架构师提供的文本描述。最能损害公民对地方行政当局的印象的事项之一是忏悔路线，这迫使他们从一个办公室走到另一个办公室，以便履行对不同市政部门的义务。这正是维托利亚-盖斯泰兹委员会想要做的，把处理公民事务的所有服务集中在一栋大楼里。

Text description provided by the architects. One of the matters that most damages the perception that the citizens have of the local administration is the penitential itinerary, which forces them to go from one office to another in order for them to fulfil their obligations with the different municipal departments. This is exactly what the Vitoria-Gasteiz Council wanted to do away with by concentrating all the services that deal with citizens’ affair in one single building.

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其出发点是这种设施的独特性，对公民身份有着重要的意义，我们认为有必要将自己与住宅城市网线分开，并在这样做的过程中制定项目的正式战略。我们在旧区-中世纪的核心-寻找一种与基本网格相连的城市联系。在北面，建筑物有一个明显的曲线，产生一个连续和平滑的体积，它面对着城市的正交布局，与它分离，并声称它的制度特征。在南面，连续性被更复杂的书籍所打断，这些书籍在寻找与新的圣马丁广场连接的同时，为公众提供了主要入口。

The starting point being the unique character of such a facility, with an important significance for the citizenship, we thought it necessary to set ourselves apart from the residential urban mesh alignment and in doing so, establishing the formal strategy of the project. We pursued a certain urban link with the foundational mesh in the old quarters, the mediaeval core. On the north face, the building has a pronounced curve that generates a continuous and smooth volume, which confronts the orthogonal layout of the city, separating itself from it and claiming its institutional character. Towards the south, continuity is interrupted by more complex volumes which generate the main entrance for the public at the same time that it seeks a connection with the new San Martin Square. 

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该建筑物的唯一目的是开展市政技术活动，为540名工作人员提供庇护，这些工作人员分布在不同的部门，直至目前为止，分布在不同的建筑物中。功能诉求之一是促进公民与行政之间的关系。因此，客户护理部位于一个巨大的中心区域，被天窗照亮，仿佛是一个宏伟的客厅，接待、通知和引导游客。

The exclusive purpose of the building is for the carrying out of technical municipal activity, sheltering a workforce of 540, distributed into different departments located up until now, in different buildings. One of the functional aspirations is to promote the citizen-administration relationship. Therefore, the customer care department is located in a great central area, illuminated by zenithal skylights, which as if it was a grand living room, takes in, informs and guides the visitor.

每层由纵向空间产生，纵向空间通过三个等距的核心与建筑物的其他部分垂直连接。这一空间是根据不同的部门布局的规划进行调整的，主要设想为一个景观办公室，其所有工作站都与外墙长的窗口相关联。在垂直核心之间，就好像它们是骨干一样，服务区位于：厕所、档案室和技术室。此外，还向南增加了一层楼。它有训练室和会议厅，可以从外面进入。这个扩展配置了一个更好定义的室外空间，以访问建筑物，同时，由于其较短的高度，它使接近建筑物成为一种更令人愉快的体验。

Each floor is generated by a longitudinal space which is vertically communicated with the rest of the building by means of three equidistant cores. This space is adapted according to the planning to the different department layouts, conceived mainly as a landscape office, with all its workstations associated to the façade-long window. Between the vertical cores as if they were a backbone, the service areas are located: toilets, archives and technical rooms. A single floor add-on has also been generated, towards the south. It houses training rooms and an assembly hall, and it can be accessed from the outside. This extension configures a better defined outdoor space to access the building at the same time that it makes approaching the building a more agreeable experience thanks to its short height. 

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寻找视觉和照明舒适性一直是一个关键的工程原则。为了减少工作区域的直接阳光，已经进行了彻底的设计工作，因此也避免了影响能源消耗的热负荷。这种太阳能保护由两个系统进行：一方面是水平投影，另一方面是穿孔金属垂直板。这种太阳能保护同时产生了它的最终图像，提供了丰富的光线和黑暗的成分，识别和挑出建筑物的周围环境。

The search for visual and lighting comfort has been a key project principle. Thorough design work has been carried out in order to alleviate direct sunlight in working areas, therefore also avoiding thermal loads that would affect energy consumption. This solar protection is carried out by two systems: on the one hand, horizontal projections and on the other, perforated metal vertical panels. This solar protection is at the same time what generates its final image, offering a rich light and dark composition that identifies and singles out the building from its surroundings. 

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该建筑还包括大量被动和积极的可持续性和节能措施，如地质技术、太阳能、投影和石板等，这些措施使建筑获得了A级能源标签，符合维托利亚-盖斯泰兹市最近举办的“绿色资本”称号。

The building also includes a good number of passive and active sustainability and energy saving measures, such as geotechnics, solar energy, projections and slates, which have earned the building a class A energy label, in keeping with the “Green Capital” title which the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz recently held.

Architect IDOM

Location Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Spain

Category Municipal Building

Lead Architect César Azcárate Gómez Jesús Armendáriz

Project Year 2015

Photography Aitor Ortiz