UK-based PLP Architecture has unveiled its design for a 12-storey office for Russian search engine Yandex in Moscow, which will be clad in titanium to create “a beacon” for the company.
Set to be built in the Gagarinsky district of Moscow near the Moskva River, the 170,000-square-metre office block will house all of the company’s staff.
PLP Architecture decided to clad the headquarters in titanium to give the building an iconic appearance that would make it stand out from other offices in Moscow.
“Russia produces the second-highest amount of titanium in the world and we wanted this to help create an iconic and symbolic building that would serve as a beacon of technology for the company,” said Alessandra Luzzatto, partner at PLP Architecture.
總部位於英國的PLP Architecture公佈了其在莫斯科為俄羅斯搜索引擎Yandex設計的12層辦公室的設計，該辦公室將用鈦覆蓋，為公司創建“燈塔”。
該辦公大樓將在莫斯科河附近的加加林斯基區建造，佔地170,000平方米，將容納公司所有員工。
PLP建築決定將總部換成鈦金屬，以使建築具有標誌性的外觀，使其在莫斯科的其他辦公室中脫穎而出。
PLP Architecture合夥人Alessandra Luzzatto說：“俄羅斯生產的鈦數量居世界第二，我們希望這有助於創建一座具有標誌性和象徵意義的建築，成為該公司技術的燈塔。”
“The crystalline form of the campus is composed of titanium panels on the facade and roof, which are designed to allow the building’s shape and texture to constantly adjust as the light changes throughout the day,” Luzzatto told Dezeen.
“We wanted to avoid a material that would read as flat and titanium adds life, depth, and movement in changing climatic conditions,” she continued.
“Our inclusion of this type of material to wrap the entire building will lend it a particularly unique appearance on Moscow’s diverse skyline and help to break down its scale and massing.”
“校園的水晶形式是由立面和屋頂上的鈦合金板組成的，這些鈦合金板的設計是使建築的形狀和紋理隨著一天中的光線變化而不斷調整，” Luzzatto告訴Dezeen。
她繼續說：“我們要避免讀成扁平的材料，而鈦會在不斷變化的氣候條件下增加壽命，深度和運動。”
“我們採用這種材料將整個建築包裹起來，將使它在莫斯科多樣化的天際線上具有獨特的外觀，並有助於打破其規模和規模。”
The office will be built alongside two plazas with the ground floor of the building partially open to the public.
It will contain cafes, shops, co-working spaces and a technology museum that will focus on Yandex’s growth since the 1990s into one of the country’s largest technology companies.
“Two new outdoor plazas offer welcoming entry points, connecting the building with nearby parks and streets,” said Luzzatto.
該辦公室將建在兩個廣場旁邊，該建築的底樓部分向公眾開放。
它將包括咖啡館，商店，聯合辦公空間和一個技術博物館，重點關注Yandex自1990年代以來發展成為該國最大的技術公司之一的情況。
Luzzatto說：“兩個新的戶外廣場提供了歡迎入口，將建築物與附近的公園和街道連接起來。”
“Inside the unique, sculpted form of the building, scale is broken down into a network of interconnecting spaces that focus on optimised use and that complement adjacent functionalities,” she continued.
“The open, publicly-accessible ground floor helps to show the company off and includes a museum, education facilities and co-working areas.”
她繼續說：“在建築獨特的雕刻形式中，規模被分解為相互聯繫的空間網絡，這些空間專注於優化使用並補充相鄰功能。”
“開放的，可公開訪問的底層有助於炫耀公司，其中包括博物館，教育設施和共同工作區。”
Above the largely public ground floor will be reception areas on a mezzanine level with 11 floors of office space above.
A full-height central atrium topped with a roof light will be the heart of the new building. It will be crossed by a series of stairs and bridges to connect the various floor and departments.
“The inclusion of many layers of spaces such as a central hub, pocket and rooftop terraces, and various open bridges and stairs aim to invigorate the company to inspire interaction and innovation amongst subsidiary companies, departments, teams, and individuals,” said Luzzatto.
在大部分公共地面上方將是夾層樓的接待區，上方是11層辦公空間。
全高的中央中庭，頂上的屋頂燈將是新建築的核心。 它將通過一系列樓梯和橋樑穿過，以連接各個樓層和部門。
Luzzatto表示：“包括中央樞紐，口袋和屋頂露台以及各種開放式橋樑和樓梯等多層空間，旨在激發公司活力，激發子公司，部門，團隊和個人之間的互動與創新。”
The completed building will join other headquarters for internet companies being built around the world. Architecture studios BIG and Heatherwick Studio are designing a campus for Google in California, while Frank Gehry recently extended Facebook’s Silicon Valley headquarters.
When designing Yandex’s headquarters PLP Architecture looked at and built on the designs of other campuses for technology companies around the world.
“Yandex’s unique position and offerings mean that it has very specific needs and requirements that necessitated a crafted and tailored design for their new campus,” said Luzzatto.
“In doing this, we benchmarked our new building and studied well-known campuses around the world created for everything from IT to academic uses,” she added. “Our goal here was to fully understand a suitably-inclusive workspace made for young and smart people.”
完工的大樓將與全球正在建立的互聯網公司的其他總部一起。 建築工作室BIG和Heatherwick Studio正在為加利福尼亞的Google設計一個校園，而弗蘭克·蓋里（Frank Gehry）最近擴展了Facebook的矽谷總部。
在設計Yandex總部時，PLP Architecture考慮並建立在其他園區為全球技術公司設計的基礎上。
Luzzatto說：“ Yandex的獨特地位和產品意味著它具有非常特殊的需求，因此需要為其新校園設計和量身定制的設計。”
她補充說：“為此，我們對新大樓進行了基準測試，並研究了世界各地為IT和學術用途而創建的知名校園。” “我們的目標是充分了解為年輕人和聰明人設計的，包含適當內容的工作空間。”
FROM:https://www.dezeen.com/2020/08/12/yandex-hq-moscow-plp-architecture-titanium/
