办公立面：多重折叠设计，不同时间，带来不同的颜色变化

麻省理工学院(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)正在开发肯德尔广场(Kendall Square)，距离剑桥和麻省理工只有咫尺之遥，以促进融合商业和学术研究。肯德尔广场区域的建筑风格、规模和材料色彩独具特色。

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is developing Kendall Square, where the City of Cambridge and MIT merge, to encourage the integration of business and academic research. The Kendall Square area is characterized by a variety of architectural styles, scales, and material palettes. As a key member of a focused design team.

Weiss/Manfredi作为一个专业的设计团队，与麻省理工学院联合合作，为该地区制定了一个符合这一背景并贴合麻省理工大学计划目标的办公建筑。 Weiss/Manfredi被选中设计主街314号，即麻省理工学院的5#地块，该办公建筑有麻省理工学院出版社、麻省理工学院博物馆和12层楼的孵化器办公室和研究空间。

Weiss/Manfredi worked closely with MIT to develop an urban plan for the district that was responsive to this context and consistent with MIT’s programmatic goals. Weiss/Manfredi was then chosen to design 314 Main Street, known as MIT’s Site 5, which houses the MIT Press, the MIT Museum, and 12 floors of incubator office and research space.

这座办公建筑共17层，北边是主街，南临麻省理工学院校园，毗邻T地铁站，成为城市和大学之间重要的战略门户。这座建筑既符合城市环境，又符合周边的环境，它从主街上的砖墙建筑过渡到了新建的校园绿地，这将成为麻省理工学院开放空间网络的重要组成部分。

With Main Street to the north, the MIT campus to the south, and a T subway stop adjacent, the 17-story building creates a strategic gateway between the city and the university. Responding to both the city and the immediate context, the building creates a transition from brick buildings on Main Street to a newly created campus green that will become an important part of MIT’s network of open spaces.

该建筑通过其体量和立面的衔接，融入了设计背景。高大通透的底层，是零售、博物馆和办公空间，增加整体空间活力。

The building engages these contexts and programs through the articulation of its massing and fa?ade. The highly transparent street level is animated by active retail and strategically positioned building and museum lobbies. 

在底层之上，为麻省理工学院博物馆创建了一个悬浮的建筑，建立了与相邻历史建筑兼容的城市规模。办公大楼外立面的多重折叠设计不仅改善了空间视野，而且根据方向和一天不同的时间带来不同的颜色变化。

Above the ground floor, the creation of a floating plinth for the MIT museum establishes an urban scale compatible with adjacent historic buildings. The office tower’s multiple folds and facets improve views and introdu ce shifting patterns of color depending on orientation and time of day.

总而言之，建筑的整体外观具有多种尺度：整个底层非常灵动，在漂浮的建筑又与邻近的历史建筑相呼应，整个建筑的尺度，在其区域内非常引人注目。

In summary, the overall form of the building negotiates multiple scales: it creates a lively presence at street level, at the plinth level it relates to historic adjacent buildings, and at the scale of the tower it offers a striking silhouette against the larger urban horizon.