Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center
Athens, Greece
Best Project
老板SNFCC A.E.
ContractorJoint Venture Salini Impregilo S.p.A.-TERNA S.A.
首席设计师伦佐钢琴建筑研讨会; BETAPLAN Architects & Planners
Structural EngineerExpedition Engineering Ltd。；Omete S.A.;G.＆G。Penelis咨询工程师S.A.
Civil EngineerExpedition Engineering Ltd。；Omete S.A.
欧洲议会议员在gineerarup;LDK顾问
Landscape DesignDeborah Nevins and Associates；H. Pangalou＆Associates
When construction on the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center began four years ago in Athens, the local market was nonexistent for basic materials such as ready-mix concrete. Greek suppliers had no stock, and foreign purveyors insisted on advanced payment before sending product to the epicenter of an economic crisis. “In this environment, we had about 1,500 workers for the full period of the construction,” recalls project executive Gianni Botteon of Rome-based contractor Salini Impregilo S.p.A. “We built something for the people of Athens. It was a miracle.”
Conceived in 2006 before the crisis and funded by private philanthropy, the ostentatious $831-million national library and opera house is nothing less than audacious in the face of austerity. Construction, which concluded in May, directly and indirectly contributed more than $1 billion to Greece’s gross domestic product and generated more than $64 million in tax revenue. Slated to be gifted to the Greek government as early as this fall, the complex is estimated to create 2,300 full-time jobs in and around the center’s neighborhood as well as $157 million annually to Greece’s GDP.
该项目在Filiro Bay上的56英亩占地面积收回了为2004年奥运会建造的前停车场。它包括一个将近183,000平方英尺的国家公园，将城市重新连接到大海。该综合体为LEED白金设计，具有1,459棵树，280,000棵灌木和近108,000平方英尺的光伏电池，产生1.8兆瓦。
太阳能电池板安装在看似薄薄的树冠上，并由一系列狭窄的柱子和电缆支撑。世界知名的建筑师雷佐钢琴（Renzo Piano）将顶篷设计为世界上最大的铁水泥跨度。328英尺x 328英尺的冠层厚35毫米，重43,000吨。
Comprising 720 panels—each 23-ft by 11.5-ft section has a different shape and curvature—the canopy resembles a metallic monolithic structure. The panels were precast in an on-site factory, housed in a 43,055-sq-ft temporary building. Then, the panels were placed on 30 support columns and connected with wire mesh, which was filled in with ferro-cement. Each column was topped with springs to lift the canopy into place. Resting approximately 39 ft above the building’s roof, the canopy sits 1 mm within its intended design specifications. “From a technical point of view, this was really something,” Botteon says.
顶篷花了一年的时间设计了一年，其中包括六个月的制造面板和六个月的安装。Botteon说，有一次，项目团队完全重新考虑了树冠时，就有一个“危机时刻”。他补充说：“感谢建筑师上帝告诉客户，‘看，如果您不建造树冠，这将不再是我的项目。’
The project’s national park opened in August. The building’s library could open in early 2017 but not before the previous downown Athens national library’s two million books are disinfected, transported and shelved. The opera house will conduct its first concert in February.
尽管Stavros Niarchos基金会致力于每年支付大约500万美元的费用，以维持三到四年，但从长远来看，希腊政府是否可以承担并承担这一责任。“是的，这是一种风险，因为这是一栋需要大量维护的建筑物，” Botteon说，他指出，仅公园就需要40个全职园丁。但是他认为，这一综合体不仅仅是对当前希腊人口的希望的灯塔，这只能梦想更美好的未来。Botteon相信该建筑物将“成为现代希腊的地标”代替后代。
