Float Lab / Höweler+Yoon Architecture

由专筑网王雪纯，李韧编译

“我认为该项目的主题在当下十分热门，建筑师清晰地解决了涨潮问题。当人们行走在水面上，这绝对是绝妙的体验。”—juror Reto Geiser

“I think it’s very topical, and I think it’s interesting how it addresses the issue of rising tides. I imagine being there with your head just above the water is a powerful experience.” —juror Reto Geiser



这座“漂浮实验室”位于Robert Smithson的Spiral Jetty和Susan Philipsz的声学景观之间，这是由波士顿Höweler+ Yoon建筑事务所设计的费城教育机构。

Somewhere between the earthy grandeur of Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty and the eerie acoustic landscapes of Susan Philipsz there is Float Lab, a new educational initiative in Philadelphia from Boston-based Höweler + Yoon Architecture.



项目位于城市Schuylkill河的一个工业区内，沿海码头从如田园诗般的Bartram花园延伸而出，这也是该国现存最古老的植物园。在码头的最远端便不再支撑着河床，但人却可以在建筑上继续前进，圆形的浮动走道延伸到对岸的三分之一处。道路从码头向下倾斜，其东端道路低于水平面约4英尺（约1.2米），这些半淹没的浮动走道，使水平面只达到行人胸腔高度。围绕浮动走道建立的钢墙起到阻挡水流的作用，通过一些稳定构件，使得建筑得以漂浮在水面之上。

On a still largely industrial stretch of the city’s Schuylkill River, a long slender pier extends from the shoreline near idyllic Bartram’s Garden—the country’s oldest surviving botanical garden. At the pier’s furthest end, the supports to the riverbed stop, but the experience does not: a circular curlicue of walkway extends about a third of the way to the opposite shore. From the level of the pier, the path slopes down and, at its eastern end, actually goes below the water level by some 4 feet—a semi-submerged stretch of floating walkway that puts the river’s surface at about chest height. The water is held back by a steel wall that lines the walkway, and the flotation is achieved by a ballast that keeps the steel structure at the river’s surface.



当人们完全进入这种神奇的“两栖状态”时，他们能体验到河流所带来的如交响乐般的混响，河床上设置有微型音响，将流动的水声、灵动的蛙鸣和其他水下声音通过长廊内的扬声器播放出来。浮动走道强化了河流与人们的互动，声学构件则与环路内的灯光结合，来吸引过往的鱼类，使得它们能够靠近浮动走道上的人们。

As guests proceed into this uncannily amphibious condition, they are treated to a symphony in the key of Schuylkill, with microphones anchored in the riverbed transmitting the gurgle of the current, the splash of a jumping frog, and other subaqueous noises to speakers inside the promenade structure. Intensifying this encounter with the river and its inhabitants, the aural component is augmented with lights within the loop that track and attract passing fish, drawing them closer to the location of Float Lab visitors.



设计说明表明了这个特殊设计的目的是尽可能地直接让公众面对河流中的生态现状，两个多世纪以来，费城的工作水道一直是城市重污染区，近年来，它一直是当地保护团体的紧急修复目标。修复的证据也体现在漂浮实验室的周围地区中，而漂浮实验室也造就了人与这条河流前所未有的近距离接触。

The objective of this unique exercise in exhibition design is to confront the public in as immediate a manner possible with the ecological reality of the river in their midst: For over two centuries, Philadelphia’s working waterway has been the repository of much of the city’s pollution; in more recent times, it has been the site of intense restoration efforts by local conservation groups. Evidence of both is evident in the area around Float Lab, which brings the river’s complex legacy up close and personal as never before.









项目名称：漂浮实验室
地点：宾夕法尼亚州，费城
建筑设计：Höweler+Yoon Architecture
项目类型：教育建筑
项目范围：新建建筑
面积：2760平方英尺（约256㎡）
获奖情况：2018 ARCHITECT Progressive Architecture Awards
合作方：Katie Gerfen ,  Hanley Wood
项目现状：进行中

PROJECT NAME: Float Lab
LOCATION: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
ARCHITECT: Höweler+Yoon Architecture
PROJECT TYPES: Education
PROJECT SCOPE: New Construction
SIZE: 2,760 sq. feet
AWARDS: 2018 ARCHITECT Progressive Architecture Awards
SHARED BY: Katie Gerfen ,  Hanley Wood
PROJECT STATUS: On the Boards/In Progress