蘋果公司總部

建設單位：蘋果公司

項目地點：美國加州

設計單位：福斯特建筑事務所

攝影：Nigel Young / 福斯特建筑事務所

Client: Apple Coporation

Location: California, USA

Architect: Foster + Partners

Photography: Nigel Young / Foster + Partners

蘋果公司總部大樓以人為本，為員工獲取持續的創造力、創新與福祉而創建的理想工作場所。園區具有加州精神特征：開放、聯系自然，重視合作。其景觀與建筑自然和諧，儼然一個整體：環狀建筑（Ring Building）、史蒂夫·喬布斯劇院、健身以及健康中心、游客中心與南部停車場周邊坐落著流動公園，加強建筑作為社交、鍛煉與工作的場所的功能。該建筑架構靈活并具前瞻性，坐落于高聳入云的森林中，從陽光中汲取能量。透過其玻璃外墻，可觀賞到公園迷人的景觀，享受到公園新鮮的空氣。經由蘋果公司的不斷嘗試與努力，其設計可謂對環境、公司以及員工都給予了貼心的關注。園區完全由可再生能源供電，有望成為北美最大的獲得LEED 白金認證的建筑。建筑占地71 公頃（175英畝），先前大多是不透水的土地表面。而今，綠地面積從20%增加至80%，超過6 公里（4 英里）的步行及慢跑小道遍布其中。園區內種植有9000 多棵樹，包括本土的橡樹和果園，還有草地、運動場、露臺以及一個隱蔽的池塘。

環狀建筑形式看似簡單，卻隱含深厚的專業知識與創新。它包含幾個核心要素：用于協作的公共“pod”空間，用于集中工作的私人辦公空間，以及場地寬廣、玻璃環繞的周邊行道——采用有史以來最大的曲面玻璃——景觀之間得以不間斷地連接。環狀建筑的底面是世界上最為先進的預制混凝土結構之一，由超過4000 塊板材組成，橫跨達15 米（48英尺）。廣為人知的“空隙板”具備多種用途，這一元素用途廣泛，還組成了露天的天花板，其能結合輻射加熱并冷卻，隨即提供空氣回流。全高中庭坐落于八個樞軸點處，使得入口公共空間內（連接公園與花園的社交空間）光線充足。餐廳獨樹一幟，打破了整體設計——一個園區化廣場——占據了整個環狀建筑的東北軸線。餐廳有四層樓高，與戶外露臺交相呼應。最令人難忘的是，餐廳東北面可讓人悄悄滑走離開。巨大的玻璃門有15 米（50 英尺）高，55 米（180 英尺）寬，可在鋪設于地板下的軌道上毫不費力地滾動。這一玻璃門的尺寸在其同類中當屬最大，整個建筑的景觀感得以增強。

Apple Park places people at its heart, creating an ideal workplace for continued creativity,innovation and wellbeing. The campus is Californian in spirit: open and connected to nature and the product of a remarkable collaboration. Its landscape and buildings form a seamless whole: the Ring Building, Steve Jobs Theater, Fitness & Wellness Center, Visitors’ Center and South Parking are all encompassed by flowing parkland that enhances the buildings as places to socialise,exercise and work. Flexible and forward-looking, the architecture sits low amid tall trees, draws its energy from the sun and brings the invigorating views and fresh air from the park through its glass facades. Inspired by all of Apple’s endeavours, it has been designed with a deep care towards the environment as well as the company and its staff. The campus is powered by 100 per cent renewable energy, and is on track to be the largest LEED Platinum-certified building in North America. The 71-hectare (175-acre) site was previously dominated by impervious surfaces.Today, the green space has been increased from 20 to 80 per cent, with over six kilometres (four miles) of walking and jogging trails. There are now over 9,000 trees on site, including indigenous oaks and orchards, as well as meadows, sports fields, terraces and a secluded pond.

The simple form of the Ring Building conceals immense expertise and innovation. It comprises a few core elements: communal ‘pod’ spaces for collaboration, private office spaces for concentrated work, and broad, glazed perimeter walkways - featuring the largest sheets of curved glass ever constructed - that allow uninterrupted connection to the landscape. One of the most advanced precast concrete structures in the world, over 4,000 slabs, which span up to 15 metres (48 feet), make up the Ring’s floors. Known as ‘void slabs’, these multiuse elements form the structure and exposed ceiling, incorporate radiant heating and cooling and provide air return.At the eight cardinal axis points, full-height atria create light-filled entrance commons: social spaces that connect the park to the garden space within. Breaking this rhythm, the Restaurant - a campus town square - occupies the Ring’s entire north-east axis. Its quadruple-height dining hall and outdoor terraces encourage interaction. Most impressively, the Restaurant’s north-eastern facade can slide quietly away. Huge doors of glass, 15 metres (50 feet) high and 55 metres (180 feet) wide, roll effortlessly on tracks beneath the floor. They are the biggest of their kind ever constructed, and enhance the sense of landscape sweeping through the building.

? Steve Proehl

其他建筑也是蘋果公司總部大樓不可或缺的一部分：健身以及健康中心可作為蘋果公司總部大樓景觀中的靜修處。自南面看去，它似乎是單層的輕體建筑；寬敞的玻璃窗保證健身房與治療室光線充足，就像是公園的一部分。兩處空間之間，果汁酒吧坐落在橄欖樹掩映的庭院周圍，供應著健康飲料與小吃。

Several other buildings form an integral part of the experience at Apple Park: The Fitness &Wellness Center is a pavilion retreat in the Apple Park landscape. Approached from the south it appears as a pair of single-storied, lightweight buildings; expansive glazing opens light-filled exercise and treatment rooms onto the parkland. Between its two volumes, a juice bar serves healthy drinks and snacks around a courtyard shaded by olive trees.