架构师提供的文本描述。人的冠层是事件的建筑，建筑是事件的建筑。它们是可伸缩的檐篷，市民可以骑自行车，游行穿过城市，延伸到整条街道的长度，连接断开的公共空间。

Text description provided by the architects. The People's Canopy is architecture for events and architecture as event. They are retractable canopies that can cycled by citizens, paraded through the city and expanded over the length of entire streets, linking disconnected public space.

“人民的檐篷”是一种两层楼高、可膨胀的屋顶结构，自行车轮子上可容纳10名骑车人。它的设计是为了折叠到双层巴士的大小，这样它就可以从一个地方踏板到另一个地方。停放时，天篷可以像手风琴一样打开，长度为12米，跨度为10米，覆盖整个街道。汽车的空间变成行人和活动的空间。

The People's Canopy is a two-story high expandable roof structure on bicycle wheels that can seat up to 10 cyclists. It is designed to collapse to the size of a double-decker bus so that it can be pedaled from one location to another. When parked, a canopy can open like an accordion to 12 meters in length at a span of 10 meters to cover entire streets. Spaces for automobiles are turned into spaces for pedestrians and events.

这个设计最初是由英国的普雷斯顿市委托的，在某些地方，这是一个城市干预和活动的艺术项目。该项目的目的是连接未得到充分利用的公共空间，并为普雷斯顿的宏伟而衰落的历史中心注入新的活力。城市的扩张和空调购物中心迫使居民远离这个雨城的开阔街道和公共空间。

The design was first commissioned by the city of Preston in the UK and In Certain Places, an arts program for urban interventions and events. The aim of the program is to connect underused public spaces and re-energize Preston’s grand but declining historic center. Urban sprawl and air conditioned shopping malls have driven residents away from the open streets and public spaces of the rainy city.

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该设计参考了华南地区流行的可扩展檐篷。餐馆和酒吧等小企业通常会使用这些设施，以非正式的方式将它们的空间临时扩展到停车场和公共人行道。

The design references expandable canopies popular in Southern China. These are typically used by small businesses such as restaurants and bars to temporarily expand their spaces into parking lots and public sidewalks in an informal way. 

 Courtesy of People’s Architecture Office (PAO)

人民建筑办公室(PAO)提供的服务

十多个檐篷在北京设计和制造，在普雷斯顿组装。在人民的檐篷周围组织了一系列活动，游行穿过城市，普雷斯顿市民骑自行车。这些檐篷也安装在城市周围的不同地点，连接公共广场和市场。这些有檐篷的街道上有无数的文化活动，包括兰开夏郡的街景音乐节、街头剧院、普雷斯顿歌剧院和巴列斯克音乐节。作为一个流动的文化场所，“人民之冠”将在未来几年内成为普雷斯顿市的固定建筑。

Over a dozen canopies were designed and fabricated in Beijing and assembled in Preston. A series of events were organized around the People’s Canopies, which were paraded through the city and cycled by citizens of Preston. The canopies were also installed in various locations around the city, linking public squares and markets. These canopied streets housed a myriad of cultural events including the Lancashire Encounters Festival with musical performances, street theater, Preston Pride, and Burlesque. As a mobile cultural venue the People's Canopy will remain a fixture in the city of Preston for years to come.

 Canopy collapsed. Image Courtesy of People’s Architecture Office (PAO)

树冠坍塌了。人民建筑事务所的形象礼貌

在普雷斯顿首次登场后，2015年香港双城城市/建筑双年展上了“人民的檐篷”。这些设施安装在九龙公园，并不断搬迁、扩建和承包，以支持各种公共活动。为檐篷计划了各种活动，但也鼓励公众以意想不到的方式参与活动。

Following their debut in Preston, the People’s Canopies were featured in the 2015 Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture in Hong Kong. Installed in Kowloon Park they were continually relocated, expanded and contracted to support various public activities. Events were planned for the canopies but the public was also encouraged to engage in unexpected ways.

 © Tony Worrall

托尼·沃拉尔