打造最豪華辦公室 谷歌提交倫敦總部設計方案

Google has released designs for a new 11-story, 1 million-square-foot headquarters in London near King's Cross railway station, complete with a sprawling, landscaped rooftop garden.

日前，谷歌發佈了其全新11層樓、臨近倫敦國王十字車站、佔地100萬平方英尺、屋頂有一個開闊、景色宜人花園的倫敦總部的設計。

The facilities will include a cafe, gym and pool as well as a rooftop track and ground-floor retail spaces, according to the company's application for permission to build.

根據谷歌總部的建設申請，大樓內將配備有咖啡館、體育館、游泳池、屋頂跑道和一樓的零售店。

The campus has been designed by an all-star team that includes Thomas Heatherwick, the British designer behind London's 2012 Olympic cauldron, and Danish architect Bjarke Ingels.

這個園區由一個全明星團隊設計，其中就包括倫敦2012奧運會火炬臺的設計者、英國設計師托馬斯·海德維克，以及丹麥建築師比雅克·英格斯。

The current designs seem characteristic of the two men. Heatherwick was the mastermind behind the recently scrapped garden bridge in London, and last year, Ingels opened what he calls a "courtscraper" -- a structure that combines a communal courtyard with the density of a skyscraper -- in New York.

當前的設計彰顯了兩人的特點。海德維克是最近倫敦廢棄花園大橋的幕後設計大師；而就在去年，英格斯完成了被他稱爲“courtscraper”的建築--一種將公共庭院與摩天大樓的密度相結合的結構。

"Our design for the new Google campus at King's Cross is rooted in the local character of the area, taking advantage of the contextually defined building envelope while creating continuously cascading work environments that will connect Googlers across multiple floors," Ingels said in a statement.

Ingels在一則聲明中表示，“我們在國王十字車站設計的谷歌園區因地制宜，根據地形環境特點設計了建築外殼，同時流動層級式的工作環境可以有效連接不同樓層之間的谷歌員工。”

Heatherwick, whose studio is based in King's Cross, added: "We have treated this new building for Google like a piece of infrastructure too, made from a family of interchangeable elements which ensure that the building and its workspace will stay flexible for years to come."

工作室位於國王十字區的海德維克補充道：“我們還把谷歌的新建築當作了基礎設施，由許多可互換的元素構成，確保建築及其工作空間在未來幾年內始終保持靈活。”

Google had submitted designs for a new headquarters in 2013, but they were later scrapped. If the new application is approved by Camden Council, construction will start next year.

早在2013年，谷歌就已提交了新總部的設計方案，但是後來擱淺了。如果這次的新申請能獲得卡姆登議會的批准，那麼明年就可以正式開工了。