埃德蒙顿机场办公室和控制塔/DIALOG

发布于：2023-05-02 17:36:36

Edmonton airport office and the control tower

设计方：DIALOG

位置：加拿大埃德蒙顿

分类：交通建筑

内容：实景照片

图片来源：Tom Arban

项目规模：8,410平方米

图片：11张

DIALOG事务所在加拿大的埃德蒙顿国际机场建造了办公区和控制塔，该扩建项目于2012年开工，缓解了机场现有基础设施的压力，更好地应对增加的客流量。该机场是加拿大发展最快的主要机场，适应阿尔伯塔地区的经济发展需求。建筑师希望设计一个特别的控制塔，让人印象深刻，能够展现当地的人文风情。同时，能够应对机场日益增长的业务需求，为游客们创造便利的出行环境。控制塔要为旅客的出行提供保障，正确导航，协调各个航班及机组人员。该设计为旅客和工作人员提供了舒适、安全的室内环境，简化终端操作的流程，周围的环境也很好。新建的大楼内有先进的空中交通控制塔、零售区和新的行政办公室。楼内设施齐全，还有中央行李区，关键节点区的设立提高了旅客和行李的流动速度。

设计理念：该设计就像是仰望广阔的草原，一阵风吹过，呈现出多彩美丽、富有层次感的田野。每一层仿佛是一片草地，风从西面吹来，草地开始舞动，很有设计感和动感。埃德蒙顿，这座草原城市的概念设计就应运而生了。

环境/城市设计：加拿大埃德蒙顿国际机场是一个重要的交通枢纽，是重要的国际和地区机场(加拿大第五大机场)，每年接待超过600万名游客。这里还是一个社区，有很多机场工作人员、当地居民和来往的游客。机场位于市区外，建在了草原上，新建的控制塔会是游客参观埃德蒙顿第一个也是最后见到的标志性建筑，一定会给游客留下深刻的印象。

创新：控制塔的设计很有美学效果。外观是锌镀层，可以很好地利用太阳能，南边和西边比较阴凉，北边的热辐射很强。整个塔的设计是独一无二的，添加了防灾建筑的设计，整体是钢结构，用钢板建造墙壁，坚固耐用。考虑到混凝土在施工时灌浇的不便，没有采用混凝土进行建造。

可持续性的设计：该项目获得LEED绿色建筑银级设计，可持续性强，比较环保，为游客和工作人员提供了舒适、健康的室内环境。此外，优化使用了太阳能，将太阳能设计应用到办公室和控制塔的建造中。大楼的窗户呈带状，增强了采光效果，室内光线充足，视野开阔，可以看到城市的景观和周围的跑道。其他的可持续性设计包括雨水收集系统和地下配风装置。屋顶的表面径流，包括污水等都可以收集再利用。地下配风装置能为室内舒适的环境提供保障。

技术因素：空中交通控制塔位于顶层，设施齐全，功能完备。外观有包层设计，角度很合理，镀锌的包层整体感很好，有种自然风化的效果。该项目的设计团队也面临着很多挑战，花了很多功夫。机场空侧和非登机区之间设有通道，便于游客和员工同行，无需反复安检。

From the architect. The Combined Office/Control Tower project is an integral part of the Edmonton International Airport’s expansion 2012 program, and it responds to increasing ridership and the pressure it has placed on the existing infrastructure and buildings. As Canada’s fastest growing major airport, the expansion will ensure that the airport keeps pace with the Alberta Capital Region’s economic development.

The design vision for the Tower project is to create a memorable first and last impression for Edmonton; one that expresses its sense of place and its people. In addition, the design is intended to respond to the growing operational needs of the International Airport as well as offer enhanced benefits to travelers and airport tenants. There is an emphasis on producing an environment that is easy to navigate for passenger comfort, environmentally responsible, economically viable, and responsive to all aviation, passenger and airport staff requirements. Specifically the design seeks to better connect and engage passengers with views to airside operations, to minimize the impact of increasing ridership on terminal operations, and to provide a healthy indoor environment for travelers and staff through a response that is sustainable.

The combined tower houses a new cutting edge NAV Canada air traffic control tower, an expanded retail precinct, and provides new administrative offices. Additional functional objectives include the provision of improved airside ground operations, the creation of a central baggage area, and the development of a key nodal area to improve passenger and baggage flow.

DESIGN CONCEPT: The project looks up to a vast prairie sky and stands tall in an expanse of colourful windswept fields. It is the sculptural image of these prairie grasses impacted by the unimpeded wind blowing in from the west, that provided a kernel of design inspiration. Add to this the natural formations of frozen motion encapsulated in windblown snow drifts or in the erosion of hoodoo’s, and the concept for a design symbolic of Edmonton – a prairie city – was born.

CONTEXT / URBAN DESIGN COMPONENTS: The Edmonton International Airport is a significant Canadian transportation hub. It is a major regional and international airport (5th largest in Canada), with over 6 million passengers traveling through it per year. The airport is a community in itself; a collective of airport staff, local residents, and travellers passing through.

Sited well outside of the city on the open Prairie, the new tower is the first and last significant building seen by travelers visiting the Edmonton. It presents the opportunity to impart on each traveler a lasting impression of the place. Open and exposed to the elements, the tower stands as an icon on the landscape visible from a long distance on all sides.

INNOVATION: The sculptural cladding incorporated in the design of the tower is far more than a aesthetic overlay. The profile of the exterior zinc cladding has been designed to provide optimal passive solar shading on the south and west facades while providing maximum light penetration on the north.

The design for this tower is unique in that it incorporates construction strategies for a post disaster building. The building is designed wholely of structural steel, complete with steel plate shear walls. The reason that concrete was not utilized in the design of these shear walls was in recognition that continuous concrete truck access to accommodate large pours would be prohibitive on the airside of an airport.

INTEGRATION OF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN: At the project’s outset the mandate was established to both provide a healthy indoor environment for travelers and staff, and to conceive of a sustainable design response that targets a LEED® Silver designation.

To capitalize on this mandate optimal solar orientation was incorporated. This passive sustainable design approach was fundamental in establishing the siting and orientation of the new combined office and control tower. An optimal east/west solar orientation was employed to minimize solar gain from the western exposure thereby providing a comfortable interior work environment.

Perimeter ribbon windows were designed to maximize daylight and views from all interior occupied areas. The ribbons’ aperature opens up to the south and north with views out to the distant city and active runways, while the aperature closes down on the east facade immediately adjacent to the existing main terminal building in response to fire separation requirements and compromised daylight access and views.

Other sustainable design features include rainwater harvesting and underfloor air distribution. The project has been designed to collect all roof surface run-off into a cistern located centrally within the main terminal for grey water use and distribution. Mechanically, all air distribution to occupied floor areas is carried through under slab ductwork. This strategy provides for a more comfortable and reliable interior climate for all building occupants.

TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS: The combined office and control tower is unique in that it accommodates a fully functioning air traffic control tower cab at the top of the new tower. This programmatic challenge informed the design of the building’s cladding, as the cladding carefully responds to all downward viewing angles. These critical views include sightlines to aircraft gates and out to runway thresholds.

The shingled undulating zinc cladding creates a free-flowing sculpted skin. The material is malleable and modular, and it allows for easy installation in situ around the tower’s perimeter. In addition, zinc support the project’s sustainable mandate and provides an exterior surface that is naturally weathering.

A unique planning, construction, and accessibility challenge was required of the design team on this project. The tower is located airside (secure access) at a fully operational airport. Public access to the building occurs on ground side (insecure access) without going through airport security. The final solution creates a mezzanine level bridge connection that allows visitors and staff to occupy the tower without having to repeatedly go through airport security. Security is maintained horizontally well above the departures level.