建设单位：苹果公司

项目地点：新加坡

设计单位：福斯特建筑事务所

设计/建造：2020 年

摄影：Finbarr Fallon

Client: Apple Coporation

Location: Singapore

Architect: Foster + Partners

Design / Completion: 2020

Photography: Finbarr Fallon

新落成的苹果新加坡滨海湾金沙旗舰店是新加坡海岸线的又一奇观。建筑师设计了一个直径30 米且带有黑色玻璃底座的全玻璃圆顶结构。该项目是苹果设计团队与福斯特建筑事务所共同合作的成果。

来自福斯特事务所的David Summerfield 这样说道：“苹果新加坡滨海湾金沙旗舰店是一个游走于透明和阴影之间的项目。我们试图通过这个特殊结构的设计，打破内外空间的边界，从而创造一个漂浮于水面之上的微型平台，并给来访者提供一个欣赏新加坡天际线和海湾的绝佳视角。”

从结构上来说，该旗舰店运用了钢筋和玻璃这两种混合材料。同时，钢制截面的网格结构还起到了重量支撑的作用，而弯曲的结构玻璃面板则对钢构件起到了横向的支撑作用，并对整体结构形态起到了一定的强化与稳固。建筑师还安装了遮阳系统，以保证内部空间的温度舒适值。而每一片玻璃都经过了精心的挑选，以实现最终114片玻璃全部符合新加坡专属可持续认证标准BCA 的绿色认证。

Recently opened to the public, Apple Marina Bay Sands creates a new distinctive presence on Singapore Bay. The 30-metre-diameter structure is a fully glazed dome with a black glass base,complementing the sister pavilions through its scale and materiality. The design is the result of a close collaboration between Apple’s design teams and the integrated engineering and design team at Foster + Partners.

David Summerfield, Foster + Partners said, “Apple Marina Bay Sands is all about the delicate interplay between transparency and shade. The structure dissolves the boundary between the inside and outside, creating a minimal platform that floats gently in the water, looking out over the bay and the spectacular Singapore skyline.”

Structurally, the dome acts as a hybrid steel and glass shell, where the grid of steel sections support the weight of the glass and shading, and the curved structural glass panels restrain the steel elements laterally and stiffen the overall form against lateral loads. Integrated solar shading devices keep the interior cool. Each of the 114 panels of glass is carefully selected to meet glazing indices as prescribed by BCA Green Mark, Singapore’s own sustainability rating system.

随着圆顶结构而逐步缩小的多功能同心遮阳环，还可以满足内部空间的吸音需求。同时，这些圆环还可以对日光进行漫反射处理，并将其反射到上方的挡板，从而产生神奇的视觉效果。而从圆顶上端开口射入的光柱，还会使人想起罗马万神庙的知名场景。

来自福斯特事务所的Stefan Behling 则这样补充道：“这个圆顶结构似乎是变换无穷的。……