AlHamra塔_科威特.pdfVIP

78 Al Hamra塔，科威特 Al Hamra Tower, Kuwait City, Kuwait 撰文 Aybars Asci 建筑设计 SOM事务所 设计合伙人 Gary Haney 执行合伙人 Peter Magill 资深设计师 Aybars Asci 结构设计总监 Mark Sarkisian 设计团队 Dean MacKenzie, Tobias Schwinn, James Mallory, Noppon Pisutharnon, Yasemin Kologlu, Souraya Daouk, Tarek Sharaway, Eric Van Epps 编译 朱晓琳 79 Al Hamra塔坐落于科威特市，是一座包含有办公空间、健 身俱乐部、剧院、美食广场的高端商业中心的商业综合体。建 筑高度达到 412m。这座标志性的写字楼将成为科威特市最高的 建筑。 Al Hamra塔的建设目前已经接近尾声，办公面积达到18.6 万m2，其旁边是一座由当地建筑师设计的面积达3.4万m2的商业 裙房。该项目的业主是一位当地开发商和一位总承包商，但建 造一座超高层建筑却并不是他们的初衷。事实上，在项目之初 他们已经开始动工建造一座由当地建筑师设计的50层高的塔楼 和一座4层的裙房，而科威特当局却突然变更城市规划，允许基 地内建造更高的建筑物。科威特希望能参与到该地区狂热的建 筑热潮中，希望建造更高、更引人注目的建筑物。当 SOM 参与 到项目中时，基地已经全部开掘，四层高的裙房已经在建。业 主们希望保持裙房不变，并委托 SOM 在基地北部尖角处边长约 60m的方形地带内设计一座新的塔楼。 Al Hamra塔地处科威特半岛中心的黄金地段。沿着海岸 线感受城市全景，超高层塔楼的形象强烈地凸出于城市的天际 线。业主们期许着一个能很好地利用基地优势的标志性建筑， 一个科威特的城市地标。他们同时也要求这是一座高效的办公 Al Hamra Tower, at 412 meters, is the tallest structure in Kuwait. It is nearing completion and scheduled to be complete in early 2011. The tower has 186,000 SM gross area of ofice adjacent to a 34,000 SM retail podium designed by a local architect. Building a super tall tower was not the initial plan of the owners, a joint venture of a local developer and a general contractor. They had started the construction of a 50 storey tower with a 4 storey podium designed by a local architect, when Kuwait authorities changed the zoning to allow for a much taller structure on the site. Kuwait wanted to catch up with the building boom happening elsewhere in the region, and wanted to build taller and more prominent structures. When SOM was brought into the project, the site was fully excavated and the construction on the 4 storey podium was on its way. The owners wanted to keep the podium as it was designed and commissioned SOM to design a new tower at the northern tip of the site measuring 60 meters square. The site of Al Hamra is located at the center of Kuwait peninsula, on a very prominent lo