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Xcel Energy Plaza

科恩+合伙人：Xcel Energy Plaza是该公用事业公司位于明尼阿波利斯市中心的公司总部现有广场的重新设计。Coen+Partners的场地规划旨在为明尼阿波利斯市中心创造一个灵活、现代的户外空间，同时为各种节目进行设计，包括户外音乐会和United Way的年度筹款活动。广场下方有一个从30英尺到100英尺深的大型变电站（为明尼阿波利斯市中心的电网供电），这不仅使项目复杂化，而且需要创新的设计解决方案。
Coen + Partners: The Xcel Energy Plaza is the redesign of an existing plaza at the utility’s corporate headquarters in downtown Minneapolis. Coen + Partners’ site plan seeks to create a flexible and contemporary outdoor space for downtown Minneapolis, while simultaneously designing for a variety of programs, including outdoor concerts and an annual fundraising event for the United Way. The presence of a large electrical substation from thirty to over 100 feet deep underneath the plaza (powering the electrical grid for all of downtown Minneapolis) both complicates the project and demands innovative design solutions.

Xcel Energy Plaza

现场策略将1965年的Pietro Belluschi大楼和重新设计的广场最大限度地暴露于Nicolet Mall和Fifth Street，同时在Xcel Energy严格的安全要求和变电站存在所造成的限制下工作。由黑色金属、黑色花岗岩、过大的混凝土铺路机和本地植物组成的最小色调将广场与周围环境联系在一起，反映出场地的地下分层，并通过变暗的基面与建筑相连。广场呈现出双重身份：一个面向公众的柔和而诱人的立面，鼓励大量日常使用，一个宁静的基准面突出现代主义建筑。
The site strategy maximizes exposure of the 1965 Pietro Belluschi building, and the redesigned plaza, to Nicollet Mall and Fifth Street, while working within Xcel Energy’s strict security requirements and restrictions caused by the existence of the substation. A minimal palette of dark metals, black granite, overscaled concrete pavers, and native plants ties the plaza to its surroundings by reflecting the site’s underground layering and to the building through a darkened base plane. The plaza presents dual identities: a soft and inviting façade to the public, encouraging heavy daily use, and a serene datum to highlight the modernist architecture.

Landscape architecture: Coen + Partners
Project type: urban design
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Collaborator: rsp architecture