波特兰Metro YMCA办公区改造/ Bora Architects + LEVER Architecture
Metro YMCA Workplace Adaptation / Bora Architects + LEVER Architecture

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来自建筑事务所的描述。令40年前已落成的项目焕发新生，摇身一变成为代表性建筑，使之适应当下和未来的新需求，这是一个不同寻常的挑战。在1977年，建筑师设计了原有的YMCA运动设施，在突出的山脉底部融入公园式场地，东北面的弧度既符合地形又确定了悬臂运行的内轨。建筑的地基嵌入斜坡内，加强了其和背景里茂密森林之间的联系。为大众所熟知的 “Metro Y”，以其当代、现代主义的设计而受到称赞，并于1978年首次出现在建筑杂志中。

Text description provided by the architects. This project was a unique challenge to breathe new life into an iconic building we completed over 40 years ago, adapting it for an entirely new use for current and future needs. In 1977 we designed the original YMCA athletic facility to blend into its park-like site at the base of a prominent hillside, its sweeping northeast radius following the topography while defining a cantilevered internal running track. The building’s excavation into the slope intensified its relationship to the forested hillside in the backdrop. The “Metro Y,” as it came to be known, was lauded for its contemporary, modernist design, appearing in Progressive Architecture Magazine in 1978.



在几年之后，建筑师受邀改造建筑的核心和外壳，为一家运动服装公司提供现代的办公环境，使建筑对场馆内不同人群的聚集都有吸引作用，从而连接相邻的杜尼威公园和和运动的本质。因此建筑师维持了现存的基底，升级了结构，加强了弹性，足以支撑未来三层的加盖。

Several years after the YMCA’s exit, we were approached to adapt the building’s core and shell to support a modern workplace environment for a sports apparel company attracted to the facility’s distinctive massing, connection to adjacent Duniway Park, and athletic roots. Our resulting renovation retained the existing footprint while upgrading the structure, reinforcing its resiliency, and supporting a third-floor addition in anticipation of the future.





为了让建筑更加开敞，展现原始结构的组件，建筑师用通高玻璃窗代替了设有二层带状窗的不透明灰泥外墙，充足的自然光线驱散了原先室内的黑暗。垂直玻璃包裹着现存的胶合板木梁结构，沿着东北立面为公众展示了美丽的原始木框架。

With a vision to open up the building to reveal the best elements of the original structure, we replaced the largely opaque stucco facade featuring a thin second-level ribbon window with dramatic full-height glazing, flooding the formerly dark interior with natural light. The glass vertically wraps the existing glue-laminated wood beam structure to reveal the beautiful original wood framing to the public along the curved northeast facade.



在内部，建筑师清除了所有原来项目的隔墙，引入了一系列组成壁球场和篮球场的双高墙，展示了轨道上层开阔的内部空间。之前的社区体育馆现在则变身为一处办公场所，在展示自然木材和日光的健康环境里不断回应建筑的健康主题。

Within, we cleared all partitions serving the original program, including a series of double-height walls that formed racquetball and basketball courts, to reveal an expansive internal space defined by the upper-level track. The former community gym now exists as a workplace celebrating the building’s evolving themes of fitness within a healthy environment showcasing natural wood and daylighting.



建筑师的设计同样加强了新建筑和场地的联系。紧靠山体的敦实墙体呼应了周围常绿植物的深绿色，过渡至广阔的草丛，展露出建筑内部大量的道格拉斯冷杉结构，而同样的树种正在窗外茂密生长。未来的三层加建将会以绿色的屋顶为特点，更好地融入周围环境，人们届时站在远足路线和上方的道路都能清楚地看见。适应性改造出乎意料地为街区和杜尼威公园带来了建筑的生命，也给建筑使用者们提供了面对公园、背对城市的开放的全景视野。

Our design also strengthened the new building’s connection to site. The massive walls abutting the hill echo the deep green of the surrounding evergreen foliage, transitioning up to expansive grass that reveals the building’s massive Douglas Fir structure within—the same species thriving in the forest outside its windows. The future third-level addition will feature a green roof intended to blend into the surrounding foliage, visible from a hiking trail and roadway above. This adaptive reuse unexpectedly brings the life of the building and its regional character to the street and to Duniway Park while offering building users an elevated panoramic view of the park and the city beyond.





自数十年前开放以来，这座建筑一直是人们钟爱的邻里建筑和城市地标。 在重新构想新功能时，人们得以纪念过去，同时在即将到来的年月里重新振兴它和场地、公园和波特兰市的关系。

Since its opening day decades ago this building has remained a beloved neighbor and urban landmark. In re-imagining the old YMCA for a new use, we were able to honor its past while reinvigorating its relationship with its site, the park, and the city of Portland for years to come.



















建筑事务所：Bora Architects, LEVER Architecture
类型：办公建筑，改造
面积：67640平方英尺
年份：2017年
摄影：Jeremy Bittermann
制造商：EFCO, Sto, AutoCAD, Henry Blueskin, RenewWrap
主创建筑师：Chris Linn
项目设计人：Brad Demby
项目建筑师：Isaac Adams
项目经理：Leslie Cliffe
设计师：Ben Arico
性能：Mike Manzi
委托人：Run Our Dream, LLC (developer)
工程：Grummel Engineering (estrutural), Humber Design Group (civil), Glumac (instalações)
景观：Simp.L Landscape Architecture
顾问：Winterbrook Planning (Uso do solo)
合作商：LEVER Architecture (design de interiores), Lease Crutcher Lewis (CM/GC)
附加面积：41,420平方英尺 (阶段2)
城市：波特兰
国家：美国

OFFICE BUILDINGS, RENOVATION，PORTLAND, UNITED STATES
Architects: Bora Architects, LEVER Architecture
Area: 67640 ft2
Year: 2017
Photographs: Jeremy Bittermann
Manufacturers: EFCO, Sto, AutoCAD, Henry Blueskin, RenewWrap
Architect In Charge: Chris Linn
Project Designer: Brad Demby
Project Architect: Isaac Adams
Project Manager: Leslie Cliffe
Designer: Ben Arico
Specifications: Mike Manzi
Clients: Run Our Dream, LLC (developer)
Engineering: Grummel Engineering (estrutural), Humber Design Group (civil), Glumac (instalações)
Landscape: Simp.L Landscape Architecture
Consultants: Winterbrook Planning (Uso do solo)
Collaborators: LEVER Architecture (design de interiores), Lease Crutcher Lewis (CM/GC)
Addition Area: 41,420 ft2 (Phase II)
City: Portland
Country: United States