项目名称：地球|琶洲保利体育公园服务中心

功能：服务中心，公共厕所，休息区

设计时间：2018.05 - 2019.09

施工期： 2019.09 - 2019.12

位置：海珠区琶洲保利体育公园， 广州， 中国

建筑面积：194.8平方米

建筑师：肖磊， 志根野宇姬， 杨玉琼， 王晗， 曹毅， 努奇

合作：和办公室

所有者：广州保利

类型：建筑与室内设计

地位：完成

照片：Jonathan Leijonhufvud

扬·盖尔（Jan Gale）曾在他的书《建筑物之间的生活：使人们轻松自信地移动》中写道。从空间，建筑和城市中获得乐趣;能够与某人见面并举行聚会 - 非正式或有组织的。这些要求是最基本的;他们只是需要一个更好，更适合日常生活的环境。它们总是有价值和不可替代的，或者是一个开始。

琶洲岛岸边公众形象的"hi dden"外观

明朝万里时代，琶洲还是珠江水环绕的岛屿。如今，琶洲已经从一个贸易岛转变为广州人工智能和数字经济实验的核心区域。我们刚到琶洲时是春天。环顾四周，我们发现自己身处珠江南岸，现代建筑堆积如山，精致的箱子耸立在云层中。滨水景观已经存在。

我们的项目位于珠江边的体育公园的公共服务中心，具有接待，休息室，公共厕所等功能。体育公园面向珠江，背靠保利大厦和洲际酒店等密集的城市综合体。从上面往下看，公园生来就有水，充满了绿色。因此，我们设计的首要目的是创造一个"隐藏的"公共服务空间，从地球上"生长"并适应周围的景观。

Starting with the existing landscape movement line, our design intents to meet two types of crowd activity: around and through the architecture. Therefore, we "piled up" a naturally raised green space on top of the original landscape, then "cut" it through with paths shaped like a cross.

Next, we set four spaces of reception, resting room, public toilets and equipment room on both sides of the "cross path" to enclose a transitional pocket courtyard in the middle. With the earth-covered construction, the architecture blends itself into the nature and becomes part of the original landscape of the sports park in a simple manner.

Meanwhile, as a public service facility, parts like the entrance need to be recognized. So we  build up part of the space higher to create a three-dimensional "cross" path. Sky light spreads  over the fifth facade,  people walk through in twos and threes, and the open paths connect with the original trails. The roof is rolling while the space hidden by grass and shrubs. It’s sedate but accessible.

Space atmosphere from "noisy" to "quiet"

Have you ever had to use a public toilet? Traditional public toilets have long been opposed and rejected because of single function and negative image. The second purport of our design is to eliminate the deep-rooted negative perception of the public toilets.

In 1953, French architect Jean Prouve designed the Petrol Station. In which, in addition to necessity, public facilities were endowed with spontaneity and social activities through the design of space and seats. In our project, we hope those public facilities become part of  people’s daily activities. The built-in functions of reception, rest, changing clothes and toilet, respond to the needs of users from a more daily perspective, so they realize that public toilets are not just bricked rooms.

The rampart is partly hidden and rolling slightly if watched from a distance. . Stepping into the inner courtyard, the white terrazzo of exterior walls creates a natural rough facade effect with dense stitching process. And the artificial white color emphasizes the "space cutting" that architects did purposely.

Compared with the exterior, we chose plain concrete and brushed stainless steel as the main materials to intervene in the interior. To create "precipitation" and "quiet" atmosphere, we use exposed ceiling and column, as well as furniture and sanitary ware etc., to separate and contrast the inside space with the outside, and achieve a moisture-proof effect at the same time. When people walk in from the noisy and hot outdoors, it creates a visual cooling effect.

When night falls, the indoor lights pour out from the hole in the white wall, and people's sight  would move between natural and artificial scenery.

Reflection of design and the potential we see

As an earth-covered architecture in a waterfront landscape, we would like our project to be the extension of the existing landscape in a proper way. However, due to the uncontrollability of the later landscaping, the earth-covered building methods were impeded by the massive planting. In terms of the facade, our scheduled one-piece terrazzo material had to change to terrazzo prefabricated panels due to the timeline and budget, thus the complete and concise effect of the facade was compromised.

As the project constructed and buildings piled up, "The Earth" has been "growing" with the environment. While the city renews itself day and night, we are able to witness the process of Pazhou getting better. As a public service space in the waterfront park, "The Earth" seems to have the possibility of "reproduction" on a logical level. Someday, it may "grow" in other parks by other banks with the appearance adopted accordingly.