2012

年3月31日

Titanic Belfast

向全球开放。他属于泰坦尼克号主题公园的一个景点，该主题公园算是北爱尔兰最大的旅游项目。伦敦的建筑事务所

CivicArts

和当地建筑事务所

Todd Architects

联手合作设计这座建筑。建筑有5层高的玻璃中庭，6层楼，四翼共包含9个互动（经典，声音，气味，故事）画廊。建筑还有临时展区，1000座位宴会席，教育和社区设施，餐饮零售空间以及地下停车场。

策划从2005年开始，2008年建筑师接受这个核心项目委托。建筑与公园海滨长廊，花园联系，是场地的绝对焦点。

14000

平方米的建设历时3年完成，与泰坦尼克的建造时间相同。

建筑极好领悟了船，水，冰的精髓，通过其优美的外型和闪耀的结晶体般的外墙表现出来。城市的天际线就此改变，同时得到改变的还有城市的国际形象，这里曾是世界上最伟大的古老造船城市之一。

城市为这个全球性的项目全力投资4年，克服专业挑战完美达到目标。

表皮上3000个阳极氧化铝板赫赫闪耀，他们通过复杂的三维建模完成。最终，建筑在有限的预算和时间内，终于赶在泰坦尼克处女航100周年也就是2012年的4月前完成。

这是北爱尔兰具有里程碑式的标志性建筑，可以凝聚贝尔法斯特城市公民的自豪感和认同感。

BRINGING THE £97m TITANIC BELFAST TO LIFE

Delivering the World’s Largest Titanic Visitor Experience

Titanic Belfast will open its doors to the world on 31st March, 2012. The world’s largest ever Titanic-themed visitor attraction and Northern Ireland’s largest tourism project, Titanic Belfast is the result of a successful collaboration between the Concept Design Architects CivicArts/Eric R Kuhne & Associates and the Lead Consultant/Architect Todd Architects.

Located in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on the site where the famous ship was designed and built, Titanic Belfast’s six-floors feature nine interpretive and interactive galleries designed by Event Communications that explore the sights, sounds, smells and stories of Titanic, as well as the city and people that crafted her, the passengers who sailed on her and the scientists who found her.

Event Communications’ Chief Executive James Alexander explains; “this is a wonderfully exciting project for Belfast that not only tells the story of the Titanic, giving visitors the opportunity to look behind the scenes and marvel at the scale of Belfast’s innovation and industry, but seeks to dispel some of the myths and legends about the tragedy.”The building will also house temporary exhibits, a 1,000-seat banqueting suite, education and community facilities, catering and retail space and a basement car park

CivicArts/Eric R Kuhne & Associates and Todd Architects have worked together with Harcourt Construction and a range of other partners to ensure the successful completion of Belfast’s newest landmark. Harcourt Developments engaged CivicArts / Eric R Kuhne & Associates as master planners for the Titanic Quarter site in 2005, with the aim of transforming Queen’s Island into a dynamic new waterfront.

Todd Architects were commissioned to begin working with CivicArts in August 2008, and together they submitted the detailed scheme for planning consent. The local Northern Irish practice went on to oversee one of the most ambitious and challenging construction programmes in the UK and Ireland. The 14,000 sq m building took three years to complete – the same length of time as Titanic itself – and is designed with the potential capacity to accommodate up to one million visitors annually.

Eric R Kuhne, Founding Partner of CivicArts / Eric R Kuhne & Associates, commented:“CivicArts / Eric R Kuhne & Associates has worked for seven years to conceive, design, and create an international destination in Belfast that celebrates five centuries of its maritime legacy including the building of the RMS Titanic. As Concept Design Architects we have created an architectural icon that captures the spirit of the shipyards, ships, water crystals, ice, and the White Star Line’s logo. Its architectural form cuts a skyline silhouette that has been inspired by the very ships that were built on this hallowed ground.”“Behind this shimmering crystalline façade, four dynamic ships hulls hold nine galleries. Glass balconies overlook the shipyard, drawing office, slipways, and Belfast city centre. The five-storey central atrium is inspired by the majesty of gangways, gantries, cranes that filled the void between the Titanic & Olympic when they lay side-by-side upon the slipways.”“Titanic Belfast restores RMS Titanic to these shores. Its design anchors the profound spirit of invention & innovation from a century ago in a new form that retells the epic story of the building of these great ships. The scale, location, interiors and stories within the galleries make this the largest and most authentic Titanic visitor attraction in the world. The architecture speaks of the genius of Belfast as one of the world’s great historic shipbuilding cities, capturing the essence of over 28,000 workers in the Harland & Wolff’s shipyards.”

Paul Crowe, Managing Director of Todd Architects, commented:"Todd Architects has invested almost four years of work into this truly global project delivering a building which has changed Belfast’s skyline and will help transform international perceptions of the city itself. Developing a building that reflected the ingenuity, ambition and scale of Titanic has been an immense professional challenge – one we are delighted to have met.

"Titanic Belfast has a complicated geometry, providing a challenging build programme which required ground-breaking construction techniques. Its stand-out exterior façade, which replicates four 90 ft high hulls, is clad in 3,000 individual silver anodized aluminium shards, of which two-thirds are unique in design. The resolution of the geometries involved required the use of sophisticated 3D-modelling, completed by Todds in-house, in a process of ’virtual prototyping’ which we developed specifically for the project."

"Titanic Belfast also incorporates the best design and technology available. For instance, the building adopted an integrated design approach in line with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group III Guide Lines and is on course for a BREEAM Excellent status. Plus, like Titanic, the project was completed on budget and to a strenuous time constraint which demanded completion in advance of the forthcoming centenary of the Titanic’s maiden voyage in April 2012.

"This is a landmark development for Northern Ireland which we believe will demonstrate the ability of iconic architecture to shape internal and external perceptions. Belfast has come far in the past 15-years and a statement building such as Titanic Belfast reflects and reinforces the city’s renewed sense of civic pride and cohesion."

Titanic Belfast is opening on March 31st 2012 in time for the centenary of Titanic’s maidenvoyage. Additional space will be devoted to:•Community arts and education facilities

•A large gallery for temporary exhibitions, performances and meetings

•Cafes, restaurants and shops

•Titanic Suite (1,000-seat capacity suite banqueting / conference centre)Titanic Belfast Key Facts

•In December 2009, Titanic Belfast saw the largest ever concrete pour on the islandto form its foundations – 4,200 cubic metres, circa 700 concrete lorry deliveries, oneevery two minutes for almost 24-hours

•Titanic Belfast’s magnificent exterior façade is clad in 3,000 individual silveranodized aluminium shards, of which two thirds are unique in design and will be enhanced byreflective pools of water surrounding the base of the structure

•Titanic Belfast is home to Ireland’s largest freespan escalator at over 25 meterslong and with 124 steps

•The entrance level ground floor is 1,796 sq.m. (19,332 sq.ft.) which includes a 60fthigh wall covered in sheet metal panels similar in size to those used on Titanic’s hull

•The ticketing desks are designed to duplicate wooden keel blocks akin to those whichTitanic’s massive 46,328 tonnes rested upon in the Titanic Dock

•Titanic Belfast is twice the size of Belfast City Hall covering 150,700 sq.ft.

•Highest point of the building is 38.5 metres (126 feet) from the plaza level

•External façade replicates four 90ft high hulls

•Titanic Belfast is located 100 yards in front of where Titanic’s hull was launched;to its right is the drawing office where she was designed and to the left is the River Laganwhere she first set sail in 1912

•Over 1,000 people have worked on site during construction

•The building can hold over 3,547 visitors at any one time, the same number as thecapacity of Titanic

•The timeline for construction of Titanic Belfast is similar to that of Titanic(separated by 100 years)•The hulls are the same height of Titanic from keel to deck

•On the plaza surrounding the building is one of the largest maps of the NorthernHemisphere at 10,000 sq.m.

•The building has the largest banqueting facility in Belfast (the 1,000-seaterTitanic Suite, complete with a 10,000 piece near replica of Titanic’s Grand Staircase)•The total floor area of the main exhibition and suites is 11,000 sq.m.

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