Kingsway大厦 / SAOTA
Kingsway Tower / SAOTA

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来自建筑事务所的描述。在尼日利亚拉各斯的Kingsway大厦是一座地标性的多功能建筑，位于Alfred Rewane大道醒目的转角处，这是一条将城市一分为二、北至机场、南至维多利亚岛的主干道。Kingsway大厦由南非SAOTA事务所设计，足有15层高。拥有一个地下室，两层零售平台和停车平台，以及12层办公层。Kingsway大厦的设计不仅为拉各斯这个尼日利亚的经济中心、世界上发展最迅速的城市引入了新的建筑创意，其质量和执行力也位于世界顶级，彰显了这个新兴市场在全球背景下的重要性。

Text description provided by the architects. Kingsway Tower in Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria is a landmark mixed-use building set on a prominent corner on Alfred Rewane Road, an arterial road that bisects the city leading north towards the airport and south to the Victoria Island. Designed by South African architects SAOTA, Kingsway Tower is 15 storeys high. It has a basement, a two-level retail podium, a parking podium and 12 office floor levels. Not only does the design of Kingsway Tower introduce new architectural ideas to Lagos – the economic centre of Nigeria and one of the fastest growing cities in the world – but it is also uncompromisingly world-class in its quality and execution, reflecting the importance of this emerging market in a global context.









Alfred Rewane大道位于lkoyi享有声望的居民区，与其周边区域被重新规划成多功能城市走廊，此举会带来办公楼和酒店开发的繁荣。然而拉各斯大部分的开发建设，都相当普通，通常只是遵循标准的商业模式，使用混凝土肋板和幕墙立面。“我们试图设计一栋建筑，直接体现出其位于拉各斯且拥有呼应当地气候条件的立面。”SAOTA项目主创建筑师Greg Truen如此说到。

Located in Ikoyi, a prestigious residential neighborhood, Alfred Rewane Road and its surrounds have been rezoned to create a mixed-use corridor, resulting in a boom in office and hotel developments. Much of the development in Lagos, however, has a fairly anonymous character, generally following a standard commercial model with concrete slab and curtain wall facades. “We wanted to design a building that made direct references to the fact that it was in Lagos, with a façade that responded to the local climatic conditions,” says SAOTA Director Greg Truen, lead architect on the project.







大厦外围折叠式穿孔铝幕奠定了建筑标志性的特点。建筑师刻意避免了字面意义上的对等隐喻，他们更喜欢从图案中汲取灵感，沿着热带内湖和城市周围生长的热带植物，特别是棕榈树，使得它们看起就属于这个地方，在美学、适应性和经济指标上都适合当地气候和经济，而不是去主张公开的文化借鉴。

The folded, perforated aluminum screens on the tower’s outer façade are primarily responsible for the building’s iconic identity. SAOTA was, however, careful to avoid direct or literal metaphorical equivalencies. They preferred to abstract the inspiration for its patterning – tropical vegetation, especially palm trees, along the tropical lagoons in and around the city – so that they seem simply “of their place”, appropriate to the climate and economy in their aesthetics, practicalities and performance rather than asserting overt cultural references. The screens on the outer façade are arranged in multiple layers, creating a porous, permeable façade with depth and a sculptural quality, that, as Truen puts it, casts “interesting shadows internally as the layers shift against each other”.



不像典型的欧美大厦遵循现代主义的传统，这栋大厦的立面处理更像是商店门面而不是幕墙。“肋板超出了玻璃面墙”，铝幕放置在肋板的尾端，不仅通过降低太阳能负荷提升了建筑的被动式性能指标，也使得进入外围来进行快捷的清洁和维护成为可能。“另一个针对气候条件的回应是将建筑的较短立面面对东西，较长立面面对南北。”Truen说，“在拉各斯地区，太阳非常快地升入天空，所以作为建筑师，必须要解决来自相当垂直角度的热负荷。悬挑、遮阳设备和南北立面的组合是非常有效的。”

Unlike typical European and American towers in the modernist tradition, the façade treatment is configured more like a shopfront than a curtain wall. “The slab projects past the glass face,” says Truen. The aluminium screen is positioned at the end of the slab, which not only improves the passive performance of the building by reducing the solar load, but it also allows access around the perimeter for easy cleaning and maintenance. “The other climatic response was to position the building with the short facades facing east-west, and the long facades north and south,” says Truen. “The sun gets into the sky very quickly in Lagos, so you’re dealing with a heat load that is coming from a fairly vertical angle. The combination of the overhangs, the shading devices and the north-south elevations is very effective.”







曲线屋盖下的临街立面布置了许多对公共开放的空间，将其和周围环境有意义地连接在一起，也展现了和街道、人行道高度开放的视觉联系，尤其是在Glover和Alfred Rewane大道交汇的显眼的路口，在晚上，LED灯光增强了其开放和可达的印象，更不要提视觉的影响。“激活这条街很重要，必须彰显它的存在感。“Truen说。在拉各斯，大部分建筑都对街道呈现出裸露的墙面和栅栏，往往切断了和周边环境的联系，也基本无法起到增强街景和共享公共空间质量的作用，所以像Kingsway大厦这样的手法是不常见的。SAOTA希望这种干预可以在为城市肌理做出贡献的同时，促进积极的改变。

The street level facade below the curved canopy is populated with publicly accessible spaces, tying it meaningfully to its context and presenting a highly open visual connection to the street and sidewalk, particularly on the prominent corner of Glover and Alfred Rewane Roads. At night, LED lighting enhances the impression of openness and accessibility, not to mention its visual impact. “It was important to activate the street corner and give it a presence,” says Truen. This approach is unusual in Lagos, where most buildings present blank walls and fences to the street, severing them from their surroundings and doing little or nothing to enhance the quality of the streetscape and shared public space around them. SAOTA hopes that this intervention will catalyze positive change while making a contribution to the urban fabric immediately around it.



大堂的室内设计选取了帐篷的对角网状元素，在围绕对角轴折叠的多面木制三角元素的面板中得到了体现。这种雕塑式的手法和简单的图案，以及简单的材料的使用，使得所有细木工均可在当地建造。接待处上方的粗体圆锥状的屋盖拥有超出建筑物的影响，给外面的街道创造了趣味，和立面一样，当你步入内部时，室内的大堂处理渲染出更多的细节和趣味。

The interior architecture and design of the lobby picks up on the diagonal grid-like element of the canopy, expressed in the paneling as faceted timber triangular elements folded around a diagonal axis. This sculptural approach and simple patterning, along with the use of readily available materials, allowed for all of the joinery to be sourced and built locally. The bold cone-shaped canopy over the reception desk has an impact from beyond the building, creating interest from the street outside. Like the façade, the interior lobby treatment renders more detail and interest as you approach it.



拉各斯的电力供应是不稳定的，像是水力和下水道类的市政服务通常受限或缺失。所以，除了被动式能源设计措施来显著降低对于空调的需求和提供充足的自然光线，诸如水利供应和水处理、后备电力和下水道处理等辅助功能都是由现场提供。拉各斯城市的迅猛发展，以及持续攀升的超过2000万的人口，对于城市和建筑都有特殊的要求。“这是一个不需要浪费时间在怀旧上的地方。”Truen说，“应该始终不断地更新自我来应对所有的变化。”

The power supply in Lagos is erratic and municipal services such as water and sewage are limited or absent. As a result, in addition to passive energy solutions that significantly reduce the requirement for air-conditioning and providing ample natural lighting, all servicing – water supply and treatment, backup power generation and sewage treatment – is provided on site. The rapid growth of Lagos, with a population upward of 20-million people and climbing, places unique demands on the city and its architecture. “It’s a place that doesn’t have any time for nostalgia,” says Truen. “It’s constantly renewing itself to cope with the capacity that’s required.”



在这种背景环境下，Kingsway大厦旨在开辟新的设计叙述，在体现本地和全球自信的同时，应对城市特殊的需求和挑战，这也是Kingsway大厦的第一位租户——全球电脑软件技术公司微软所肯定的举措。

In this context, Kingsway Tower aims to inaugurate a new design narrative, addressing the city’s unique demands and challenges while reflecting both local and global confidence, an approach affirmed by Kingsway Towers’ first tenant, international computer software and technology company Microsoft.

































建筑设计：SAOTA
地点：尼日利亚，拉各斯
类型：多功能建筑
面积：27832 m2
年份：2019年
摄影：Adam Letch
生产商：MARAZZI, A-Z Solutions, ALUMCO, Dorma, Mitsulift, Ornate, Roca
设计建筑师：SAOTA
Saota项目团队：Greg Truen, Teswill Sars, Adrian Monger, Michael Wentworth, Henry Abosi, Kier Bothwell, Dov Goldring, Andrew Cunningham
主创建筑师：Consultant’s Collaborative Partnership (CCP)
项目经理：Gabonn and Cachez Turnkey Projects
工程设计：Sutherland Engineers and Consultant’s Collaborative Partnership (CCP)
承包商：ITB Nigeria Limited
工料测量师：Costcare
景观：Hermon Empor Landscape Limited
署权：Graham Wood

MIXED USE ARCHITECTURE, BUILDINGS，LAGOS, NIGERIA
Architects: SAOTA
Area: 27832 m2
Year: 2019
Photographs: Adam Letch
Manufacturers: MARAZZI, A-Z Solutions, ALUMCO, Dorma, Mitsulift, Ornate, Roca
Design Architect: SAOTA
Saota Project Team: Greg Truen, Teswill Sars, Adrian Monger, Michael Wentworth, Henry Abosi, Kier Bothwell, Dov Goldring, Andrew Cunningham
Lead Architects: Consultant’s Collaborative Partnership (CCP)
Project Manager: Gabonn and Cachez Turnkey Projects
Engineers: Sutherland Engineers and Consultant’s Collaborative Partnership (CCP)
Contractor: ITB Nigeria Limited
Quantity Surveyor: Costcare
Landscaping: Hermon Empor Landscape Limited
Copy By: Graham Wood
City: Lagos
Country: Nigeria