迈丘设计研究 | 扎哈香港理工大学赛马会创新楼

由扎哈设计的赛马会创新楼是香港理工大学设计学院及赛马会社会创新设计院的总部，坐落于理大校园东北角一片狭窄而不规则的地块上，南端紧邻足球场，北端是九龙走廊高速公路立交桥。高十五层，面积15000平方米，可容纳超过1800位学生和教职员。大楼以设计教学及创新用途为主，设施包括：设计室、研究室和工作间、展览廊、多功能教室、阶梯教室以及公共休闲区等。
大楼延伸至校园中心，积极促进各院系之间开展多学科项目，加强与社区、政府、工业、民间组织和学术界的交流。赛马会创新楼的设计将塔台的典型特征融合为更流畅的组合线条。不规则的内外庭院提供一个会面和交流的场所，同时也是大型展示区、工作室、阶梯教室和休闲设施之外的补充性设计。由于设计学院融合各个学科的特点，赛马会创新楼更好地营造了一个多学科环境和集体研究的氛围，不同的思想和创新在这里碰撞出新的火花。学生、教职工和参观者乘着15层楼梯可看到设计室、工作间、研究室、展览廊和活动区。室内的玻璃和开放的空隙提高了透明度和连通性，而循环路线和公共区域方便了学生群体与大师们的交流互动。

The Jockey Club Innovation Tower (JCIT) designed by Zaha Hadid Architects is home to the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) School of Design, and the Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation. The 15-storey, 15,000 sqm. tower accommodates more than 1,800 students and staff, with facilities for design education and innovation that include: design studios, labs and workshops, exhibition areas, multi-functional classrooms, lecture theatre and communal lounge.

Located on a narrow, irregular site at the north eastern tip of the university campus (bordered by the university's football ground to the south, and the Chatham Road/Kowloon Corridor motorway interchange to the north), the JCIT is connected to the heart of the campus; encouraging the university's various faculties and schools to develop multidisciplinary initiatives and engagement with the community, government, industry, NGO's and academia. The JCIT design dissolves the typical typology of the tower/podium into a more fluid composition.Interior and exterior courtyards create informal spaces to meet and interact,complementing the large exhibition forums, studios, theatre and recreational facilities. The tower's design promotes a multidisciplinary environment by connecting the variety of programs within the School of Design; establishing a collective research culture where many contributions and innovations can feed off each other. Students, staff and visitors move through 15 levels of studios,workshops, labs, exhibition and event areas within the school. Interior glazing and voids bring transparency and connectivity, while circulation routes andcommunal spaces have been arranged to encourage interaction between the many learning clusters and design disciplines.