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S OT H E BY ’ S 蘇 富比

BEHIND THE TRANSFORMATION 蘇富比總部的翻新工程，由OMA 建築事務所操
刀，旨在重塑客人在遊走展覽空間時的體驗，並
OF SOTHEBY’S NEW YORK BY OMA 為這座經歷多次翻修的歷史建築重新定位。
負責是次翻新工程的建築師重松象平意識
到，工程的一大挑戰，在於如何在忠於建築物原
有風格的同時，又能把空間打造得更華麗高雅，
改造工程的幕後團隊 並更靈活地滿足藝術品展覽的需求。
重松象平表示：「翻修這座建築時，你要翻
閱它的歷史。」問題是，設計師如何能把這工業
or this iconic renovation project, Sotheby’s hired
風大樓，變得符合蘇富比要求的頂尖藝術體驗？
renowned architecture firm, the Office for Metropolitan
重松象平決定把不同元素並列整合，例如把大
Architecture (OMA), to redefine the clients’ experience
樓原有工業風格和展廳的典雅桃木設計相互對
F as they move through the space, while making sense of
比。大樓內的圓形水泥柱不作過多修飾，經過重
a building that had undergone several renovations over the
新塗層後，直接支撐拱形天花，化身為剛柔並濟
years.
的雕塑品。
Shohei Shigematsu, the partner in charge of OMA’s
重松象平續道：「我們透過重新規劃和令展
New York office, realized that a big part of his challenge
廳更多元化，引入高度靈活空間，改變和提升客
was to reconnect to the building’s original character while
人體驗，配合蘇富比的發展宏圖。新總部呈開放
also making the interior more elegant, more coherent and
式佈局，鼓勵客人自行探索，所有對外開放的區
more responsive to the needs of exhibiting art and objects
域都移師低層，以吸引更多公眾，釋放建築空間
than it had been before.
的潛力。根據業務模式的轉變和常規展覽的增
“Dealing with the existing building, you start
加，各類展廳可以單獨使用或互相組合，增加策
to appreciate its history,” he says. But how to make 展自由。」
an industrial aesthetic work with the more refined
environment Sotheby’s wanted? The answer, Shigematsu
decided, was to put all of it together, juxtaposing some
of the original industrial elements with elegantly crafted
walnut portals to the gallery areas, for example. Round The rawness of the
concrete columns with splayed tops have been exposed building’s history
and re-coated in new aggregate, with their tops set in softly juxtaposes with the refined
curving roof coves. They become a sculptural centerpiece – environment of Sotheby’s
new galleries. Credit:
refinement and roughness sit comfortably together. Courtesy Sotheby’s
Shigematsu added: “We embodied Sotheby’s ambition 大樓原有的工業風格和蘇
to reinvigorate and enhance the client experience by 富比總部的高雅環境相互
introducing high-flexibility through reorganization of 對比。
programs and diversification of gallery spaces. The new
headquarters is designed for openness and discovery— Architect Shohei
all public facing programs are shifted to lower levels, Shigematsu of The
unlocking the public potential of the building. A taxonomy Office for Metropolitan
of galleries can be used separately or as clusters to allow Architecture. Credit:
Courtesy Sotheby’s
curatorial freedom, driven by business model shifts and
OMA 建築事務所的建築師
expanding repertoire of programming.” 重松象平。
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