AdGear 技術公司總部 加拿大蒙特利爾

設計單位： ACDF建筑事務所

設計團隊： Maxime-Alexis Frappier， Joan Renaud， Martin St-Georges， Valérie Soucy， Francis Brodeur， Laure Giordani， Christelle Montreuil Jean-Pois

機電工程： Stantec

總承包商： Anjinnov

面積： 910平方米

項目年份： 2016年

攝影師： Adrien Williams

Architects： ACDF Architecture

Project Team： Maxime-Alexis Frappier， Joan Renaud， Martin St-Georges， Valérie Soucy， Francis Brodeur， Laure Giordani， Christelle Montreuil Jean-Pois

Mechanical amp; Electrical Engineer： Stantec

General Contractor： Anjinnov

Area： 910 m2

Year： 2016

Photographs： Adrien Williams

AdGear成立于2010年，是一家蒙特利爾當地的數字營銷機構，現在已經快速發展成為三星電子的獨立分支。該公司委托ACDF建筑事務所設計位于舊蒙特利爾麥吉爾街的新總部大樓。該建筑最初是一個建于1886年的干貨倉庫，二十世紀90年代末期才被改造成辦公樓。ACDF將這個由兩個相鄰樓房構成的空間用隔斷墻將辦公室分成了兩個不同的區域。一邊是休閑開放區，另一邊則是辦公區。

用于分割獨立辦公室的拋光玻璃貫穿兩層樓，與原有的紅磚和石墻形成了鮮明的對比。這些光滑的表面像一面鏡子一樣優雅地展示了粗糙的粘土磚和木梁的豐富性。ACDF故意地讓表面很多缺陷的梁和石磚暴露出來，用它們來表達建筑的歷史感。建筑師在一些墻面采用了金色的有質感的墻紙，來表達高級品質感，同時與優雅的浮雕天花板呼應。內部統一使用了黑色的石膏墻，在與锃亮的墻紙形成對比的同時，也為其創造了一個天鵝絨質感的框架。

開放區域的中心放置了黑板墻，便于公司員工隨時交流新的想法，白板巧妙地設立在磚墻上，鼓勵員工進行即時獨立會議，并且給予他們可以直接在墻上寫字的權利可以讓員工與公司環境更加親密。

在這個約910平方米的大空間內，建筑師面對的難題之一便是如何將自然光引入整個空間內。ACDF通過使用開放式空間和玻璃幕墻的設計讓光線可以從前后照入，交匯在中心，照亮了整個空間。被淺藍色穿孔鐵板罩住的主樓梯間讓陽光充分照入，進一步最大化自然光線。新設計的樓梯展示了建筑的工業歷史，銳角的幾何圖形向現代工業化致意。這樣線條細膩、半透明的樓梯在不同的材質厚度之間變換，延續了總部大樓內的“對比”設計主題。樓梯同時也有融合的作用：它不僅是兩大區域的連接，同時也鼓勵了員工的交流以及團隊的凝聚力。

這個吸引人的功能空間充分利用了磚木外殼和歷史特征，同時也引入了現代化元素讓新與舊相融合，象征著AdGear公司豐富的過去、現在和未來。

AdGear – a fast-growing digital marketing agency founded in Montreal in 2010， and now an independent branch of Samsung Electronics – commissioned ACDF Architecture to design its new headquarters located on McGill Street， in Old Montreal. Originally built in 1886 as a dry goods warehouse， the property was transformed into office space in the late 1990s. ACDF developed the space comprised of two adjoining buildings using the party wall to designate two distinct zones in the office. On one side， a casual， open area unfolds， while the other side is devoted to offices and workspaces.

Throughout the two floors， the rough red brick and stone of the central wall contrast with new materials such as the newly polished glass panes used to separate the individual offices. Like a mirror， the slick and elegant surfaces reflect and showcase the richness of the building’s rough clay bricks and wood beams. ACDF deliberately exposed the beams， stone inserts， the brick patterns， and celebrated their imperfections， enjoying how they narrate the history of the building. They added sections of golden， textured wallpaper that provide the space with a surprising air of nobility and underscore the elegantly embossed tin ceilings. Throughout， they created black Gypsum walls to provide contrast and create a velvet-like frame to the shiny wallpaper.

Black chalkboard walls located at the center of the open space are handy communication tools for the employees， and whiteboard panels cleverly positioned against the surrounding brick encourage staff to have impromptu stand-up meetings and give them the ability to literally write on the walls and take ownership of their environment.

One of the challenges with this 10，000-square-foot space was to draw natural light into the deep floor plates. By keeping an open floor plan and using the glass panels， ACDF’s design invites light from both the front and the rear of the building to meet in the center and illuminate the space. The main staircase – clad in robin’s egg blue perforated steel – allows sunlight to pass through， further maximizing the natural light. The new staircase evokes the building’s industrial past， while its angular geometry nods to a more contemporary era. Bringing together straight lines with finesse， and sheer volume with transparency， the staircase plays with the different depths of its materials， continuing the theme of contrast that defines AdGear’s headquarters. The staircase also possesses a unifying nature： more than just a connection between two large areas， it encourages employee cohesion and team building.

ACDF’s design of this engaging， functional environment makes the most of space’s brick-and-timber shell and historical features while inserting contemporary elements to a create a thoughtful union of old and new， symbolizing AdGear’s rich and textured past， present and future.