WSECU Plaza
Architect: SkB Architects
Location: Seattle, WA, United States | View Map
Project Year: 2018
Category: Individual Buildings
该项目的负责人布莱恩·柯林斯·弗里德里希（Brian Collins Friedrichs）说：“这座建筑的设计是为了利用这个小而突出的场地的独特特性。”。“对行人规模、质地、材料、透明度和公共设施的敏感性推动了设计。我们的目标是创建一个建筑，让人感觉到它是附近的一部分，同时也为WSECU提供了一个签名标识。”
“The building is designed to take advantage of the unique properties of the small, yet prominent site,” according to Brian Collins-Friedrichs, principal-in-charge for the project. “Sensitivity to pedestrians—scale, texture, materials, transparency, and public amenities—drove the design. The goal was to create a building that feels a part of its neighborhood and that also provides a signature identity for WSECU.”
这座建筑简洁而富有表现力的形式与附近现有的砖砌学术建筑相关，并加强了与之的联系。建筑的西北角有一个六层楼高的雕塑玻璃立面，固定着十字路口。在主45大道东北侧，一个社区房间突出其斜角砖窗框。其次，桃花心木被用于店面，以提供温暖和触觉作为步行体验的一部分。建筑物中的大多数办公室大堂通常位于主要街道上以便于能见度。也就是说，大多数办公室大厅只是通往电梯的通道。WSECU选择将他们的办公室大堂设在第12大道的次侧大街上，以便在第45大道的主要街道上提供社区客厅和会议室。这一深思熟虑的城市和社区驱动的方法鼓励联系，激活和创造一个新的活力的网站。
The building’s simple, yet expressive form relates to and strengthens ties with existing brick academic buildings in the neighborhood. The northwest corner of the building features a six-story, sculpted glass facade that anchors the intersection. On the main 45th Ave NE side, a community room is highlighted by its beveled brick window frame. Next to that, mahogany is used on the storefront to provide warmth and tactility as part of the pedestrian experience. It is common for most office lobbies in buildings to be on the primary street for visibility. With that said, most office lobbies are merely circulation paths to the elevators. WSECU chose to locate their office lobby on the secondary side street of 12th Avenue to provide a community living room and meeting room on the primary street of 45th Avenue. This thoughtful urban and community-driven approach encourages connection, activation and creates a new vibrancy to the site.
车库入口和装载设施通过小巷进入，以保持临街行人的方向。第一层和第二层的一部分从房地产边缘向后拉，沿东北45街建造一个两层透明的立面，通往零售和社区集中的便利空间。
The garage entry and loading facilities are accessed via the alley to preserve the pedestrian orientation of the street frontage. Portions of the first and second floors are pulled back from the property edge to create a two-story transparent façade along NE 45th Street with access to retail and community-focused amenity spaces.
在内部，通过创建一个共享的大堂或“客厅”，零售和WSECU分支之间的界限变得模糊。该建筑采用了一个偏移核心，允许更多的开放和日光填充的地板。该建筑的设计是通过平衡围护结构设计策略和机械系统，最大限度地提高能源性能。
Inside, the line between retail and the WSECU branch is blurred through the creation of a shared lobby or ‘living room.’ The building employs an offset-core which allows for more open- and daylight-filled floor plates. The building is designed to maximize energy performance through a balance of envelope design strategies and mechanical systems.
“谈到这样的商业建筑，重要的是要考虑在其特定的背景下开发。我们想创造一个18小时体验的环境；在地平面上创造一种活力很重要。WSECU也看到了这一愿景，”SkB Architects联合创始人兼项目设计师凯尔·加夫尼（Kyle Gaffney）说。这个项目，在它的小而显著的网站上，成功地创建了一个建筑，它的行为和感觉就像是它的邻居的一部分，同时也为WSECU提供了一个签名标识。
“When it comes to commercial buildings like this, it’s important to consider a development in its specific context. We wanted to create an environment that was an 18-hour experience; it’s important to create a vibrancy at ground-plane. WSECU saw that vision as well,” said Kyle Gaffney, SkB Architects co-founder and project designer. The project, on its small but prominent site, succeeds in creating a building that acts and feels like a part of its neighborhood and that also provides a signature identity for WSECU.
