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项目 – 深入沙漠腹地，在阿拉伯埃尔奥拉大地上矗立着一座宁静的建筑，它就是KWY.studio为2024年Desert X AlUla  艺术节（本次是继2020和2022年之后的第三届）精心设计的游客中心。这座中心巧妙地嵌入了一条狭窄的峡谷之中，周围群峰环绕，气势磅礴。整个建筑布局由这片狭长地形直接决定，主入口通过几何形内凹通道，让人渐次步入中庭，而中庭则将长轴拗了45度，使空间对角生成不少独特的观景角落。中庭通透的设计，让游人即可遮蔽酷日烈阳，又可一览绵延的苍茫沙漠和湛蓝明空。建筑师用简练的体型和线条，去恭顺包围它的大自然奇观，既映衬了峡谷的层层疏落沉积岩石壁，又给了建筑本身一种沉稳幽然的独立气质。这份对周遭环境的敏锐观察与尊重，贯穿了整个设计过程。最终，游览路线抵达西侧的露台，在那里人们可以透过一面明镜般的玻璃廊，尽览阿拉伯沙海的辽阔，仿佛身临其境。这种由内而外、循序渐进的观景设计体验，恰如其分地抒发埃尔奥拉广袤大地的苍茫浩瀚，让人心旷神怡。

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团队 – KWY.studio是一家2009年在柏林和洛杉矶成立的跨学科设计工作室，探索项目合作的本质。该工作室由主理人Ricardo Gomes领导，在设计实践中采取过程导向的方法。每个委托项目一开始，都会与不同领域的特邀专家进行深入对话和分析。这种包容并蓄的做事方式，往往能产生出人意料、富有创意的设计解决方案，打破常规思维的束缚。工作室的项目源于各种不同视角的融合，近期合作伙伴包括艺术家、作家、策展人，以及教育工作者、设计师和其他建筑师。KWY.studio的作品展现了将概念叙事巧妙融入设计，回应场地和功能特质的过人能力。他们的作品在处理复杂条件时，能以精雕细琢、曲尽其妙的方式，提升建筑的感官体验。KWY.studio用专业严谨的态度，通过跨领域的探索和无缝协作，不断推进建筑设计的边界，确实令人印象深刻，其作品使这家工作室成为当代建筑设计的先锋代表。

Feature：Project - KWY.studio's Desert X AlUla 2024 Visitor Centre embraces the rugged desert canyon landscape of AlUla, Saudi Arabia with a strikingly minimal design that highlights the natural geological formations. Located at the end of a narrow canyon, the building's position and spatial organization are directly informed by the cul-de-sac site nestled between towering rock cliffs. The centre's understated form defers to the surrounding scenery, with a monolithic presence that appears carved from the stratified canyon walls. A carefully choreographed processional sequence guides visitors from the arrival deck through compressed prismatic vestibules into an open courtyard oriented 45 degrees from the main axis. This rotation creates intimate spaces that frame diagonal views of the sublime desert panorama. While the angled courtyard establishes a sense of enclosure, cut-outs and a circular oculus intentionally reveal glimpses of the sky and craggy landscape beyond. The thoughtful journey culminates on the West side with an uninterrupted vista across the desert floor through a mirrored vestibule that expands the sense of depth. KWY.studio's refined design deftly balances exposure to and protection from AlUla's extremes. The Desert X AlUla 2024 Visitor Centre offers a tranquil spatial experience that elevates an appreciation for the region's dramatic natural environment through a nuanced interplay of solid, void, light and shadow.

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Design Team - Founded in 2009 in Berlin and Los Angeles, KWY.studio is a multidisciplinary platform that investigates the nature of collaboration through specific projects. Led by principal Ricardo Gomes, the firm takes a process-oriented approach, beginning each commission with in-depth dialogue and analysis among invited specialists from diverse creative fields. This inclusive methodology results in unexpected and imaginative design solutions that challenge conventional boundaries. KWY.studio's projects emerge from the synthesis of diverse perspectives, with recent collaborators ranging from artists, writers, and curators to educators, designers, and fellow architects. The firm's portfolio demonstrates a keen ability to imbue projects with conceptual narratives that respond to the unique contextual Parameters of each site and program. KWY.studio's designs deftly negotiate complexities with refined, meticulously detailed expressions that elevate the sensory experience of architecture. With a talented staff including Luise Marter and Rui Neto, among others, KWY.studio exemplifies an accurate, professional approach that pushes the boundaries of what architecture can be through interdisciplinary exploration and seamless collaboration. Their work positions the practice at the vanguard of contemporary architectural design.