加拿大密西加沙市梦露大厦

地点：加拿大密西加沙市

设计公司：MAD建筑事务所

建筑面积：45000m2（塔楼A），40000m2（塔楼B）

高度：170m（塔楼A）,150m（塔楼B）

层数：56层（塔楼A）,50层（塔楼B）

摄影师：汤姆·阿尔班

Modernism has a famous motto: a house is a machine for living in. However, as we increasingly leave the machine age behind, we are left with a question: what message should architecture convey? What is the house of today?

Like other fast developing suburbs in North America, Mississauga is seeking a new identity. This is an opportunity to respond to the needs of an expanding city, to create a residential landmark that moves beyond simple efficiency to provide an emotional connection for the people who live there.

In place of the simple, functional logic of modernism, our design expresses the complex and multiple needs of contemporary society. Despite its landmark status, the emphasis is not solely on height.

The entire building rotates at different degrees on different levels in correspondence with the surrounding scenery, creating a changing, uncertain profile. A continuous balcony surrounds each floor, eliminating the vertical barriers that are traditionally used in high-rise architecture and providing 360˚ views to reawaken city dwellers' appreciation of nature, to get them in touch with the sunlight and the wind.

This building is more than just a functional machine: located at the junction of two main streets, it is both a landmark and a gateway that signifies entrance to the city. The form is sculptural, beautiful, and redolent of the human body. The Absolute Tower has since been nicknamed Marilyn Monroe by the local people.

现代主义有一句有名的宣言：建筑是居住的机器。但是我们必须发问，在机器及其所代表的社会基础发生了如此剧变的今天，我们应该怎样理解建筑？如果建筑正在远离工业，那么它更应该表达什么内容？

与北美其它迅速发展的近郊城市一样，加拿大多伦多地区的密西沙加市也一直在努力寻找着自己在新时代的新身份。这是一个回应日益膨胀的城市需求的机会，这是一个创造地标性住宅的机会，超越单纯、追求高效的层面，为居住在该地的人们提供情感连接。

有别于现代主义的纯功能逻辑，设计表达出当代社会的需求和生活的多样化。尽管建筑具有里程碑的意义，设计强调的却不仅仅是它的高度。

与四周的景色相呼应，整栋建筑旋转上升，在不同的高度、不同的角度皆呈现出多变的轮廓。每一层的连续阳台避免了传统建筑中的垂直栅栏的使用，提供了一个360o全景观景平台，再次唤醒城市居民对大自然的追求，让他们沐浴在阳光与微风之中。

本案位于密西沙加市两条主要街道的交汇处。它不仅是一部功能机，而且是城市入口的地标和大门。它的外形优美而具有雕塑感，令人想起美妙的人体，又被当地民众亲切地称为“玛丽莲·梦露”大厦。

FEATURE 特点分析

Shape

The control of shape and light is achieved by the same ease rhythm of texture and lines and rotation and gradient between two colors. Lines of the architecture highlight the physical structure and show a dynamic shape. The high light is the crowning touch to break the symmetrical structure, showing a texture feeling on the architecture.

造型

该项目把握了肌理、线条舒张缓动的同律性，巧妙地利用双色之间的旋转渐变，完成了对造型的塑造和光线的控制，对建筑轮廓的勾线凸显了形体结构，使其造型有动感，其高光处的运用也是点睛之笔，打破了对称的结构，并进一步体现了建筑的质感。