Al Rostamini

MAD設計的杜拜Al Rostamini總部....位於中央商務區，是一項長期的濱海專案。設計師摒棄了傳統的辦公高樓大廈理念，想要構建一個服務於公共水域，並且位於水域 之上的一個建築物。設計師的概念是：一個盤旋在濱海上空的混凝土薄板。這使得每個辦公室都可以在地面上自由觀賞海景，可以使得每個市民都能直接進入，享受 海濱。

題外話..想到與這建築無關的一件事.
杜拜這幾年建了很多奇型怪狀的東西.....加上這幾年看一些建築的報導...
有點感觸....雖然我只是個產品設計師..跟這行業不相關...
但很多建築都變成只是弄一個很大很奇妙的形體在一個地方...
至於那個地方是在上海...在日本...還是杜拜....其實都無關....
如同在地表或環境中長出的瘤或菌類.....全球化是一回事...
但這樣對在當地生活的人們真的有比較好嗎?
久了....會不會就忘記自己的根與其實該保留的文化性了....
總感覺....少了些內涵與文化性....

不過也許是我想太多了...ㄏ...

Architects: MAD
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Director in Charge: Ma Yansong, Dang Qun
Site Area: 4,392 sqm
Constructed Area: 50,000 sqm
Program: Office Headquarters
Client: Al Rostamini Group Ltd
Images: MAD

The site for the Al Rostamini group headquarters is a long waterfront within the central business area of Dubai. Rather than creating a traditional big office block on this site, and severing the water from the public, we wanted to build something above it.

Our concept is a thin slab, which hovers above the waterfront. This gives every office a view over the water, and frees up the ground level, allowing the public direct access to enjoy the waterfront.

The slab is lifted by nine diagonal tubes, voids within the structure. These tubes pierce the rear of the building, with four traveling through to appear as holes on the building’s front façade. The tubes travel through floors in different locations, creating a variety of different sized, undulating spaces within the building. These spaces correspond to the diverse uses of a headquarters office building.

The tubes also act as the method of circulation within the building: individual tubes transport the user to different floors. A lush forest is planted where these supporting tubes touch the floor. Thus a soft landscape of trees gives way to the hard landscape of the waterfront, and the reflective landscape of the water itself.