Name: 戴森如何利用百年煤廠建造新加坡總部 | WSJ Open Office (How Dyson Built Its Singapore HQ Out of a Century-Old Coal Plant | WSJ Open Office)
Uploaded: 2025-04-23T14:37:45.000Z
Duration: 9 min 7 s

In Dyson's new headquarters, there's a whole lot of one thing, space.

在戴森的新總部，有一樣東西非常重要，那就是空間。

There's a lot of what I'd call wasted space, but it's a glorious waste of space.

有很多我稱之為浪費的空間，但這是一種光榮的浪費。

James, a nearly 100-year-old powerhouse, as it planned to move its headquarters from England to Singapore.

詹姆斯公司是一家擁有近百年曆史的老牌企業，它計劃將總部從英國遷往新加坡。

It is utterly coincidental that it's called St.

When I first came here in the early 1970s, it was providing electricity for Singapore.

20 世紀 70 年代初我第一次來到這裡時，它正在為新加坡提供電力。

Since then, it's been a nightclub and various other things, and now it's our office.

從那時起，這裡就成了夜總會和其他各種場所，現在是我們的辦公室。

And since this building is a national monument, everything Dyson built had to be reversible.

由於這座建築是國家紀念碑，戴森建造的一切都必須是可逆的。

Every element was more like an addition as opposed to a subtraction.

每一個元素都更像是加法，而不是減法。

The Wall Street Journal toured the Dyson headquarters to see how the company turned a space built for machines into one built for people.

華爾街日報》參觀了戴森總部，瞭解該公司如何將一個為機器而建的空間變成一個為人而建的空間。

Right now, we're at the reception of our global headquarters.

現在，我們正在全球總部的接待處。

This space also used to be the old boiler house.

James was divided into three main buildings.

The boiler house, the turbine hall, and the switchgear house.

The majority of the open plan office space is in the old boiler house here, as well as the turbine hall.

大部分開放式辦公空間位於這裡的舊鍋爐房以及渦輪機大廳。

This is also where we house a lot of our social spaces, like our cafe, our auditorium.

我們的許多社交場所，如咖啡廳、禮堂也設在這裡。

And Dyson put its labs in the old switchgear house because it was already divided up.

戴森將實驗室設在舊配電房內，因為那裡已經被分割開來。

If you come around the side here, you start to get a concept of what the building was like when we first came here.

如果你從這裡繞過去，你就會對我們第一次來到這裡時的建築有一個概念。

It was completely open, and that is the height.

它是完全開放的，這就是高度。

It's like a cathedral with these clerestory windows.

它就像一座大教堂，有這些神龕式的窗戶。

There's one, two, three, four high, right up the building.

一、二、三、四層樓高，就在樓頂上。

James was designated as a national monument.

So when Dyson leased it in 2019, it had to follow strict guidelines to restore and renovate it.

是以，當戴森在 2019 年租下它時，必須遵循嚴格的準則對其進行修復和翻新。

One of the key parameters was to ensure that the open volume space is always retained.

關鍵參數之一是確保始終保留開放的體量空間。

So if you look up here, what we really tried to do is build a building within a building.

是以，如果你抬頭看看這裡，我們真正要做的是在建築中建造建築。

So all of these new floor slabs rely on a completely new structural system onto a new foundation.

是以，所有這些新樓板都依賴於新地基上的全新結構系統。

Essentially, everything Dyson added to the 110,000 square foot building had to be completely reversible.

從根本上說，戴森為這座 11 萬平方英尺的建築添加的一切都必須是完全可逆的。

These things can be put in, installed, and then safely taken out afterwards.

這些東西可以放進去、安裝好，然後再安全地取出來。

The main fabric of the building is preserved for another generation.

建築的主體結構被保留下來，供下一代使用。

We also like to emphasize what is new and what is old.

我們還喜歡強調什麼是新的，什麼是舊的。

So if you look at the building, all of the new floor slabs actually rely heavily on the white columns here, which are differentiated from the old columns, which you see here.

是以，如果你看看這座建築，所有的新樓板實際上都在很大程度上依賴於這裡的白色柱子，這些柱子與你在這裡看到的舊柱子是有區別的。

So you'll see riveted beams everywhere, going all the way up there.

所以你會看到到處都是鉚接的橫樑，一直延伸到那裡。

And then steel girders across the top to hold the roof.

然後是橫跨頂部的鋼樑，用來固定屋頂。

It gives the building two characters, really.

實際上，它賦予了這座建築兩個角色。

The character it had for its first life, and then the character it now has in its second life.

它第一世的性格，以及現在第二世的性格。

And I sort of find that dual function doubly interesting.

我覺得這種雙重功能加倍有趣。

So here we go through some strict security.

是以，我們在這裡進行了嚴格的安全檢查。

But for some reason, he's left the doors open for us.

但出於某種原因，他為我們敞開了大門。

And right past security, you'll see this massive helical staircase.

過了安檢，你就會看到這個巨大的螺旋樓梯。

We looked at a myriad of options, from straight stairs to scissor stairs to spiral stairs.

我們看了無數種選擇，從直樓梯到剪刀樓梯，再到螺旋樓梯。

And really, as with all Dyson products, its form follows function.

正如戴森的所有產品一樣，它的外形與功能完全一致。

While its function is clear, its form has taken on different meanings.

雖然它的功能很明確，但其形式卻有不同的含義。

What I love is that people have drawn a lot of parallels to the stair with things that are related to our products.

我喜歡的是，人們將樓梯與我們的產品相關的事物進行了很多比較。

When you look at it straight on, it has the look of a drill bit.

Which is a nod to our cyclonic action, where we're separating things by centrifugal force in a cyclone.

這與我們的氣旋作用有關，在氣旋中，我們通過離心力將東西分離。

Whether it's the motor, whether it's a strand of hair going up.

Through using the same mindset and the process that we use for designing a building, that we do for designing a product, actually you get these very organic similarities in terms of the design.

通過使用我們設計建築和設計產品時所使用的相同思維方式和流程，實際上，你可以在設計方面獲得這些非常有機的相似之處。

One of our key drivers was James Dyson's belief that inspiring spaces help ideas to grow.

詹姆斯-戴森（James Dyson）認為，激勵人心的空間有助於創意的成長，這是我們的主要驅動力之一。

And we thought that this staircase represented something.

我們認為這個樓梯代表了一些東西。

It wasn't just the functional, it was also the idea that the most purest, most functional, most engineered things can be the most beautiful.

這不僅是功能性的問題，也是一種理念，即最純粹、最實用、最有設計感的東西也可以是最美的。

Though the black metal stairs speak to the office's industrial heritage, the rest of the atrium was inspired by a campus quad.

雖然黑色金屬樓梯彰顯了辦公室的工業傳統，但中庭其餘部分的設計靈感則來自校園的四合院。

This is really the beating heart of our community and everywhere that we planned around.

這確實是我們社區跳動的心臟，也是我們規劃的所有地方。

So while the entrance has lots of steel and concrete, the atrium has more wood.

是以，入口處使用了大量鋼筋和混凝土，而中庭則使用了更多木材。

So you can see here where we've got the main thoroughfares, we have the concrete flooring, and where we have somewhere where people might linger for a little bit longer, we've chosen something softer like a timber flooring.

是以，你可以看到，在主幹道上，我們鋪設了混凝土地板，而在人們可能逗留較長時間的地方，我們則選擇了木地板等較柔軟的地板。

Dyson chose softer materials to bring a sense of intimacy while maintaining the wide open space.

戴森選擇了更柔軟的材料，在保持寬敞空間的同時，帶來一種親切感。

And it's just a sort of liberating feeling to be living and working in this kind of space with this kind of height.

在這樣的空間裡生活和工作，在這樣的高度上生活和工作，這真是一種解放的感覺。

You're not limited by a ceiling, you can dream here.

你不受天花板的限制，你可以在這裡做夢。

But the open nature of the building also posed some challenges.

但大樓的開放性也帶來了一些挑戰。

So there was a lot of hidden work that goes on with management of light, definitely acoustics, that was a massive, massive challenge.

是以，有很多隱蔽的工作要做，如光線管理、聲學，這些都是巨大的挑戰。

A typical office building might keep each floor self-contained, which mitigates sound between floors.

典型的辦公樓可能每層都是獨立的，這樣可以減輕樓層之間的噪音。

But Dyson didn't want to close off the atrium.

Instead, it used these walls as a buffer between the noisy atrium and quiet workspaces.

相反，它利用這些牆壁作為嘈雜的中庭與安靜的工作區之間的緩衝區。

Then the team wove in subtle soundproofing throughout the space, like ceiling baffles, microperforations in the timber paneling, and trees.

然後，團隊在整個空間中加入了微妙的隔音材料，如天花板擋板、木質鑲板上的微孔和樹木。

When you look up here, what they provide is a sense of softness, there's a sense of biophilia, which helps with well-being.

當你抬頭仰望這裡時，它們會給你帶來一種柔和的感覺，一種生物親和力的感覺，這有助於身心健康。

But at the same time, they have an acoustic quality with them.

但同時，它們又具有原聲的特質。

So what it helps to do is that as noise is traveling up, it helps to filter the noise with their leaves, and this way it controls the acoustics within the building too.

是以，當噪音向上傳播時，樹葉可以幫助過濾噪音，從而控制建築物內的聲學效果。

So this is a collaboration area where people can have meetings.

是以，這裡是一個合作區，人們可以在這裡舉行會議。

And you'll see a bit more of that around the corner, if you follow me around here.

如果你關注我的工作，你會在轉角處看到更多這樣的內容。

Because this is a central theme of Dyson offices, is that there's an auditorium in them.

因為這是戴森辦公室的一個核心主題，即辦公室內有一個禮堂。

Rather than enclosing the auditorium, Dyson put it in the atrium, and built another main staircase through it.

戴森沒有把禮堂圍起來，而是把它放在了中庭，並修建了另一條穿過中庭的主樓梯。

It's a place where they can have a call, but it's also a space where we can host these really large-scale events.

這是一個他們可以打電話的地方，同時也是一個我們可以舉辦大型活動的空間。

As you can see, it's lunchtime and very busy at the moment.

如您所見，現在是午餐時間，非常繁忙。

If you look up here, all of the timber baffles, as well as the timber paneling, is all microperforated to help absorb some of that sound.

如果你抬頭看這裡，所有的木質擋板和木質鑲板都有微孔，有助於吸收一些聲音。

But it is deliberately a very lively and very vibrant space.

但是，這裡是一個非常熱鬧、非常有活力的空間。

Though everything you first see in the cafe appears new, hidden around the corner is an architectural surprise.

雖然咖啡館裡的一切都煥然一新，但隱藏在轉角處的建築風格卻讓人大吃一驚。

Everything that we did here was as minimal as possible.

我們在這裡所做的一切都儘可能減少。

Of course, we're in a chimney space, so there's a huge amount of echoing.

當然，我們是在一個煙囪空間裡，所以回聲很大。

So we want to do acoustic paneling down here.

We didn't want to detract away from the beauty and the significance of the bricks, so the paneling is only up until a certain level.

我們不想破壞磚塊的美感和意義，所以鑲板只鋪到一定高度。

The lighting is all either from a surface level or very discreetly hidden.

所有的照明設備都是從表面或非常隱蔽地隱藏起來。

We didn't want to detract away from the chimney by seeing the light sources.

我們不想因為看到光源而影響對煙囪的欣賞。

We saw something like, how do we inhabit this space?

我們看到了這樣的東西：我們如何居住在這個空間裡？

And we did something unique and different and ended up with a very, very happy outcome.

我們做了一些獨特的、與眾不同的事情，最終取得了非常、非常令人滿意的結果。

I'd love to have fitted more tables in the chimney, but there's only room for one.

我很想在煙囪裡安裝更多的桌子，但只有一個空間。