Tarrytown, New York
This dormitory facility for an existing Olivetti Training Center in Tarrytown, New York, was designed to house two hundred Olivetti trainees for periods of four to six weeks. It is one of two Olivetti buildings planned for a specific site, the other being the corporate headquarters for Washington, D.C. The four-story dormitory follows the contours of a sloping site, winding its way through century-old trees. The curbing W-configuration of the ground plan reflects the influence of three major site considerations: the locations of the trees, the inclination of the slope to the Hudson River below, and zoning laws and side-lot restrictions which force the building to turn down the slope while maintaining a north-south orientation.
The building accommodates two hundred trainees in double rooms, and contains communal and recreational spaces. A continuous circulation spine follows the outside edge of the W-configuration on four similar floors. Two-person unites lining this single loaded corridor face the river.
Where the building turns down the slope, two floors are gained, and these house services and social spaces. At the elbows of the curves, the corridors meet small open areas, gathering places for the trainees. The main entrance is at the center of the building, and opens into a four-story public space, which resolves the converging horizontal and vertical vectors of the scheme. Balconies projecting from the upper-level corridors into the central space unify the floors. The elevator and stair towers pulled out from the main structure serve as counterpoints to this centralized focus.
The articulation of the aluminum panels on the front elevation relates rhythmically and thematically to that on the more open rear elevation. At the inflection points of the curved surface, the panels give way to glass: on the rear, a balconied, eroded section of glazing responds to the axis of entry, while on the front, the panels are replaced by curving runs of windows.
该建筑座落在一个有世纪老树的斜坡上，为200名培训人员提供住宿。建筑呈W形，遵循了斜坡的倾斜和法规的要求。宿舍楼的四个楼层设置了公共和娱乐空间，同时也为学员提供了双人房间。
该建筑的立面采用铝板装饰，呈现出一种节奏感和主题感，同时也和后面的立面形成呼应。在曲面的拐点处，铝板让出了位置给玻璃。入口处的中央空间设计了四层高的公共空间，解决了建筑的水平和垂直矢量的汇聚问题。电梯和楼梯塔从主体结构中拉出，作为这个中心聚焦点的对比。