锐利的几何形状向蜜糖般的山洞招手。摇篮山游客中心是一座充满对比的建筑。它很有气势，但很和谐。它是对自然的抽象诠释。它是现代的，有一种没有时间根基的正确性。最令人惊讶的也许是，原始的外观如何延伸到一个温暖、柔软、精致的木材衬里。
Sharp geometric forms beckon to a honeyed cave. Cradle Mountain Visitor Centre is a building of contrasts. It’s imposing but harmonious. It’s an abstract interpretation of nature. And it’s modern with a rightness unrooted in time. Most surprising of all, perhaps, is how the raw exterior unwinds into a warm, soft, delicate timber lining.
摇篮山拥有狂野的雨林、连绵的草原和漫游的塔西魔鬼，吸引着大量的游客，这并不奇怪。但是，你如何能在一个从未打算容纳这么多游客的地方设计出有意义的游客体验？游客中心是重新构想摇篮山标志性体验的主要计划中的第一个项目。
With wild rainforests, rolling grasslands and roaming Tassie Devils, it’s no surprise Cradle Mountain entices a surging number of visitors. But how can you design a meaningful visitor experience in a footprint never intended to accommodate that number of guests? The Visitor Centre is the first development in a major plan to reimagine the iconic Cradle Mountain experience.
游客中心提供了一个温暖的阿尔卑斯山式的欢迎，以反映抵达时崎岖不平的期待感和摇篮山独特的地质情况。雕塑般的、受荒野启发的开发项目包括一个导向建筑、商业服务基地、班车候车亭和旅游巴士转运中心。在每一个环节，我们都旨在尊重这个世界知名的国家公园的重要性和敏感性。
The Visitor Centre offers a warm alpine welcome to reflect both the sense of rugged-up anticipation on arrival and the distinctive Cradle Mountain geology. The sculptural, wilderness-inspired development includes an orientation building, commercial services base, shuttle bus shelter and coach transit center. At every turn, we aimed to honor the significance and sensitivity of this world-renowned national park.
材料以反映自然。我们设计的建筑感觉接地气，仿佛是由冰川从坚固的岩石上雕刻出来的。伞形雨幕的形式参考了该地的折叠棱角地质，邀请游客进入洞穴般的木材内部。为室内选择木材是关于这个地方的诗学和品质。因为木材是自然的，所以客人感觉到与自然的联系。它往往能唤起其他材料所没有的反应。
Materials to mirror nature. We designed the buildings to feel grounded, as if carved from a solid rock by a glacier. The umbrella rain-screen form references the folding angular geology of the site, inviting visitors into the cave-like timber interior. The choice of timber for the interior was about the poetics and qualities of the place. Because timber is natural, guests feel connected to nature. It often evokes a response other materials don’t.
测量游客的足迹。设计需要深入了解游客在整个场地的移动情况。它需要适应高峰期和普通游客人数之间的巨大差距，并在这两种情况下都能感觉到诱人。我们直观的寻路策略创造了一个流程，在游客与场地解释和游客信息互动时，巧妙地引导他们。我们使用了一种空间层次结构来组织服务，但让惊人的自然环境唱出来。
Measured tourists footprints. The design required an in-depth understanding of visitor movements across the site. It needed to accommodate the wide gap between peak and average visitor numbers and feel inviting in both cases. Our intuitive way-finding strategy creates a flow to subtly guide visitors while they interact with site interpretation and visitor information. We used a hierarchy of space that organizes services but lets the staggering natural setting sing out.
没有足够高的山。随着更多的利益相关者看到这个项目的潜力，游客中心的设计经历了许多迭代。但我们感到自豪的是，其本质和指导性目标始终保持不变，即使其他方面围绕它们发生变化。走进雕刻好的内部木洞，这是一种相当大的感觉，是建筑内完全意想不到的宝石。虽然三角木体的复杂几何形状被证明是一个技术上的挑战，但现在知道其中的艰辛，欣赏它就更令人满意了。
No mountain high enough. The Visitor Centre design went through many iterations as more stakeholders saw the project’s potential. But we’re proud the essence and guiding goals remained constant throughout, even as other aspects shifted around them. It’s quite a feeling to walk inside the sculpted interior timber cave, a completely unexpected gem inside the building. Whilst the triangulated timber volume’s complex geometry proved a technical challenge, it’s all the more satisfying to admire it now knowing the hard work involved.
Architects: Cumulus Studio
Year: 2020
Photographs: Anjie Blair, Rob Burnett, Peter Walker
Manufacturers: Laminex, Viridian, Woven Image, Kone Elevators Pty Ltd, Locker Group Pty. Ltd., McKay Timber, Mortlock TImber Group, R.A. Jones & Co, Structuur Pty Ltd, The Bunker
Builder: Fairbrother Construction
Landscape Architects: Playstreet
Lighting Design: Stantec
Acoustics: Noise Vibration Consulting
Planning Consultant: ERA Planning
Director / Lead Architect:Peter Walker
Project Architect:Andrew Geeves
Design Architect:Liz Walsh
Project Team:Luke Waldron, Todd Henderson, Matt Green, Jason Licht, Amanda York
Graphic Design:Futago
Interpretation:Creative Hat Interpretation
Hvac Engineer:COVA
Building Surveyor:Green Building Surveying
Surveyors:Cohen & Associates
City:Cradle Mountain
Country:Australia