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架构师提供的文本描述。国立台北大学图书馆位于新台北市三下区，融合了三夏老街的地方文化和台湾北部鹰歌区的瓷器艺术史。

Text description provided by the architects. National Taipei University Library is located in sanxia district, New Taipei City, embracing the local culture of sanxia Old Street and the history of porcelain art in Yingge District in northern Taiwan.

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图书馆一直被认为是任何教育机构的象征。传统上，大多数图书馆都是在严格控制的环境和安全考虑的单一入口的混凝土中建造的。它确实实现了为书籍提供安静空间和存储空间的目标。

A library has always been recognized as an icon for any of educational institutions. Traditionally, most libraries are stiffly built in concrete with strictly controlled environment and single entrance of security concern. It does achieve the goal of providing the quiet space and the storage for books.

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然而，我们认为未来的图书馆是一个自由交流知识的开放空间。因此，国立台北大学图书馆的主要理念是在空间中创造不同人物之间的互动-人、书、媒体、建筑和环境。我们相信，这些互动让人们获得了比我们想象的更多的知识。我们期望图书馆是一座开放的建筑，学生们可以轻松地获取所有的信息和空间，并通过精心设计的网站计划积极分享他们的知识和经验。

However, we conceived the future library as an open space with free flows of knowledge exchange. Thus, the main concept of National Taipei University Library is creating interaction amongst different characters within the space - human, book, media, architecture, and environment. We believe that these interactions allow people to gain more knowledge than we imagine. We expect the library as an open building where students are able to easily access all the information and spaces, also actively share their knowledge and experience through a well-designed site plan.

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我们没有建造一个巨大的混凝土建筑，而是把它分成三个部分，每个入口都有组织的入口。将轴线插入到连接湖面正门的程序中，运用城市街道的概念，建立了图书馆的活动商场规划。

Instead of building a huge concrete architecture, we decided to slice it into three parts with organized entrances of each. The axis was inserted to the program which links the main entrance to the lake at the back, and the concept of urban street was applied to create a plan of activity mall in the library.

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它包括各种重要功能的空间，如图书馆、画廊、书店、学生中心和咖啡馆。这在图书馆创造了一种轻松愉快的氛围，实际上鼓励了人与人之间繁荣昌盛的社会活动。此外，我们还通过一座连接分离结构的浮桥向现场条件开放了图书馆，学生们可以从一个相对不同的角度来体验自然。

It includes spaces with diverse vital functions such as library, gallery, bookshop, student centre, and cafe. This creates a relaxed and welcoming ambience in the library which actually encouraging prosperous social activities to happen between people. Also, we opened up the library to the site condition through a floating bridge connecting separated structure that students can experience the nature from a relatively different perspective.

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对于外观设计，我们喜欢创建一个与图书馆本身相关的签名-书籍。所以我们把人们把书从书架上拿出来的动作从书架上拿出来，把一本书打开成柔和的曲线，用柔软的纹理作为建筑物的正面。它的设计结合窗户也带来了大量的对角线自然日光进入图书馆，它创造了浪漫的气氛，在空间内，人们沉溺其中。

For the exterior design, we like to create a signature which relates to the library itself - book. So we turned the actions of people taking the book out of the shelf and literally opening a book into the gentle curves with soft texture as the facade of the building. Its design combining with windows also brings plenty of diagonal nature daylight into the library that it creates the romantic atmosphere within the space for people to indulge in.

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我们在这个项目中试图做的是开放一个图书馆，并创造愉快的阅读体验。人们来这里不仅是为了特定的目的，相反，他们来这里是为了与其他人和环境交流。我们为图书馆提供了一种不同的思维方式，它将阅读的思想扩展到更广泛的生活体验概念。

What we tried to do in this project is opening up a library and making the pleasant reading experience. People visit here not only for particular purpose, instead, they come here to interact with others and the environment. We provide a different thinking of the library which extends the idea of reading to a wider concept of life experience.

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2008年，我们获得了国立台北大学图书馆设计竞赛一等奖，自2014年初以来，该建筑已经建成并向公众开放。

We were rewarded the first prize of the design competition of National Taipei University Library in 2008, and the building is completed and opened to public since early 2014.

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Architects LIAO Architect & Associates

Location National Taipei University San Shia Campus, No. 151號大學路 Sanxia District, New Taipei City, Taiwan 237

Category University

Architect in Charge Liao, Kuo-Cheng

Area 20309.0 sqm

Project Year 2014

Photographs Xiao Xiong Liang Yan photography