Väre大樓是阿爾託大學藝術、設計與建築學院以及商學院的新教學樓。Väre在英語中有波紋和微光的意思。大樓坐落在芬蘭埃斯波的奧塔涅米校區，這裡擁有眾多全球知名的現代主義建築，Väre的落成為校園注入了新的活力，並對阿爾託大學的轉型、商科和藝術設計以及技術科學等學院的合併以及奧塔涅米區域的集中化和多樣化起到了關鍵性的作用，使奧塔涅米區作為芬蘭大都市區的一部分持續蓬勃發展。該方案經經歷了2012-2013年兩個階段的國際公開競賽，並最終獲得優勝。
The Aalto University Väre Building is the new home of the Aalto University School of Art, Design and Architecture and the School of Business. Väre, which means ripple or glimmer in English, brings together the schools of design and business in a globally unique way. It is situated in the Otaniemi campus in Espoo, Finland, world-famous of its modernist architecture, and introduces a significant new dynamic to the campus. The Väre building plays a key role both in the transformation of the Aalto University, a merger of earlier universities of business, arts and design and technical sciences, and in the densification and diversification of the Otaniemi district as a part of the growing Finnish metropolitan region. The architectural design is based on the winning entry in an open international competition in two stages organized in 2012-2013.
▼Väre大樓與校園廣場，The new square and the Väre building ©Andreas Meichsner
Väre大樓與阿爾瓦·阿爾託和艾莉莎·阿爾託在1960年代設計的主樓及圖書館相鄰，因此它還面臨著與現代大師塑造的建築環境相適應的挑戰。艾諾·阿爾託和阿爾瓦·阿爾託在1948年對擁有精緻景觀的校園進行了整體規劃。 Väre大樓在與校園環境形成對話的同時，也從本質上改變了校園的動態。
The Väre building is adjacent to the earlier main building and library designed by Alvar and Elissa Aalto in the 1960s. The project had therefore the added challenge of fitting into the context of highly respected modern master. Aino and Alvar Aalto laid out the whole original masterplan for the carefully landscaped campus in 1948. Väre is in a dialogue this composition, while it also changes the dynamic of the campus essentially.
▼從Väre大樓望向阿爾瓦·阿爾託和艾莉莎·阿爾託在1960年代設計的主樓，view to the earlier main building and library designed by Alvar and Elissa Aalto in the 1960s ©Andreas Meichsner
設計方案引入了一個全新的中央廣場，將新教學樓與舊教學樓連接起來，提供了通往地下路徑和Väre大樓內部的購物中心的新入口。佔地7300平方米的購物中心包含餐廳、咖啡廳、健身房和零售空間，與新廣場共同作為休閒集會的理想場所，同時還為1850名學生和350名教職員工帶來一系列跨學科的互動空間。
The design forms an entirely new central square that connects the old and new university buildings, an entrance to a new underground line and a shopping centre included in the Väre building. The 7,300 square meter shopping centre has restaurants, cafés, a gym and retail spaces. Thus, the new square and the Väre Building serves as a place of casual encounters and while it also provides a series of spaces for interdisciplinary interaction for 1,850 students and 350 employees.
▼從餐廳望向工作空間，view to the workshops from the restaurant ©Andreas Meichsner
佈局和體塊設計將大規模的Väre項目劃分為多個較小的單元，使其能夠適應公園式校園的環境和尺度。兩個主立面的輪廓與既有的主樓輪廓相適應，手工鋪砌的紅磚延續了阿爾託在材料運用上的純熟技藝；帶有花紋的比例則為建築賦予了現代氣息。
▼首層平面圖，ground floor plan
The layout and massing break the large volume of Väre into a cluster of smaller units helping it adapt to the context and scale of the park-like campus. The two principal facade alignments are derived from the old main buildings. The use of hand-laid red brick follows Aalto’s masterful treatment of the material while the use of glass patterned glass gives the building a contemporary expression.
▼手工鋪砌的紅磚和輕盈的印花玻璃形成對比，the building is clad in sturdy red brick and light printed glass ©Tuomas Uusheimo
該建築令傳統的庭院式校園類型適應了當代的教學方法。簡單的網格佈局提供了交互且靈活的單元式工作空間。經過謹慎規劃的空間序列圍繞著天窗下的中庭層層展開，為所有的樓層以及連接它們的樓梯提供了開闊的視野。透明的牆壁將項目空間中的創造場景展示出來，底層的大廳也完全向公眾開放。
▼主大廳空間，main lobby ©Andreas Meichsner
The building adapts the classic courtyard university typology to contemporary ways of learning and pedagogy. The spatial layout based on a lattice of simple project space units supports interaction and flexible use. The carefully planned spatial sequence unfolds with rooms arranged around sky-lit atriums that open views to all the floors and the stairs connecting them. Transparent walls reveal the creative action in the project spaces and the ground floor lobby is open to the public.
▼被天窗照亮的設計學院中庭空間，the sky-lit atrium in the School of design ©Andreas Meichsner
▼鋼製樓梯，steel stairs ©Andreas Meichsner
▼木製元素強調出中庭的空間序列，Wood highlights the central spatial sequence ©Tuomas Uusheimo
在建築內部，木製的表面突顯了空間在建築中的流動，設計學院和商學院的室內空間各具特色。前者擁有一個自承重的、形如雕塑的鋼製樓梯，在中性的背景下顯得格外矚目；後者採用了石灰石、橡木和溫暖的金屬色調，營造出溫馨而又莊嚴的氛圍。
▼商學院中庭空間，the atrium of the school of business ©Verstas Architects
Inside, wood surfaces highlight the flow of the spatial sequence through the building. The schools of design and business have their own characters. In the School of Arts, Design and Architecture, the sculptural, self-supporting steel stairs stand out against a neutral backdrop. In the School of Business, limestone, oak and a warm metal colour create an ambiance that is both cozy and dignified.
▼教學空間圍繞中庭分佈，project spaces and classrooms are around an atrium ©Verstas Architects
▼石灰石、橡木和溫暖的金屬色調營造出溫馨而又莊嚴的氛圍，limestone, oak and a warm metal colour create an ambiance that is both cozy and dignified ©Verstas Architects
Väre大樓擁有良好的環保、節能和節水能力。200個自行車停車場和多個更衣室的設置有助於鼓勵騎行。地源熱汞可以彌補90%的能量消耗，屋頂的太陽能電池板則可以提供約6%的電能。通風系統可根據需求進行調節，並且擁有熱回收功能。照明系統同樣可控。此外，還有75%的施工廢料得到了回收。
The Väre Building is environmentally friendly, energy-efficient and water-saving. 200 bicycle parking places and changing rooms encourage cycling. Ground-source heat pump covers 90% of the heat consumption and roof-top solar panels around 6% of the electricity consumption. Ventilation is demand-controlled and has heat recovery. Lighting is controlled, too. Furthermore, 75% of the construction waste was recycled.
▼室內細部，interior detailed view ©Verstas Architects
阿爾託大學由原先的工程學院、設計學院和商學院合併而來，旨在培養新型人才與創新。設計團隊解決的主要問題可以總結為：1.在阿爾託等大師創造的知名建築環境中更新標誌性的功能主義校園。2.在新的校園綜合體中統一設計學院和商學院的空間，同時使其不失去各自的特徵。3.促進教學方式的更新和進步。設計方案通過重複使用一個簡單可調整的模塊，創建了集社交和教學為一體的新環境，使大尺度的建築群得以融入校園的整體景觀。
▼工作空間，project space ©Andreas Meichsner
Aalto University is a merger of three earlier universities of engineering, design and business. They were merged to create a university that would foster new kind of talent and innovation. Our challenges were firstly, how to update the iconic functionalist campus and do it in the context of the work of Aalto and the national scenic area status the campus has. Secondly, how to unite the schools of design and business in the new building complex, while maintaining their identities, and thridly, how to foster new ways of learning and teaching, for example, learning with modern techonology, learning together and teaching in constantly changing programmes. Our solution to the challenges was repeating a simple, modfiable module, whose arrangement both creates social learning environments and adapts the large new building complex to the landscape of the campus.
▼建築夜景，night view ©Andreas Meichsner
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