Bank of Italy

意大利银行

© Bjarke Ingels Group

伴随着美国硅谷的快速发展，BIG将与西岸置业集团（北美领先房地产开发商）联手修复圣何塞的意大利银行。这一项目不仅有助于保护建筑本身的丰富历史及城市肌理，还将为周边社区注入新活力。基于圣何塞的城市历史及环境,BIG决定保留原建筑而非拆毁，从而使其焕发原有荣光；同时，BIG也为建筑立面增添了垂直叠落的花园阳台。这种设计既是修复、保护，同时也为建筑带来了新生命。

In the midst of Silicon Valley's rapid growth, BIG and Westbank's restoration of the Bank of Italy in San Jose will preserve the layered history of the building and urban fabric, while breathing new life into the neighborhood. With respect for San Jose's historical context and environment, the decision to preserve rather than tear down will restore the building to its original grandeur, and introduce a vertical climbing garden up the facade. This intervention is both a preservation and an evolution.

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为修复、改造圣何塞历史悠久的意大利银行，西岸置业集团与BIG建立了长期合作关系。这一项目也是西岸园区（Westbank Campus，基于硅谷的建筑环境长期被忽略且员工对工作环境不断提出新的要求，西岸置业集团提出圣何塞全面改造方案，通过与顶尖建筑师合作，重新定义硅谷环境，将其设计为以社区为中心的未来办公与居住空间集合，以响应城市结构、满足自然及人群的需要）建设的重要组成，获得了Urban Community以及Peterson and OPtrust的协助。意大利银行建造于1926年，直到20世纪70年代一直是加州旧金山到洛杉矶区域的最高建筑。随着硅谷的快速发展，BIG希望能够保留城市的丰富历史，阐释城市的个性。因此，在意大利银行修复项目中，我们对其进行了细致且大胆的设计，力求打造能够激发灵感与创意的工作空间。为纪念银行创始人，大楼被命名为“吉安尼尼的垂直花园”。垂直花园既是楼梯，又是扩展的工作空间，当然也是供人休憩的花园。这样的设计既是修复、保护，也为建筑带来了新生命。

Westbank continues its long-time partnership with Bjarke Ingels Group in the transformation of San Jose's historic bank of Italy, developed in partnership with Urban Community, Peterson and OPtrust as part of the larger Westbank Campus. Built in 1926, the Bank of Italy marked California's tallest tower between San Francisco and Los Angeles until the 1970s. With the rapid growth of Silicon Valley, the team seeks to preserve the layered history of the urban fabric which defines the character of the city. With this in mind, the project will introduce an inspiring workspace intervention that is at once sensitive and bold. Dubbed 'Giannini's Vertical Garden,' named for the bank's founder, the intervention is part stairway, part workspace, and part garden — both a preservation and an evolution.

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我们的设计既尊重了当地历史，也充分考虑了环境条件。出于对标志性建筑物的结构保护，我们选择对意大利银行进行改造、重新调整其用途而非拆毁重建，这样也有助于实现节能及碳足迹最小化。这座历史悠久的建筑将被赋予高性能，并为圣何塞建设成为可持续城市主义先驱贡献力量。

Westbank and Bjarke Ingels Group / BIG design the Bank of Italy intervention for the Westbank Campus with respect for both the historical context and the environment. While the team seeks to preserve the structure for its iconic architecture, the decision to repurpose rather than tear town and rebuild comes with many energy-saving opportunities and will promise a much smaller carbon footprint. The heritage building will be extremely high performing, and will contribute to the establishment of San Jose's redevelopment as a pioneer of sustainable urbanism. 

BIG对意大利银行的改造以一系列伸出建筑的悬臂式花园阳台为特征。正是这些圆形花园平台串联起一组组两层高的室外空间及螺旋楼梯，进而构成了整座“吉安尼尼的垂直花园”。这一设计将工作空间延伸到自然环境当中，同时空间内藤蔓丛生，塑造了一座沿原建筑外墙向上延展的新城市花园。

Bjarke Ingels Group's Bank of Italy intervention will be defined by a stack of cantilevered garden balconies which peel away from the historic building. These rounded, horizontal bands, marking 'giannini's vertical garden,' will host a set of double-height outdoor rooms along with a spiraling stair. The design will extend the workspace environment into nature, overgrown with vines, and will express a new urban garden climbing upward alongside the original facade.

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在修复过程中，我们的团队仔细研究了这座建筑的历史及变迁。随着时间的流逝，银行富丽堂皇的店面及入口已经被更为普通的样式所取代。而我们拟建的街道就将以主入口为焦点，复原其原有的恢弘气势。主入口设在两个散客入口之间，突出布局的精巧与考究。同时，全新的“喷泉巷裙楼”将被用作复合空间——它既是餐厅、礼堂、学校，也是露台及公共空间，能够为建筑及周边环境带来文化特色。

In restoring the Westbank Campus Bank of Italy, the team at Bjarke Ingels Group investigates the history of the structure, and its many transformations. Over time, the bank's ornate storefronts and entrances have been replaced with a much more ordinary condition. The proposed street level will restore a sense of grandeur with the main entrance serving as a focal point, set between two retail entrances that are at once subtle and elegant. Meanwhile, a new 'fountain alley podium' will serve multiple functions — a restaurant, auditorium/school, terrace, and public space combine to create a cultural identity for the building and surrounding area.

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大楼外部楼梯及垂直花园的设计灵感源自银行创始人吉安尼尼作为创新及社区建造者的传统。绿意盎然的花园将容纳一系列公共聚会场所及便利设施，建立室内访客、员工与户外空间的联系。花园的伸出悬臂式设计将最大限度地扩展室内空间，同时尽可能减少楼梯的占用面积。此外，它也将使空间功能最大化，将工作空间拓展到室外天堂般的环境中。新楼梯将使用钢材预制，再以陶土装饰完成，能够对建筑结构进行升级。

The exterior stair and vertical garden at the Bank of Italy building is inspired by founder giannini's legacy as an innovator and community-builder. The verdant garden will host a series of communal gathering places and an amenity space connecting all those who visit or work within the building to the outdoors. It will maximize interior space while minimizing the footprint of the stair tower with its 'peeling away' gesture. Furthermore, the vertical garden will maximize functional space and extend workspaces outdoors into a paradisaical environment. The new stair tower will be prefabricated with steel and finished in terracotta, and will provide structural upgrades to the building.

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银行内部的设计旨在恢复其原有的堂皇气势，同时又对其进行革新以满足现代创意经济的需要。为实现这一愿景，我们仅使用原有材料并重新诠释其应用，以营造出激发灵感的环境。工作空间的设计理念在于使服务区固定在仿佛黄铜盒子般的室内空间中，并尽可能靠近已有的楼梯及电梯，这就使余下的工作区可以获得最佳光照及视野。

The interiors of the Bank of Italy are designed to restore its original grandeur while allowing it to evolve to meet the needs of a modern creative economy context. To achieve this, the team will use only materials they believe are original and will reinterpret their applications to create moments of inspiration throughout. The workspace concept will see an anchoring of service spaces as close to the existing stair and elevators as possible within a beautiful brass box. This allows the rest of the workspace to be exposed to maximum daylight and views. 

项目名称：西岸置业集团 意大利银行

项目进展：施工中

项目地点：圣何塞，加利福尼亚州

开发商：西岸置业集团，Urban Community，Peterson and OPtrust

合作方：RMW architecture & interiors

可持续性顾问：Atelier Ten，Reshape Strategies