曼徹斯特民事法院中心英國 曼徹斯特

客 戶：倫敦聯合地產管理有限公司

完成日期：2007年7月

建設成本：1億英鎊

建筑面積：3.4 萬平方米

攝 影：Tim Griffith

Client: Allied London Properties Management Limited

Completion Date: July 2007

Cost: ￡100M GBP

Gross Floor Area: 34,000m2

Photographer: Tim Griffith

位于英國西北部的司法總部設計是通過多輪激烈的國際設計競賽而獲得的，該法院高15層，建筑面積達3.4萬平方米。法院內設有47間法庭、75間法律咨詢室和其它辦公區和支持空間。法院位于斯賓菲爾茲區，這個地區因著極富創新精神和可持續性的設計，成為曼徹斯特城區的大型舊城復興區。在平面上，法庭和辦公室線型排列，由法庭的大小和數量決定每一層線型結構的長度；各層中的線型結構分別向建筑兩端伸展并錯位變化，形成動感的造型，使建筑呈現出虛實相間的效果。這些元素共同在側立面形成了個性鮮明的建筑外觀；而在兩端的立面上，則營造出光影互動的效果，富有變化的造型顯示出雕塑般的力量。

營造透明體的建筑手法隱喻著法庭不再是戒備森嚴的地方，而是一個平等和向公眾開放的場所。

曼徹斯特民事法院為尋求正義的人們提供幫助，它被英格蘭和威爾士最高法院首席法官譽為‘一座代表著民事司法正義新紀元的偉大建筑……可能是現代最好的民事和家事法院。

Located in Spinningfields, a large-scale regeneration area in central Manchester marked by innovative and sustainable design, Manchester Civil Justice Centre houses 47 courtrooms, 75 consultation rooms, offices and support space, over 15 levels.

The working courts and offices are designed as long rectilinear forms, articulated at each floor level, and projecting at each end of the building as a varied composition of solid and void. The hierarchy and number of courts set the length of the ‘sticks’. In side elevation, these elements collectively establish a dynamic and distinctive building profile; in end elevation, they form a powerful sculptural interplay of light and shade, depth and complexity.

The architectural implication of the transparency of the building is that the courts are not forbidding or concealed, but open and accessible.

Welcoming and comprehensible for people seeking justice, the Manchester Civil Justice Centre is described by the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales as ‘a magni fi cent building representing the start of a new era for civil and family justice … probably the fi nest civil and family courthouse of the modern age.