在海得拉巴干燥、炎热的气候下，绝大多数办公室人员不甘心整天呆在空调空间的范围内，很少有机会从户外获得新鲜空气。海德拉巴–一个曾经悠闲的小镇–现在是一个有竞争力的国际大都市，吸引了许多大型科技公司，他们每年建造数百万平方英尺的办公空间。
In Hyderabad’s dry, hot climate, the vast majority of office-goers are resigned to spend their entire day within the confines of air-conditioned space with very little access to fresh air from the outdoors. Hyderabad–a once laid-back town– is now a competitive cosmopolitan city, attracting many big-tech companies, who build millions of square feet of office space per year.
这些新建筑在设计中很少考虑到当地的气候和文化条件。这些新的办公大楼大多是密封的玻璃盒子，严重依赖空调来保持全年特定的室内温度，无论海德拉巴的季节性气候如何波动：炎热的夏天、舒适的季风和可容忍的冬天。这种建筑模式，由机械控制，对环境无动于衷，延续了二战后首次在北美出现的企业办公室类型，并很快蔓延到任何希望参与新的高速世界经济的地方。
Very few of these new structures consider local climate and culture conditions in their design. Most of these new office buildings are sealed-off glass boxes that rely heavily on air conditioning to maintain a specific indoor temperature consistently throughout the year, whatever weather fluctuations Hyderabad’s seasons might bring: hot summers, pleasant monsoons, and tolerable winters. This building paradigm, mechanically controlled and indifferent to context, perpetuates a corporate office typology that first emerged post-WWII in North America, and which soon spread to anywhere hoping to participate in the new high-speed world economy.
我们的任务是将现场现有的混凝土框架结构重新利用为汽车经销商的办公总部，我们专注于能够优化建筑的气候响应能力的设计元素[以原始设计所忽略的方式]。在这里，一个屏幕系统有节奏地放置在第1层、第3层和未来的第5层，包围着整个建筑。3毫米的金属板上有8毫米的穿孔，由一个整合良好的金属框架固定在一起，构成了这个屏幕系统。
Tasked with repurposing an existing concrete framed structure on-site into an Auto dealership office headquarter, we focused on design elements that could optimize the building’s climate responsiveness [ in ways overlooked by the original design.] To this end, we built on our practice’s ongoing research into perforated screens as a way to blur the boundaries between inside and outside. Here, a system of screens rhythmically placed on the 1st, 3rd and a future 5th envelops the building. A 3mm metal sheet with 8mm perforations, held together by a well-integrated metal frame, makes up the screening system.
建筑物的西边通常接受大部分的阳光直射，通过将楼梯和厕所放在该边缘来阻挡阳光，使其成为一个朴素的外墙。这就为主要项目–工作空间留下了无柱楼板的剩余部分。南面的边缘也首当其冲地受到了刺眼的日光照射，正好是建筑的临街面。
The western edge of the building that typically receives a majority of direct sunlight is blocked by placing the staircase and toilets along that edge, making it an austere facade. This leaves the remainder of the column-free floor plate for the main program – workspaces. The southern edge, which also receives a brunt of the harsh daylight, happens to be the street-facing facade of the building.
我们考虑的一个重要因素是组合的细节和屏蔽系统在外墙上的外观。我们得出的屏风的几何图案有一种俏皮和轻盈的感觉，使该建筑在街上有一个独特的身份。丰富多彩的外墙的另一个结果是它为我们街对面的幼儿园的小邻居们带来了视觉上的兴趣。在楼梯的未被充分利用的黑暗空间中，雕刻出许多小的座位区，经常被工作人员用来聚会或独处。同时，主要的工作空间以典型的、分层的方式组织起来，分布在4个楼层，其中4楼是专门为高管们准备的。然而，每个人，在建筑的任何地方，都可以直接进入户外空间：这是一个慷慨的、民主的规定。
An important consideration for us was the details of the assemblage and the appearance of the screening system on the facade. The geometric pattern at which we arrived at the screen has a playfulness and lightness that gives the building a distinct identity on the street. An additional consequence of the colorful facade is the visual interest it generates for our tiny neighbors in the kindergarten across the street. Out of the underutilized, dark spaces of the stairway are carved many niche seating areas, often used by the staff for gathering or for solitude. Meanwhile, the main workspaces are organized in a typical, hierarchical manner, spread across the 4 floors, with the 4th floor dedicated to the executives. However, every individual, anywhere in the building, has direct access to the outdoor space: a generous, democratic provision.
阳台上摆放着易于维护的植物，并创造了绿色植物和背后的黄橙色屏幕的并列关系。所有的窗户和门都是可操作的，使阳台可以从所有的工作空间进入，使人们有机会打开窗户进行交叉通风。这也使用户可以选择减少对空调的依赖。MGB总部超越了应对海德拉巴高温的最常见的方法，并提供了一种被动冷却的方法，使其用户受益，同样重要的是，挑战了典型的玻璃盒式的办公大楼。
The balconies are populated with easy-maintenance plants and create a juxtaposition of green plants and yellow-orange screens behind them. All the windows and doors are operable making the balcony accessible from all the workspaces, enabling the opportunity to open the windows for cross ventilation. This also gives the users the option to reduce their dependency on air conditioning. The MGB headquarters transcends the most common approaches to deal with Hyderabad’s heat, and offers a method for passive cooling that benefits its occupants and as importantly, challenges the typical glass box typology of the office building.
Architects: Spacefiction Studio
Area: 604 m²
Year: 2021
Photographs: Vivek Eadara Photography, Monika Sathe Photography
Manufacturers: ALU-K, Armstrong Grid Ceiling, Asain Paints, Featherlite, Intex Concepts, Luminary Studio, Urban Ladder
Lead Architects: Baba Sashank, Vindhya Guduru
Design Development & Site Co Ordination:Anusha Dasari
Fabrication:Fab-Tech
City:Hyderabad
Country:India