福斯特合作伙伴公司公布了一项计划，将在佛罗里达州西棕榈滩的诺顿艺术博物馆将画廊空间扩大一倍。福斯特通过在一个“闪闪发光”的屋顶下建造三个“大胆”的新展馆，承诺恢复博物馆原有的优雅，加强其在周边社区中的作用，并为未来的发展提供框架。

Foster + Partners has unveiled plans that would double the gallery space at the historic Norton Museum of Art in Florida's West Palm Beach. By constructing three “bold” new pavilions beneath a single “shimmering” roof, Foster promises to restore the museum’s original elegance, strengthening its role within the surrounding community and provide the framework for future growth.

 Heyman Plaza. Image © Foster + Partners

海曼广场。形象C.福斯特合作伙伴

来自建筑师：第一阶段的福斯特合作伙伴的总体规划将确立其关键原则：同情的设置‘一个花园中的博物馆’，与原来的轴向安排重新建立统一游客的经验，并创造新的公共设施。该博物馆将成为社区的焦点，活动空间将与艺术博物馆分开，从而加强其作为佛罗里达文化目的地的作用。

From the architect: The first stage of Foster + Partners’ masterplan will establish its key principles: the sympathetic setting of a ‘museum in a garden’, with the original axial arrangement re-established to unify the visitor experience, and the creation of new public facilities. The museum will become a focus for the community with event spaces separate from the Art Museum, strengthening its role as a cultural destination for Florida.

诺顿博物馆建于1941年，由拉尔夫哈伯德诺顿和他的妻子伊丽莎白卡尔霍恩诺顿和建筑师玛丽恩西姆斯惠氏作为一个优雅的系列艺术装饰灵感围绕中央庭院的单层展馆。随后的扩建打破了原来东西向布局的对称性，在博物馆南面增设了一个停车场，导致建筑物一侧的正门被重新安置。新的总体规划恢复了惠氏计划的清晰性，修复了南迪克斯高速公路西面一条新街道的正门-游客们将再一次通过一座新的透明大厅和翻新的玻璃和铁门看到整栋建筑。

The Norton Museum was founded in 1941 by Ralph Hubbard Norton and his wife Elizabeth Calhoun Norton and was laid out by the architect Marion Sims Wyeth as an elegant series of Art Deco inspired single-story pavilions around a central courtyard. Subsequent expansion has broken the symmetry of the original east-west axial arrangement, and the creation of an additional car park to the south of the museum has led to the relocation of the main entrance to the side of the building. The new masterplan restores the clarity of Wyeth’s plan by reinstating the main entrance on a new street frontage on South Dixie Highway to the west – visitors will once again be able to see through the entire building via a new, transparent grand hall and refurbished glass and iron courtyard doors.

 Great Hall. Image © Foster + Partners

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新入口处由三个新的双高展馆发出信号，与改造后的现有机翼相统一，由共同的白石调色板组成。展馆内有一个最先进的礼堂、活动空间和“大厅”-博物馆的社会中心。该设计还包括一家新的博物馆商店和一家新的餐厅，里面有露天花园的座位，就像新的展馆空间一样，可以独立于博物馆运作，在白天和晚上激活校园。

The new entrance is signaled by three new double-height pavilions, unified with the re-worked existing wing by a shared palette of white stone. The pavilions house a state-of-the-art auditorium, event space and a ‘grand hall’ – the social hub of the museum. The design also includes a new museum shop and a new restaurant with al-fresco garden seating which, like the new pavilion spaces, can operate independently of the museum to activate the campus throughout the day and at night.

 Heyman Plaza. Image © Foster + Partners

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一个金属屋顶天篷漂浮在亭子和工程，以遮荫入口广场。该结构是轻轻锥形，以减少其形象，同时提供稳定，以抵御飓风。天篷柔和的光泽被设计成在一个抽象的反映人和流动的水下面的光线的漫射模式。线性游泳池为入口广场创造了一个宁静的环境，掩盖了交通的声音，这是由篱笆在视觉上分开的。屋顶上弯曲的开口容纳了一棵成熟的无花果树的枝条，大厅上方的另一盏灯照亮并定义了新的入口。

A metal roof canopy floats above the pavilions and projects to shade the entrance plaza. The structure is gently tapered to visually reduce its profile, while providing stability to withstand hurricane winds. The canopy’s gentle lustre is designed to cast diffuse patterns of light in an abstracted reflection of people and flowing water below. Linear pools create a tranquil setting for the entrance plaza, masking the sound of traffic, which is visually set apart by a hedge. A curved opening in the roof accommodates the branches of a mature ficus tree and a further light well above the lobby illuminates and defines the new entrance.

 Sculpture Garden. Image © Foster + Partners

雕塑花园。形象C.福斯特合作伙伴

总体建议加强了花园内博物馆的概念。利用佛罗里达的气候，花园和中央庭院的景观结合了当地的树木和鲜花，提供了遮荫的人行道，以前的停车场被改造成了一个新的雕塑草坪。博物馆扩大的场地的边界被定义和整合在周围的一排房屋作为艺术家的住所和工作室，招待所和研究设施。新的雕塑草坪将为“黑暗之后的艺术”(ArtAfterDark)提供一个露天场所，这是诺顿最受欢迎的电影放映和活动节目，旁边是一个玻璃循环画廊，将室内与郁郁葱葱的绿色环境连接起来。

The overall proposals reinforce the concept of the museum within a garden. Taking advantage of the Florida climate, the landscaping of the gardens and central courtyard incorporates native trees and flowers to provide shaded walkways, and the former parking lot is transformed into a new sculpture lawn. The borders of the museum’s expanded grounds are defined and integrate a row of houses at the perimeter of the site as an artist’s residence and studio, guest house and research facilities. The new sculpture lawn will provide an open-air venue for ‘Art After Dark’, the Norton’s popular program of film screenings and events, and is bordered by a glass circulation gallery, connecting the interior with the lush green setting.

 Dining Pavilion. Image © Foster + Partners

饭馆。形象C.福斯特合作伙伴

总体规划使诺顿的发展能够随着时间的推移而实施，从重新配置和扩展现有博物馆开始，在郁郁葱葱的花园环境中创建地标性的迪克西大道展馆和新的公共设施。这将包括两个新的画廊与最先进的环境系统，一个雕塑画廊和一个新的教育中心。随后，将有可能为东边的画廊建造两个新的展厅，作为长期规划的一部分。

The masterplan enables the development of the Norton to be implemented over time, beginning with the reconfiguration and extension of the existing museum to create the landmark Dixie Drive pavilions and the new public amenities within a lush garden setting. This will include two new galleries with state-of-the-art environmental systems, a sculpture gallery and a new education centre. Subsequently, it will be possible to build two new wings for galleries to the east as part of the long-term masterplan.

 Site Plan. Image © Foster + Partners

现场计划。形象C.福斯特合作伙伴

诺顿是佛罗里达州最重要的文化机构之一，位于西棕榈滩的中心，我们的做法是庆祝当地的景观和建筑，诺曼·福斯特说。他说：“花园将种植本地的树木和花卉，而整体规划则加强了原有博物馆的优雅构成，并以一条欢迎的新街道正面，重新界定其与城市的关系。”这个项目将新旧结合在一起，继续我们在花园环境下对博物馆的探索，从桑斯伯里中心(Sainsbury Centre)开始，最近又接纳了波士顿的美术博物馆(Museum Of Art)-这是一个迷人的、多面的挑战。“

“The Norton is one of Florida’s most important cultural institutions and has a wonderful location in the heart of West Palm Beach – our approach is a celebration of the local landscape and architecture," says Norman Foster. "The gardens will be planted with native trees and flowers and the masterplan strengthens the elegant formation of the original museum, redefining its relationship with the city with a welcoming new street frontage. The project combines old and new and continues our explorations into the museum in a garden setting, which began with the Sainsbury Centre and has more recently embraced the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston – it is a fascinating, multi-faced challenge.”

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