GBX公司总部办公室
GBX Group Office / Vocon

由专筑网王沛儒，李韧编译

来自建筑事务所的描述。GBX集团的主要工作范畴是在城市范围内收购悠久历史的房地产，他们可以通过这些房地产项目获得很多的税收优惠，为社区带来活力，促进经济增长。最近，GBX集团在为他们的新总部的选址敲定了一处历史遗产地。通过联邦和州的历史保护税收抵免，该集团最终购买了俄亥俄州克利夫兰市的帝国大厦，面积为51000平方英尺（约4738平方米），这可以展示GBX集团对历史的保护和改造能力。

Text description provided by the architects. GBX Group focuses on acquiring historic real estate in urban markets which have the opportunity to receive significant tax incentives breathing new life, vitality, and economic growth into neighborhoods. As with its core mission, GBX sought out a historical property to revitalize for their new headquarters. With federal and state historic preservation tax credits, the result was the purchase of the 51,000 SF Empire Improvement Building at 2101 Superior Ave in Cleveland, Ohio to showcase GBX capabilities of preservation and transformation.





这座建于1913年的五层木结构历史建筑以前是一家服装厂，立面采用了非常精细的红砖，经过了有条不紊的修复。这栋建筑的内部经过创造性地重新设计，为GBX集团的员工和未来的发展提供了跨越三层的现代化且相互联系的工作场所。占地24000平方英尺（约2229平方米）的空间开放且透明，人们可以在历史的背景下看到新的建筑元素，现代化外部形态内是传统的建筑结构。

A former garment factory, the 1913 five-story, timber-framed historic structure features a richly detailed red brick exterior that has been methodically rehabilitated. Inside, the building was creatively reimagined to house GBX Group’s employees and future growth with a modern, interconnected workplace spanning the top three floors.  Occupying 24,000 SF, the space design intent is open and transparent to almost see through new building elements and view the original structure with the modern office appearance residing within a historical context.



在这座百年老楼里，建筑师面临的特殊挑战是解决楼层不平、扭曲的木柱和不规则的形态等问题。在现代办公环境中楼层高出地面6英寸（约1.8米），同时还要为楼层之间的隔音效果增加一定的楼面处理，这是非常精细的施工过程，需要添加钢材等材料层。

Particular project challenges in a century old building are uneven floors, twisted timber column lines and an unsquare perimeter.  To level floors that were up to six inches out of flush and at the same time add required floor mass to create needed sound separation between floors in a modern office, a very precise engineering process of adding layers of materials and steel was imposed.



建筑的内部环境由裸露的木质结构元素和砖墙改造而成，还增加了有玻璃覆盖的开放工作区。设计团队在视觉上将多个层次的办公空间通过全新的三层中庭连接起来，中庭的之字形钢楼梯增强了建筑的工业特色。简单地说，GBX总部就像是旧盒子里的一组新盒子。

The headquarters was strategically planned as a compilation of glass-encased and open work areas within a rehabilitated interior environment of exposed wood structural elements and brick walls.  Visually connecting multiple levels of office space is a new three-story atrium created by the design team with a zig-zagging steel staircase that amplifies the building’s industrial character.  In simplistic terms, GBX’s offices are mildly presented as a grouping of new boxes within an old box.







经过程序化的设计，GBX总部的每一层楼都具有类似的布局。每层楼都有各种各样的会议室、办公室和工作区域。南侧是开放的合作区域，包括五楼的咖啡馆，在那里人们可以看到周围独特的街景。东北角的雕塑木墙贯穿了整幢楼，每层都有一个这样的小空间。

Programmatically, each floor of GBX’s headquarters features a comparable layout.  A variety of meeting rooms, offices and workstations populate each floor.  Along the south side of each floor are open collaborative areas – including a fifth-floor café – that take advantage of exceptional surrounding neighborhood views. Lastly, on the northeast corner, a sculptural wood feature wall penetrates through all three floors, containing a huddle room at each level.





为了很好地利用当地的人才资源，项目方委托了当地的艺术家来创作定制家具和艺术品，这些作品在整个项目中都很有特色。其中包括会议室的桌子，其材料是旧铸造基地的再生木材，GBX标志的雕塑由巨大的系泊浮标和独特的酒吧手推车用老式缝纫机制成，表达对建筑历史的尊敬。

Supporting local talent, area artists were commissioned to contribute custom furniture and art pieces, which are prominently featured throughout. This includes a conference room table incorporating reclaimed wood, an old foundry base, a sculpture of GBX’s logo fashioned from a massive mooring buoy and a unique bar cart made from a vintage sewing machine giving an homage to the building history.



每层楼的定制壁画都在讲述GBX集团的故事，其中有他们在服装方面的历史，也有公司的核心价值观，还展示了一些优秀的项目。设计团队还完成了3个额外楼层未来使用空间的设计工作，还包括对历史建筑的保护，以及对场地新设施、建筑MEP系统和场地元素的升级。

Custom murals featured on each floor tell the GBX Group story, the history of the Garment District where they are located, identify the company’s core values and highlight some of their great projects. The design team also completed core and shell work for 3 additional floors of future tenant space and base building upgrades including exterior/interior historic building preservation, all new utilities to the site, building MEP systems and site elements.



































建筑设计：Vocon
地点：美国，俄亥俄州，克利夫兰市
项目类型：翻新
首席建筑师：Dean Sprong, Scott Rodenbaugh, Julie Trott, Bob Porter, Ashley Cowgill, Carissa Smith, Fran Woodland, John Workley
总建筑面积：24000平方英尺（约2229.6平方米）
项目年份：2018年
照片拍摄：Matthew Carbone
土木工程：Langan
结构工程：Barber & Hoffman
MEP工程：Karpinski Engineering

Architects: Vocon
Location: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Category: Restoration
Lead Architects: Dean Sprong, Scott Rodenbaugh, Julie Trott, Bob Porter, Ashley Cowgill, Carissa Smith, Fran Woodland, John Workley
Area: 24000.0 ft2
Project Year: 2018
Photographs: Matthew Carbone
Civil Engineering: Langan
Structural Engineering: Barber & Hoffman
MEP Engineering: Karpinski Engineering