A gravity-defying tower aimed at ‘sustainable urbanism’ has opened in Singapore
Published 2nd August 2019
城市建筑就是这个城市思想的风向标。
[1] baffle
注释:使…困惑
备注:美 [bæf(ə)l] 英 [bæf(ə)l]
vt. 使…困惑；使…受挫折；用挡板控制
n. 挡板；困惑
vi. 做徒劳挣扎
[2] at first glance
注释:乍一看
备注:乍一看，初看；第一眼就……
[3] a leafy garden
注释:一个绿树成荫的花园
[4] elevates
注释:举起
备注:美 [elɪveɪt]
英 [elɪveɪt]
vt. 提升；举起；振奋情绪等；提升…的职位
[5] marina
注释:散步道
备注:美 [məriːnə] 英 [məriːnə]
n. 码头，[船] 小艇船坞；散步道
[6] retail and food and beverage spaces
注释:零售和餐饮空间
[7] podium
注释:底座
备注:美 [pəʊdɪəm] 英 [pəʊdɪəm]
n. 乐队指挥台；矮墙；墩座墙
[8] atrium
注释:中庭
备注:美 [eɪtrɪəm] 英 [eɪtrɪəm]
n. 中庭，天井前厅；[解剖] 心房
[9] sustainable urbanism
注释:可持续发展的都市生活
[10] incorporate
注释:包含
备注:美 [ɪnkɔːpəreɪt]
vt. 包含，吸收；体现；把……合并
vi. 合并；混合；组成公司
adj. 合并的；一体化的；组成公司的
[11] greenery
注释:绿色植物
备注:美 [griːn(ə)rɪ] 英 [griːn(ə)rɪ]
n. 绿色植物；温室
[12] faceted
注释:有小面的
备注:adj. 有小面的
faceted pebble
棱石
faceted interface
小面化界面
[13] dematerializes
注释:使消失备注:美 [diːmətɪərɪəlaɪz]
vt. 使消失；使丧失物质形态
vi. 消失；丧失物质形态
[14] adjacent to
注释:毗邻
备注:邻近的，毗连的
[15] The tower is currently home to the Singapore office of KPF, established as the firm works on the upcoming Terminal 5 of Changi Airport
注释:该大楼目前是KPF新加坡办公室的所在地，这是该公司为即将开业的樟宜机场5号航站楼建设而成立的
[16] in collaboration with
注释:合作
备注:与…勾结；与…合作
[17] overlapping
注释:重叠的
备注:美 [,əʊvəlæpɪŋ]
英 [,əʊvəlæpɪŋ]
v. 重叠；与……重合（overlap 的现在分词）
[18] environmental checks
注释:环境检查
[19] capitalizing on
注释:利用
备注:capitalizing on change
把握机遇
[20] expanse
注释:广阔的区域
备注:美 [ɪkspæns; ek-] 英 [ɪkspæns; ek-]
n. 宽阔；广阔的区域；苍天；膨胀扩张
[21] stoic
注释:冰冷的
备注:n. 坚忍克己者，坦然面对困难的人
adj. 坚忍的；禁欲的
[22] at unique vantage points
注释:在独特的有利位置
[23] the public realm
注释:公共领域
备注:in the public realm
在公共范畴
Art in the Public Realm
公共领域艺术
[24] boutique
注释:精品的
备注:美 [butik] 英 [buːtiːk]
n.精品店；时装店
adj.（商店）精品的
The newly-opened Robinson Tower in Singapore’s Central Business District might baffle[1]you at first glance[2]: the upper section appears to float above the lower, with a leafy garden[3]between the two.
Get a little closer and you’ll spot the slender core that elevates[4] the upper tower, maximizing views of the nearby marina[5] from the twenty floors of offices, as well as providing space for the terraced rooftop garden.
Designed by New York’s Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF), the tower also houses retail and food and beverage spaces[6] in the lower podium[7], arranged around another garden in a central atrium[8].
Described by KPF as addressing “sustainable urbanism[9],” the design was influenced by Singapore’s Landscape Replacement Policy, which requires developers to incorporate[10]publicly accessible green spaces equal in area to any greenery[11] removed.
The building’s faceted[12] exterior “dematerializes[13] and reflects the sun and sky differently,” KPF said in a press release. It was also designed to “form a contextual relationship” with Lau Pa Sat, also known as Telok Ayer Market, a historic food market with a distinctive angular roof that sits adjacent to[14] Robinson Tower.
The tower is currently home to the Singapore office of KPF, established as the firm works on the upcoming Terminal 5 of Changi Airport[15], in collaboration with[16] the London-based Heatherwick Studio.
Bruce Fisher, design director at KPF, said in a press release: “At its core, this project presented the overlapping[17] challenges of planning Class-A office space on an irregular site with environmental checks[18]. However, these conditions ultimately drove the design’s success, all the while capitalizing on[19] the expanse[20] of Robinson Road’s visual corridor.”
“The dynamic tower frees itself from the canyon of stoic[21] facades, integrating green space at unique vantage points[22] and ultimately cultivating the public realm[23] alongside a boutique[24], mixed-use program,” Fisher said.
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