A Contextual Expansion 企業園區內的脈絡化擴建
Suzhou Enterprise R&D Center 蘇州企業研發中心
The Suzhou Enterprise R&D Center represents a strategic architectural intervention within an established corporate campus. Following the realization of the campus’s first two phases, the available site density had reached a critical threshold. Driven by the client’s expanding research and development imperatives, the brief called for a new 1,800-square-meter facility carefully situated within the constrained interstitial space between existing structures. The overarching design objective was to negotiate this insertion with minimal disruption to the contextual fabric, while establishing a forward-looking visual identity synonymous with a modern, high-tech enterprise.
蘇州企業研發中心是一項位於既有企業園區內的增建計畫。隨著園區第一期與第二期建築的相繼落成，基地空間已趨於飽和。為了滿足日益增長的研發需求，企業希望在兩棟既有建築之間有限的腹地中，新增一座總面積約1800平方公尺的研發中心。我們的設計目標是在不破壞既有環境的前提下，巧妙植入這座新建築，並為其賦予符合現代高科技企業的視覺意象。
Operating within a compact footprint of approximately 700 square meters, preserving the campus’s inherent spatial fluidity became the primary driver. The design lifts the primary massing, liberating the ground plane to function as a highly permeable breezeway. This gesture ensures that the campus’s existing pedestrian circulation network remains entirely unobstructed. Consequently, the primary R&D programs are elevated to the second and third levels, with internal circulation seamlessly bridging into the Phase Two building. This programmatic layout allows the new volume to perform as a natural, integrated extension of the adjacent facilities, dissolving the boundaries between existing and newly introduced workspaces.
面對約700平方公尺的佔地面積，設計的首要考量是維持園區原有的空間流動性。我們將新建物的一樓大幅挑空，作為開放的地面穿廊，確保既有園區的行走動線不受阻礙。主要的研發空間則抬升配置於二樓與三樓，並在內部動線上與第二期建築直接串聯。這樣的佈局使新建量體在機能上成為二期空間的自然延伸，實現了新舊工作場域的無縫接軌。
Formally, the architecture is articulated as a pure, rectilinear glass volume. The envelope is defined by a high-performance glass curtain wall system, selected not only to express a sleek, technological sensibility but to actively engage in environmental reflection. These expansive glazed surfaces mirror the surrounding landscape and adjacent structures, allowing the new massing to dematerialize into its context through a dynamic interplay of light and shadow. This strategic deployment of transparency mitigates the visual density typically associated with infill development, ensuring the campus retains its sense of openness and porosity.
在建築外觀的形塑上，整體以純粹的「玻璃方盒」概念呈現。立面全面採用玻璃幕牆工法，除了精準傳遞高科技的現代感，更發揮了重要的「環境映射」作用。大面積的玻璃將周遭的景觀與既有建物收攏於立面上，使新建量體在光影交錯中悄然融入背景。這種通透的視覺策略，巧妙化解了增建可能帶來的擁擠與壓迫感，讓整體園區依然保有開放的呼吸空間。
To further alleviate the visual weight of the massing, the facade features highly calibrated, layered detailing. At the flanking junctions where the intervention meets the existing structures, dark metal paneling is introduced as a tectonic transition, cleanly articulating the physical interface between the two temporal phases of construction. Concurrently, projecting architectural fins are deployed along the perimeters of the primary elevations. The verticality and rhythm of these extruded elements introduce a refined scale to the facade, attenuating the bulk of the volume and imbuing the structure with a distinct sense of lightness and contemporary elegance.
為了進一步消弭方形量體的厚重感，我們在立面細節上進行了層次性的刻畫。在新建物與既有建築相接的左右兩側交界處，選用深色金屬板作為視覺過渡，俐落地界定出新舊結構的收邊關係。同時，在正背面玻璃幕牆的邊緣，設計了出挑的翼板。透過這些細緻的線條分割與延伸，建築體態變得更加輕盈，削弱了方盒的笨重，賦予其一種輕巧的現代美學。
Initiated in late 2022 and successfully realized in May 2025, the project is the result of rigorous coordination with local planning authorities and specialized facade consultants to achieve an uncompromising level of detailing. The completed R&D Center now anchors the campus’s public-facing identity. Its transparent, weightless posture carefully recalibrates the site’s density, engaging in a nuanced dialogue with its surroundings. Ultimately, the architecture fulfills the client’s complex expansion requirements while instilling the campus with a luminous, understated atmosphere of technological innovation.
本專案自2022年底啟動提案，歷經與當地規劃局的密切溝通，以及與幕牆設計顧問無數次的圖面來回協調與精修，於2025年五月順利落成。完工後的研發中心不僅成為園區正面形象的重要組成部分，其通透且輕盈的姿態，也適度平衡了建築的實體存在感。這座玻璃方盒以溫和的方式與環境展開對話，在滿足企業擴張需求的同時，為既有園區注入了一抹明亮而內斂的創新氣息。
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- WIP
- industrial
- 2022.10-current
- 1800 m2
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