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考虑到缺乏一般所谓的“历史背景”的平房，只有一个真正的建筑选择，那就是将一座雄心勃勃的建筑安置在既实用又美观的工地上。这是为市政公用事业公司Stadtwerke Neuss建造的行政大楼设想的方法。这座建筑位于纽斯市中心南面的康拉德-阿登纳环两侧，建筑密集，甚至是拥挤的商业区。它有一个西北-东南方向的其他建筑物，所有看起来都像盒子或平面，无形状的结构。

Given a flat property lacking what is generally called “historical context,” there is only one genuine architectural option, and that is to place a highly ambitious building onto the site that is both functional as well as aesthetically pleasing. This was the approach conceived for the administrative building constructed for Stadtwerke Neuss, the municipal utility company. The building is located in a densely built, even congested commercial area occupying both sides of the Konrad-Adenauer-Ring to the south of downtown Neuss. It has a northwest-southeast orientation among other buildings that all tend to look like boxes or flat, formless structures.

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埃克·贝克·阿尔奇滕

这座建筑的异乎寻常的形状使它在其他建筑中脱颖而出：一个大的，不太对称的“Y”，基本上不允许直线。建筑物的凹边-两面曲线柔和，一面曲线锐利-与三端形成鲜明的对比，其特征是分裂和偏移，向上倾斜的墙壁。四周覆盖着铝板，这座四层楼的建筑在东南方向有一个宽阔的入口区域，有一个突出的屋顶。休息室后面有一家咖啡馆和一家小酒馆。然而，最引人注目的是从一楼到二楼和二楼到三楼的两条楼梯。

The building’s unusual shape makes it stand out among these other buildings: a large, not quite symmetrical “Y” that largely forgoes straight lines. The concave sides of the building—two with gentle curves and one with a sharper curve—form a lively contrast to the three ends, which feature split and offset, upwardly inclining walls. Clad on all sides with aluminum panels, the four-story building is accessed on the southeast by a broad entrance area with a projecting roof. A café and a bistro are behind the foyer. Most striking, however, are the two stairways leading from the ground floor to the second floor and the second floor to the third.

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埃克·贝克·阿尔奇滕

这种安排之所以如此特殊，是因为大的“V”形，更多的是黑白之间的形式对比，另一方是正反两方面。行政大楼遵循一种简单的布局，在这种布局中，一系列的办公室排列在左边和右边的走廊上，这是对这一惯例的高度复杂的调整。三脊系统在广场上有三个不同的方向相交的街道的外观。走廊里有开放式厨房和吧台。

What makes this arrangement so special is less the large “V” shape and more the way the formal contrasts operate between black and white on the one hand, and positive and negative on the other. While adhering to a simple layout, in which a sequence of offices line a corridor to the left and right, the administrative building represents a highly sophisticated adaptation of this convention. The threecorridor system has the appearance of streets that meet from three different directions at a plaza. There are open kitchenettes and bar tables in the hallways.

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埃克·贝克·阿尔奇滕

这里有一间、两间和三间办公室，都是以1.35米的网格为基础的.这些房间有从地板到天花板的玻璃墙。新鲜空气通过涂有无烟煤色粉末的铝制通风口提供.

There are single, double, and triple offices, all based on a 1.35-meter grid. The rooms have floor-to-ceiling glass walls. Fresh air is provided through aluminum vents coated with an anthracite-colored powder.

经过更仔细的检查，这座大楼被证明是五年前为Wülfrath的莱因考克公司总部所发展的思想和概念的延续。

Upon closer examination, the building proves to be a continuation of the ideas and concepts developed five years earlier for the headquarters of Rheinkalk GmbH in Wülfrath.

Architects Eike Becker Architekten

Location Moselstraße 25, 41464 Neuss, Germany

Category Institutional Buildings

Area 0.0 sqm

Project Year 2007