NL Architects has completed a huge cultural complex in Groningen, which is set to become an important landmark for the Dutch city.
Billed as a “cultural department store”, Forum Groningen contains a wide variety of facilities, including cinema screens, exhibition galleries, an auditorium for performances and talks, library facilities and workspaces.
At its heart of the building is an elaborate multi-level atrium where the public will be encouraged to meet, work and spend time.
NL建築師事務所在格羅寧根（Groningen）建成了一座巨大的文化建築群，該建築群將成為荷蘭城市的重要地標。
格羅寧根論壇（Forum Groningen）被稱為“文化百貨商店”，包含各種各樣的設施，包括電影院銀幕，展覽館，表演和演講廳，圖書館設施和工作區。
建築的中心是一個精緻的多層中庭，將鼓勵公眾聚會，工作和消磨時間。
“It is such a big gift of the government to provide a comfortable place for its residents to hang out without the obligation to consume,” explained NL Architects co-founder Kamiel Klaasse.
“We hope it will become a kind of living room for the locals. A place that you return to frequently, but also a place to work,” he told Dezeen.
“If I worked in Groningen I would probably give up my office and move in the Forum permanently!” he joked.
NL Architects聯合創始人卡米爾·克拉斯（Kamiel Klaasse）解釋說：“政府給政府提供瞭如此大的禮物，它為居民提供了一個舒適的閒逛場所，而沒有消費義務。”
他告訴Dezeen：“我們希望它將成為當地人的起居室。您經常回去的地方，也是工作的地方。”
“如果我在格羅寧根（Groningen）工作，我可能會放棄我的辦公室，並永久進入論壇！” 他開玩笑。
The building is 11 storeys high and clad in stone, matching the Bentheimer sandstone that features on many of the city’s best-known structures, including the Martinitoren steeple and the City Hall.
It has a multi-faceted shape, which NL Architects created by starting with a rectangular block and subjecting it to a series of “slices”.
“The tapered shape was conceived with the objective to reduce the visual impact of the immense volume, to make it look more friendly,” explained Klaasse.
該建築高11層，舖有石材，與本特海默（Bentheimer）砂岩相匹配，該砂岩具有該市許多最著名的建築特徵，包括馬丁尼托爾尖頂和市政廳。
它具有多面的形狀，NL建築師通過從矩形塊開始並對其進行一系列“切片”處理來創建。
Klaasse解釋說：“錐形形狀的目的是減少巨大體積的視覺衝擊，使其看起來更友好。”
“One type of slice improves the light conditions around the building, while another set articulates the entrances and the access to the underground parking garage,” he said. “The slanted facades make the building sort of disappear.”
Luckily, according to Klaasse, the building’s position in the middle of a city block means its large size is often not perceptible from street level.
他說：“一種切片改善了建築物周圍的光照條件，而另一種切片則清楚地表明了入口和通往地下停車場的通道。” “傾斜的外牆使建築消失了。”
幸運的是，根據Klaasse所說，建築物在城市街區中間的位置意味著從街道上通常看不到它的大尺寸。
Inside, the atrium was conceived as a series of public squares, stacked vertically and connected by a sequence of angular escalators. NL Architects describes the space as a pumping heart with outstretched tentacles.
The idea is that visitors will be encouraged to explore different areas, no matter the reason for their visit.
在內部，中庭被認為是一系列公共廣場，垂直堆疊並通過一系列的角度自動扶梯相連。 NL建築師將空間描述為觸手伸開的心臟。
這樣做的想法是，無論訪問原因為何，都將鼓勵遊客探索不同的地區。
This concept is strengthened by the way that some floors step up incrementally, so different functions are able to overlap.
通過某些樓層逐漸增加的方式加強了此概念，因此不同的功能可以重疊。
“We had a strong intuition that the building should appear and function as one, that it should not be a fragmented collection of amenities but a fully integrated whole,” explained Klaasse.
Klaasse解釋說：“我們有強烈的直覺，認為該建築物應外觀並作為一個整體起作用，不應將零碎的設施集合在一起，而應是一個完全集成的整體。”
“To support this idea of inviting people freely into all the pores of the building, the vertical component of the atrium is very helpful; it serves as a kind of capillary function to transport people to the upper levels,” he added.
“Like Super Mario, you can bounce your way up to the top.”
他補充說：“為了支持這種使人們自由地進入建築物所有孔隙的想法，中庭的垂直部分非常有幫助；它起到一種毛細管作用，將人們運送到高層。”
“就像超級馬里奧一樣，您可以彈跳到頂端。”
Forum Groningen is one of the biggest projects to date for Amsterdam-based NL Architects, which Klaasse founded in 1997 with former Delft University classmates Pieter Bannenberg and Walter van Dijk.
The trio typically work on small and medium-sized projects, like the Scholencampus De Vonk school in Belgium and the Funen Blok K housing block in Amsterdam.
The studio has been a wildcard entry into the 2006 design competition for Forum Groningen, thanks to the support of city architect Niek Verdonk. Despite being pitted against the likes of Zaha Hadid Architects and UNStudio, it came out top.
格羅寧根論壇（Forum Groningen）是阿姆斯特丹NL建築師迄今為止最大的項目之一，克拉斯於1997年與前代爾夫特大學同學Pieter Bannenberg和Walter van Dijk共同創立了該論壇。
這三人通常在中小型項目上工作，例如比利時的Scholencampus De Vonk學校和阿姆斯特丹的Funen Blok K房屋。
在城市建築師Niek Verdonk的支持下，該工作室已成為2006年格羅寧根論壇設計競賽的通配符。 儘管與Zaha Hadid Architects和UNStudio之類的公司產生衝突，但它還是名列前茅。
The building officially opened at the end of November, 15 years after it was commissioned.
Although it had 20,000 visitors in its first two weeks, NL Architects plans to monitor it closely to ensure it becomes an active public space, as intended.
該建築在啟用15年後的11月底正式開放。
儘管前兩周有20,000名訪客，但NL Architects計劃對其進行密切監控，以確保按計劃成為活躍的公共空間。
“Each new building in a way is a hypothesis,” said Klaasse. “Both programmatically and typologically, the Forum is speculative.”
“The roof terrace, with its 360 view over the city, is a huge magnet. But things will settle down and hopefully soon we will be able to see if it really works.”
克拉斯說：“每座新建築在某種程度上都是假設。” “無論從編程上還是從類型上來講，該論壇都是投機性的。”
“可以欣賞到城市360度全景的屋頂露台是一塊巨大的磁鐵。但是事情將會安定下來，希望不久我們就能看到它是否真的有效。”
Project credits:
Client: Municipality of Groningen
Delegated client: TwynstraGudde
Architect: NL Architects with ABT Engineering
Design team: Pieter Bannenberg, Kamiel Klaasse, Walter van Dijk, Thijs van Bijsterveldt, Florent Le Corre, Sören Grünert, Iwan Hameleers, Sybren Hoek, Kirsten Hüsig, Mathieu Landelle, Zhongnan Lao, Barbara Luns, Gert Jan Machiels, Sarah Möller, Gerbrand van Oostveen, Giulia Pastore, Guus Peters, Jose Ramon Vives, Laura Riaño Lopez, Arne van Wees, Zofia Wojdyga, Gen Yamamoto with Christian Asbo, Nicolo Bertino, Jonathan Cottereau, Marten Dashorst, Rebecca Eng, Antoine van Erp, Tan Gaofei, Sylvie Hagens, Britta Harnacke, Jana Heidacker, Sergio Hernandez Benta, Johannes Hübner, Yuseke Iwata, Cho Junghwa, Linda Kronmüller, Jakub Kupikowski, Katarina Labathova, Ana Lagoa Pereira Gomes, Qian Lan, Justine Lemesre, Amadeo Linke, Fabian Lutter, Rune Madsen, Phil Mallysh, José Maria Matteo Torres, Victoria Meniakina, Shuichiro Mitomo, Solène Muscato, Lea Olsson, Pauline Rabjeau, Thomas Scherzer, Michael Schoner, Martijn Stoffels, Jasper Schuttert, Bartek Tromczynski, Carmen Valtierra, Elisa Ventura, Benedict Völkel, Vittoria Volpi, Murk Wymenga, Qili Yang, Yena Young, Alessandro Zanini
Architectural engineering: ABT with NL Architects
Interior design: NL Architects with deMunnik-deJong-Steinhauser, &Prast&Hooft, Tank, Northern Light
Building engineer: ABT
Structural engineer: ABT
Building costs: ABT
Building physics, acoustics and safety: DGMR
Technical installations: Huisman en van Muijen HVM
Acoustics: Peutz
Contractor: BAM
Seismic engineering: ABT with BORG & BAM Advies & Engineering
Art in parking: Nicky Assmann
項目學分：
客戶：格羅寧根市
委託客戶：TwynstraGudde
建築師：ABT工程公司的NL建築師
設計團隊：Pieter Bannenberg，Kamiel Klaasse，Walter van Dijk，Thijs van Bijsterveldt，Florent Le Corre，SörenGrünert，Iwan Hameleers，Sybren Hoek，KirstenHüsig，Mathieu Landelle，Zhongnan Lao，Barbara Luns，Gert Jan Machiels，George Brand，SarahMöller範·歐斯特芬，朱莉亞·帕斯托（Giulia Pastore），古斯·彼得斯，何塞·拉蒙·維夫斯，勞拉·里亞諾·洛佩茲，阿恩·範·韋斯，佐菲亞·沃伊迪加，山本將與克里斯蒂安·阿斯博，尼科洛·貝蒂諾，喬納森·科特勞，馬丁·達索爾斯特，麗貝卡·恩格，安東尼·範·埃爾普，譚·高非，西爾維哈根斯，布里塔·哈納克，賈娜·海達克，塞爾吉奧·埃爾南德斯·本塔，約翰內斯·赫布納，尤塞克·岩田，趙靜華，琳達·克倫穆勒，賈庫布·庫皮科夫斯基，卡塔琳娜·拉巴索娃，安娜·拉戈亞·佩雷拉·戈梅斯，錢蘭，賈斯汀·萊梅斯雷，阿森達·盧恩，阿瑪德·盧克菲爾·馬里什（Phil Mallysh），何塞·瑪麗亞·馬特奧·托雷斯（JoséMaria Matteo Torres），維多利亞·梅尼亞基納（Victoria Meniakina），水一郎（Shuichiro Mitomo），索琳·穆斯卡托（SolèneMuscato），莉亞·奧爾森（Paula Rabjeau），托馬斯·謝澤（Thomas Scherzer），邁克爾·肖納（Michael Schoner），馬丁·斯托菲爾（Martijn Stoffels），賈斯珀·舒特（Jasper Schuttert），巴特克·特羅姆斯基斯基（Bartek Tromczynski），卡門·瓦爾鐵拉（Carmen Valtierra），E麗莎·文圖拉（Lisa Ventura），本尼迪克特·沃克爾（BenedictVölkel），維多利亞·沃爾皮（Vittoria Volpi），默克·懷蒙加（Murk Wymenga），楊綺麗，耶拿·楊（Yena Young），亞歷山德羅·扎尼尼（Alessandro Zanini）
建築工程：與NL Architects合作的ABT
室內設計：NL建築師與deMunnik-deJong-Steinhauser，＆Prast＆Hooft，坦克，北極光
建築工程師：ABT
結構工程師：ABT
建築成本：ABT
建築物理，聲學和安全性：DGMR
技術安裝：Huisman en van Muijen HVM
聲學：Peutz
承包商：BAM
地震工程：ABT與BORG＆BAM Advies＆Engineering
停車藝術：Nicky Assmann
FROM:https://www.dezeen.com/2020/01/19/forum-groningen-nl-architects-cultural-centre/
