架构师提供的文本描述。从威胁到社区资产：复兴一个乡村小镇的心脏并将其与河流连接起来

Text description provided by the architects. FROM THREAT TO COMMUNITY ASSET: Reviving a country town’s heart and linking it to the river 

Maitland Riverlink的工程现已完成，这是一个公共项目，将使梅特兰区域中心在其特性和资产方面的新价值具体化。该项目将支持恢复中央商业区的活力，将其从主要街道延伸到河流。

Work has now completed on the Maitland Riverlink, a public project that will crystallise new value for the regional centre Maitland, both in terms of its identity and its assets. The project will support a revitalisation of the central business precinct, extending it beyond the main street to the river.

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西蒙·伍德

这个空间为社区提供了一种“公共起居室”，重新激活了一个未使用的城镇，并将当地居民拉回了作为梅特兰遗产基础部分的河流，同时也吸引了游客和游客来到这座城市。近几年来，梅特兰的农村城镇中心背弃了这条河，切断了它与主要商业和社区活动的联系。一系列毁灭性的洪水意味着当地居民不再认为这条河是一种资产，而是一种对社区的威胁。CHROFI与McGregor Coxall合作，确定了一个帮助重新构建这一动态的机会，然后与梅特兰市议会密切合作，寻找可以购买和重新开发的建筑物，作为振兴市中心的枢纽。

The space acts as a kind of ‘public living room’ for the community, reactivating an unused part of town and drawing locals back to the river that is a fundamental part of Maitland’s heritage, whilst bringing tourists and visitors to the town. In recent years, rural Maitland’s town centre had turned its back on the river, disconnecting it from its main commercial and community activities. A series of devastating floods meant locals no longer see the river as an asset, but as a threat to the community. Working with McGregor+Coxall, CHROFI identified an opportunity to help reframe that dynamic, then worked closely with Maitland City Council to find buildings which could be purchased and redeveloped to act as pivot for the revitalisation of the centre of town.

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这座建筑第一次将梅特兰的两个关键资产结合起来-它在建筑上丰富的商业街和亨特河的环境宜人性-为游客和当地人提供了更好的体验。这座建筑被描绘成一个“雕塑式的入口”，它构成了进出亨特河的景观框架，吸引着人们穿过这片空间。木材和砖拱形框架的覆盖空间，供社区使用，重新激活了一个未充分利用的部分城镇。该大楼还设有一家咖啡馆、一家餐厅以及公共设施。

The building unites Maitland’s two key assets for the first time - its architecturally rich High Street and the environmental amenity of the Hunter River - providing a greater experience for tourists and locals. The building is expressed as a ‘sculptural gateway’ that frames views to and from the Hunter River and attracts people to pass through the space. The timber and brick arch frames a covered space for the community use, reactivating an underused part of town. The building also houses a café and restaurant as well as public amenities.

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这座建筑在一条充满历史建筑的街道上有着强大的市民形象，从河上看，它是一个地标。墙壁、天花板和地面平面框架的精确角度-一个提供舒适坐姿的“公共客厅”、一个流动图书馆、高质量的公共设施和一家咖啡馆/餐厅-所有这些都可以改造成户外电影院或剧院，用于特殊活动。选择手工砖作为主要建筑装饰，以补充该镇的传统砖和砂岩结构。粘土砖的温暖和质地在城市规模和室内人类尺度上工作，以提供一个持久的完成。独特的砖角帮助整体砖墙弯曲在不太可能的角度，使材料的剃须刀锋利，抽象的质量。

The architecture has a strong civic presence in a street full of historic buildings and is a landmark when viewed from the river. The precise angles of the walls, ceiling and ground plane frame a ‘public living room’ that offers a comfortable place to sit, a mobile library, high quality public amenities and a café/restaurant all of which can be transformed into an outdoor cinema or theatre for special events. Handmade brick was chosen as the primary building finish to complement the heritage brick and sandstone textures of the town. The warmth and texture of clay bricks works at the urban scale and at the interior human scale to provide an enduring finish. Unique brick corners help the monolithic brick walls bend at unlikely angles giving the material a razor-sharp, abstract quality. 

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(马特·阿博特)

“猎人”(Hunter)的议会秘书斯科特·麦克唐纳·MLC(Scot MacDonald MLC)说，我们必须继续投资于社区基础设施，如Riverlink，以丰富我们地区的城市。这是一个鼓舞人心的空间，我相信这将为人们提供许多利用的机会，无论是在城市的活动中还是在城市的心里度过时光。

Parliamentary Secretary for the Hunter, Scot MacDonald MLC says ‘It is important that we continue to invest in community infrastructure such as The Riverlink to enrich our regional cities. It is an inspiring space that I’m sure will see many opportunities for people to utilise, whether for events or spending time in the city’s heart.’ 

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梅特兰市长Cr Loretta Baker说：“Riverlink大楼是对Levee的一个很好的补充，它将真正加强城市与亨特河的历史关系，同时也增加了莱维河作为梅特兰首要生活方式区的发展。”这是一座美丽的建筑，我们对此感到非常自豪，我们的社区将在今后几代人中使用这座建筑。

Maitland Mayor, Cr Loretta Baker said ‘The Riverlink Building is a wonderful addition to The Levee and it will really strengthen the city’s historic relationship with the Hunter River, whilst adding to The Levee’s development as Maitland’s premier lifestyle precinct. It’s a beautiful building that we are very proud of and that our community will use for generations to come’.

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Maitland‘s Riverlink大楼的建造五年是获奖建筑公司CHROFI的作品，它延续了公共建筑的传统，包括纽约市著名的TKTS、时代广场、最后提摩莫的货物线以及即将在堪培拉的伊恩·波特国家音乐学院。“作为一种做法，我们一直把重点放在与当地文化和社区产生共鸣的高影响力公共项目上。”“我们很高兴看到这座建筑受到了好评，并正在改变梅特兰社区与这条河的联系方式。”

Five years in the making Maitland’s Riverlink Building is the work of award-winning Architectural firm CHROFI and extends a legacy of place-making public architecture including New York City’s celebrated TKTS, Times Square, The Goods Line in Ultimo and the forthcoming Ian Potter National Conservatory in Canberra. “As a practice, we have always been focused on high impact public projects that resonate with the local culture and community”, said CHROFI Director, Tai Ropiha. “We are thrilled that the building has been well received and is changing how the Maitland community engage with the river.”

Architects CHROFI

Location Maitland NSW 2320, Australia

Masterplanning and Landscape Architecture McGregor Coxall

Project Year 2018

Photographs Simon Wood, Matt Abbott, Mark James

Category Public Space

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