加拿大·二元光谱

Kitchener Waterloo地区在加拿大曾经是制造业的主要枢纽,现在则是科技发展的热点社区。雅虎、谷歌和其他主要科技公司以及数百家初创企业在这里新开设了办事处，该地区距离多伦多有一小时车程，是该国增长最快的经济体之一。仅Kitchener的市中心核心区，由改造过的仓库和新建筑组成，已经被证明对多伦多大公司的新业务和卫星办公室具有很大的吸引力。

Once a major hub for manufacturing, the Kitchener-Waterloo region is now a hot spot for Canada’s growing tech communities. With newly opened offices of Yahoo, Google, and other major tech players as well as hundreds of start-ups, the area located an hour’s drive from Toronto is home to one of the fastest-growing economies in the country. Kitchener’s downtown core alone, comprised of converted warehouses and new buildings, has proven to be attractive for new businesses and satellite offices of major companies based in Toronto.

Dubbeldam Architecture + Design事务所为国王街(King Street)一座新建筑的大堂中庭设计了二元光谱(Binary Spectrum)，这是一个特定于场地的装置，体现了该地区丰富的制造业历史及其向新兴科技中心转型的想法。它有三层楼高，由8000个不同直径的彩色圆盘组成，悬挂在650根电线上。建筑师Heather Dubbeldam说:“二元光谱探索了有形制造对象(制造业)与无形数字领域的阴阳关系。”“重复的圆盘暗示了科学中发现的数字过程和分形图案，并用于创造具有人类尺度的空间效果。”

For the lobby atrium of one of these new buildings on King Street, Dubbeldam Architecture + Design created Binary Spectrum, a site-specific installation that embodies ideas drawn from the region’s rich history of manufacturing and its transformation to a burgeoning tech hub. Rising three stories, it is constructed from 8,000 coloured discs of varying diameters suspended from 650 wire cables. “Binary Spectrum explores the yin-yang relationship of tangible fabricated object (manufacturing) with a representation of the intangible digital realm”, says architect Heather Dubbeldam. “The repetitive discs suggest digital processes and fractal patterns found in science, and are used to create a spatial effect with a human scale.”

中庭被改造成一个动态的环境，游客可以在这里体验装置的动态特性。当人们在两层的空间内走动时，垂直的电缆轻轻地摆动，使雕塑栩栩如生，反映了建筑居民的嗡嗡声。无数的图案可以从不同的角度观看，每个角度都提供了新的感官体验——无论是从外部，从下面还是相邻的上层，游客都可以以独特的方式参与到装置中。悬挂的彩色丙烯酸圆形圆盘以其熟悉的形状和颜色填充空间，吸引人们从街上进入。光谱两端形成的对比通过它们之间的渐变而显得柔和:暖红色和冷蓝色与大堂家具融合并产生共鸣，专门用于协调装置的蓝色色调。家具的多方位布置是为了达到空间效果，在更大的大厅内创造一个明确的休息空间，并从多个有利位置观看装置。

The atrium is transformed into a dynamic environment where visitors can experience the installation’s kinetic properties. As people move in and around the space on two levels, the vertical cables softly sway, bringing the sculpture to life and reflecting the buzzing energy of the building’s inhabitants. Myriad patterns can be viewed from different perspectives and provide a new sensory experience with each angle – whether seen from the exterior, from below or adjacent on the upper floor, visitors can engage with the installation in unique ways. Comforting in their familiar shape and colours, the suspended circular coloured acrylic discs fill the space and draw people in from the street. The contrast created by two ends of the colour spectrum is softened through the gradient between them: warm reds and cool blues merge and resonate with the lobby furniture, specifically sourced to coordinate with the installation’s bluish tones. The faceted furniture is arranged for spatial effect, to create a defined resting space within the larger lobby and a multiplicity of vantage points from which to view the installation.

Location | Kitchener, Ontario

Completion | 2021

Installation/Interior Design | Dubbeldam Architecture +

Design

Project Team | Heather Dubbeldam, Scott Sampson,

Courtney Ho, Krystal Kramer

Photography | Riley Snelling

Fabrication & Installation | Sixpenny Architectural

Fabrication

Client | Perimeter Development Corporation

地点：安大略省基奇纳

完成年份：2021

安装/室内设计：Dubbeldam_Architecture + Design

项目团队：Heather Dubbeldam，Scott Sampson，Courtney Ho， Krystal Kramer

摄影：Riley Snelling

制造与安装：Sixpenny Architectural Fabrication

客户：Perimeter Development Corporation