建筑师：伊东丰雄
地点：日本仙台市
年份：2001
参考文献：伊东丰雄, Ron Witte, Rob Gregory
照片：RIBA, Archienvironment, 伊东丰雄, Flickr- 用户名: Yisris
Architect: Toyo Ito
Location: Sendai-shi, Japan
Project Year: 2001
References: Toyo Ito, Ron Witte, Rob Gregory
Photographs: RIBA, Archienvironment, Toyo Ito, Flickr- username: Yisris

设计旨在创造一个由独特系统支持的透明的文化媒体中心，在周围社区布局内完全的可视，完全的透明。 伊东丰雄的仙台媒体中心在工程和美感方面都是一次改革。六片棱钢板，每片15又四分之三寸厚，看上去好像从街道上漂浮而起，由13个从地面拉起的垂直钢栅柱支撑。夺目的视觉感受是这个方案最具标志性的特色，他可以媲美森林中的大树，功能上可当做所有公共设备，网络和系统的轻质传动轴。
分隔过后更多伊东丰雄的仙台媒体中心。
With the intentions of designing a transparent cultural media center that is supported by a unique system to allow complete visibility and transparency to the surrounding community, the Sendai Mediatheque by Toyo Ito is revolutionary in it’s engineering and aesthetic.Six steel-ribbed slabs slabs, each 15-3/4″ thick, appear to float from the street, supported by only thirteen vertical steel lattice columns that stretch from ground plane to the roof. This striking visual quality that is one of the most identifiable characteristics of the project is comprable to large trees in a forest, and function as light shafts as well as storage for all of the utilities, networks and systems.
More on the Sendai Mediatheque by Toyo Ito after the break.

每层都是自由造型，就如同结构框架跟外立面独立一样，而且每层之间直径上也有变化。达到诗意和视觉迷人的设计最简单就是在地板，管柱和里面表面上做文章，就像复杂的活动系统和信息系统。
Each plan is free form, as the structural column lattices are independent of the facade and fluctuate in diameter as they stretch from floor to floor. The simplest intentions of focusing on plates (floors), tubes (columns), and skin (facade/exterior walls) allows for a poetic and visually intriguing design, as well as a complex system of activities and informational systems.

四个大管坐落在楼面四角，每个都有重要的承重支撑作用。九个小管中的五个是直的，里面有升降机，然而其他四个弯曲的管子里面有管道和电线。进一步了解仙台媒体中心，公众被引入周围环境的延续，一个双层空间大堂作为通过玻璃面板的主入口。这个开放空间包括咖啡，商铺，以及可以放下电影银屏和举办其他活动的社区空间。
The four largest tubes are situated at the corners of the plates, which serve as the principle means of support and bracing. Five of the nine smaller tubes are straight and contain elevators, while the other four are more crooked and carry the ducts and wires.Upon approaching the Sendai Mediatheque, the public is led into a continuation of the surrounding city into the double height hall of the main entrance through large panes of glass. This open square includes a cafe, retail shop, and community space that is capable of supporting film screenings and other events.

建筑的另一个独特方面在许多设计师介入了设计工作，室内每层都和不同人合作。妹岛和世设计了底层，在半透明屏幕后边放置了办公管理区。包括完整配备网络连接的阅览室的市民图书馆在第二层和第三层，由K.T.建筑装潢。
Another aspect unique to this building is the involvement of many designers, as the interior of each level incorporated another person. Kazuyo Sejima designed the ground floor, placing the administrative offices behind a translucent screen. The Shimin Library found on the second and third levels include a browsing lounge complete with internet access and specially designed furniture by K.T. Architecture.

画廊空间在第四第五层，包括一个配备可移动墙体的多功能展览空间，和一个有固定墙体更稳定的静态空间，还有Karim Rashid设计的座椅。 Ross Lovegrove负责了第六层，180座影院和绿白家俱配备在视听多媒体图书馆。
The gallery space of the fourth and fifth levels contain a flexible exhibition space with moveable walls, and also a more static space with fixed walls and a rest area with seating designed by Karim Rashid. Ross Lovegrove took charge of the sixth level, adding a 180 seat cinema and green and white furniture fitting to the audio-visual multimedia library.

媒体中心树一样的金属柱和周围自然融合，因为设计师发现周边路上成排的树。建筑随着季节变化改变，他的开放感反射夏天的绿色，冬天的街道。
The tree-like nature of the metal columns of the Mediatheque are continuous with the natural surroundings of the area, as the design is found on a street lined with trees. The building changes along with the seasons, it’s openness reflective of the summer green and also the streets during winter.

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