The Diamond

由专筑网Brick，杨帆编译

来自事务所的描述。谢菲尔德大学独特的钻石大楼已经建成，，该大学在用世界级设施为学生和学者发展壮大工学院方面做出了重大贡献。

From the architect. The ground-breaking Diamond building at The University of Sheffield has now been completed, making a major contribution to the University’s ambition to develop and expand its Faculty of Engineering with world-class facilities for students and academics.

© Jack Hobhouse

Ground Floor Plan/底层平面图

大楼由Twelve Architects事务所设计，由Balfour Beatty建造，因其独特的立面而被称为钻石大楼，建筑面积占19,500平方米，为多达5千名的学生提供了专业工程实验室、演讲厅、大规模灵活的教学空间、工作室、学习资源中心以及正式和非正式的学习环境。

Designed by Twelve Architects* and constructed by Balfour Beatty, the building – named The Diamond after its unique façade – is a 19,500m2 facility, housing specialist engineering laboratories, lecture theatres, large scale flexible teaching spaces, workshops, a learning resource centre and integrated formal and informal study environments for up to 5,000 students.

© Jack Hobhouse

© Jack Hobhouse

钻石大楼不但为很多大学工程专业本科生提供了家园，也为一些别的院系提供设施，在适于21世纪研究实践的环境中促进协作和跨学科工作。

As well as providing a home for many of the University’s Engineering undergraduates, the Diamond provides facilities for a range of other departments, promoting collaboration and cross-disciplinary working in an environment fit for 21st century research and practice.

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Section/剖面图

项目耗资8100万英镑，是该大学有史以来最大的教学投资，并力争成为英国领先的工科大学，且到2021年将工学院扩大一倍。随着每学年学生以25%的比例增长，委托方相信钻石大楼在继续吸引世界级学者和顶尖学生方面仍会扮演重要角色。

At ￡81 million, it is the largest capital investment in teaching and learning ever undertaken by the University, and the brief called for a building that would support its ambition of becoming the UK’s leading engineering university and doubling the size of the Faculty of Engineering by 2021. With applications up by 25% for the current academic year, the client team believes the Diamond has a key role to play in continuing to attract world class academics and the best students.

© Jack Hobhouse

外观为钻石大楼创造了独特的仪态。电镀铝和玻璃幕墙从周围古建筑的细节中汲取灵感，特别是构建邻近教堂窗户的石雕窗格。它也参照了“细胞自动机”，这是工程界研究中的离散模型，被该大学用来描述钢材在处理过程中的微观结构的变化。

The external appearance creates a distinctive presence for the Diamond. The anodised aluminium and glass façade draws inspiration from the detailing of the surrounding historic buildings and in particular the stone tracery that frames the windows of the adjacent church. It also references a ‘cellular automaton’, a discrete model studied in the field of engineering and used by the University to describe how the microstructure of steel changes during processing.

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大楼意在支持工程学所有方面的工作，从基础科学到专业实践。Twelve Architects事务所的设计在一楼提供了公共通道，还有一个中庭能使人们看到正在进行的工程活动展示。

The ethos of the building is to support work across the full spectrum of engineering, from fundamental science to professional practice. Twelve Architects’ design provides a public route at ground floor level and a central atrium that enables people to view the ‘showcase’ engineering activities being undertaken.

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Third Floor Plan/三层平面图

在自然通风的中庭，弯曲的豆荚状空间用于非正式个人和团队的学习。教室、实验室和办公室在中庭的南北向排列，有落地玻璃使来回教学空间的内部视野最大化，教学空间展示最佳的工程教育和研究。屋顶照明使室内充满阳光，定制的玻璃书桌位于二楼中庭，使自然光穿透到一楼和地下室，同时产生了隔音效果。

Within the naturally ventilated atrium, curved ‘pods’ house spaces for informal personal and group learning. Classrooms, laboratories and offices are arranged to the north and south of the atrium with full height glazing to maximise internal views to and from the teaching spaces which display the best of engineering education and research. Rooflights flood the interior with daylight and custom-designed glazed study tables within the first floor atrium allow the natural light to penetrate the ground and lower ground levels whilst creating acoustic separation.

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一系列演讲厅位于地下室，总共容纳1500人，最大的演讲厅可以坐400人。

A series of lecture theatres are located at lower ground floor level with a total capacity of 1500 spaces, with the largest lecture theatre seating 400 people.

Basement Floor Plan/地下室平面图

First Floor Plan/一层平面图

Second Floor Plan/二层平面图

Fourth Floor Plan/四层平面图

South Elevation/南立面图

Diagram/图解

建筑设计: Twelve Architects
地点: 英国，南约克郡，谢菲尔德
面积: 19500.0平方米
项目时间: 2015年
摄影: Jack Hobhouse
承建商: Balfour Beatty
项目和成本管理: Turner & Townsend
结构和土木: Arup
防火: Arup
机电: Arup (stage A - E) & NG Bailey (Stage F)
声学: SRL
规划顾问: Montagu Evans
CDM协调: RLF
BREEAM评估: 3 Planets
立面:  Sipral
家具装置和设备: Southerns
PT混凝土结构: CCL & Moortown
钢结构工程: Billington Structures
室内隔断: British Gypsum & ECI Ltd.
室内玻璃: Moda
水暖电工程: NG Bailey
演讲厅: Specialists in Seating
音频: SVN
旋转楼梯: Dean Wilson
项目总值 : ￡81 million

Architects: Twelve Architects
Location: Information Commons, 32 Leavygreave Rd, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S3 7RD, UK
Area: 19500.0 sqm
Project Year: 2015
Photographs: Jack Hobhouse
Contractor: Balfour Beatty
Project & Cost Management: Turner & Townsend
Structural & Civil: Arup
Fire: Arup
M&E: Arup (stage A - E) & NG Bailey (Stage F)
Acoustician: SRL
Planning Consultant: Montagu Evans
CDM Co-ordinator: RLF
BREEAM Assessment: 3 Planets
Façade: Sipral
FF&E: Southerns
PT concrete structure: CCL & Moortown
Structural steelwork: Billington Structures
Internal Partitions: British Gypsum & ECI Ltd.
Internal glazing: Moda
MEP Services: NG Bailey
Lecture Theatres: Specialists in Seating
AV: SVN
Spiral Stair: Dean Wilson
Total Project Value : ￡81 million

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