For Facebook, Frank Gehry Designs A Paradise For 2,800 Engineers
法兰克盖瑞作品， 脸书2800名工程师的天堂
FACEBOOK’S NEW WEST CAMPUS WILL FEATURE SPRAWLING GARDENS, AND PROBABLY MORE THAN A FEW PING-PONG TABLES.
脸书最新的西办公区将有花园穿插其中，或许还配备有一些乒乓球台。
Mark Zuckerberg, Frank Gehry and Craig Webb, taken as they met over the campus models (credit: Everett Katigbak, Facebook).
摄于马克扎克伯格，法兰克盖瑞和克莱格韦伯在办公区模型前会面的时。
图片来源：Everett Katigbak, Facebook
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It’s impossible to think of renowned architect Frank Gehry without envisioning the undulating metal shells of the Guggenheim Bilbao, and buildings that look as if they were chopped up and reassembled with super glue. Whereas some may argue architecture’s form must spring solely from its function, Gehry creates massive, unapologetic abstractions for the sake of doing it.
想到著名建筑师法兰克盖瑞，你不会不想到毕尔巴鄂古根海姆博物馆那波浪般的外壳。那幢建筑就好像劈砍以后用强力胶重新粘和的一样。虽然有些人认为建筑的外形必须完全遵从其功能，但盖里强大的创造力让这样的抽象没有遗憾。
Credit: Frank Gehry/Gehry Partners
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But when?Facebook tapped Gehry?to design their new campus expansion in Menlo Park--a building for 2,800 engineers, connected to Facebook’s old campus via underground highway tunnel--the result didn’t feature 200-foot metallic curves, but a rooftop garden that ran the building’s expanse, making the entire 420,000-square-foot property look like a simple, elegant city park from above (though it’s?not the first time?green space has outshined Gehry’s structures.
但是当脸书拍板让盖瑞设计他们的新办公区位于门罗公园的设计2800名工程师的扩张计划以后，脸书想把新旧办公区通过一条地下公路隧道相连，最终结果却事与愿违。200尺长的金属曲线没有成行，取而代之的是看似简单的铺在42000平方尺物业楼顶的屋顶花园。从上俯视，设计成为一个无比优雅的城市花园。（尽管绿色空间在盖里的作品中闪耀已经不是第一次了）。
Credit: Frank Gehry/Gehry Partners
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The building itself is one gigantic room that “somewhat resembles a warehouse,” according to Facebook’s Environmental Design Manager Everett Katigbak. It features acres of shared tables, each painstakingly angled by Gehry’s team. Nearby hubs hide meeting rooms and “micro-kitchens,” and nooks filled with whiteboards will enable quick brainstorming sessions. This warehouse sits on top the site’s underground parking structure.
这个建筑本来就是一个巨大的空间体，“有一点像仓库，”脸书环境设计经理Everett Katigbak说道。它具有数亩由盖瑞团队精心设计的共享平台。附近的中心小站中藏有会议室和微型厨房，丰富的白板配置为快速的头脑风暴会议提供良好的场所。这个仓库的下方还有一个地下停车场。
Meanwhile, Facebook is planting “a ton of trees” on the grounds, highlighting nature as their plebeian architectural flourish. On one hand, the warehouse’s sharp, zig-zagging walls feel straight out of Gehry’s playbook. On the other, you barely notice his firm’s touch at all, as every man-made component is buried under so much greenery.
在此同时，脸书预备在地上种植数以吨计的树，就如同他们的七层大楼突出自然一样。一方面，仓库锐利又锯齿状的墙体让人感觉跳出了盖瑞的剧本。另一方面，由于所有人为构件都被埋在如此多的绿色植物底下，你几乎觉察不到他团队所做的动作。
“The raw, unfinished look of our buildings means we can construct them quickly and with a big emphasis on being eco-friendly,” Katigbak explains in the official announcement. To Facebook, “quickly” means that they plan to break ground in 2013 and “hope for” a relatively short construction period. Now hopefully, Facebook will be smart enough to market the scale models you see here when the project is done. It’d be like the ultimate dollhouse for budding dot com entrepreneurs. I wonder if those tables are large enough to seat my old GI Joes. Cover me, Zuck!
“原始的，未完成的建筑意味着我们要更快建造他们，并更加侧重生态建设。”Katigbak在官方声明中解释道。对脸书来说，快意味着他们计划在2013年破土动工，并期盼更短的建设周期。 我们希望脸书够聪明，在建造期间继续营销市场模型。这就像终极玩具屋的创业计划，我怀疑那些桌子对我的美国大兵们是不是够大，扎克掩护我！
Beside the busy concrete highway, Facebook is a green mecca.
(credit: Frank Gehry/Gehry Partners)
脸书是在繁忙的水泥公路边的绿色圣地
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That green roof would make a great pitch 'n putt… (credit: Frank Gehry/Gehry Partners)
美丽的屋顶绿化可以作为一个良好的推杆场地。版权：法兰克盖瑞/盖瑞合作伙伴
A view without the roof. It’s one big room, sure, but every table is angled precisely. (credit: Frank Gehry/Gehry Partners)
去掉屋顶朝下看是一个巨大的空间。方案无疑被指定地非常精确。版权：法兰克盖瑞/盖瑞合作伙伴
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