《世．界．之．窗》隱形摩天大樓在南韓 SOUTH KOREA WILL SOON BE HOME TO AN INVISIBLE SKYSCRAPER

閱讀暖身繼全球最高的「扭曲高塔」INFINITY TOWER無限塔在杜拜今年七月剛落成，迷你倉南韓也開始準備建造一座特別的摩天大樓TOWER INFINITY，同樣有無限的可能，來看看它有什麼不一樣！進入本文前，請先想想以下詞彙的英文怎麼說：A.隱形裝置B.360度全景C.具代表性的ARCHITECTURAL FIRM GDS ARCHITECTS HAS ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAS RECEIVED ITS PERMITS TO BUILD THE TOWER INFINITY NEAR THE INCHEON AIRPORT JUST OUTSIDE OF SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA. ALTHOUGH AT 450 METERS TALL, IT WON'T BE THE TALLEST BUILDING INTHE WORLD（WHEN COMPLETED, TOWER INFINITY IS EXPECTED TO BE THE SIXTH-HIGHEST TOWER IN THE WORLD.）, IT DOES HAVE ONEUNIQUE FEATURE: IT WILL COME EQUIPPED WITH A (A)CLOAKING DEVICE.建築公司GDS ARCHITECTS 聲明他們已獲准建造南韓仁川機場附近的TOWER INFINITY。雖然TOWER INFINITY 450公尺的高度不會讓它成為世界第一高建築物（完成後會預計是世界第六高），但卻有一個無可比擬的特別之處：它會配備隱形裝置。CHARLES WEE OF GDS ARCHITECTS EXPLAINED IN A STATEMENT THAT THE COMPANY WANTED TO "PROVIDE THE WORLD'S FIRST INVISIBLE TOWER, SHOWCASING INNOVATIVE KOREAN TECHNOLOGY."GDS ARCHITECTS董事長CHARLES WEE也在聲明中解釋「公司想要建造世界第一座隱形塔，這也展現了韓國的創新科技。」THE TOWER'S FACADE WILL COME EQUIPPED WITH LED PROJECTORSAND CAMERAS. THE CAMERAS WILL CAPTURE THE AREA AROUND THEBUILDING, THEN (1)STITCH THE SHOTS TOGETHER IN A (B)PANORAMA TO DISPLAY THROUGH THE PROJECTORS. THE RESULT WILL MAKE THE TOWER SEEM TRANSPARENT FROM THE OUTSIDE WHEN THE PROJECTORS ARE TURNED ON.塔的表面將會裝上LED投射燈與相機，而相機會捕捉塔周圍影像並連結成全景影像讓投射燈展示，讓塔在投射燈打開時從外面看就像是透明的一樣。ON THE COMPANY'S WEBSITE, IT EXPLAINS THAT THE TOWER WILLESTABLISH KOREA'S RISING POSITION IN THE WORLD NOT BY BUILDING THE TALLEST TOWER, BUT "ESTABLISHING ITS MOST POWERFULPRESENCE THROUGH (2)DIMINISHING ITS PRESENCE."公司的網站上也提到此塔將會建立韓國在全球漸起的地位，但不是靠第一高的名聲，而是利用可隱形科技來建立他們強大的存在。IN ADDITION TO BEING ABLE TO APPEAR ALMOST INVISIBLE, THETOWER WILL ALSO HAV儲存 PLENTY ELSE FOR TOURISTS TO KOREA TODO. IT WILL HAVE THE WORLD'S THIRD HIGHEST OBSERVATION DECK, AS WELL AS SHOPS, RESTAURANTS, MOVIE THEATERS, AND (3)APPARENTLY A WATER PARK.除了隱形的技術外，此塔還有許多可供遊客來做的事。它將會有世界第三高的觀景台、商店、餐廳，當然還有水公園。WITH THE AIM OF CREATING A MORE STIMULATING USER EXPERIENCE WITH THE STRUCTURE, THE FIRM HAS ALSO CREATED A 'VIEWS FROM THE WORLD' SCENARIO BY WHICH TRAVELLERS IN THE ELEVATORS ARE REWARDED BY (C)ICONIC VIEWS FROM THE WORLD'S TALLESTBUILDINGS. MICHAEL COLLINS, SENIOR ASSOCIATE AT GDS EXPLAINS: "USERS ENTER THE ELEVATOR AND UPON ASCENT TO THE OBSERVATION LEVEL, BEGINS A USER EXPERIENCE WHERE ALL WALLS TRANSFORM INTO ACTUAL VIEWS AT THEIR CORRESPONDING HEIGHTS FROM SIGNIFICANT OBSERVATION TOWERS/BUILDINGS AROUND THE WORLD. THIS SIMULATED EXPERIENCE IS NOT INTENDED TO REPLACE THE ACTUAL EXPERIENCE, BUT INSPIRE PEOPLE TO TRAVEL TO THESE WORLDLY DESTINATIONS AND DISCOVER AN INTEREST IN CULTURES OTHERTHAN THEIR OWN."為了要讓遊客有更刺激的體驗，公司也創造了「世界之景」的模擬場景，讓遊客在搭電梯時可以看到世界各地高樓的代表性景色。GDS的資深合夥人MICHAEL COLLINS說明:「當遊客進入電梯上升至觀景台的途中，電梯的牆壁將會轉變為實景，並將會依高度同步變成由世界上有名的觀景塔或是建築物看出去的景色。但這並不是要取代真實的經驗，而是鼓勵人們去這些地方旅遊，並且發現不同於自身國家文化的有趣之處。」"WE LOOK FORWARD TO PROVIDING KOREA AND THE WORLD WITH ACOMPLETELY NEW MODEL FOR WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN OBSERVATIONTOWER," SAID WEE.「我們期待給南韓以及世界一個不同於以往並且打破原本定義的觀景塔。」GDS ARCHITECTS的董事長說。CONSTRUCTION OF THE TOWER IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN2014.此建案預計2014年完成。景氣再來，你趁勢而起，IN ENGLISH!很多人都說，英文好薪水會加倍，可以換到外商工作、可以更輕鬆溝通……英文確實可以為你做很多很多事，但是，它能夠為你的人生帶來的最大祝福是：找回失去的自信、耐心、膽量……還有，讓你從一個本土精英變成全球精英。二、三十年了還在跟英文纏鬥的人，要嘛放棄英文不帶罪惡感，要不就征服它享受成就感，下定決心請上網.CORE-CORNER.COM加入VIP計畫。（台北）02-27215033、（內湖）02-87515003、（新竹）03-5782199。迷你倉