芬兰驻新德里大使馆翻新

设计单位： ALA建筑师事务所

面积： 4 437平方米

竣工年份： 2018年

项目摄影： Tuomas Uusheimo

建筑工程：Sitowise

室内设计： ALA建筑师事务所，Antti Nurmesniemi

景观设计：Jasleen Waraich景观建筑事务所，Maj-Lis Rosenbr?ijer

设计团队：Juho Gr?nholm， Antti Nousjoki， Janne Ter?svirta， Samuli Woolston， Simo Nuojua， Harri Ahokas， Anders J?nsson， Lotta Kindberg， Mirja Sillanp??， Sari Vesanen

设计顾问：Annukka Pietil?， Reima Pietil?

本地合伙建筑师：C. P. Kukreja建筑师事务所

皮耶蒂莱夫妇 （Reima and Raili Pietil?）赢得了1963年的芬兰大使馆设计竞赛，该大使馆位于新德里查卡雅布里的外交飞地，参赛作品美而有力，名为“雪在山上说”。经过长时间的拖延，该项目于1980年被正式委托，并在原有概念的基础上重新进行了设计。大使馆最终于1986年开放，1960年设计的巨大单体屋顶被分成六个独立建筑，围绕在一个中心花园周围。雕塑般的屋顶，这是大使馆最显著的建筑特征，类似于芬兰北部库萨莫附近的雪湖Kitkaj?rvi。

2013年，ALA建筑师事务所受委托主持这个芬兰现代主义杰作的修缮。两期工程花费了5年多时间完成，使这座别具匠心的建筑重回当初的辉煌。一期工程包括一幢员工公寓的改造和一个新门房的建造；二期工程包括修缮公共档案馆、大使官邸、技术中心、桑拿浴室、另外两栋住宅楼、游泳池和一个旧门房，并建造了一个新门房和一个带小健身房的观景亭。

该项目的目的是恢复设计的原有精神，修复室内和室外错误的改动，改造现有的接待处和办公设施，提高工作人员的职业幸福感和生活条件，以及整体安全性、建筑的能源效率和功能性，同时将恶劣气候条件和该地区的空气污染考虑在内。对原始设计最显著的改变是将一幢员工公寓楼（包含几个小公寓）改造成现代办公场所和几个更大的公寓；此外，还拆除了将其中一栋建筑与建筑综合体其他部分隔开的一堵墙，以便更好地遵循皮耶蒂莱关于统一空间体量的想法。从街上看，最明显的变化是在复合墙外新增的两个门房。

选择这个方案是为了在不干扰原始建筑的前提下，创造一个严谨同时也明显独立的新建建筑。最初的室内设计是由芬兰室内设计师昂蒂·诺米斯耐米完成。诺米斯耐米的委托任务还包括定制家具、照明设备和大面积羊毛地毯的设计，以及进一步发展皮耶蒂莱夫妇关于固定家具的构想。其他大多数家具都是来源于芬兰家具制造商Artek。最初的设计还包括一个由芬兰陶瓷艺术家Rut Bryk设计的大型陶瓷室内浮雕和名为“春天在北方”的水景。在修缮工程中，对原始衣柜和桑拿家具进行了修复，对现有的松散家具进行了重新装饰和处理，以体现其原始设计。

20世纪80年代的照片被用来校正翻新家具、纺织品和地毯的正确颜色和材料。包括家具在内，具有代表性的空间得到了精心修复，而用途变更的空间则使用了新的现代家具。原始景观设计是由皮耶蒂莱的长期合作者，芬兰景观建筑师Maj-Lis Rosenbr?ijer完成。作为修缮项目的一部分，有些破旧的庭院区域按照Rosenbr?ijer的原始想法进行了彻底翻修。对微气候进行了调整以便于植物选择，并且基于安全要求对穿过大院的道路进行了轻微修缮。新安装的灌溉和雨洪管理系统需要一些坡度变化。

Reima and Raili Pietil? won the design competition for the Finnish Embassy to be located in the diplomatic enclave in Chanakyapuri， New Delhi in 1963 with a beautiful and powerful competition entry called “Snow speaks on the mountains”. After a lengthy delay， the project was commissioned in 1980 and redesigned based on the original concept. The Embassy finally opened in 1986 with the large single expanse of the roof of the 1960s design broken up into six separate lateral buildings around a central garden area. The sculptural roofs - the most significant architectural feature of the embassy compound - resemble the forms of the snowy Lake Kitkaj?rvi near Kuusamo， Northern Finland.

ALA Architects was commissioned in 2013 to design the renovation of this mythical masterpiece of Finnish modernism. The 2nd-phase renovation project that took just over five years to complete has brought the ingenious building complex back to its original glory. The first phase consisted of the transformation of one staff apartment building and the construction of one new gatehouse. The second phase comprised the renovations of the chancery， the ambassadors residence， the technical center， sauna， two more residential buildings， the pool and one old gatehouse， and the construction of one new gatehouse and a gazebo with a small gym.

The aims of the project were to restore the original spirit of the design and repair the misguided maintenance efforts both indoors and outdoors， to revamp the existing reception and office facilities， and to improve the occupational well-being and living conditions of the staff members， the overall safety， as well as the energy efficiency and functionality of the buildings， also taking into account the harsh climate conditions and the air pollution in the area. The most notable changes to the original design are the transformation of one staff apartment building containing several small apartments into contemporary office facilities and a few larger apartments， and the demolition of a wall separating one of the buildings from the rest of the complex to better follow the Pietil?s idea about a united spatial mass. The addition of two new gatehouses outside the compound wall is the change that is the most visible from the street.

This solution was chosen to create a discreet but clearly independent architectural addition upon arrival and to not interfere with the original architecture of the compound. The original interior design is by the Finnish interior architect Antti Nurmesniemi. Nurmesniemis commission also included custom furniture， lighting fixtures， and large woolen area rugs， as well as the further development of Reima Pietil?s sketches for fixed furnishings. Most of the other furniture was selected from the Finnish furniture manufacturer Arteks catalog. The original design also includes a large ceramic indoor bas-relief and water feature titled “Spring in the North” by the Finnish ceramic artist Rut Bryk. In the renovation project， the original wardrobes and the sauna furniture were repaired and the existing original loose furniture reupholstered and treated to reflect their original design.

Photos from the 1980s were used to specify the correct colors and materials in the refurbished and new furniture， textiles， and rugs. The spaces used for representation were carefully restored including their furniture， whereas the spaces with modified uses gained a new layer of contemporary furniture. The original landscape design is by the Pietil?s longtime collaborator， the Finnish landscape architect Maj-Lis Rosenbr?ijer. As part of the renovation project， the somewhat dilapidated yard areas were thoroughly refurbished following Rosenbr?ijers original idea. Some climate-specific updates were made to the plant selection and slight safety-requirement-based improvements to the paths crossing the compound. The installation of new irrigation and stormwater management systems required some gradient changes.