新型社区PIXEL——MVRDV
A NEW COMMUNITY IDENTITY. PIXEL BY MVRDV

由专筑网韩慧慧，小R编译

MVRDV设计了一个综合体项目，名为Pixel，建筑面积85000㎡，现已竣工。该综合体包含有公寓、商店、办公室等其它便利设施，其中公寓有525套。该项目为Emirates住宅综合体开创了设计新纪元。建筑以公共广场为中心，7座塔楼围绕广场进行设计，塔楼通过露台和凸窗的位置变换来实现形体的变换。建筑立面材质选取具有14种杂糅颜色的瓷砖贴面，该想法来源于珍珠表皮。

Pixel, the 85,000-square-metre mixed-use development designed by MVRDV in Abu Dhabi, is now complete. The complex features 525 apartments together with shops, offices, and amenities, taking an innovative approach to designing residential complexes in the Emirates. Central to this effort is the communal plaza at the heart of the development, where the seven towers “break down” into formations of terraces and bay windows, complete with shading screens of tiles in 14 subtle pastel colours inspired by the appearance of a pearl.







Makers District是Abu Dhabi Reem岛的首个开发项目，而综合体Pixel是Makers District项目的一个子项目，开发商IMKAN将Pixel项目视为Abu Dhabi的心脏，与其相邻岛屿Saadiyat城市遥相呼应。该设计方案具有国际化精神和创新精神，并且给阿拉伯联合酋长国提供了一种新型的生活方式，即强调居住归属感以及注重户外活动，具有社区活动精神，建筑还采用了醒目的装饰材料。

Pixel is the first project completed in Makers District, a new development on Abu Dhabi’s Reem Island that developer IMKAN bills as the new heart of Abu Dhabi – a creative counterpart to the city’s cultural hub on the nearby Saadiyat Island. The design capitalises on the innovative, cosmopolitan spirit of Makers District to offer an approach to living that is rare in the United Arab Emirates – with an emphasis on identity and a strong sense of place, an outdoor lifestyle, community spirit, and modest yet striking materials.







场地中心有着一个创客区域，成为了枢纽中心，其它7座塔楼围绕该中心，并被布置在场地边缘，设计师将塔楼的位置和高度都进行了详细的优化，最终的建筑布局可以为用户提供遮阴纳凉的场所，还可以与场地周边的滨水项目以及海景产生紧密联系。场地中心广场成为了一个社交中心，建筑首层设计了餐厅、咖啡厅、商店等服务设施与之相配。二层则主要设计成社区服务功能，如健身房、医疗、早教、创客区等功能，一二层功能均为公共服务，可以联合中心广场，形成公共活动区域，使得整个综合体充满活力。

The development forms a central hub in Maker’s District, so the design’s seven compact towers are pushed to the edge of the site, their positions and heights optimised to provide shade, encourage cooling breezes, and create connections with both the waterfront developments that surround the site on three sides and the beach. Between the towers, a central plaza forms Pixel’s social centre, with restaurants, cafés, and shops soon to occupy the ground floor. Community functions – from a gym and medical clinic to an early learning centre and offices for innovative start-ups – will occupy the level above, ensuring that the buildings of Pixel are always active, and that the plaza is therefore lively throughout the day.







建筑立面是本项目的核心，设计师将塔楼底部设计成碎片形式，如同像素一般，并将其形式延伸至广场上，并结合凸窗和露台来丰富立面。该设计方法将室内活动空间与室外活动空间连接起来，可以使住户尽情享受户外活动空间。广场上的水池和绿植，以及屋顶绿化，都很好地起到了场地小气候的调节作用，打造舒适宜人的户外环境。设计师将塔楼上部的公寓居住空间与底部的公共活动空间联系起来，使得整个项目具有场所感，让该项目在整个城市群体中脱颖而出。

The façades facing this plaza are what truly bring the project to life: At their bases, the towers crumble into “pixels”, spilling out into the plaza to create terraces and bay windows. These extend the living spaces inside into the public realm, encouraging residents to enjoy the outdoors in the cooler months of the year. Water and green features in the plaza below help to cool the microclimate within the plaza, making for a more comfortable environment outdoors, with planned green roofs being added to the top of the pixels. Life in the apartments above blends with the life in the plaza, giving a sense of place to the project, and an identity which helps it stand out from other complexes in the Emirates.







该项目立面上采用的材料颜色虽然朴素，但其内部含有多种色彩，仍会引得路人注目。为了向Abu Dhabi传统致敬，设计师将该项目的建筑形象设计成了牡蛎，即坚硬外壳包裹珍珠，具体做法是将建筑外立面材料选取为混凝土，并在其表面印有艺术家Nicole Martens设计的图案。从塔楼之间的缝隙望过去，可以看到中心广场的遮光立面上有14种不同颜色的瓷砖，像是珍珠的表皮。场地上的每座塔楼表面均采用了这种材质，能够显示其材料的独特性，且具有地标性。

This identity is further reinforced by the materials used on the project that, despite a certain modesty, nonetheless grab the attention of passers-by. In a nod to Abu Dhabi’s heritage, the development is envisaged as an oyster, with a hard outer shell that sequesters a delicate pearl inside. The outer façades are made of concrete panels, imprinted with a graphic pattern designed by artist Nicole Martens that was inspired by oyster shells. Glimpsed between the towers, the shading screens of the central plaza, clad in tiles of 14 different pastel colours, give the impression of a pearl inside the shell. On the interior, this modest yet joyful approach to materials continues, with each tower adopting a colour profile that gives it a unique identity and helps to improve wayfinding from the car park below ground.







综合体Pixel内有着525套不同面积的公寓，户型是一居室到三居室不等。该公寓排布方式多种多样，不同面积的公寓混合布置。底层公寓的活动空间连接着中心广场，使得广场氛围变得更加活跃。顶层公寓则结合屋顶户外平台，延伸了室外活动空间，该项目主张不同行业的居住人群可以在公寓群体中产生交流联系，如当地人和外地人、成家人士和单身人士、年轻人和老年人等。

Pixel contains 525 apartments of varying sizes, ranging from studios to spacious three-bedroom homes. These apartments are arranged in a way that celebrates diversity, mixing more expensive units and more affordable spaces together. This is enabled by the pedestrian plaza which, with its vibrant atmosphere, offers a benefit to living on the lower levels and makes these apartments just as desirable as those nearer to the tops of the towers. As a result, the project encourages contact between people from different walks of life – expats and Abu Dhabi locals, large families and singles living alone, the young and the old.







MVRDV创始合伙人Jacob van Rijs认为，综合体Pixel内部的公寓类型打破了阿拉伯联合酋长国的住宅规范，具有一定的创新作用。并且公寓的室内外空间也可以完美地转换，促进邻里之间的关系，不同群体的人们可以一同在广场内用餐或娱乐。Pixel的户型设计更适合人们居住，可以让人们尽情享受户外环境以及社交活动。

“With Pixel, we challenged the residential typologies that have become the norm in the UAE. Instead of nondescript, isolated towers made palatable by a veneer of luxury finishes on the interior, Pixel makes it possible for residents to spend some time outdoors, become friends with their neighbours, to invite visitors for a meal in the restaurant in the plaza. It encourages a way of life that is not only enjoyable, but environmentally and socially more sustainable than the alternatives.”
Jacob van Rijs, MVRDV founding partner.









































项目信息：
建筑设计：MVRDV创始合伙人- Jacob van Rijs  负责人- Stefan de Koning.
设计团队：
MVRDV Next - Boudewijn Thomas.
三维展示 - Antonio Luca Coco, Paolo Mossa Idra, Costanza Cuccato, Davide Calabro, Pavlos Ventouris, Kirill Emelianov, Tomaso Maschietti, Massimiliano Marzoli, Giovanni Coni.
规划与布局设计 - Willeke Vester. Edina Peli, Mariya Gyaurova, Mirco Facchinelli, Kristin Schaefer, Katarzyna Plonka, Ole Allin Egebaek, Ronald Hoogeveen, Katarzyna Nowak, Akshey Krishna Venkatesh, Kevin Loftus, Luca Vacchini, Karin Houwen, Guido Boeters, Meng Yang, Diana Sacco, Stavros Gargaretas, Afrodite Moustroufi.
合作团队：
建造监督记录 - Dewan Architects + Engineers with Intercon (interior design).
工程项目管理 - Ramboll Middle East.
场地总体规划 - RNL.
基础设施 - Parsons.
成本控制 - Turner & Townsend.
公共景观设计 - Bjarke Ingels Group.
景观设计师 - Verdaus.
灯光设计 - Delta Lighting Design.
地标设计 - Dezigntechnic.
电梯设计 - Cooper Wilcock.
安全设计 - WSP, Consquare.
立面设计 - Nicole Martens.
业主：IMKAN.
面积：85000㎡
日期：
设计日期- 2017年
完成日期- 2024年
位置：Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
摄影：Jon Wallis.

Architects: MVRDV. Founding Partner in charge.- Jacob van Rijs. Director.- Stefan de Koning.
Project team
MVRDV Next.- Boudewijn Thomas.
Visualization.- Antonio Luca Coco, Paolo Mossa Idra, Costanza Cuccato, Davide Calabro, Pavlos Ventouris, Kirill Emelianov, Tomaso Maschietti, Massimiliano Marzoli, Giovanni Coni.
Strategy & Development.- Willeke Vester.
Edina Peli, Mariya Gyaurova, Mirco Facchinelli, Kristin Schaefer, Katarzyna Plonka, Ole Allin Egebaek, Ronald Hoogeveen, Katarzyna Nowak, Akshey Krishna Venkatesh, Kevin Loftus, Luca Vacchini, Karin Houwen, Guido Boeters, Meng Yang, Diana Sacco, Stavros Gargaretas, Afrodite Moustroufi.
Collaborators
Architect of Record.- Dewan Architects + Engineers with Intercon (interior design).
Engineering and Project Management.- Ramboll Middle East.
District Masterplan.- RNL.
Infrastructure.- Parsons.
Cost Control.- Turner & Townsend.
Landscape and public realm design.- Bjarke Ingels Group.
Landscape architect.- Verdaus.
Lighting.- Delta Lighting Design.
Wayfinding & Signage.- Dezigntechnic.
Vertical transportation.- Cooper Wilcock.
Security.- WSP, Consquare.
Artist (façade).- Nicole Martens.
Client: IMKAN.
Area: 85,000 sqm.
Dates: Design.- 2017. Completed.- 2024.
Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Photography: Jon Wallis.