架构师提供的文本描述。本着阿基格拉姆和超级演播室的精神，该项目植根于适应性强的机器人结构，具有漫游和适应城市景观的潜力。“插入式城市”和“连续纪念碑”是最早提出建筑可以好玩的地方之一，而且这种建筑并不总是需要建筑师。我们在机器人研究中借鉴了这些概念，这些概念使我们能够研究建筑如何随着时间的推移而被修改，以及在不同的空间环境中。

Text description provided by the architects. In the spirit of Archigram and Superstudio, the project has its roots in adaptable, robotic structures which have the potential to roam and adapt themselves to the urban landscape. Plug-In City and Continuous Monument were among the first to suggest that architecture could be playful, and that architecture did not always need architects. We borrowed from these notions in robotic investigations which allowed us to study how architecture might be modified over time, and in varied spatial circumstances. 

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这个项目在DNA中继承了这些早期的先例和项目。它位于高速公路附近，靠近一个公共交通车站。它由一个现有结构和33个旧集装箱组成。容器在杜尚海的意义上是现成的，是工业或文化的产物，可以发挥作用。最终的配置可以适应开发人员、邻居、城市官员和居民的关注。

This project carries these earlier precedents and projects in its DNA. It is sited adjacent to the freeway, and near a mass transit station. It consists of an existing structure and 33 used shipping containers. The containers are ready-mades in the Duchampian sense, as a product of industry or culture which can be put into play. The ultimate configuration can be adapted to the concerns of the developer, neighbors, city officials, and inhabitants.

在业务上，该地点是快速运输网络中的一个节点，但也与在奥克兰港口周围不断移动的集装箱网络有关。这些容器不仅成为一种现成的建筑材料，而且成为一个现成的组件，然后与随后的模块组装，以构建一个更大的系统。

Operationally, the site is a node in the rapid transit network, but is also related to the network of shipping containers in constant movement around the port of Oakland. The containers become not just a readily available building material, but a ready-made component that is then assembled with subsequent modules to build a larger system.

整个系统是通过对地形、现有结构、声、光、影、空气、视图、环流、程序和经济等多种环境条件的顺应而形成的。根据输入排列的堆叠容器的结果配置成为一个开放的框架，社区可以从这个框架中成长。

The completed system is formed through adaptation to various contextual conditions, responding to topography, existing structures, sound, light and shadow, air, views, circulation, program and economy. The resulting configuration of stacked containers, arranged according to inputs, becomes an open framework from which a community can grow. 

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底层组件创建一个画布，而社区已经根据自己的需要使用自己的修改填充了项目。成员包括唱片店、画廊、滑板艺术家、制鞋/服装和珠宝制造商、针灸师、室内设计师/塔罗卡片阅读器和餐馆。

The underlying components create a canvas, while the community has populated the project with their own modifications according to their own needs. Members include a record shop, gallery, skateboard artist, shoe / clothing and jewellery makers, acupuncturist, interior designer / tarot card reader, and restaurantuers. 

结果因容器而异。缺乏自上而下的设计方向产生了丰富的，有时混乱的纹理，但最终，是一个充满活力的地方生活和工作。建筑成为互动、对话、事件和创造性进化的背景。

The results are dramatically different from container to container. The lack of top down design direction engenders a rich and sometimes messy texture, but in the end, is a vibrant place to live and work. The architecture becomes the backdrop to interactions, conversations, events, and the evolution of creative.

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该项目毗邻海湾地区快速交通(BART)，一个海湾宽的地铁系统。自动停车被省略了，取而代之的是自行车停放。大多数房客和顾客乘坐公共交通工具、骑自行车或步行到项目。该网站位于奥克兰的朗费罗社区的中心位置，这里有许多小企业和餐馆，为这个高密度的社区服务。

The project is adjacent to Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), a bay wide metro rail system. Auto parking was omitted in favor of bicycle parking. Most tenants and customers take transit, ride bikes or walk to the project. The site is centrally located in Oakland’s Longfellow neighborhood, which contains numerous small businesses and restaurants that serve the high density neighborhood.

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由于靠近奥克兰港，集装箱随时可用。该项目由33个以前使用过的集装箱组成；结构、墙壁和地板保持原状。该容器的外壳被修改为开口，提供景观，光和交叉通风，利用温和的东湾小气候。容器结构允许大开口，单元面向南和西，以最大限度地利用日光。玻璃被处理以减少热量的增加。

Due to the proximity of the Port of Oakland, shipping containers are readily available. The project consists of 33 previously used containers; structure, walls and floors remain intact. The shell of the container is modified for openings which provide views, light, and cross-ventilation, taking advantage of a moderate east bay micro-climate. The container structure allows for large openings, and units face south and west to maximize daylight. Glass is treated to minimize heat gain.

旧址现有的空置结构，一层，木框，零售店面，被重新用于咖啡厅和餐厅。

The formerly vacant existing structure on the site, a single story, wood framed, retail storefront, was reused for the coffee shop and restaurant.

该项目为当地小型企业提供了独特的金融稳定。容器提供共享工作场所之间的空间，以及一个大的、高租金的、单一租户的办公空间。小单位提供了以前不存在的经济制度。

The project provides a unique financial stability to small, local businesses. A container provides a space between a shared workplace, and a large, high-rent, single tenant office space. The small units provide for an economic system that did not exist previously.

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