MB Architecture在一天内用海运集装箱建造大学的实验室
MB Architecture constructs university building from shipping containers in one day

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美国公司MB Architecture使用运输集装箱快速便捷地为纽约哈德逊山谷（Hudson Valley）巴德学院（Bard College）建造媒体实验室。

巴德学院媒体实验室由四个体量组成，分别堆叠成两个横向、两个竖向的组合空间，形成整体的矩形结构。

American firm MB Architecture has used shipping containers to quickly and cheaply build a media lab for Bard College in New York's Hudson Valley.
Bard College Media Lab comprises four containers that are stacked two wide and two high, forming a larger rectangular structure.

由Maziar Behrooz领导的MB Architecture仅花了半天时间在现场组装这些设备。几天后，面积约960平方英尺（约89平方米）的大学实验室全面投入使用。

It took just half a day for MB Architecture, led by Maziar Behrooz, to assemble the units on site. A few days later, the 960-square-foot (89-square-metre) university building was fully operational.

“该项目的赞助有10万美元（72,000英镑），预制、交付和安装仅使用了半天时间，成本略超过20万美元（144,000英镑）。”MB建筑师说，“造价的限制使我们不得不采取创新策略。”

"The project arose out of a grant of $100,000 (￡72,000) and was prefabricated, delivered and installed in half a day at a cost slightly over $200,000 (￡144,000)," said MB architects. "The budget required that we explore options beyond conventional construction."

该设计灵感来源于MB Architecture的预制房屋Insta住宅，这是一栋双层住宅，楼上设有一间卧室，底层为主要居住区，于2009年在纽约汉普顿建成。

The design is based on MB Architecture's prototype prefabricated Insta House – a two-storey home with a bedroom upstairs and main living area on the ground floor, built in the Hamptons in 2009.

MB Architecture根据建筑功能设计整体布局，为媒体实验室保留了一个开放式功能使用区，并且二层还有一个小型空间，作为私人办公室。

Adapting the layout for educational purposes, the studio kept a similar open-plan main living area for the media lab, but included a smaller lofter section upstairs that serves as a private office.

因为是预制的建筑，所以施工时只需要场地有混凝土基础。该项目最终由缅因州的SnapSpace Solutions完成建筑体量外表皮的黑色粉刷。

黑色的工业外观与树木繁茂的场地形成鲜明对比，该项目场地位于巴德学院的中心场地，靠近弗兰克•盖里（Frank Gehry）设计的费舍尔表演艺术中心（Fisher Center for the Performing Arts）。

To construct the prefabricated building, the site just needed a concrete foundation. Fabrication of the black-painted containers was completed by Maine-based SnapSpace Solutions.
The dark industrial-looking structure contrasts with the wooded site, located in the middle of the Bard College campus and close to the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts designed by Frank Gehry.

该建筑用途广泛，各个专业的学生都可以使用，因此建筑的灵活性至关重要。建筑左后方有一个大型车库门敞开通向草坪。这个设计让建筑可以转换成一个能够举办表演和其他活动的大型场所。

The building is intended to be multi-purpose, and will rotate between various departments at the college, so flexibility was critical. A large pivoting garage door along the back left side opens to a grassy space. This indoor-outdoor design allows the building to transform into a large place for hosting performances and other events.

在建筑的正立面，建筑师设置了三扇窗户，正门通向一个大型工作台。背立面是一个双层高的墙壁，内衬窗户。

From the front, three of the four shipping containers have glazed sections, and the front door leads to a large work table. On the rear facade is a double-height wall lined with windows.

近年来，集装箱的运用愈发广泛，如周末度假村、城市住宅，还有加利福尼亚沙漠中的一座住宅。

摄影：Matthew Carbone

Shipping containers continue to be repurposed for architecture projects, from wooded weekend retreats and urban dwellings on tight sites, to a speculative proposal for a splayed home in the California desert.
Photography is by Matthew Carbone.