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来自事务所陈述。在艾塞克斯大学，建筑师Patel Taylor已经完成了两座建筑——Albert Sloman图书馆扩建和新的Silberrad 学生活动中心。这两个项目均由建筑师合作设计，并且是20世纪60年代该大学预计规划的延续。建筑师们运用高质量的材料和冷静理性的审美，为校园建设树立了新标准。

From the architect. Architects Patel Taylor have completed two new buildings at the Essex University campus, a new wing to the Albert Sloman Library and the new Silberrad Student Centre. These two projects have been carefully designed and located as a continuation of the original 1960s utopian masterplan for the university by Architects Cooperative Partnership. Using high quality materials and a calm rational aesthetic, these buildings will set a new standard for student facilities across the campus.

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建筑师们认为该建筑主要作为图书馆的补充，附有多媒体和学习中心，提供24小时的学生服务。然而，Patel Taylor则将图书馆和学生中心分两座建筑中，从而在两座建筑之间创造景观空间，使之均有其各自的地位。

The brief received by the architects was for a building that would complement the library and provide 24-hour student services, with integrated media and learning centres. However, Patel Taylor opted to split the purposes of the Library and Student Centre into two separate buildings, creating a landscaped space between, allowing each new building to have its own identity.

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该建筑创造了一个由东西轴线和校园北部边缘组成的天然的入口。此前Patel Taylor在Ivor Crewe演讲厅工作，因此他对校园复杂的情况了如指掌，能够使新建筑巧妙的融入到已有的建筑群中。

The buildings create a natural gateway, framing the east- west axis to the northern edge of the campus. Having previously worked on the Ivor Crewe Lecture Theatre, Patel Taylor were well versed with the complexities of the campus and in tune with how the buildings should be sensitively integrated into the the existing scheme.

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Albert Sloman图书馆的扩建刻意参考了已有建筑，运用两层高的柱子和悬挑的四层宿舍。新的一侧连接到1963年原有图书馆的中心，运用了原有设计中的凸面板，并在其稀奇的Paternoster电梯周围环绕了木圈。

The new addition to the Albert Sloman Library makes very deliberate architectural references to the existing building, picking up on the dominant structure of the two storey columns and the four storeys of accommodation cantilevered above. The new wing connects to the existing Library across the 1963 core, utilising the breakout panels originally designed into the building and capitalising on the main circulation hub with its rare Paternoster lift.

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坐落在湖畔边缘石面上的Silberrad学生活动中心已有50年的历史，在学校中有突出的地位。三层挑出的水平混凝土板与图书馆的柱列形成对比。通高的规则排列的光滑石灰柱子与不同样式的窗户结合呼应，贯穿了整个校园。

Named for a prominent family active throughout the University’s 50 year history, the Silberrad Student Centre rests on a deck of stone at the edge of a lake. Three oversailing layers of horizontal trays cast from in-situ concrete create a strong sense of perspective against the rhythm of the Library columns. A syncopated rhythm of limestone piers and full height glazing echoes the irregular window patterns used extensively across the campus.

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活动中心连接了校园南部和东部。在两条贯穿校园的轴线焦点处，两层高的悬挑板，不规则排列犹如树木的细柱子支撑着，营造了耳目一新的室外空间。

The Centre is approached primarily from the South and East. At the junction of the two key routes across the campus, a new outdoor room is created below the cantilevered second floor slab, propped up on an irregular ‘forest’ of slender columns.

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新的部分融入建筑中，可容纳接待处导向三层高的中庭。成型钢和橡木材质的楼梯悬挑在中央；其光滑圆润的表面与背景的混凝土纹理形成对比。楼梯由Belfast制造厂预制安装，成为了建筑本身结构的一部分。

Moving into the building, the new visitor reception leads to a three-storey atrium. A sculptural steel and oak staircase cantilevers into the space; its smooth rounded forms a contrast to the texture of the boardmarked concrete backdrop. The staircase was prefabricated in parts by Belfast shipbuilders and erected on site, becoming an integral part of the structure of the building itself.

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Patel Taylor的主任Andrew Taylor说：“这所大学建造的相当出色，体现了学校未来发展方向。我们确信，图书馆和活动中心是在发展方向上的。60年代的总平面规划了学校核心生活，现在我们携手共进了21世纪。

Andrew Taylor, Director of Patel Taylor said: “The university have shown great vision and ambition for the future development of the campus and we have ensured that the library and student centre live up to these ideals. The original 60s plan placed student life at its heart and we’re now bringing this into the 21st century.”

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艾塞克斯大学副校长Anthony Forster教授说：“Patel Taylor 设计了两座惊人的建筑——一个是图书馆扩建，另一个是学生服务建筑——是我们中世纪标志性建筑的一个绝对完美的补充。我们非常高兴。”

Professor Anthony Forster, Vice-Chancellor, University of Essex said:
“Patel Taylor have created two amazing buildings – a new library wing and students services building – that are an absolutely perfect complement to our existing iconic mid-century architecture. We couldn’t be more pleased.”

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图书馆和学生活动中心是扩建中最近的两座建筑。 Patel Taylor在未来也会将宿舍楼翻新。

The Library and Student Centre are the two most recent additions to the university as it goes through a major overhaul. In the future, other services and accommodation will be upgraded to the new standard set by Patel Taylor.

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建筑师：Patel Taylor
地点： 英国，科切尔斯特，艾塞克斯大学
项目完成时间：2016年
摄影： Edmund Sumner

Architects:  Patel Taylor
Location:   University of Essex (Colchester), Colchester,    Colchester, Essex CO4, UK                                                                                                     
Project Year: 2016
Photographs: Edmund Sumner

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