山頂凌霄閣

建筑師：TFP Farrells

地點：中國香港

業主：香港上海大酒店有限公司

Architect: TFP Farrells

Location: Hong Kong, PRC

Client: The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited

TFP Farrells從有關地標建筑的指定國際競賽中脫穎而出，并受委托設計山頂凌霄閣，項目于1995年竣工。設計整合了原有的纜車站，纜車站在整個施工階段需要繼續運營。該建筑成為旅游者的一個集餐館、零售店和特殊主題道路于一身的目的地。堅實的基礎、露天平臺和帶有飛檐的浮動屋頂，還借鑒了傳統的中國建筑風格。

TFP的設計將傳統中式建筑學的各種元素編織在一起，形成一座前瞻式的建筑。塔座與其一系列瓦片浮頂 — 一種常見的圖形 — 之間的分離狀態，可產生抬高碗狀的印象，看上去似乎懸掛于半空中并高出山上的地平線。與碗形的浮動性相比，建筑的下半部分固定在山上，其思路來自中國及西藏禮儀建筑中高度傾斜的加固墻。該建筑的設計以宏偉為基調，其中堅固基座、開放式墩座、浮頂與上翹式屋檐的組合令人聯想起中國皇家建筑的有序和威嚴，但同時也使之柔和化。山頂凌霄閣也以新與舊、過去與將來之間的延續性而著稱。

The Peak Tram Tower, completed in 1995 was awarded following a winning entry in a limited international competition for a landmark building. The design incorporates the existing Peak Tram Station, which was required to remain in operation throughout the entire construction phase. The tower provides a destination for visitors with restaurants, retail and special theme rides. The solid base, open podium and f oating roof with upswept eaves also refer to traditional Chinese architecture.

TFP’s design wove elements of traditional Chinese architecture into a forward-looking building. The separation between the pagoda base and its series of f oating tile roofs - a familiar motif - was utilised to conjure up an elevated bowl-like form that seems to hang in space above the mountain skyline. In contrast with the f oating quality of the bowl, the lower part of the building is rooted to the mountain and takes its cue from the grandeur of the steeply sloping fortif ed walls of traditional Chinese and Tibetan ceremonial buildings. Heroic in intent, the building’s combination of solid base, open podium and f oating roof with upswept eaves recalls, yet softens, the order and authority found in imperial Chinese architecture. The Peak rejoices in this continuity between old and new, past and future.