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架构师提供的文本描述。节目声明：孟菲斯的第一个黑人剧目剧院从他们的启动空间搬迁到一个正在复兴的城市娱乐区的现有停车场。

Text description provided by the architects. Program Statement: The first black repertory theatre in Memphis relocated from their start-up space to an existing parking lot in an urban entertainment district currently undergoing a resurgence.

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这座新建筑使该地区唯一的黑人剧团剧院有了自己的特色，并在通往该地区的主干道的一角建立了存在。

The new building allows the region’s only black repertory theatre to have its own identity and establish a presence on the corner of a main artery into the district. 

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新剧院在其他先例和案例研究的基础上，为一家现代剧院提供了适度的预算。知道预算紧张，我们制定了一个早期战略，有两个目标：1。根据持续的筹资和利润定义永久性组件和可以随时间增加的组件(这将允许剧院增加照明等，但不牺牲建筑质量)。保持简单。

The new theatre had a modest budget for a modern day theatre based on other precedents and case studies. Knowing there was a tight budget, we formulated an early strategy with two goals: 1. Define components that were permanent and components that could be added over time based on continued fundraising and profit (this would allow the theatre to add lighting, etc., but not sacrifice building quality), and 2. Keep it simple.

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该建筑物分为两个主要的规划卷；表演卷，其中包括两个黑匣子剧院和支持空间，和一个行政卷。这两个剧院被设想为没有窗户的盒子，占据了场地的北边，紧靠着附近的停车场。不规则的堆积反映了所需的内部体积，然而这两个盒子都被包裹在一个板形壁板上，这样就可以给一个空白的立面提供连续性和纹理。入口大厅、票务和行政空间设在较低的空间，在第二条街(门罗大道)南边有一个欢迎步行街。

The building is divided into two main programmatic volumes; the performance volume, which features two black box theatres and supporting spaces, and an administration volume. Conceived as windowless boxes, the two theatres occupy the northern edge of the site, abutting a neighboring parking lot. The irregular massing is reflective of the required internal volume, yet both boxes are clad in a shingled siding that lends continuity and texture to an otherwise blank façade. The lower volume houses the entry lobby, ticketing and administrative spaces and presents a welcoming pedestrian scale along the southern edge of the secondary street (Monroe Avenue).

COR-TEN包层被用来作为它的能力，随着时间的推移，它的天气和氧化，增加了娱乐区的独特特征，同时增加了一个独特的永久性建筑。

Cor-Ten cladding was used for its ability to weather and oxidize over time and add to the unique character of the entertainment district while adding a distinct permanence to the building. 

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Architects archimania

Location 37 Cooper Street, Memphis, TN 38103, United States

Category Theater

Area 11041.0 ft2

Project Year 2014

Photographs Hank Mardukas Photography