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架构师提供的文本描述。位于圣安东尼学院的中东中心成立于1957年，从19世纪至今，它是牛津大学关于阿拉伯世界、伊朗、以色列和土耳其的研究和教学机构，其重点是人文和社会科学研究。该中心位于伍德斯托克道68号(始建于1887年的圣菲利普和圣詹姆斯教堂的前教区)。

Text description provided by the architects. Founded in 1957, the Middle East Centre at St Antony’s College serves as the University of Oxford’s facility for research and teaching on the Arab world, Iran, Israel and Turkey from the 19 century to the present day, with its focus on the research of humanities and social sciences. The centre has been housed at 68 Woodstock Road (the former rectory of the Church of St Philip and St James, built in 1887) since 1978.

中东中心拥有牛津大学关于现代中东的主要藏品，这是一个世界级的私人论文和历史照片档案，由对该地区感兴趣的学者和研究人员使用。该中心的研究核心是专门的图书馆、文件和照片档案，涵盖了19世纪以来的资料。该档案馆成立于1961年，现已发展到400多份私人文件收藏，收藏了100 000多张历史照片。

The Middle East Centre holds Oxford University’s primary collection on the modern Middle East, a world-class archive of private papers and historic photographs used by scholars and researchers with an interest in the region. The centre’s research core is the specialised library, document and photographic archive covering material from the 1800’s onwards. The archive was set up in 1961 and has grown to over 400 collections of private papers and holds more than 100,000 historic photographs.

 1st Floor Plan

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中东中心新的Investcorp大楼提供1 127平方米的额外楼面空间和一个新的117个座位的演讲厅；使中东中心不断扩大的图书馆的可用空间增加一倍

The new Investcorp Building for the Middle East Centre provides 1,127 square metres of additional floor space and a new 117-seat lecture theatre; doubling the space available for the Middle East Centre’s expanding library & archive, and providing optimum conditions to conserve and manage the centre’s collections that were previously stored in the basement of 66 Woodstock Road.

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作为学院正在进行的扩建计划的组成部分，投资公司大楼纳入了必要的新设施，以满足中东中心对研究和学术活动日益增长的需求。扩大中心教学空间的需要日益迫切，近几年来，学生人数急剧增加，其中包括更多的硕士学生和博士生。

As an integral part of the college’s on-going expansion plans, the Investcorp Building incorporates essential new facilities to meet the Middle East Centre’s increasing demand for research and academic activities. The need to expand the teaching space at the centre has become increasingly acute with student numbers growing dramatically in recent years, including many additional masters’ students and doctoral candidates.

新的讲堂将使中东中心能够扩大其受欢迎的研讨会、讲座和辩论方案-其中许多课程向大学和公众开放。

The new lecture theatre will allow the Middle East Centre to expand its popular programme of seminars, lectures and debates - much of which is open to both the University and the general public.

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Invescorp大楼是对学院持续发展的补充。它的设计穿过圣安东尼学院(St Antony‘s College)的受限场地，连接并整合了现有的受保护建筑和树木；而它的不锈钢幕墙̧ADE则柔和地反射出自然光线，与建筑物的背景相呼应。

The Invescorp Building complements the college’s ongoing development. Its design weaves through the restricted site at St Antony’s College to connect and incorporate the existing protected buildings and trees; while its stainless steel façade softly reflects natural light to echo the building’s context.

该建筑结合了新的学术和研究设施的设计，确定了现有的建筑和自然环境的学院。该项目保持学院现有建筑的独立特征，允许将它们作为单独的元素阅读，同时引入一种当代建筑，它传达了学院、大学和城市的过去、现在和未来的演变。

The building integrates new academic and research facilities within a design defined by the existing built and natural environment of the college. The project maintains the detached character of the college’s current buildings, allowing them to be read as separate elements, while introducing a contemporary building that conveys the past, present and future evolution of the college, university and city.

在西方，该项目的规模符合现有的66座建筑

To the west, the project’s scale defers to the existing buildings of 66 & 68 Woodstock Road. The curved form of library reading room’s western façade accommodates the century-old Sequoia tree and its extensive root network; while a drainage system has been installed below the foundation slabs to ensure the tree receives enough moisture. To the east, the archive reading room and librarians’ offices rise towards the height of the 1970 brutalist Hilda Besse Building it faces, yet the new Investcorp Building remains below the roofline of the adjacent 66 Woodstock Road.

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117个座位的演讲厅位于地下，通过热迷宫通风.图书馆档案室下面也有一个类似的迷宫，以实现必要的环境控制，减轻机械空气处理的需求。地面源热泵提供主动的地面耦合控制温度和湿度，创造一个安全的环境，以保存该中心的著名收藏。

The 117-seat lecture theatre is located below ground and is ventilated through a thermal labyrinth. A similar labyrinth exists beneath the library archive room to achieve the essential environmental controls and mitigate the need for mechanical air-handling. A ground source heat pump provides active ground coupling controlled for both temperature and humidity, creating a secure environment to conserve the centre’s renowned collection.

中东中心的工作有助于促进全球对话和加深对该区域的了解。新的Investcorp大楼将学院内不同的建筑连接起来，为该中心著名的档案、图书馆和研讨会方案确定了一系列空间；使中东中心能够扩大其作为研究、理解和公开辩论的重要论坛的承诺。

The work of the Middle East Centre contributes to the global discourse and greater understanding of the region. The new Investcorp Building connects disparate buildings within the college, defining a series of spaces for the centre’s renowned archive, library and seminar programmes; allowing the Middle East Centre to expand its commitment as a vital forum of research, understanding and open debate. 

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Architects Zaha Hadid Architects

Location Saint Antony's College, University of Oxford, Saint Antony's College, Woodstock Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX2 6JF, United Kingdom

Category Institutional Buildings

Design Zaha Hadid

Project Director Jim Heverin

Project Associates Johannes Hoffmann; Ken Bostock

Project Architect Alex Bilton

Area 1127.0 sqm

Project Year 2015

Photographs Luke Hayes, NAARO