© Michael Moran

迈克尔·莫兰

架构师提供的文本描述。在麦金，米德和怀特历史悠久的哥伦比亚大学新闻学院的普利策大厅，这个重要的演讲空间被有意地发展成一个双重人格。为了适应所需的广泛功能，从讲座到课堂再到电影放映，该计划通过一系列可移动的家具组件，包括一个可转换的舞台和一个移动的存储墙，向多种配置开放。在地面，空间的定义是一个图案的深色木地板，反映了房间的原始围护天花板和梁的痕迹。

Text description provided by the architects. For this important lecture space in McKim, Mead and White's historic Pulitzer Hall at Columbia University's School of Journalism, the design was intentionally developed to have a dual personality. To accommodate the broad range of functions required, from lectures to classes to film screenings, the plan is open to multiple configurations via a series of mobile furniture components, including a transformable stage and a moving storage wall. At ground, the space is defined by a patterned dark wood floor that reflects traces of the room's original coffered ceiling and beam work.

与此相反，重新设计的天花板是高度铰接式的；作为性能的等高线发展，与提供照明，机械系统和声学的定制面板。天花板的形状进行了调整，以便能够看到巨大的窗户，并延伸到空间后面的阁楼表面，参照古典金库的形式，同时适应当代的要求。该项目需要富有想象力地改造历史设施，以适应当代教育需求，创造一个既承认又重新创造其过去的空间。虽然地板反映了建筑原有的建筑结构和物质性，但它也充当了新形式的集体和协作的可编程表面。

By contrast, the redesigned ceiling is highly articulated; developed as a contour of performance, with custom panels that provide for lighting, mechanical systems and acoustics. The shape of the ceiling is adjusted to allow for views to the monumental windows and extends to surface the mezzanine at the back of the space, referencing the form of classical coffers while adapting to contemporary requirements. The project engages the need to imaginatively transform historic facilities to accommodate contemporary educational requirements, creating a space that both acknowledges and reinvents its past.  While the floor reflects the building’s original architecture and materiality, it also acts as a programmable surface for new forms of collectivity and collaboration.

 © Michael Moran

迈克尔·莫兰

自定义天花板采用数字制造技术，将金库的历史结构转化为一个复杂的功能表面，由回收的声学毡模块构成，并将所有空间技术系统结合在一起，从扩散器到大型电影放映机。新天花板的设计是为了取代在前一次翻修期间安装的通用平顶吊顶，它使用以前天花板的下部结构，协商经济、建筑和功能需求，同时为大学内这一重要的公共空间创造一个新的建筑特征。

The custom ceiling deploys digital fabrication techniques to translate the historical architecture of the coffer into a complex functional surface, formed from recycled acoustical felt modules and shaped to incorporate all of the spaces technical systems, from diffusers to a large scale cinematic projector.  Designed to replace a generic flat hung ceiling installed during a previous renovation, the new ceiling is suspended using the previous ceiling’s substructure, negotiating economic, constructional and functional demands while creating a new architectural identity for this important public space within the University.