苹果自由广场是两个基本元素的组合，一个阶梯式广场和一个喷泉。它位于维托里奥-埃马努埃莱大街（Corso Vittorio Emanuele）附近，是米兰最受欢迎的步行街之一，游客们被引人注目的新喷泉吸引到广场上。
Apple Piazza Liberty is an ensemble of two fundamental elements, a stepped plaza and a fountain. Located just off the Corso Vittorio Emanuele – one of the most popular pedestrian streets in Milan – visitors are drawn towards the piazza by the sight of the dramatic new fountain.
该项目是由首席设计官乔纳森-艾维爵士（Sir Jonathan Ive）和零售及网上商店高级副总裁安吉拉-阿伦茨（Angela Ahrendts）领导的苹果公司设计团队与Foster + Partners紧密合作的又一个例子。
The project is another example of the close collaboration between the design team at Apple led by chief design officer, Sir Jonathan Ive and Angela Ahrendts, senior vice president of Retail and Online Stores and Foster + Partners.
作为对城市生活乐趣的庆祝，并体现了其动态性质，这个标志性的水景是一种互动的、多感官的体验。游客通过一个覆盖着玻璃的入口进入喷泉，被垂直喷射的水柱的景象和声音所笼罩，水柱在26英尺高的玻璃墙上飞溅。这是童年时在喷泉中奔跑的游戏的一种身临其境的再现，当阳光透过水面时，这种体验在一天中会发生变化，而在晚上，玻璃天花板会产生一种万花筒的效果，水会从墙上落下，其反射会无限地在天空中游走。
A celebration of the joys of city life and embodying its dynamic nature, the signature water feature is an interactive, multisensory experience. Visitors enter the fountain through a glass-covered entrance enveloped by the sights and sounds of vertical jets of water that splash against the 26-foot high glass walls. An immersive recreation of the childhood game of running through fountains, the experience changes throughout the day as sunlight filters through the water, while at night the glass ceiling creates a kaleidoscopic effect, with the water falling down the walls, and its reflections travelling infinitely up the sky.
Foster + Partners工作室负责人Stefan Behling评论说。”没有什么比在意大利创造一个新的公共广场更荣幸和责任了，意大利的广场和城市空间一直在激励着我们。喷泉表达了孩子般的兴奋，与我们每个人对话。在它的简单性中，它呼应了走进大喷泉而不被弄湿的想法，以及活着的喜悦”。
Stefan Behling, Head of Studio, Foster + Partners, commented: “There can be no greater honor and responsibility than to create a new public plaza in Italy, whose piazzas and urban spaces have always inspired us. The fountain is an expression of child-like excitement that speaks to each one of us. In its simplicity, it echoes the idea of walking into a big fountain without getting wet, and the joy of being alive.”
喷泉流向露天剧场的底部，这是一个新的社交中心，是 “今日苹果 “的户外延伸。露天剧场是由宽阔的、浸透阳光的石阶定义的，它低于街道水平，并向舞台开放，后面是第二座喷泉的水墙。整个广场是新创建的，用Beola Grigia–一种典型的伦巴第当地石材铺设，并由21棵新的Gleditsia Sunburst树环绕。
The fountain flows down into the base of the Amphitheatre, a new social hub and an outdoor extension of ‘Today at Apple’. The Amphitheater is defined by broad and sun-soaked stone steps descending below street level and opening up to a stage, backed by a second fountain’s wall of water. The entire plaza is newly created and paved with Beola Grigia – a typical local stone from Lombardy, and surrounded by 21 new Gleditsia Sunburst trees.
室内是一个明亮的整体空间，隐喻着用与上面的广场相同的石头雕刻而成。天花板沿用了圆形剧场的阶梯式轮廓，天窗和背光天花板创新地结合了人工和自然光。通过屋顶和楼梯，温暖的阳光轴深入到下沉式商店，将室内与米兰的光线和节奏联系起来，使其有一种宽敞的充满日光的艺术画廊的感觉。通往商店的楼梯由抛光的不锈钢包覆的悬臂踏板组成，也成为一个雕塑般的灯光装置，创造了一个戏剧性的、令人兴奋的体验。
The interior is a bright, monolithic space, metaphorically carved out of the same stone as the plaza above. The ceiling follows the stepped profile of the amphitheater, with skylights and backlit ceiling panels that innovatively combine artificial and natural light. Through the roof and stairs, warm shafts of sun penetrate deep into the sunken store, connecting the interior with the light and rhythm of Milan and giving it a feel of a spacious daylight-filled art gallery. The stairs leading into the store consist of polished stainless-steel clad cantilevering treads that also become a sculptural light installation, creating a theatrical and exciting experience.
Architects: Foster + Partners
Year : 2018
Photographs :Nigel Young
City：MILANO
Country：Italy