来自专筑编辑朱王倩，刘庆新的报道。芝加哥当地建筑设计事务所Design With Company与 Arup事务所合作，在Ragdale Ring 设计竞赛中，构建了他们的设计方案。Ragdale Ring 设计竞赛要求参赛者去重新设计一个芝加哥艺术社区里的霍华德•范多伦•肖的1912年表演场地。他们的设计方式引用Shaw的建筑特点，同时创造一个声学放大的表演场地。

Chicago based architecture studio Design With Company, in collaboration with Arup, have constructed their winning proposal for the Ragdale Ring design competition, which asked entrants to redesign Howard Van Doren Shaw’s 1912 performance venue for a Chicago artists’ community. Their design lightheartedly references features of Shaw’s architecture, while creating a venue for acoustically unamplified performances.

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该项目由二十个靠垫和一个木盒子组成，该项目设计起到了双重目的，既容纳了这些靠垫，又用作户外表演的舞台。项目起名为Shaw Town，形式简单但融入了丰富含义，因为建筑的形状受肖所设计的建筑的抽象概念的启发。

Composed of twenty pillows and a wooden box, which serves the dual purpose of housing the pillows and functioning as a stage for outdoor performance, Shaw Town is simple in form but embedded with rich contextual meaning, as the project’s shape is inspired by abstractions of Shaw’s buildings.

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靠垫的几何形状通过分析在肖的建筑设计里经常使用的图案，从中提取部分分离的结构来构成迷人的形状，从而。鼓励人们与肖的建筑进行相互交流。Design With Company在他们的网站上说道：“对于这些靠垫，你可以骑、踢、拥抱、躺或依靠，鼓励游客在对肖所设计的建筑一无所知的情况下，仍能从中发现肖设计的建筑的影子。”

The geometric shapes of the pillows were created by analyzing recurrent design motifs in Shaw’s architecture and fragmenting them to produce engaging shapes, which encourage patrons to interact with Shaw’s architecture. "Ride them, kick them, hug them, lay on them or lean against them, visitors are encouraged to rediscover Shaw’s buildings without even knowing it," Design With Company states on their website.

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前面的研究也影响了舞台的形式，舞台设计和肖的建筑设计也有共同之处，前面部分采用简单的几何形状，包括“雏鸟轮廓，构造装饰，和三个分组的重复。”

The precedent research also influenced the stage’s form, which has simple geometries common to Shaw’s designs applied to the front of the stage, including "nestling silhouettes, tectonic decoration, and repetition in groupings of three."

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由于该地区经常经历大风，这给该项目的建造带来挑战，Design With Company事务所在结构和声学方面向工程顾问公司Arup进行了咨询。利用射线追踪技术和数字的结构模型，奥雅纳帮助Design With Company完成了一个可以很好的生存在艰难的环境中的项目。

“我们独特的声学和结构分析工具，是在和设计师通力协作下发挥着作用。而且我们允许设计团队的所有成员、业主参与发展和最终表现空间的完善，” Arup声学工程师Ryan biziorek 说道，“简单而有说服力且实用的结构在声学方面也得以完美表现，提高了艺术家和观众参与到这个为暑期计划中来。”

Due to the fact that designing a wooden structure for unamplified performance in an area that frequently experiences strong winds posed significant logistical challenges, Design With Company consulted with structural and acoustical engineers from Arup. Using ray-tracing technology and digital structural models, Arup was able to help Design With Company create a project that could survive and function well in a difficult environment.  
"Our unique acoustic and structural analysis tools were utilized to collaboratively inform design decisions with the architects – allowing all members of the design team and the owner to engage in the development and refinement of the ultimate performance space,” said Arup acoustical engineer Ryan Biziorek. "The simple but eloquent and efficient structure optimizes acoustic engagement and enhances the artist and audience engagement for the summer program.”

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建筑设计：Design With Company
设计团队： Stewart Hicks, Allison Newmeyer, Jana Yeboah
建造团队Stewart Hicks, Allison Newmeyer, Jana Yeboah, Jimmy Luu, Katharine Bayer, Robert Becker, Danny Travis, Alex Culler, Andrew Jennings, Juan Suarez, Sarah Rozman
咨询顾问公司：ARUP
结构工程： Brian McElhatten
声学工程： Ryan Biziorek
项目时间：2015年
摄影： Courtesy of Design With Company

Architects: Design With Company
Design Team: Stewart Hicks, Allison Newmeyer, Jana Yeboah
Build Team: Stewart Hicks, Allison Newmeyer, Jana Yeboah, Jimmy Luu, Katharine Bayer, Robert Becker, Danny Travis, Alex Culler, Andrew Jennings, Juan Suarez, Sarah Rozman
Engineers: Arup
Structural Engineer: Brian McElhatten
Acoustical Engineer: Ryan Biziorek
Project Year: 2015
Photographs: Courtesy of Design With Company

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