“极简主义”德国柏林索尼中心综合体
“Minimalism” Berlin Sony Center

索尼中心位于柏林波茨坦广场北侧，占地2.6公顷；2000年建成，总投资7.5亿欧元。风格各异的现代建筑群，极简主义的现代景观与古典城区交互辉映，兼容了传统欧洲城市街区和美国当代购物中心特色，将柏林推至了当代新建筑的前沿。

Covering 2.6 ha area and with a total investment of 750 million euros, the Sony Center is located in Potsdamer Platz and opened in 2000. Integrating the traditional European street and American contemporary shopping mall together, the buildings in different styles with minimalist landscape and the classical city interact to push Berlin in the forefront of the new contemporary architecture.

美国建筑师赫尔穆特o雅恩的建筑设计，特色鲜明且富于现代感与技术感。7座，包括索尼公司欧洲总部、媒体中心、写字楼、休闲娱乐设施等，较为独立的建筑向内围合；形成面积约为4000m2，钢、拉杆、镀膜玻璃及织物构成天棚的中心广场。同时，以广场为核心，向四周辐射出步行街，强化公共空间的连续性和整体感，为市民提供一个全景式的视觉体验。

The buildings with distinctive feature and full of modern and technology is designed by American architect Helmut Jahn. Seven independent buildings including Sony European Headquarters, Media Center, Office Building, Leisure & Entertainment facilities, etc. enclose inwards; form the center plaza of 4000m2 with a huge tent made by steel, connecting rod, coated glass and fabrics, and radiate out to the pedestrian streets strengthening the continuity and sense of wholeness of the public room and providing visitors a panoramic view.











景观由当代极简主义设计大师彼得o沃克设计，简约、干净、利落、巧妙。采用了重复构图形式的三维空间概念，在中心广场首层和地下层之间设置半月形花坛。圆形水池部分位于广场上，部分悬在地下采光窗上，成为建筑地下层透明的屋檐，带来奇妙的光影变化。玻璃、金属、石材和植物巧妙组合衔接，材料使用与建筑相呼应，塑造出丰富多彩的公共空间与人性化尺度和亲切的氛围。

The landscape by Minimalist Master Designer Peter Walker is concise and simple, clean and neat. Repeat the composition form of 3D spatial concept in the design and set a half-moon-shaped flower bed between the ground and basement. Part of circular water pool is on the plaza and part suspended on the windows as the transparent eaves of the basement, bringing the fantastic change of shadow and light. The glass, metal, stones materials skillfully combine and connect plants echoing with the buildings to shape the colorful public space as well as humanized scale and the kind atmosphere.