法国蒙彼利埃市新地标： L’Arbre blanc

一个从诞生起就很独特的项目

蒙彼利埃市议会于2013年发起了"Folie Richter"竞赛，试图重塑一座地标性的塔楼，旨在丰富这个城市的建筑遗产。RFP强调了一个大胆的计划，这个项目必须适应它的环境，其中既要包括商店，也要包括住宅。竞赛的简介很明确：市政厅想要一个由年轻建筑师和有经验的同事组成的团队进行设计。为了重塑这座塔楼，设计师门将重点放在人性化上，在建筑的底部和顶部创造了公共空间，底层是一个向街道开放的玻璃墙空间，而在屋顶上有一个向公众开放的酒吧和一个居民的公共区域，这样即使是一楼公寓的业主也可以享受到美景。

A unique project since its origin

In 2013, Montpellier city council launched the “Folie Richter” competition. It sought to identify a blueprint for a beacon tower to enrich the city's architectural heritage. The RFP stressed the desire for a bold project that had to fit into its environment and include shops and homes. The brief was clear: city hall wanted a team made up of a young architect working with an experienced colleague. To reinvent the tower, the architects focused on the human dimension, creating public spaces at the bottom and top of the building: the ground floor is a glass-walled space opening out onto the street, while on the roof there is a bar open to the public and a common area for residents, so that even the owners of first-floor apartments can enjoy the view.

促进户外生活的建筑设计

该项目与众不同的地方在于其设计理念，项目由三家建筑事务所共同设计，建筑灵感来自于一棵树，“树干”上有阳台，树荫从树干上落下，保护着建筑的外墙。对其环境和当地生活方式的关注，引导着建筑师在整个设计阶段。

An architectural feat that promotes outdoor living

But what sets the project apart is its design. The three architectural practices devised a building inspired by a tree, with balconies that branch off the trunk and shades that sprout out of and protect its façade. The attention paid to its setting, and to local lifestyles, guided the architects throughout the design phase.

大量的阳台和藤架确实促进了户外生活，使人与人之间产生了新的关系。每一套公寓都有至少7米的室外空间(最大35米)，并有多种私密性和布局选择；住在复式公寓里的人可以在不同的阳台上移动。为使所有的公寓都能有令人赏心悦目的景观，建筑师用三维物理模型做了一系列空间试验，最终让项目得以安全落地。项目L'Arbre blanc的许多技术创新，包括露台的悬挑高达7.5米长，都打破了世界纪录。阳台上独特的室外空间可以当做起居室使用，与室内住宅相连，使居民可以自由的生活在室内和室外生活，可以在一年中80%的时间都沐浴在阳光下，这对城市生活来说是一种奢侈！

The many balconies and pergolas really do promote outdoor living and enable a new type of relationship between residents. Each apartment boasts an outdoor space of at least 7m² (the largest is 35m²), with multiple levels of privacy and layout options; residents of the duplex apartments can move from one balcony to the other. So that all apartments have pleasing views, the architects sculpted the blueprint with a series of spatial experiments using physical 3D models. The many technical innovations of L’Arbre Blanc include the terraces, whose cantilevers, which are up to 7.5 metre-long, constitute a world first. These exceptional outside spaces are fully-fledged living rooms which are connected to the dwellings in such a way as to allow residents to live inside and outside, a luxury for a city bathed in sunshine 80% of the year!

气候适应性融入建筑中

阳台的比例强调了这种拥抱户外的目的，就像折叠出来寻找阳光的树叶一样。这些宽大的阳台也是对 "南方生态"环境解决方案需求的回应，它们为外立面形成有效的保护层，提供必要的遮挡，形成健康的自然风道，帮助空气更和谐地循环。这座建筑对城市和人民的态度是慷慨的，设计团队在这个综合体项目中采用了一种新的塔楼生活方式，为了解决塔楼的到达问题，从最早的讨论开始，设计师们都开始真正关注公共空间，包括沿勒兹河延伸出一个景观公园，并将塔楼向公众开放。

Climatic adaptability built into the architecture

The proportions of the balconies emphasise this aim to embrace the outdoors, as do the leaves that fold out in search of the sunlight. These generous balconies are also a response to the need for environmental solutions closely tailored to the “ecology of the south”. Forming an effective protective veil for the façade, they provide the necessary shade and break up skew winds to help air circulate more harmoniously. A private tower with a generous attitude toward the city and its people. The architects adopted a new take on tower living for this mixed-use development. To cure inaccessible tower syndrome, from the earliest discussions there was a real focus on public space, including extending a landscaped park along the Lez River and opening the tower up to the public.

这座17层高的建筑是城市生活的全面参与者，其目标首先是让所有蒙彼利埃人都能进入，无论是底层的艺术画廊，还是与全景花园相连的屋顶酒吧，都能对公众开放，让无论是游客还是当地市民都能实实在在的使用这个建筑，并且，它将成为蒙彼利埃人的骄傲，成为一个地标性旅游景点。

The seventeen-storey building is a full participant in city life, aiming first and foremost to be accessible to all the people of Montpellier, with an art gallery on the ground floor and a rooftop bar linked to a panoramic garden. By allowing people to take physical ownership of the tower, it will become an object of pride for the people of Montpellier, and a tourist attraction.

▼项目一层平面图 1st Floor Plan

▼项目九层平面图 9th Floor Plan

▼项目16层平面图 16th Floor Plan

▼项目17层平面图 17th Floor Plan

▼项目北立面图 North Elevation

▼项目南立面图 South Elevation

▼项目西立面图 West Elevation

▼项目东立面图 East Elevation

▼项目剖面图 Section

▼项目阳台轴侧图 Axo Balcons

项目名称：L'Arbre blanc

设计单位：Sou Fujimoto Architects + Nicolas Laisné + Dimitri Roussel + OXO Architectes

项目内容：113个住宅单元、美术馆、餐厅、全景酒吧、3个停车场

项目客户：Opalia, Promeo Patrimoine, Evolis Promotion et Crédit Agricole Immobilier Languedoc-Roussillon GSA Réalisation (Delegated contractor) 

工程管理：CAP Conseil，icK

景观设计：Now Here Studio

合作者：André Verdier (Structure), ARGETEC (Fluids), Franck Boutté Consultants (Environmental), VPEAS (Cost management), Relief GE (Surveying, Roads and services), Les Eclaireurs (Lighting), SOCOTEC (Inspection), Efectis (Fire performance) 

分包商：Fondeville (Carcass), Languedoc Etanchéité, SPCM (Steel structure), CIPRES (Façades), ENGIE (Electricity), Midi-Thermique (HVAC) 

项目地址：法国 蒙彼利埃

项目规模：10.225平方米

项目预算：税前2,050万欧元

项目年限：预计于2019年上半年交付

照片来源：©Cyrille Weiner ©Iwan Baan

Project Name: L'arbre blanc (the white tree) reinvents the tower block

Design Firm: Sou Fujimoto Architects + Nicolas Laisné + Dimitri Roussel + OXO Architectes

Program Residential: (113 homes), art gallery, restaurant and panoramic bar 17 storeys, 3 parking levels 

Clients: Opalia, Promeo Patrimoine, Evolis Promotion et Crédit Agricole Immobilier Languedoc-Roussillon GSA Réalisation (Delegated contractor) 

Construction works management: CAP Conseil, icK 

Landscape designer: Now Here Studio 

Engineering: André Verdier (Structure), ARGETEC (Fluids), Franck Boutté Consultants (Environmental), VPEAS (Cost management), Relief GE (Surveying, Roads and services), Les Eclaireurs (Lighting), SOCOTEC (Inspection), Efectis (Fire performance) 

Subcontractors: Fondeville (Carcass), Languedoc Etanchéité, SPCM (Steel structure), CIPRES (Façades), ENGIE (Electricity), Midi-Thermique (HVAC) 

Adress: Place Christophe Collomb, 34000 Montpellier, France 

Surface: 10,225 m2 

Budget: €20.5m before tax 

Completion: Delivery scheduled for first half of 2019

PHOTO CREDITS: Cyrille Weiner, Iwan Baan