由扎哈·哈迪德事务所为恒基兆业打造的美利道2号（2 Murray Road）项目位于香港中央商务区的核心地带。36层高的大楼取代了原有的多层停车场，在遮打花园旁营造出一片城市绿洲，并且与中环和金钟地铁站仅有一小段步行的距离。

Located in the heart of Hong Kong’s central business district, the 36-storey Murray Road project for Henderson Land replaces a multi-storey car park to create an urban oasis adjacent to Chater Garden within a short walking distance to both Central and Admiralty MTR metro stations.

▼美利道2号，2 Murray Road ©MIR

抬升的基座为下方种满植物的庭院和花园提供了庇护，在世界最繁华的城市中心形成一座被自然所包围的全新市民广场。建筑与自然界的有机形态形成了呼应，并通过重建与相邻的公共花园和公园彼此连接。宁静的户外气息流淌至开阔的室内公共空间；弧形的玻璃幕墙凭借其卓越的工艺和精度加强了建筑内部与周边花园和城市之间的无缝衔接。

With its base elevated above the ground to shelter courtyards and gardens cultivated with trees and plants in the centre of one of the world’s busiest cities, the design creates new civic plazas that are enveloped by nature. Echoing the organic forms of the natural world; the redevelopment connects with the adjacent public gardens and parks. These tranquil outdoor areas flow into the generous communal spaces of the interior; the craftsmanship and precision of the curved glass façade enhancing this seamless connectivity between the building’s interiors and the surrounding gardens and city beyond.

▼建筑与周围的户外花园相连，the redevelopment connects with the adjacent public gardens and parks ©MIR

设计重新诠释了欲将绽放的紫荆花蕾的形态和层次感。洋紫荆花也被人们称为香港兰，最初在美利道上方的城市植物园中培育，而其花朵的形象也被应用到香港的旗帜当中。项目位于香港高架步道网络在东西和南北方向的交汇处，与周围的花园、商店、餐厅以及主要的金融和市民机构办公大楼直接相连。

The design reinterprets the structural forms and layering of a Bauhinia bud about to blossom. Known as the Hong Kong orchid tree, the Bauhinia x blakeana was first propagated in the city’s botanic gardens above the Murray Road site and its flowering bud features on Hong Kong’s flag. At the core of the city’s financial district, the project is situated at the east-west / north-south junction of Hong Kong’s network of elevated pedestrian walkways; connecting directly with surrounding gardens, shops and restaurants as well as the offices of leading financial and civic institutions.

▼设计重新诠释了欲将绽放的紫荆花蕾的形态和层次感，the design reinterprets the structural forms and layering of a Bauhinia bud about to blossom © Arqui9

高强度的钢结构使建筑具备了26米的最大跨度，以打造光线充足且无立柱的A级办公空间。5米的层高为空间带来了最大的灵活度。垂直核心筒被设置在建筑东侧，尽可能地扩大了朝向遮打花园和西面著名城市天际线的视野。

A high-tensile steel structure provides very wide span (up to 26m) of naturally lit, column-free, Grade A office space with a 5 metre floor-to-floor height giving maximum flexibility; its vertical core located on the eastern side of the building to optimise views of Chater Garden and the city’s renowned skyline to the west.

▼从高架桥下方望向建筑，view from the elevated pedestrian walkways © Arqui9