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在科威特市中央商务区 SOM 的获奖作品 Al Hamra 大厦的脚下，本项目以城市装置的形式重新分配了大厦的公共空间，使其整合为与周边环境统一的城市公共空间。本项目不仅定义了车行道和行人道，重新利用和适应了大型现有景观元素，并创造出地标性元素，对场地现有的独特身份进行了补充。

At the base of SOM’s award-winning Al Hamra Tower in the Central Business District of Kuwait City, this project reconfigures the existing exterior public spaces into a unified urban space that defines vehicular and pedestrian access, reutilizes and adapts large existing landscape elements, and creates several landmark elements to supplement the site’s already unique identity.

▼项目概览，overall of the project

© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

本项目坐落在建筑的外围与街道立面之间，作为外部景观，沿着综合体的西侧从北向南延伸，连接了办公大楼的入口和两个购物中心的入口。

This exterior landscape, which stretches from north to south along the west side of the complex, connects the Office Tower Entrance and two Shopping Mall Entrances, and is wedged between the perimeter of the building and the profile of the road.

▼顶视图，top view© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

▼顶视图近景，closer top view© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

项目的核心是对单一材料——花岗岩的空间分异限制的反思。通过采用色调、颜色、纹理和形式的变化，从抛光的三角形瓷砖到鹅卵石、铺路石、粗糙的石板和不同花岗岩之间的组合，来回应上述议题，同时勾勒并定义出进入、穿过场地的人行与车行模式。这种对与材料的探索进一步延伸到建筑入口和行人道之间，将典型的行人楼梯到车行坡道转化为两者混合的模式。

▼分析图，analysis diagram© TAEP/AAP

At its core, this project is a reflection upon the limits of spatial differentiation using a single material, granite. By employing variations in tone, color, texture, and format, ranging from polished triangular tiles to cobblestone pavers, rough slabs, and sets, it delineates and defines pedestrian and vehicular access patterns across, through, and into the site. This material exploration extends to solving the topographical difference between the building entrances and the side walk, ranging from the typical pedestrian stair and vehicular ramp configurations to a hybrid ramp/stair.

▼塔楼下的巨大红色顶棚，the huge red canopy under the tower

© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

▼西侧落客区，the West Valet Canopy© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Hamra 在阿拉伯语中译为红色，它定义了本项目中几个最突出的元素，尤其是西侧的接待区入口顶棚以及南侧的泊车区。在色彩和材料方面，这些风格化的元素标志着室内购物中心的两个主要入口，欢迎着步行或开车前来的游客。特别值得注意的是，顶篷的铸造采用了薄板式工程形式，并使用聚苯乙烯来减轻其重量。

▼分析图，analysis diagram© TAEP/AAP

Hamra, red in Arabic, is what defines several of the most prominent elements in this intervention, most notably the West Valet Canopy and the South Alcove Bench. In terms of color, as well as in material, these stylized elements serve to mark out the two main entrances to the Indoor Shopping Mall, welcoming in visitors whether on foot or by car. Of special note are the utilization of Lamella-style engineered form work for the casting of the canopy as well as the use of polystyrene to lighten its heft.

▼顶棚下方，below the canopy© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

▼一系列采光孔，the light holes© TAEP/AAP

装饰元素以及以本土树木和植物为主的景观设计与三维材料研究相结合，无论是单独呈现还是结合花盆树池等形式，都产生了软化边界、活跃场地的效果，同时它们还可以起到视觉屏障、遮阳以及生成宜人微气候的作用。

Working in conjunction with this 3-dimensional material study, the strategic placement of ornamental and indigenous trees and plants, individually and in planters, functions not only to soften and enliven the site but also as a visual screening, solar shading, and micro-climate generating elements.

▼景观设计，landscape design©João Morgado

顶棚

CANOPY

本项目中最引人注目的无疑是西侧的接待区入口顶棚，这个地标性元素定义了购物中心内部的主要入口。除了惊人的美学品质外，该结构还解决了一系列令人印象深刻的技术问题，例如：安装于地下的大量钢结构基础、结合了 Lamella Grid 数控铣削 MDF 模板与木条的直纹表面。两个支撑柱的内部龙骨也采用了薄金属进行平滑加固，以防止结构产生位移。

▼分析图，analysis diagram© TAEP/AAP

The most striking element of the intervention is most certainly the West Valet Canopy. Defining the Primary Entrance to the Shopping Center inside, this landmark, for all its aesthetic qualities, presented an impressive set of technical problems that needed to be resolved. An extensive underground structural steel foundation was installed and the Lamella Grid CNC milled MDF form-work covered in wood strips forming a ruled surface was constructed. The form-work inside the two columns were further smoothed out by the application of thin metal strips to prevent form-work pattern transfer.

▼标志性的 Hamra 红，the iconic Hamra red© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

大量的钢筋保证了结构的稳固，柱子和顶篷的底面采用了同时浇筑，顶棚的边缘，包括部分排水，也集成在这个过程中。为了防止超重，在最终加固之前，施工人员在装置的底部表面和顶部表面之间填充了聚苯乙烯，其后在整个装置的几个重要剖面部位进行了加固。这使得顶板无需提前浇筑成型，而是先由人工再由机械通过特殊的尺子来定型。

Extensive steel reinforcing was installed and the columns and the bottom surface of the canopy were cast at the same time. The edge of the canopy, which includes part of the drainage, was also cast at this time. To prevent excessive weight, it was determined that the space between the bottom surface and the top surface would be filled with polystyrene before the final reinforcing was applied. This reinforcing incorporated several guide profiles that allowed the top slab to be cast without form work, being shaped using special ruler guides, first by hand then by machine.

▼由顶棚下看泊车区，viewing the parking area from the canopy© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

▼细部，details© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

为了呈现出最理想的最终外观，混凝土顶棚的浇筑被规范化，并涂上了几层标志性的 Hamra 红色涂料，使“红点”成为了科威特街道上最新的单色地标。

To impart the desired final look, the concrete canopy was regularized and several coats of its iconic Hamra Red were applied, presenting itself as a the most recent monolithic landmark on the streets of Kuwait.

▼夜景，night view© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

▼施工过程，construction process©João Morgado

▼区位图，location © TAEP/AAP

▼平面图，plan © TAEP/AAP

▼剖面图，section © TAEP/AAP

▼结构细部，detailed section © TAEP/AAP

Project Name: The Red Dot

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Firm Location: Kuwait, Portugal and France

Project Location: Sharq, Al Hamra Tower, Kuwait

Year: 2020

Built-up Area: 307 sqm

Status: Complete

Program: Mixed-Use

Team: Abdulatif Almishari, Rui Vargas
Elvino Domingos, Bruna Silva, Emanuel Grave, Lionel Estriga

Diogo Monteiro, Duarte Correia, Iria Arriaga, João Costa, Mariana Neves, Matteo Missaglia, Nádia Luís.
MEP: Bruno Simão, Mohammed Hassan, Rúben Rodrigues.
Landscape: Susana Pinheiro, Iria Arriaga.
Graphic Design: Aquilino Sotero, Diogo Monteiro, Luísa Calvo, Lionel Estriga, Mariana Neves, Federica Fortugno, Raquel Martins.
Consultants:

Structure: R5 Engineers

Light Design: Light Design Portugal

Site Supervision: ASBUILT; Bruno Rosa, Carlos Magalhães, Luís Baptista, Rúben Rodrigues, Vando Beldade.

Photography Credits: Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

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Photography Credits: João Morgado

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