在伦敦将凹石和玻璃结合设计的美国学校  
Walters & Cohen combines fluted stone and glass at London's American School

由专筑网朱王倩，杨帆，武晨编译

Walters & Cohen设计事务所设计的英国美裔学校采用了凹石板框架围绕大窗口的立面设计。
     
Walters & Cohen建筑事务所赢得邀请赛，设计北伦敦St John的Wood 区一所学校的艺术大楼。

Fluted stone panels form a frame around a huge window in the facade of this building designed by Walters & Cohen Architects for the American School in London.
Walters & Cohen Architects won an invited competition to design the arts building at the school's campus in the St John's Wood area of north London.
     

Photograph by Dennis Gilbert

石立面的特色是凹陷的装饰，为立面增加微妙的浮雕图案。当阳光以特定的角度照在立面上，会出现光图案和阴影，而在其他时候几乎是看不见的。
   
四层高的建筑为教授视觉艺术（包括绘画、油画、雕塑、摄影和陶塑）提供了额外的空间，并为举办展览和活动提供了社区空间。

The stone surfaces feature a fluted decoration that adds a subtle relief pattern to the facades. When the sun shines on the surfaces at certain angles the pattern of light and shadow appears pronounced, while at other times it is almost indiscernible.
The four-storey building provides extra space for teaching visual arts, including drawing, painting, sculpture, photography and ceramics, and accommodates a community space for hosting exhibitions and events.
     

Photograph by Dennis Gilbert

平面采用了灵活的布局，包括展览和会议区，以及社区覆盖的户外空间。
   
建筑的位置在交流区内，促使建筑师想出一个建议——支持其所处的环境，并参考邻近建筑物的规模。

Eight middle- and high-school art studios with flexible layouts are housed within the plan, along with an exhibition and meeting area, and a covered outdoor space for the community.
The building's location within a conservation area prompted the architects to develop a proposal that is sympathetic to its context, and references the scale of the neighbouring buildings.
     

Photograph by Walters & Cohen

“从邻近基地上的体块和登记的印记、半独立式别墅场地中获得方法，设计的四层建筑与巨大的地块相类似”，建筑师说道。

除了确定比例适当的情况下，建筑师还试图为外立面确定合适的材料，借此建立一种庄严同时又符合现代特性的感觉。

"Taking its cue from the mass and footprint of the listed, semi-detached villas on the site adjacent, the four-storey building is designed to resemble a single large property," said the architects.
In addition to identifying proportions appropriate to its context, the architects sought to determine a suitable materiality for the external facades that would lend the building a sense of gravitas while also giving it a contemporary character.

Photograph by Marcus Peel

紧接着调查加入材料的可能性，包括再生玻璃、灰泥、大理石，最后建筑师确定石头是最好的选择。
   
“石头因其优雅和传统的品质被认为是最合适的材料”，他们说道。“由此产生的立面是独特的艺术，利用了石头永久的品质，在真正的当代方式中表现出来”。

Following an investigation into the possibilities of materials including recycled glass, stucco and marble, the architects settled on stone as the best option.
"Stone was considered the most appropriate material on account of its elegance and traditional qualities," they said. "The resulting facade is a unique piece of design that draws on the timeless quality of stone, expressed in a truly contemporary manner."
     

Photograph by Walters & Cohen

建筑正面的大部分是通高的窗户，以确保充足的自然光线照进一层展览空间和较高层的工作室里。
   
混凝土框架采用了长跨度，这样每个水平面可以有无柱的房间。没有障碍物使日光能够深深得照进房间里，形成可以安排符合学生要求的灵活的工作空间，最大化的体现设计的人性化。惊艳的设计，无与伦比的美。

Much of the front facade is occupied by full-height windows that ensure plenty of natural light pours into the ground-floor exhibition space and the studios on the upper storeys.
A concrete frame creates long spans that allow for column-free rooms on each level. The lack of obstacles enables daylight to permeate deep into the building, and facilitates flexible workspaces that can be arranged to suit the needs of the students.
     

Photograph by Marcus Peel

建筑摄影为 Dennis Gilbert。

Photography is by Dennis Gilbert.
   

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