail podium, providing shelter at street level and lifting invitingly towards the entrance at the most prominent corner.

外立面的折疊穿孔鋁板構(gòu)建出了大廈最具標(biāo)志性的外觀特色。由于更偏好來自抽象圖案的靈感，SAOTA精心避開了表象上的直觀設(shè)計(jì)。他們認(rèn)為，把以棕櫚樹為代表的熱帶植物沿著城市內(nèi)和周圍的熱帶瀉湖排列開來，只能使它們看上去像是“出現(xiàn)在正確的地方”。然而，建筑設(shè)計(jì)應(yīng)該遵循適合當(dāng)?shù)亟?jīng)濟(jì)和氣候條件的美學(xué)宗旨，而并非一味宣揚(yáng)所謂的文化符號。大廈外立面上排布著數(shù)層薄板，創(chuàng)造出一個多孔、通透，具有深邃感和雕塑感的立面。正如Truen所言，”當(dāng)各層移動轉(zhuǎn)換的時候，會投射出趣味十足的陰影”。

The folded, perforated aluminium screens on the tower’s outer fa?ade are primarily responsible for the building’s iconic identity. SAOTA was, however, careful to avoid direct or literal metaphorical equivalencies. They preferred to abstract the inspiration for its patterning – tropical vegetation, especially palm trees, along the tropical lagoons in and around the city – so that they seem simply “of their place”, appropriate to the climate and economy in their aesthetics, practicalities and performance rather than asserting overt cultural references.

The screens on the outer fa?ade are arranged in multiple layers, creating a porous, permeable fa?ade with depth and a sculptural quality, that, as Truen puts it, casts “interesting shadows internally as the layers shift against each other”.

有別于典型的歐美現(xiàn)代主義大廈，金斯威大廈的外立面更像是商業(yè)店面而非傳統(tǒng)幕墻?！氨“逶诓ＡП砻娼诲e，”Truen介紹道。板坯末端還加裝了鋁制屏風(fēng)，不僅可以減少熱量負(fù)荷，提高建筑的被動性能，還可以為周邊留出通道，方便進(jìn)行清潔維護(hù)。\"另一個氣候?qū)Σ邉t是將建筑的短立面朝向東西，長立面朝向南北，”Truen說?！币?yàn)樘栐诶魉股鸬乃俣群芸?，所以建筑不得不面對大量來自垂直角度的熱?fù)荷。將懸挑與遮陽裝置融入南北立面的必要性不言而喻。”

Unlike typical European and American towers in the modernist tradition, the fa?ade treatment is configured more like a shopfront than a curtain wall. “The slab projects past the glass face,” says Truen. The aluminium screen is positioned at the end of the slab, which not only improves the passive performance of the building by reducing the solar load, but it also allows access around the perimeter for easy cleaning and maintenance.

“The other climatic response was to position the building with the short facades facing east-west, and the long facades north and south,” says Truen. “The sun gets into the sky very quickly in Lagos, so you’re dealing with a heat load that is coming from a fairly vertical angle. The combination of the overhangs, the shading devices and the north-south elevations is very effective.”

弧形頂棚下大量的公共區(qū)域使大廈與周邊環(huán)境連接緊密，并呈現(xiàn)出與街道和人行道之間高度開放的視覺聯(lián)系，這一點(diǎn)尤其體現(xiàn)在Glover和Alfred Rewane路的突出角落。LED照明不但增強(qiáng)了大廈的夜間開放性，更保證了氣派的視覺效果?！奔せ罱纸堑纳Ψ浅Ｖ匾盩ruen說。這種觀點(diǎn)在拉各斯是罕見的，大多數(shù)當(dāng)?shù)亟ㄖ荚噲D獨(dú)立于周圍的環(huán)境，因此僅把空白的墻壁和圍欄呈現(xiàn)給街道，幾乎不考慮如何提高街景和公共空間的質(zhì)量。SAOTA希望本次設(shè)計(jì)所提供的干預(yù)措施能夠促進(jìn)打破這一傳統(tǒng)觀念，同時為周邊的城市結(jié)構(gòu)做出積極貢獻(xiàn)。

The street level facade below the curved canopy is populated with publicly accessible spaces, tying it meaningfully to its context and presenting a highly open visual connection to the street and sidewalk, particularly on the prominent corner of Glover and Alfred Rewane Roads. At night, LED lighting enhances the impression of openness and accessibility, not to mention its visual impact. “It was important to activate the street corner and give it a presence,” says Truen.

This approach is unusual in Lagos, where most buildings present blank walls and fences to the street, severing them from their surroundings and doing little or nothing to enhance the quality of the streetscape and shared public space around them. SAOTA hopes that this intervention will catalyse positive change while making a contribution to the urban fabric immediately around it.

大堂的內(nèi)部設(shè)計(jì)和頂棚搭建采用了對角線網(wǎng)格元素，具體表現(xiàn)為圍繞對角線軸線折疊的多面三角形木板。這種使用現(xiàn)成材料的雕塑手段和設(shè)計(jì)簡單的圖案使得所有的細(xì)木工板都可以在當(dāng)?shù)赝瓿刹少徍徒ㄔ?。極具視覺沖擊力的錐形頂棚吸引著來自外部街道的目光。如同大廈的外立面，室內(nèi)大堂也會為走近細(xì)看的人呈現(xiàn)出更豐盛的細(xì)節(jié)與趣味。

The interior architecture and design of the lobby picks up on the diagonal grid-like element of the canopy, expressed in the panelling as faceted timber triangular elements folded around a diagonal axis. This sculptural approach and simple patterning, along with the use of readily available materials, allowed for all of the joinery to be sourced and built locally.

The bold cone-shaped canopy over the reception desk has an impact from beyond the building, creating interest from the street outside. Like the fa?ade, the interior lobby treatment renders more detail and interest as you approach it.

拉各斯的電力供應(yīng)不穩(wěn)定，可提供的日常用水和污水處理等市政服務(wù)也極其有限。因此，除了能夠顯著降低對空調(diào)的需求以及能夠提供充足自然照明的能源利用方案以外，一切供水、凈水、備用發(fā)電和污水處理等服務(wù)都在現(xiàn)場進(jìn)行。拉各斯的高速發(fā)展，以及超過2000萬且仍不斷攀升的人口都對這座城市及其建筑提出了挑戰(zhàn)?！边@是一個沒有任何時間懷舊的地方，”Truen說?！睘榱擞习l(fā)展，城市正在不斷地進(jìn)行自我更新和擴(kuò)張?！?br />
The power supply in Lagos is erratic and municipal services such as water and sewage are limited or absent. As a result, in addition to passive energy solutions that significantly reduce the requirement for air-conditioning and providing ample natural lighting, all servicing – water supply and treatment, backup power generation and sewage treatment – is provided on site.

The rapid growth of Lagos, with a population upward of 20-million people and climbing, places unique demands on the city and its architecture. “It’s a place that doesn’t have any time for nostalgia,” says Truen. “It’s constantly renewing itself to cope with the capacity that’s required.”

在此背景下，金斯威大廈旨在開創(chuàng)一種新的設(shè)計(jì)理念，以解決城市的獨(dú)特需求與挑戰(zhàn)，同時反映出對當(dāng)?shù)睾腿蚪?jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展的信心，這種做法也得到了金斯威大廈的首個租戶——國際計(jì)算機(jī)軟件和技術(shù)公司微軟（Microsoft）的肯定。

In this context, Kingsway Tower aims to inaugurate a new design narrative, addressing the city’s unique demands and challenges while reflecting both local and global confidence, an approach affirmed by Kingsway Towers’ first tenant, international computer software and technology company Microsoft.