该项目坐落于西雅图弗里蒙特（Fremont）附近的一块宽30英尺，进深100英尺的狭长地块上，与运河沿岸的景观绿化带隔街相望。该狭长的地块原是商业化街区内部一处城市缝隙地带。项目前身是一栋破旧的五十年代住宅，现被改造为一座全新的，具有前瞻性的办公楼。项目总面积为5233平方英尺，容纳了两家创意公司，分别为平面设计公司Turnstyle与品牌创意公司Stoke。

The Canal Street project takes a narrow, commercially-zoned, urban-infill lot, formerly occupied by a small, rundown 1950s-era house and transforms it into a new, forward-thinking 5,233-square-foot, commercial office building for two creative agencies, Turnstyle (a graphic design firm) and Stoke (a branding firm). The 30-foot-wide x 100-foot-deep lot is situated along a shoreline greenbelt across the street from the ship canal in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle.

▼项目概览，overall of the project © Aaron Leitz

建筑底部为混凝土基座，上部为大型钢制框架。后者支撑建筑的金属表皮并暴露在建筑内部。主入口上方设置了悬挑的混凝土雨棚。建筑的前后立面主要为玻璃幕墙。

The building structure is comprised of large steel moment frames that rise out of a monolithic concrete base. The steel frames act as ribs for the exterior metal skin and are left exposed and expressed in the building interior. A cantilevered concrete awning shelters the front entry. The front and rear facades are primarily glass window walls.

▼项目正立面，front facade of the project © Aaron Leitz

▼项目背立面，back facade of the project © Aaron Leitz

建筑师巧妙地规避了当地土地使用法则的限制，在本只可以建造两层的场地上规划出四个楼层，最大化了建筑的使用面积。利用建筑前方与后巷10英尺的高差，建筑师将首层当作地下室来处理，之上为两个主要楼层，再之上则为符合当地法规的“夹层”，从而实现了该项目中四个楼层的排布。

The design cleverly navigates the land use code to maximize the overall building size by squeezing four floor levels onto a site that, technically, only allows two. This was achieved by taking advantage of a ten foot ground elevation change from the front of the building to the rear alley, allowing the architect to designate the first floor a “basement,” and put the two main floors above. On top of those is a code-allowed “mezzanine,” resulting in four floors total.

▼利用建筑前方与后巷的高差设置四个楼层，turn two floors into four floors by taking advantage of the site elevation difference © Heliotrope Architects