Snøhetta unveils design for Temple University library in Philadelphia

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Snøhetta事务所日前公布了费城天普大学图书馆项目设计，方案旨在挑战“学术型图书馆的传统形制”。

Architecture firm Snøhetta has released images of a new library it has designed for a Philadelphia university, stating that it aims to challenge the "traditional typology of the research library" .

该项目——与Stantec建筑工程公司合作设计——位于天普大学校园内，以学术科研为主，大约能够容纳37,800名学生。

项目占地225000平方英尺（20900平方米），新馆内设置了学生区域、资源中心、咖啡厅、一个活动大厅、公共区域、一处复杂的信息技术中心等相关设施。

The building – designed in collaboration with architecture and engineering firm Stantec – will be located on the campus of Temple University, a research-focused institution with roughly 37,800 students.
Encompassing 225,000 square feet (20,900 metres), the new facility will contain study areas, resource centres, a cafe, an event hall, public spaces, and a sophisticated information technology system, among other amenities.

“这座图书馆将会使天普大学跻身与学术研究的前沿。” Snøhetta表示。Snøhetta事务所与1989年成立于挪威，现今已经在奥斯陆、因斯布鲁克、纽约和旧金山设立工作室。

“作为天普大学和当地社区的新的社会、文化与知识的交流中心，图书馆为学生提供了世界一流的研究设施，充分满足学术科研需求。”事务所补充道。

"This new library will put Temple University at the forefront of progressive research institutions," said Snøhetta, which was founded in 1989 in Norway and today has studios in Oslo, Innsbruck, New York and San Francisco.
"Acting as a new social, cultural and intellectual hub for the university and surrounding community, the design serves the contemporary needs of a world-class research facility and its students," added the architects.

图书馆位于两条主要人行道的交叉口，紧邻一片方形空地， 形成了校园内新的学术交流中心。

为融入现有的校园建筑，图书馆立面采用了粗糙的石质覆层，馆前的阶梯式小型广场则作为平时的集散空间和户外教学空间。

建筑主入口采用了钢竖框玻璃幕墙，大型的木质拱形结构突出了入口部分，并延伸至建筑内部，与白色的水磨石地面共同形成了带有弧形穹顶的三层高的中庭空间。

“切入中庭的弧状结构使人们能够观察到建筑内部的各个角落，它不仅发挥着结构作用，而且把使用者进行的各种活动置于图书馆内的中心位置。”建筑师表示。

Situated at the intersection of two major pedestrian pathways and adjacent to a future quadrangle, the library will anchor a new academic and social core planned for the campus.
The architecture is defined by a solid base clad in vertical sections of rough stone – a material that takes its cue from existing campus buildings. Terraced plazas that step up toward the library are designed to act as informal gathering areas and outdoor classrooms.
Major entrances will be marked by grand wooden arches and expanses of pleated glass supported by steel mullions. The arches will continue into the building, forming a three-storey domed atrium with white terrazzo flooring.
"An oculus carved into the lobby's domed atrium opens up views to each corner of the building, serving as a way finding anchor and placing the user at the centre of the library's activity," said the firm in a statement.

“当人们置身于建筑中时，这种视觉上和环境上的沟通使人们能够明确自己所在的位置，有利于鼓励学生们积极利用图书馆内的教学资源。”

图书馆顶层设置了一个传统的阅览室，并开放了设有阶梯式座位的休闲平台和绿色屋顶，作为使用者的户外聚会空间。

自动化图书检索系统大大减小了书籍的贮存空间，馆内二百万册的藏书被存放于两层地上空间和两层地下空间。

"As users circulate the building, this visual and physical connectivity allows the individual to take stock of their bearings and encourages students to use all of the building's resources."
The building's top floor will feature a reading room with traditional book stacks. It will open up to a green roof and terrace with stepped seating, providing an outdoor gathering space for library users.
An automated book retrieval system will reduce the amount of space needed for book storage. The library's two million volumes will be stored on two storeys above ground and two storeys below.

Snøhetta表示在图书馆方案构思阶段想到了古希腊式建筑。

“设计灵感来自于古希腊式建筑形制，交流区域作为思想学术交流的场所占据着主导地位，而储藏区域则属于次要位置。”事务所表示。

“Snøhetta的设计颠覆了学术型图书馆过去仅仅作为存放书籍和档案的场所这一传统认知，把它转变为拥有多重空间属性的活力场所，人们在这里不期而遇，共同合作，分享各种讯息及知识。”

去年秋天，该项目获得了费城城市设计审核相关部门的一致通过。

项目在不久之后将开始实施，计划于2018年计划正式开放。

Snøhetta said it looked to historic Greek architecture while conceiving the library.
"The design is inspired by the historic academies of Greek antiquity, where social spaces for exchanging ideas were primary and storage of written content took a secondary role," the firm explained.
"Snøhetta's design challenges the traditional typology of the research library solely as a repository for books and archives, and instead provides a diversity of spaces that will spark chance encounters, enable collaboration and encourage knowledge-sharing amongst its users."
The proposed design received unanimous support from the city of Philadelphia's Civic Design Review board last autumn.
Construction is slated to begin shortly, with an opening planned for 2018.

Snøhetta事务所目前正致力于一系列教育建筑、城市公共文化建筑项目，比如加拿大卡尔加里新中央图书馆，加利福尼亚的旧金山现代艺术博物馆（SFMOMA）扩建工程，美国纽约皇后区的公共图书馆。

事务所近期的文化项目包括位于多伦多的瑞尔森大学学生学习中心以及北卡罗来纳州立大学的亨特图书馆,图书馆以北卡罗莱纳州前州长詹姆斯•B•亨特的名字命名。

Snøhetta事务所是进入芝加哥奥巴马总统中心项目竞赛候选名单中的七家事务所之一。

Snøhetta is currently working on a number of educational, civic and cultural projects, including Calgary's New Central Library in Canada; an expansion for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) in California; and the Far Rockaway Public Library in Queens, New York.
Recent academic projects by the firm include the Ryerson University Student Learning Centre in Toronto and the James B. Hunt Jr. Library at North Carolina State University.
Snøhetta is one of seven firms on a shortlist to design the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago.


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