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架构师提供的文本描述。罗德岛学院艺术中心在这所大学校园里开设了新的美术之家，把以前分散在不同建筑中的项目结合起来，占用了不适合他们的项目的空间。改造和增加项目被认为是对现有艺术中心的彻底改造，成为一个持久、安全和轻盈的空间，以进行创造性追求。

Text description provided by the architects. Rhode Island College Art Center has opened as the new home for the fine arts on this college campus, uniting programs that had previously been scattered into different buildings and occupying spaces ill-suited for their programs. The renovation and addition project was conceived as a complete transformation of the existing Art Center, into a durable, safe and light-filled space for creative pursuit.

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最初的一层建筑建于1958年，作为图书馆、学生中心和餐厅，几年后改建成工作室艺术建筑。艺术工作室缺乏自然光线，建筑存在许多健康和安全问题。项目组与艺术系和学生举行了广泛的讲习班，为新的艺术中心制定目标，然后着手扩建现有的建筑，以满足他们的需要。

The original one-story building was constructed in 1958 as a library, student center and dining hall, and converted into a studio arts building a few years later. The art studios lacked natural light and the building had many health and safety problems. The project team conducted extensive workshops with arts faculty and students to set out goals for the new Art Center, and then set out to expand the existing building to meet their needs.

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在54，000 SF扩建建筑内，现在有十几个独立的艺术学科的项目，每一个都有适当的空间来处理他们的设备和过程。大楼的南端有两层楼高，二楼的铜制建筑为校园前部提供了更多的空间和一个新的主入口。学生画廊和公共走廊的广阔展示空间提供了一个不断变化的背景。国家最先进的数字教室和一个新的演讲厅创造了机会，使社区参与讲座和活动，社交空间提供了偶然的合作。

Within the 54,000 sf expanded building there are now programs for a dozen separate artistic disciplines, each with dedicated spaces properly equipped to handle their equipment and processes. A two-story addition at the south end of the building, the second floor of which is clad in copper, provides additional space and a new main entrance at the front of the campus. A student gallery and extensive display spaces along public corridors provide an ever changing backdrop. State of the art digital classrooms and a new lecture hall have created opportunities to engage the community with lectures and events, and spaces for socializing provide serendipitous collaborations.

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最重要的是，对于建筑师和客户来说，新的艺术中心充满了自然的光线，这对艺术是如此重要，而这在以前的建筑中一直缺乏。大的朝北的牧师窗口为绘画、陶瓷和雕塑工作室带来了光线，而在大楼的中心，三台大显示器可以让光线穿透室内。铜质外墙已经开始开发出一种富丽堂皇的帕蒂纳，仿照校园标准的棕砖。

Most importantly, to the architects and the client, the new Art Center is filled with the natural light that is so important for the arts and that had been lacking in the previous building. Large northern-facing clerestory windows bring light into the painting, ceramics and sculpture studios, while in the center of the building, three large monitors allow light to penetrate the interior. The copper facade has already begun to develop a rich patina, playing off the campus standard tan brick.

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Architects Schwartz-Silver

Location Providence, RI, United States

Category Schools

Executive Architect Design Partnership of Cambridge

Area 54000.0 ft2

Project Year 2014