MVRDV的新作“里程碑”是一个6,500m2的办公综合体，最大特征在于透明的立面且部分反射的材质及体量中部一个几何形开口，方案最终被埃斯林根市政的评审所选中。建筑本身将是一座真正的里程碑，立面设计如同一块“水晶石”与环境互动，同时映射着这座老城的地貌特征和历史底蕴。从此意义上，它将成为埃斯林根的全新地标，一个连接过去和未来的纽带。此项目是由开发商RVI直接委托，预计于2020年开始施工。

The Milestone is a new 6,500m2 mixed-use office building by MVRDV with adistinct part-reflective façade and open geometric core which has been selectedby a jury for the city of Esslingen. The building will be literally a milestone, itsfaçade designed like a crystal rock is interactive and carries the topographyof the town and messages about the history and people of Esslingen. In thissense it will become a new landmark for Esslingen that celebrates its pastwhilst looking forward towards the future. RVI developers have commissioned theproject whose construction start is envisioned for 2020.

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如同一块“水晶石“，建筑充满互动性且象征着埃斯林根的地形特征 

项目坐落于德国南部斯图加特大区的埃斯林根市，一个充满历史气息的老城镇。在过去十多年来，围绕火车站附近逐渐兴起了一系列大型城市更新项目。“里程碑”这座全新的12层的6,500m2综合体建筑通过一个直面广场的中心观景平台，象征着城市复兴的宏伟愿景。MVRDV的设计回应了业主的需求，将创造一座融合传统和现代的城市综合体建筑。

Located in Esslingen am Neckarin the region of Stuttgart in the south of Germany, Esslingen, a city with afine historical town centre, has for the last decadeprogressed with ambitious regeneration projects in the areas around its mainrailway station. The Milestone, a 6,500m212-storey mixed-use building with public viewing platform located in Neue Weststadt on its square is one of such projects signalling thecity’s future ambition. MVRDV’s ambitious design responds to the client’s brieffor a mixed-use building that brings together the tension between tradition andmodernity of the city.

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建筑坐落于主要火车站旁，使得途径列车上的乘客也能远观它

“不光是本地居民，即便乘坐火车途径埃斯林根市的游客也能远观它，这座综合体将成为代表城市的历史和未来的新地标。”MVRDV联合创始人Winy Maas说道，“特制的多孔玻璃立面还将置入一系列的二维码，使造访者可以了解埃斯林根的历史、居民、地貌景观等知识，最终成为一座互动的公众数字图书馆。”

“This building shows Esslingen to all people whopass by on trains and will become a new symbol to reflect its past heritage andfuture’’, says Winy Maas, MVRDV co-founder. “The façade with fritted glass will have QR codesintegrated on to it informing visitors about Esslingen’s people, landscape, andhistories which makes the building an interactive library for all.”

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建筑的体量从中部推入创造出一个"破碎"状的中心，也形成公共流线

建筑的体量中部向内推入创造出破碎的立面效果，如同一个洞穴折射着埃斯林根当地的地貌风情，也形成一条开放的公共流线穿过体量中心，成为中心区的焦点。在建筑的高层主要是可依据需求而调整的明亮美观的灵活办公空间，体现办公与生活相结合的理念。在底层，“水晶石”立面面向公共广场打开，既连接了建筑与城市，又提供了咖啡厅、餐厅及集会场所等公共设施。

The buildings’ volume is pushed inwards to create afragmented façade, an ‘Esslinger grotto’ that reflectsits actual topography and forms an open public walkway right through the centre,marking the location of the central district. On upper levels, offices are located and envisionedas light, attractive and flexible spaces that are customisable for differentusers to create combinations of work and life. On the ground level, the crystalrock façade opens up to the public square in front connecting the city to thebuilding and provides public amenities including a café, restaurant and meetingareas. 

“里程碑”部分立面的镜面透明材质结合了科技和可持续性，通过使用多孔玻璃以减少过热及光伏电池来储存和产生能源，一系列的二维码则通过像素化的地图形式围绕整栋建筑，传递着直观且易读的讯息。围绕建筑的3D地图从低层一直延伸至40米左右的高度，通过阶梯和露台形成一条中心公共流线引导人群向上，而高处可眺望远处的葡萄园和群山。立面的这些可持续性设计使整栋建筑未来有潜力达到部分能源的自给自足。

The Milestone’s partly mirrored-transparent façadeintegrates technology and sustainability with the use of fritted glass toreduce overheating, PV cells to store and generate energy, and finally, QRcodes which carry information about the city in a pixelated map spread acrossthe building making it both visible and readable. The three-dimensional map  is located on the lower part of the buildingextends to a height of 40 meters, and with stairs and terraces, it forms a publiclyaccessible core that tenants and visitors can walk up to take in views of thevineyards and surrounding hills. All of these sustainability features in thefaçade all the potential for the building to become partly self-sufficient infuture.

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多孔玻璃材质的立面将置入一系列二维码

透明的立面既产生了建筑内外的互动，同时反射着广场的日常活动，使其成为一个全新的集会点。与之形成对比的是，夜幕降临时整栋建筑的灯光透过立面，如同一座照亮埃斯林根城的新灯塔。而目前的引路灯塔则是一座前刀具厂房的巨大烟囱，与之相比将黯然失色。

The transparency of the façade allows aninteraction between inside and out, whilst reflecting the daily interactions inthe square thus turning the front of the building into a new meeting point. Incontrast, at night, the building becomes illuminated through its façade and isa new beacon for Esslingen. For train travellers, the current beacon being alarge chimney of a former knife factory with the abbreviation of the factoryname on its side, spelling the word DICK, which means ‘big’ in German.

此项目是MVRDV是受开发商RVI直接委托而设计，预计于2020年开始施工。

MVRDV was commissioned to work on the project byinvestors RVI and construction will start in 2020.

MVRDV 事务所由Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs和Nathalie de Vries于1993年在荷兰鹿特丹创立。其设计和研究旨在为全球的当代城市规划和建筑设计提供解决方案。已建成的项目包括2000年汉诺威世博会荷兰馆 和鹿特丹的市场大厅。MVRDV的作品遍布全球，并多次获得国际奖项。MVRDV同时与荷兰代尔夫特理工大学开展合作，开设了The Why Factory，一个探讨未来城市规划与建筑的智慧库与研究机构。