1. 正如UNSTUDIO的企业愿景是面向未来一样，它始终关注未来的发展。你认为未来的设计趋势是什么?

Just as UNSTUDIO's corporate vision is proofing the future, it has always focused on future development. What do you think will be the design trends in the future?

墨尔本南岸综合体

STH BNK by Beulah, photo by Beulah_ Norm Li

目前有许多重要的全球趋势正在影响着我们设计建成环境的策略。气候变化和地球健康是当前最紧迫的问题；但与此同时，人类的健康以及如何通过最优的建筑和城市设计方案以更好地促进人类的健康也受到了广泛关注。其中包括社区建设，以降低孤独和寂寞感、包容性、多样性和平等。具有高度灵活性、适应性的设计方案也备受青睐，因为这些方案可以确保建筑楼宇的财务韧性和使用寿命；同时科技在建筑的运行、维护和性能测量方面发挥着越来越重要的作用。在城市层面，综合开发项目是当下发展的重要趋势，它可以激活社区并确保韧性；而自然包容性设计不仅有益于自然生态系统，也有益于人类的健康和福祉。除了对循环经济的重要性有了更广泛的认知之外，在气候变化和降低碳排放的背景下，保留既有建筑的更新和改造也是一项重要的发展。此外，工作场所设计和酒店服务业也在发生着非常有趣的事情，这两个领域都认识到有必要将健康、福祉和可持续发展放在开发的首位。

墨尔本南岸综合体

STH BNK by Beulah, photo by Beulah_ Norm Li

墨尔本南岸综合体

STH BNK by Beulah, visual by Norm Li

There are numerous important global trends that are currently influencing how we design the built environment. Climate change and the health of the planet is currently the most pressing of these, but at the same time there is a large focus on human health and how buildings and cities can best be designed to promote this. These include community-building to mitigate isolation and loneliness, inclusion, diversity and equality. Flexible and adaptable design solutions are also much sought after, as these can ensure the financial resilience and longevity of building stock, while technology is playing an ever-increasing role in how our buildings operate, be maintained, and have their performance measured. On an urban level, mixed-use developments are becoming increasingly popular to activate neighbourhoods and ensure resilience, while nature-inclusive design is understood to benefit not only natural ecosystems, but also human health and well-being. Regeneration and transformation projects where we can retain existing buildings is also an important development in the context of climate change and reducing carbon emissions, in addition to a broader understanding of the importance of the circular economy. But there are also very interesting things happening in the world of workplace design and hospitality, both of which are recognising the need to put health, wellness and sustainability at the top of their agendas.

2. 以住宅建筑为切入点，您对未来的建筑和居住空间有什么想法?请以正在进行的项目中加以说明。Take residential architecture as a spot, what are your thoughts on the future of architecture and living space? Please illustrate it with ongoing projects.

Van B住宅

Van B Residence, visual by bloomimages

密集化和人口增长是我们共同面临的主要挑战，世界各地都有住房短缺的报道。就解决方案而言，我们需要找到城市发展的途径，同时尽可能减少对自然的破坏，并使城市尽可能与自然共生。我相信，这一领域的增长不可避免地会是纵向的，但我们必须确保我们设计和建造的环境不仅有益所有人的身心健康，并且将惠及或改善所在的城市。我认为，综合策略是解决这一问题的根本办法。我们已经将这些理念融入到墨尔本南岸的综合开发项目的设计中。这是一个绿色环保的多功能项目，将文化与商业完美融合，同时也真正激活了公共领域、社区甚至天际线。而我们在南京的嘉华G72综合发展项目中通过建立滨水社区融合各种功能，将为居民以及周边社区创造绿色的生活和工作环境，也证明了这一策略的可行性和有效性。

在许多情况下，共享住宅设施也是一种解决方案，我们设计的许多项目都采用了这种方式。不过，这里最应该提到的也许是我们刚刚在慕尼黑建成的"Van B"住宅楼。在那里，我们不仅创造了共享空间，还设计了一个高度灵活的隔断和家具 "插件式 "系统，让业主可以将 40 平方米的公寓空间当作 60 平方米来使用。该系统可让住户在几秒钟内轻松改变同一楼层空间的用途。只需滑动悬挂式插件，就能将房间从办公空间变为客厅或卧室。该系统共有九种不同的元素，每种元素都是按照网格设计的。这就意味着，无论房主选择哪种元素，也无论他们如何排列，这些模块都能相互组合。在慕尼黑，面积和房地产价格也是一个因素，因此为未来的房主找到一个可行的解决方案至关重要。

Van B住宅

Van B Residence, visual by bloomimages

Densification and increasing populations are key challenges that we are all facing, with housing shortages being reported all over the world. In terms of solutions, we need to find ways for our cities to grow while infringing as little as possible on nature - and to make them as nature-inclusive as possible. I do believe growth in this sector will inevitably be vertical, but we have to ensure that the environments we design and build are healthy for all people and will benefit, or improve, their host cities as a whole. An integral approach, I believe, is an essential solution for this. We have put these ideas into the design of the STH BNK by Beulah development in Melbourne. It’s a mixed-use project that is extremely green, incorporates a fantastic mix of culture and commerce, while also truly activating the public realm, the neigbourhood and even the skyline.

The feasibility and effectiveness of this solution is also demonstrated by the integration of various programs through the establishment of a waterfront community in our KWah G72 mixed-use development in Nanjing, which will create a green living and working environment for the residents as well as the neighbouring communities.

Sharing amenities in residential properties is also a solution in many cases, and we have designed a number of projects where this has been a feature. But perhaps our just completed residential building ‘Van B’, in Munich is the most appropriate to mention here. There, we didn’t only include shared spaces, we designed a highly flexible partition and furniture ‘plugin-based’ system, which allows homeowners to use the space in a 40m2 apartment as if it were 60m2. The system allows residents to easily change the use of the same floor space in a matter of seconds. Simply by sliding the hanging plugins, they can transform a room from an office space into a living room or a bedroom. There are nine different elements in the system and each one is devised on a grid. This means that no matter which elements the homeowner chooses, and no matter how they arrange them, the modules will work together. Space and property prices are also a factor in Munich, so finding a workable solution for prospective homeowners was essential here and the plugin system is something we are now developing further for other cities that are facing similar space-shortage problems.

3. 知识赋能和可持续性是您最近反复提到的两个关键词。在您看来，建筑作为传播媒介扮演着怎样的角色?Knowledge Matters and sustainability are two key words that you have repeatedly mentioned recently. In your opinion, what role does architecture play as a communication medium?

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Echo, TU Delft, photo by Evabloem

对我来说，建筑从根本上说是要在多个层面上为人们创造真正有意义的体验，而不仅仅是视觉效果。我认为，从根本上说，建筑是通过多种多样的综合结构来创造积极的影响--其中之一就是沟通。纵观历史，建筑往往是传达权力和权威的一种手段，或者是在精神或宗教意义上激发敬畏的一种手段。如今，它们更多的是一种品牌或生活方式的代表。这一点很有意思，因为现在的建筑必须传达更多不同的价值观，而这正是我认为建筑真正的传播力量所在：它可以成为一个城市或国家文化价值观的有力象征，代表着共同的重要理想。未来，我相信在某种程度上，"影响力"将由真正实现这些目标的建筑来决定：我们所认为的 "壮观"将不再仅仅由建筑的形象来决定，而是由其设计和建造所代表、示范和推广的文化价值和知识来决定。

For me, architecture is fundamentally about creating truly meaningful experiences for people, on multiple levels, and not principally about its visual aspects or effects. I would say it is fundamentally about creating positive impact, through many and varied integrated constructs - one of which is communication. Throughout history buildings have often been a means to convey power and authority, or to inspire awe in a spiritual or religious sense. These days they are more often a representation of a brand or a lifestyle. This is interesting because architecture now must convey more varied values, and this is where I believe it’s true communicative power lies: it can be a powerful symbol of a city or nation’s cultural values that are representative of shared and important ideals. In the future, I believe that to some extent ‘influence’ will be determined by buildings that truly achieve these aims: that what we consider to be ‘spectacular’ will no longer be determined by the image of the building alone, but by the kind of cultural values and knowledge its design and construction represent, exemplify and promote.

4. 随着对可持续发展和城市更新的重视，UNSTUDIO在材料的研究和使用方面做了哪些实践?请就此结合一个正在进行中的项目详述。

With the focus on sustainable development and urban renewal, what practices has UNSTUDIO done in material studies and use of materials? Please describe it in detail with ongoing projects.

The Coolest White, photo by UNStudio

除了在我们的项目中进行材料研究外，多年来我们还对各种不同的材料进行了大量的应用研究。这种研发通常是与其他领域的专家和大学合作进行的，就我们而言，通常涉及提高材料的性能，以实现可持续发展的目的。例如，我们设计、开发了美观的太阳能板（"Solar Visuals"），并将其推向市场，这种太阳能板的表面可以印上定制的图案，并可用作外墙覆层。我们还与瑞士的 Monopol Colors 公司密切合作，开发出一种新型高反射涂料（"The Coolest White"），可用于所有建筑表皮，以改善城市热岛效应。我们还参与了Osirys项目，该项目正在研究由生物复合材料组成的外墙和内部隔墙的整体解决方案。该项目的目标是设计出生物复合材料，最终形成三种产品：室内隔断系统、多层次外墙系统和幕墙立面系统。除了此类应用研究，我们还在设计产品时进行材料研究，并于近期推出了我们迄今为止最可持续的材料和循环产品。

Alongside the kind of material research we do within our projects, over the years we have done a great deal of applied research into all kinds of different materials. This kind of research and development is typically done in collaborations with experts from other fields and with universities and, in our case, usually involves improving the performance of materials for sustainable purposes. For example we have designed, developed and brought to market esthetic solar panels (‘Solar Visuals’) that can have bespoke patters printed onto their surface and be used as facade cladding. We also worked very closely with Monopol Colors in Switzerland to develop a new, highly reflective paint (‘The Coolest White’) that can be used on all surfaces to mitigate the urban heat island effect. We are also part of the Osirys project that is researching a holistic solution for facades and interior partitions composed of biocomposites. The goal of the project is to design biocomposites based materials that lead to three products: an interior partition system, a multi-layered facade system and a curtain wall facade system. Alongside this kind of applied research, we also engage in material research when designing products and just launched our most sustainably materialised and circular product to date.

The Coolest White, photo by UNStudio

5. UNSTUDIO的下一步计划是什么?有什么可以期待的吗?What's next for UNSTUDIO? Is there anything we can expect?

Remode办公椅

Remode task chair, photo by Alexander van Berge

有很多值得期待！正如我刚才提到的，我们于上周发布的‘Remode’，迄今为止最具可持续性的办公椅，是十分令人兴奋的产品设计。此外，我们很快就能首次展示最近完成的一些项目，包括在慕尼黑的一座新住宅楼，汉堡的滨水双子塔，一个非常令人兴奋的新海滨开发项目，以及在重庆的一个以人为本的住宅项目。此外，我们还将展示为可升级电动汽车充电站开发的模块化设计系统，在圣保罗完成的一个大型住宅项目。

Remode办公椅

Remode task chair, photo by Alexander van Berge

So much! As I just mentioned, ‘Remode’, our most sustainable task chair yet, was launched last week and is a very exciting product design! Besides, we will also soon be able to show some recently completed projects for the first time, including a new residential building in Munich, a waterside double tower development in a very exciting new harbourfront development in Hamburg and a human-centred residential project in Chongqing. We will also be able to reveal a modular design system we developed for upscalable electric car charging stations and a large-scale residential project completion in Sao Paulo.

Remode task chair, photo by Alexander van Berge 

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