项目名称 | 大连世博中心
Project | Dalian World Expo Center
重要性 | NDA在中国建成的第一个项目
Importance | NDA’s first built project in China
项目目标 | 打造引领大连发展的先锋城市地标
Project Aim | Create a pioneering city icon catalysing Dalian’s growth
大连世博中心是NDA和大连市携手打造的梦想地标，它不仅促进了城市的发展，而且向世界证明了可持续发展才是未来。
NDA and Dalian City together dared to dream of a landmark that not only catalysed growth of the city, but also lit a beacon signalling to the world that sustainable development is the future.
庞大、轻盈、明亮，NDA设计的大连世博中心的出现恰逢其时。2005年大连世博中心落成时正逢世界开始了解中国之时，而中国这个未来的超级经济体也敞开大门，推行促进经济增长与环保主义共同发展的理念。
Gigantic, light, and bright the NDA designed Dalian World Expo Center is exactly what China needed at the right place at the right time. Completed in 2005 when the world was still getting to know China, this future super economy was opening its doors and promoting a marriage of economic growth and environmentalism.
大连世博中心的理念是如此前卫，以至于在2001年，我们以可持续发展和创新的核心价值观来打造地标的大胆的提议赢得了国际设计竞赛奖。
So forward thinking was the idea of the Dalian World Expo Centre that in 2001 we won the International Design Competition Prize with the bold proposal of creating a landmark which channels our core values of sustainability and innovation.
当我们在构思项目时，首先思考的是建筑设计对城市、人和区域的影响。 大连世博中心会成为大连市新商业中心发展的标杆，以可持续发展的观念为指导，我们采用了地下水热泵技术，这在当时的中国是前所未有的。
When we conceptualise projects we always consider the impacts our design has on city, people and place. With sustainable development in mind and knowing the Centre would set the standard for how Dalian’s new CBD would develop, we implemented a groundwater heat pump, the use of which was unprecedented in China at the time.
虽然我们从1992年开始就在里昂办公室使用同类技术，但在2001年，这种想法在世界上非常前卫，效果立竿见影，能耗减少30%，运营效率大幅提升。
Though we had been using similar sustainable tech in our Lyon office since 1992, the idea of it was quite radical to the wider world back in 2001. The effects were immediate, with a massive 30% reduction in energy usage, a huge leap in operational efficiency.
正是这种战略层面的决策使NDA与众不同，而使用可持续发展技术的决策为大连带来了长远利益，比如为大连冰山集团等公司提供了新的商机，也同样为大连作为中国最环保的城市之一提升了名誉。普利策奖获奖记者托马斯弗里德曼的畅销书《世界是平的》中还提到此事。
It is this strategic level decision making that sets NDA apart, and that singular decision to use sustainable tech has brought long term benefits to Dalian including giving corporates like Dalian BingShan Group new business opportunities to use that technology. It has also contributed to Dalian’s reputation as one of China’s greenest cities - this sustainable facet of the city is so well known that it is mentioned in Pullitzer Prize winning journalist Thomas Friedman's best selling book "The World Is Flat".
以“光之宝盒”的概念为指导，我们将时尚的现代几何设计与中国建筑的光影运用结合在一起，设计出完美适应时间与光影变化的建筑。
With the starting concept of a ‘Bejewelled Light box’, we intertwined a sleek modern geometric design with a Chinese architectural play on light where the design adapts to the light and time.
到了晚上，它会呈现出新的形象，建筑会发出代表繁荣的红色灯光和代表大海的蓝绿色光芒。
At night the Centre takes on a new dimension out a mix of reds representing prosperity, and soft blue-greens echoing the sea that this city was built on.
（图源新华社）
(Picture from Xinhua news)
夏季达沃斯论坛专注于新兴经济体和企业相互交流中的新秀，该论坛在大连每隔一年举办一次。
The Summer Davos focuses on the ‘New Champions’ where rising economies and companies engage with each other, and Dalian hosts it every other year.
(图源新浪）
（Picture from sino.com)
而2009的夏季达沃斯就在大连世博中心举行。在论坛中，来自世界各地的 1300 位政界名流和商界领袖就可持续发展趋势和绿色经济，改善全球数十亿人的生活进行探讨。大连世博中心，作为大连的新秀，为夏季达沃斯论坛贡献了自己的力量。
The 2009 summit saw 1300 policy-makers and business leaders from around the world hold discussions on sustainability trends and green economics to make life better for billions of people across the world.
Perfect then, that the Summer Davos 2009 was held at Dalian World Expo Centre, the New Champion of Dalian.
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