如果要为北码头的设计确定一个具体的起点，可能是Fra Carnavale的《理想城市的形象》（1484），或者是威尼斯大运河上的Ca’ Loredan……

If one was to identify a specific starting point for the design of North Dock, it may have been Fra Carnavale’s ‘Image of The Ideal City (1484), or perhaps it was the Ca’ Loredan on the Grand Canal, Venice…

该项目面向利菲河，毗邻东线桥，是连接北区和南区的主要干道，该项目希望提供一个单一的、具有欧洲河岸建筑传统的整体建筑形式，与城市这一地区无处不在的短暂的发展形成对比。在完成为商业办公市场提供大面积无柱楼板的任务的同时，该项目提供了一个强大的存在，将自己嵌入到城市中。

Facing onto the Liffey and adjacent to the East-Link bridge, the primary arterial route connecting Northside to South, the project looks to provide a singular, monolithic architectural form in the tradition of great European riverfront buildings as a contrast to the more ephemeral developments ubiquitous in this part of the city. While fulfilling its brief to provide large column-free floor plates for the commercial office market the project offers a robust presence that embeds itself into the city.

该项目的特点来自于它的质量和材料，由深的预制混凝土柱和横梁组成的分层和调节的不对称构图，与青铜板的内表面相映成趣，共同提供了节奏和规模，是一个连贯的建筑整体。关键的河边体量的表达是由这种逻辑定义的，即预制混凝土框架保持了窗框、通风百叶窗和窗台板的小规模。

The character of the project is derived from its mass and materiality generated by a layered and modulated asymmetrical composition of deep, precast concrete columns and transoms against an inner surface of bronze panels that together provide rhythm and scale, a coherent architectural whole. The expression of the key river-front volume is defined by this logic whereby the precast concrete frame holds the minor scale of the window frame, ventilation shutter, and spandrel panel.

考虑到码头的恶劣环境，底层有一个宽敞的双高拱廊，为行人提供了宽敞的、有遮挡的空间。柱廊的 “巨大秩序 “为河流提供了一个适当的规模，并为路人提供了视觉上的兴趣。柱廊的尽头是一个带有玻璃角窗和青铜入口屏风的艺术画廊，而一楼的开口让东边的光线从高处进入柱廊。

In recognition of the oft harsh environment of the quays, a generous double-height arcade on the ground floor provides generous, sheltered space for pedestrians to circulate. The ‘giant order’ of the colonnade provides an appropriate scale to the river and gives visual interest to passers-by. The colonnade is terminated by an art gallery with a glazed corner window and bronze entrance screen while an opening at the first-floor level allows light from the east to enter the colonnade at a high level.

立面通过木耳的间距和水平带的变化来调节。在1.5米中心的密集的木耳节奏表现了柱廊上方的楼层。这种节奏在高层被改变为3米的窗台宽度。

The façade is modulated through changes in the spacing of mullions and horizontal banding. A dense rhythm of mullions at 1.5-meter centers expresses the floor above the colonnade. This rhythm is changed to a 3-meter bay width on upper floors.

此外，通过改变隔板的位置，增加了水平带的间距，这在七楼和八楼尤为明显。在第八层，通过将栏杆纳入屋顶平台，水平间距进一步加大。这种不对称的立面有利于创造一个与北墙大道平齐的、细长的、开放的转角条件，在这里，上层楼的混凝土框架作为一个元素暴露出来，不受门窗的内表面影响。

Furthermore, by varying the placing of spandrel panels, the spacing of the horizontal banding has been increased, which is particularly apparent on the seventh and eighth floors. On the eighth floor, the horizontal spacing is further increased by incorporating the balustrading into the roof terrace. This asymmetry of the façade facilitates the creation of a flush, slender, open corner condition to North Wall Avenue where the concrete frame of the upper floors is exposed as an element free of the inner surface of fenestration.

在办公类型的限制下，该项目希望为北墙大道上的行人创造一种生动和多样的体验。在人行道水平上实现了模数化的立面处理，柱廊、店面、屏幕和 “窗台 “给街道带来了活力。一个转角处的咖啡馆最终引向一个景观庭院–城市中的一片荒野。

Within the constraints of the office typology, the project looks to create an animated and varied experience for pedestrians at street level along North Wall Avenue. A modulated façade treatment at pavement level is achieved where colonnade, shop front, screen, and ‘bay windows’ give animation to the street. A corner café leads finally to a landscaped courtyard – a fragment of wilderness in the city.

Architects: ABK Architects
Area : 25600 m²
Year : 2021
Photographs :Fionn McCann
Manufacturers : Alucraft, Living Ceramic by Tilestyle, Schueco, Techcrete, Venesta
Main Contractor : Bennett Construction Ltd
Services Engineer : IN2 Engineering
Landscape Architect : Bernard Seymour
Planning Consultant : McGill Planning
Project Director : John Parker
Project Architect : Patrick White
Architect : Ed White, Tihana Subanovic
Civil & Structural Engineer : JJ Campbell & Associates
Façade Consultants : Arup
Project And Cost Management : Linesight
Fire Consultant : Jensen Hughes
Assigned Certifier : Garland Consultancy
City : North Wall
Country : Ireland