卫斯理大楼：空中的教堂 / 严迅奇建筑师事务所

编辑：魏璇 | 校对：原源 | 2019.11.04 16:05

项目名称 卫斯理大楼

项目地点 香港湾仔区

建成时间 2018年

建筑面积 11000平方米

卫斯理大楼位于香港湾仔的一个极具挑战性的地点。在这个熙熙攘攘的地方，这座建筑为礼拜者提供了一个宁静的庇护所，也丰富了周围的城市肌理。该项目位于四车道的皇后大道东和坚尼地道交界处的一个泪滴状的地块上，由于这个11000平方米的项目需要适应一个800平方米的地块，用地紧张，因此建筑不可避免地需要上升。

Wesleyan House Methodist Church embraces a challenging site in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. The building both provides a serene sanctuary space for worshippers in this bustling location and enriches the surrounding urban fabric. The project stands on a teardrop-shaped site at the corner of Queen's Road East – a major four-lane road, and Kennedy Road. The site itself is tight: as 11,000m² of program needs to fit on an 800m² plot, the building inevitably needs to go up.

因此，设计师创造了一个垂直的教堂，将主圣堂、小礼堂、活动大厅、社会服务楼层和牧师办公室整合成一个塔。卫斯理大楼通过从底部到顶部的、轻微的倾斜度来定义其天际线，以突出其作为宗教机构的形象。

As such, the design creates a vertical church, integrating the sanctuary, chapels, activity halls, social service floors, and pastoral offices into a tower. Wesleyan House building defines its skyline by slanting gently and subtly from the base to the top to project its image as a religious institution.

由此产生的高层教堂提供了独特的机会来创造标志性的礼拜空间。塔楼顶层的天空小礼堂拥有看尽北面港湾和南面山丘的广阔视野，是一个独特的、充分利用了周围优美环境的空间。

The resulting skyscraper church offers unique opportunities to create signature spaces for worship. The sky chapel on the top floor of the tower boasts sweeping views of the harbor to the north and the hills to the south, creating a unique space that takes advantage of the beauty of the surroundings. Carefully considered adjacencies optimize church operations.

设计师考虑了如何使附属部分优化教堂的功能的问题，于是一个大型的崇拜礼堂坐落在主圣堂的上方，鼓励礼拜者在礼拜结束后聚集在一起。教堂办公室和牧师居住区在垂直相邻的楼层中，它们之间既有便捷的通道又保留了独特的本质：一边是工作的地方，另一边是居住的地方。

A large congregation hall sits above the main sanctuary, inviting worshippers to come together after the service. Church offices and pastoral residences sit on adjacent vertical floors, creating easy access between them while retaining distinct identities: a place to work on the one hand and a place to live on the other.

外部设计创造了一个入口序列，作为从繁华闹市到静谧圣所的过渡。这个轻微弯曲的立面体现了拥抱和流动的概念，成为了皇后大道东的一道不容忽视的风景线，它同时也引导游客走进教堂与街道间的一个地下开放广场。由此，这个公共广场从城市过渡到内部的和平的庇护所。它也是在交叉路口的一个枢纽，改善这两条道路的人流关系，创造开放的视野，并在密集的情况下提供所需的公共集会空间。

The exterior design creates an entry sequence that transitions from the busy streetscape to the peaceful sanctuary within. A gently curving facade manifests the notion of embracing and flowing, creating a robust presence on Queen's Road East while ushering visitors into a public plaza that separates the church from the street. This public plaza peels away to transition from the city towards the peaceful sanctuary within. Set on the intersection, it acts as a hinge that improves pedestrian connectivity between these two roads, creates open sightlines in the dense context, and offers a much needed public gathering space.

各种空间实体也链接在一起，形成一个轨迹，引导人们从街道走到一楼的开放空间和主圣堂。人们到达时，会听到钟楼里传来的音乐，经过历史悠久的石墙、生命之树和铭刻的匾额。内外空间的双重影响有助于培养他们敬畏的情绪。主圣堂可使用的材料和主色调都很有限。为了创造一个和平且庄严的宗教场所，设计师将自然光线聚焦在圣餐台上。圣餐台背景是一面8米高的纯白色墙壁，并带有一个釉面十字形的开口。天花板上方的光学调整系统可以使阳光柔化并分散到圣餐台上。

Various spatial entities also connect as a trajectory, leading from the street to the ground floor open space and to the sanctuary. People arrive greeted by the music from the carillon, pass by the historic stone wall, the tree of life, and the inscribed plaques through a blending of inside and outside spaces that helps to foster their mood for worship. The main sanctuary has a restrained material and color palette. To create a peaceful and solemn worship place, natural daylight focuses on the altar with a backdrop of an eight meters tall wall in pure solid white, punctuated along by a glazed cross-shaped opening. The lightscope above the ceiling softens and diffuses the sunlight onto the altar.

该建筑采用了多项创新的环境可持续发展的措施，将获得香港绿色建筑认证体系银级的评定。在朝东的实体部分，设计师选择平开窗而不是幕墙，以减少热量散发，特别是在它的西立面。朝北和朝南立面的大窗户最大限度地提高了天空小礼堂、崇拜礼堂和教堂办公室的采光和视野。建筑的朝向使居住层拥有交叉微风，也就为它们提供了自然通风。

The building—which employs several innovative environmental sustainability features—expects to earn silver Hong Kong BeamPlus sustainability rating. With a solid core wall facing east, the design opts for casement windows instead of a curtain wall to minimize heat gain, particularly on the west elevation. Large windows on the north- and south-facing facades maximize daylighting and views in the sky chapel, congregation halls, and church offices. The orientation of the building creates cross-breezes in the residences, offering natural ventilation.

新的卫斯理大楼位于繁忙的交汇处，意图营造一种朴素、简约又精致的氛围，象征着恩典的拥抱和流动，同时为湾仔创造一个清新的精神绿洲。

Standing at a hustling junction, the new Wesleyan House intends to project a sense of frugality, simplicity, and refinement, symbolizing the embrace and flow of grace while creating a refreshing spiritual oasis for the Wan Chai community.