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建筑师：HGA
位置：美国 MN Minneapolis
设计团队： Nancy Blankfard, Andy Weyenberg
面积：47038平方英尺
年份：2012
摄影：Paul Crosby
架构工程师：萨拉Jorczk, 吉娜Boogren
机械工程师：克雷格Lemma, 斯科特Lichty
电力工程师：海伦•彼得森
土木工程师：埃里克•汉森
内部设计师：Rich Bonnin, 劳里•罗瑟
景观设计师：Ross Altheimer ASLA, LEED AP, Erica Christenson
灯光设计师：Tao Ham, Chrysanthi

斯托克韦尔附加了美国瑞典研究所的尼尔森文化中心是由HGA建筑师和工程师设计的（HGA），它是在今年夏天完成的，并且它是在美国瑞典研究所83年的历史，文化和对社会的承诺的基础上建造而成的。

这是一个充满活力的地方，也是瑞典美国人在明尼阿波利斯市聚集的地方，它在文化上有别于菲利普西部近邻，美国瑞典研究所最近收购了它所在的整个街区，希望可以加强它们的任务，将它们的连接范围扩大到社区，用增加尼尔森文化中心的方法来鼓励近邻的复兴。

增加的文化中心和扩展的校园一起支持着这种复兴，校园和近邻连接在一起，结合了城市街区，突出了这个有凝聚力的社会聚集的城市区域，它反映了美国瑞典研究所对未来的憧憬，也尊重了它的过去。

在设计的过程中，人们主要通过一种全面的方法来建立可持续发展的社区，与美国瑞典研究所的为所有人聚集的地方而服务的使命相符合，人们可以在这里围绕着传统、移民、工艺和艺术这样普遍的主题分享故事和经验。

受到历史的Turnblad大厦独特的美和瑞典建筑的独特历史的感染，它的设计考虑到了现代和传统的瑞典美学，而且优先使用了可持续的战略和技术。

这个设计由一个传统的瑞典庭院或者说是农家场院开始，它作为一个中心的室外“客厅”，和它被亲切称为“城堡”的原有建筑一起连接着尼尔森文化中心。

其他建筑围绕着庭院铺展开来，它们向社会开放，给这个历史性的大楼一个框架般的视野。

这个庭院作为美国瑞典研究所的一个中心室外“客厅”和一个更大型的社区，同时将新建筑和它的历史性原有建筑连接在一起。

建筑上的细节关系到瑞典文化和当地历史的故事，从其余的石板表面平行于大厦屋顶上的相同石板，到入口为瑞典艺术玻璃风格的入口。

这个34000平方英尺，两层高的中心和Turnblad大厦相辅相成——在1971年加入到由国家注册的历史古迹中——是加强了美国瑞典研究所的发展任务的现代的、可持续发展的建筑。作为一个建筑上一致附加为历史意义上标志性建筑的设计，这种附加已经把整个城市街区改变成一个鼓舞人心的城市空间和新的文化校园。

瓷砖由当地工匠制定，大堂里有大篇幅的丝织品装饰，当地的马鞍制造者制造出用皮革包裹的扶手，在活动大厅里以航海为主题的木质天花板的灵感来自于斯德哥尔摩市政厅的木屋顶。

尼尔森文化中心及其场地的设计是瑞典艺术家和建筑师们合作的成就，它在纳入现代和传统的瑞典美学的同时，优先考虑社区的灵敏度和可持续的倡议。   

这些倡议受到瑞典广泛的可持续发展的承诺的影响，并且最近在皇家典礼上得到国王和王后的认可，包括自然景观的使用,植被的屋顶，低的饮用水和灌溉水的使用，一个节能减排的综合办法包括地源地热取暖和制冷和一个特殊的居住体验。为了确保核查结果的实现，该项目追求LEED金级认证，并且它将成为第一个在明尼苏达州达到这个地位的博物馆。

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Architects: HGA
Location: Minneapolis, MN, USA
Design Team: Nancy Blankfard, Andy Weyenberg
Area: 47,038 sq ft
Year: 2012
Photographs: Paul Crosby
Structural Engineer: Sarah Jorczk, Gina Boogren
Mechanical Engineer: Craig Lemma, Scott Lichty
Electrical Engineer: Helen Peterson
Civil Engineer: Erik Hansen
Interior Designer: Rich Bonnin, Laurie Rother
Landscape Architect: Ross Altheimer ASLA, LEED AP, Erica Christenson
Lighting Designer: Tao Ham, Chrysanthi Stockwell

The Nelson Cultural Center addition at the American Swedish Institute (ASI), designed by HGA Architects and Engineers (HGA), was completed this summer and builds upon ASI’s 83-year history, culture and commitment to the community.


Long a vibrant destination and gathering place for Swedish Americans in Minneapolis’s culturally diverse Phillips West Neighborhood, ASI recently acquired the entire block on which it’s sited, wishing to enhance their mission, broaden their connection to the community, and encourage neighborhood rejuvenation with the addition of the Nelson Cultural Center. The addition supports this rejuvenation with an expanded campus that connects to the neighborhood, unifies the city block, projects a cohesive urban place for community gathering, and reflects ASI’s vision for the future while respecting its past.

The design process was driven by a holistic approach to building sustainable communities, aligned with ASI’s mission to serve as a gathering place for all people, to share stories and experiences around universal themes of tradition, migration, craft and the arts.

Inspired by the distinct beauty of the historic Turnblad Mansion and the unique history of Swedish architecture, the design considers contemporary and traditional Swedish aesthetics while prioritizing the use of sustainable strategies and technologies. The design begins with a traditional Swedish gård– courtyard or farmyard–that serves as a central outdoor “living room” uniting the Nelson Cultural Center with its predecessor- fondly known as “The Castle.” The addition unfolds around the courtyard, opening to the community, and framing views of the historic mansion. This courtyard serves as a central outdoor “living room” for ASI and the greater community, while uniting the new building and its historic predecessor.

The architectural details relate stories of Swedish culture and local history, from the addition’s slate façade that parallels the same slate on the mansion’s roof to the Swedish art-glass inspired entry, custom tile by local craftsmen, large-format trompe-l’oeil textile commissioned for the lobby, handrails wrapped in leather by a local saddle maker, and nautical-themed wood ceiling in the event space inspired by the Stockholm City Hall’s timber roof.

Collaboration with Swedish artists and architects informed the design of the Nelson Cultural Center and grounds, which incorporate contemporary and traditional Swedish aesthetics while prioritizing community sensitivity and sustainable initiatives. These initiatives, influenced by Sweden’s broad commitment to sustainability and recognized by the King and Queen at the recent Royal Dedication Ceremony, include the use of natural landscapes, vegetated roofs, low potable and irrigation water usage, a holistic approach to energy reduction including ground source geothermal heating and cooling, and an exceptional occupant experience. To ensure achievement of verifiable results, the project is pursuing LEED Gold certification, and would be the first museum in the Minnesota to achieve this status.

The 34,000-square-foot, two-level Center complements the Turnblad Mansion—added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971—with contemporary, sustainable architecture that strengthens ASI’s evolving mission. Designed as an architecturally compatible addition to an historic landmark, the addition has transformed an entire city block into an inspiring urban space and new cultural campus.