And there are multiple reasons.

原因是多方面的。

The spheres are found in nature.

球體存在於大自然中。

We see it in the sun and the moon.

我們在太陽和月亮中都能看到它。

We see it in bubbles.

我們在氣泡中看到了這一點。

We see it even in the pupil of the human eye.

我們甚至可以在人眼的瞳孔中看到它。

Welcome to the spheres.

歡迎來到球體

Let's go inside.

我們進去吧

The idea was that every Amazon employee had the opportunity to get up from their desk to walk over to the spheres and to come into this kind of environment to think and act differently than they would inside an office building.

我們的想法是，亞馬遜的每一位員工都有機會從辦公桌前起身走到球體前，來到這樣的環境中，以不同於在辦公樓內的方式思考和行動。

All of these spaces are intended to create different work environments.

所有這些空間都旨在營造不同的工作環境。

When we were designing the campus, we wanted to do something that was super special, not just for our employees and their families, but also for Seattleites.

在設計園區時，我們想做一些超級特別的事情，不僅是為了我們的員工和他們的家人，也是為了西雅圖人。

I started thinking about what's missing from the urban environment, and it's generally a link to nature.

我開始思考城市環境中缺少了什麼，一般來說是與自然的聯繫。

And so we wanted to link nature to the workplace.

是以，我們希望將自然與工作場所聯繫起來。

There's ample studies that show that walking in the park versus walking on a city street results in you being less stressed.

大量研究表明，在公園裡散步與在城市街道上散步相比，壓力更小。

Your cortisol levels are reduced.

皮質醇水準降低

You can concentrate better.

你能更好地集中注意力。

When we decided to do spheres, we found there were many really attractive historical examples.

當我們決定做球形時，我們發現有很多非常有吸引力的歷史案例。

We liked all those things, but we wanted something organic to reflect the purpose of the building.

我們喜歡所有這些東西，但我們想要一些有機的東西來反映建築的目的。

We found it in something called a pentagonal hexacantahedron.

我們在一種叫做五角六面體的東西中發現了它。

If you look at this example, this is one of our modules we call a catalan.

請看這個例子，這是我們稱之為 "加泰羅尼亞語 "的模塊之一。

It's an elongated pentagon, of which there would be 60 in order to create an entire sphere.

這是一個拉長的五邊形，有 60 個五邊形才能構成一個完整的球體。

As I hold this 3D print-up of a catalan, you'll see behind it the large-scale version of it that's inside the sphere structure.

當我拿著這個加泰羅尼亞語的 3D 打印模型時，你會看到它後面的球形結構內的大型版本。

As you look at the building itself, it's very hard to find this module, because it's intended to look more like a vine's groin or a spider web.

從建築本身來看，很難找到這個模塊，因為它看起來更像是藤蔓的腹股溝或蜘蛛網。

The biggest challenge, by far, was how to solve the environmental conditions here.

到目前為止，最大的挑戰是如何解決這裡的環境問題。

Traditional greenhouses, as you know, are hot and humid.

眾所周知，傳統溫室炎熱潮溼。

We're trying to create an environment for people during the day, and that it's for plants day and at night.

我們正在努力為人們創造一個白天的環境，白天和晚上都可以種植植物。

We're walking through the 7th Avenue sphere.

我們正穿過第七大道球體。

We call it the forest.

我們稱之為森林。

A company can hire the best people, and big companies do it all the time, but oftentimes they put these people in little boxes and cubicles.

公司可以僱用最優秀的人才，大公司也經常這樣做，但他們往往把這些人放在小盒子和小隔間裡。

They're really not working at their fullest potential.

他們確實沒有充分發揮自己的潛能。

One of the things we wanted to do in the sphere was to create a place where they could learn about something different, be curious about something different.

我們想在這個領域做的事情之一，就是創造一個地方，讓他們可以瞭解不同的東西，對不同的東西充滿好奇。

We have Southeast Asian pitcher plants.

我們有東南亞的投手植物。

This is another tropical rhododendron.

這是另一種熱帶杜鵑花。

This is alocasia portii, slipper orchids from Southeast Asia.

這是 alocasia portii，來自東南亞的拖鞋蘭。

This is begonia seismoriae from Vietnam.

這是越南的秋海棠。

This is one of my favorite spots here in the sphere.

這是我在球體內最喜歡的景點之一。

Behind me is one of the largest indoor living walls in the country.

我身後是全國最大的室內生活牆之一。

The wall stands about 62 feet tall, almost 50 feet wide.

城牆高約 62 英尺，寬近 50 英尺。

It has something in the order of 25,000 individual plants on it.

上面大約有 25 000 株植物。

That's a lot of green that we're looking at.

我們看到的是大片的綠色。

During the day, we have that environment that both of us like, and at night, the temperature lowers to 55 degrees, and the humidity goes up to 85% or more.

白天，我們有我們都喜歡的環境，晚上，溫度會降到 55 度，溼度會上升到 85% 或更高。

All the furniture, all the equipment, all the finishes are what we would normally design for outdoor use.

所有的傢俱、設備和飾面都是我們通常為戶外用途設計的。

In addition to the paths through the forest, there's also this ring path.

除了穿過森林的小路，還有一條環形小路。

From here, you can see that we look out to the city, so you get the best of both worlds.

從這裡，您可以看到我們向城市眺望的景色，是以您可以獲得兩個世界的最佳景觀。

The canopy walk was another idea of Amazon's.

天蓬步道是亞馬遜的另一個創意。

We wanted to create the opportunity for walking meetings because we knew that if you were walking between 1.2 and 1.8 miles per hour, you were at the best speed at which to think.

我們希望為步行會議創造機會，因為我們知道，如果你的步行速度在每小時 1.2 至 1.8 英里之間，那麼你的思考速度是最好的。

Ruby is our largest tree.

紅寶石是我們最大的樹。

She came in at 55 feet.

它的高度是 55 英尺。

It was a major task to get this tree in because the spheres had to be complete when the trees came in, because they had to have the environment they needed to thrive and live.

讓這棵樹進場是一項重大任務，因為樹木進場時，球體必須完整，因為它們必須擁有茁壯成長和生活所需的環境。

We had to create an opening at the top of the building after it was complete, big enough to pull in a tree like this.

建築完工後，我們必須在樓頂開一個口子，大到足以把這樣一棵樹拉進來。

The next stop is the birdcage.

下一站是鳥籠。

The birdcage is a space for conferencing or to just work alone.

鳥籠是一個用於會議或單獨工作的空間。

It is a space that is open like all the rest, but we wanted to give it some privacy.

這是一個和其他地方一樣開放的空間，但我們想給它一些私密性。

You'll notice the vines that are growing up all the way from the floor below up onto the birdcage to provide that privacy screen.

你會注意到藤蔓從下面的地板一直長到鳥籠上，以提供隱私屏障。

Just one more floor.

再上一層

This is our fourth floor.

這是我們的四樓。

It's under the sky.

它在天空下。

You can look 360 degrees around the city.

您可以 360 度環視整個城市。

Kind of fun, isn't it?

很有趣，不是嗎？

The majority of people that are being born today will never see the Milky Way because of light pollution and living in cities.

由於光汙染和生活在城市中，今天出生的大多數人將永遠看不到銀河。

We need to counteract that with as many different good ideas as we can.

我們需要用盡可能多的不同的好主意來抵消這種情況。

The spheres was one of those good ideas to not only create alternative places to work, but to reintroduce nature into the middle of the city.

球體是一個很好的想法，它不僅創造了另一種工作場所，還讓大自然重新回到了城市中央。

Street trees are not enough.

僅有行道樹是不夠的。

We need to go farther.

我們需要走得更遠。

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology

美國國家航空航天局噴氣推進實驗室 加利福尼亞理工學院