HYPARBOLE MARC FORNES THEVERYMANY

2017-10-28 09:00

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架构师提供的文本描述。在罗德岛学院美术中心的入口处，一个双曲线的表面将自己推到空中，这是对校园场景的一个戏剧性的开放。在一道明亮的绿色曲线中，它为创造性实践提供了一个门槛，并为工作室的观众、教员和校园访问者带来灵感和行动。

Text description provided by the architects. A hyperbolic surface thrusts itself into the air at the entrance to Rhode Island College’s Fine Arts Center, as a dramatic opening to the campus scene. In a burst of bright green curves, it enacts a threshold to creative practice and ushers studio-goers, faculty and campus visitors alike toward inspiration and action.

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HYPARBOLE的多方面的正式性格吸引游客从各个角度。它的三条抛物面边缘向明显的接近方向倾斜，它的身材确保了从场地的范围上可以看到它，但它永远不会从它宣布的建筑中消失。在里面，它提供了一个异想天开和不熟悉的环境，在这个环境中逗留的人和路人可能会在星光下消磨时间。内部是一个具有磁力的Oculus：表面的中央开口突出到22‘的高度。你的本能是仰望，但不可避免地，你会迷失在形体的推拉中，它的模式，它不可思议的高度，和稀薄。

HYPARBOLE’s multifaceted formal character draws visitors in from all angles. Its three paraboloid edges peel up towards distinct directions of approach, and its stature ensures that it is visible from the extents of the site, yet it never detracts from the building that it announces. Inside, it provides a whimsical and unfamiliar environment in which lingerers and passersby can lose time under a dappled light. Revealed within is an oculus with a magnetic pull: a central opening in the surface projects up to a height of 22’. Your instinct is to gaze up, but inevitably you are lost in the push and pull of the form, its patterning, its improbable height, and thinness.

铝结构假定了双曲线抛物面的几何形状：一个三维的双直纹面，可以用无限平面的线性元素来描述，从而形成一个光滑的表面。参照Felix Candela在薄壳混凝土中的低次几何学实验，我们的三足结构依靠它的双曲率作为支撑。褶皱底座的增加了对侧向荷载的阻力-这是底座平侧固有的弱点。超薄的铝壳融合皮肤和支持巨大的大气效应。孔隙度进一步强调了它的轻盈性。壳层的切割是通过模拟复杂表面的流动得到的。这些开口产生了动态的光条件，这改变了整个白天空间的特征，并在夜间散发出一种超凡脱俗的光芒。

The aluminum structure assumes the geometry of a hyperbolic paraboloid, or hypar: a three-dimensional, double-ruled surface that can be described using infinite planar, linear elements to form a smooth surface. With reference to Felix Candela’s experiments with the hypar geometry in thin-shell concrete, our three-legged structure relies on its double-curvature for support. The addition of a pleated base lends additional resistance to lateral loads--an inherent weakness of the hypar’s flat sides. The ultra-thin aluminum shell merges skin and support to great atmospheric effect. Its lightness is further emphasized with porosity. Cuts in the shell are derived from simulated flows across the complex surfaces. These openings produce dynamic light conditions, which change the character of the space throughout the day and emit an unearthly glow at night.

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该学院是一个实验和发现的场所，为HYPARBOLE提供了一个合适的家。这种结构本身就是经过深思熟虑和集中研究的产物，经过几年的研究，并建立在工作室努力将结构、形式和经验统一为一个连贯的材料体系的基础上。经过一个迭代开发和原型开发的过程，HYPARBOLE在其最后形式微妙和自信地站在这个焦点。测量一个宏伟的22英尺高，25‘宽，30’深，这是一种不可抗力接触到只有三个混凝土基础。

The College, a site of experimentation and discovery, makes an appropriate home for HYPARBOLE. The structure is itself a product of deliberate and focused research, several years in the making, and builds on the studio’s efforts to unify structure, form, and experience into a coherent material system. Following a process of iterative development and prototyping, HYPARBOLE in its final form stands delicately and confidently at this focal point. Measuring an imposing 22' high, 25' wide, and 30' deep, it is a force majeure touching down on only three concrete bases.