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架构师提供的文本描述。在人口逐渐老化的情况下，社会上最年长的部分的成长是无可避免的。在葡萄牙，老年人人数在1990年代增长较快，2001年，老年人人数(>64岁)首次高于青年人数(<15岁)。

Text description provided by the architects. In the context of a progressive population aging, the growth of eldest part of the society is inevitable. In Portugal, the increase number of the elderly occurred relatively fast during the 1990s and, in 2001, for the first time, the number of elderly (> 64 years) was higher than the number of young (<15 years)

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随着医学进步提高预期寿命，有必要考虑这一事实带来的变化。建筑作为人类对环境的主要活动之一，必须有效地应对这一挑战。

With increasing life expectancy enhanced by medicine's progress, it is necessary to consider on the changes this fact carries. Architecture, as one of the main human activities over the environment, must meet the challenge efficiently.

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要使建筑生产适应老年人的需要，就必须了解老年人在生理、社会和心理方面的衰老过程、老年人的行为和他们对社会环境的看法及其表现形式。架构师的责任是创建结构/环境，以对抗和防止衰老“不那么积极”的后果所造成的惰性/不活动/残疾。这是一种强有力的工具，也是一项重大责任-这种干预形式可能产生的维持和社会愈合作用-是社会对更加边缘化的生活阶段之一的态度的决定性因素。

To adapt the architectural production to the needs of the elderly, it is necessary to understand the processes of aging in a physical, social and psychological matter, the behaviour of the elderly and their perception of the environment in the society as well as its form of expression. It's the architect's responsibility to create structures / environments that combat and prevent inertia / inactivity / disability caused by the "less positive" consequences of aging. It is a powerful tool and a great responsibility the maintenance and social healing that can arise from this form of intervention, being this decisive in the attitude of society towards one of the stages of life that has been more marginalized.

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“每个人都是天才。但是，如果你根据一条鱼爬树的能力来判断它，它就会一辈子相信它是愚蠢的。“(爱因斯坦)

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” (Albert Einstein)

社会中心是设在波尔图的医疗协会区域科总部的一套设备的一部分。随着医疗协会多年来的巩固，在建筑群中增加了价格表：网球场、游泳池、停车场以及一个文化和会议中心。

The Social Centre is part of a set of equipment that constitutes the headquarters of the Regional Section of the Medical Association in Porto. With the consolidation of the Medical Association over the years, valences were added to the complex: tennis courts, pool, parking areas and a centre of culture and conferences.

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该社会中心被安置在一个以前的单一家庭住宅，被改造和扩大。这个扩展使用了一个新的卷，它提供了与现有的空间的物理和形式的联系，有一种赞扬整个空间质量的感觉，避免竞争或与现有的空间重叠。它是在一个单一的楼层体积中实现的，与原大楼的东面和北面毗连，但有一个垂直的例外指定，达到建筑物的整个高度，从而通过电梯将所有楼层连接起来(在电梯中还引入了接待处和出入区)。

The Social Centre was housed in a former single-family dwelling that was remodelled and enlarged. The extension uses a new volume that provides physical and formal links with the existing one bearing a sense of praising the qualities of the spaces as a whole, avoiding competition or overlap the existing one. It is materialized in a single floor volume, contiguous to East and North facades of the original building, with a vertical exception appointment that reaches the entire height of the building, thus relating all floors via elevator (where were also introduced reception and access areas).

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植入，虽然容易受到一些争议，因为它是斜倚在一个毗连的地段，被视为一个独特的机会，资格这个特定的地方。如果，一方面，它允许我们加强存在于主立面前面的花园，另一方面，它补偿了通往现有多用途建筑的路径轮廓，同时也允许进入新的体积测量系统。平衡和谐是许多选择的理由：在新旧之间，在地方的逻辑和这种干预之间，在空间的构成和室内环境之间。

The implantation, although susceptible to some controversy, since it is recline over a contiguous lot, is seen as a unique opportunity to qualify this specific place. If, on the one hand, it allowed us to enhance the garden that exits in front of the main facade, on the other hand, it compensates the profile of the path to the existing multi-purpose building, allowing also access the new volumetry. Balance and harmony are some of the assumptions which justify many of the choices made: between the old and the new, between the place's logic and this intervention, the composition of spaces and indoor environments.

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新建筑部分的内部组织相当简单。值得注意的是引入了垂直轴运动系统(其交叉点是在主接待大厅进行的)，它允许进入不同的区域和节奏，并不时地向外开口。在一个社会性质的框架内，扣押内部组织是必不可少的，使用一个简单的分配制度对于促进这一进程至关重要。每个象限都有不同的活动：锻炼室、更衣室、医疗办公室和多用途室。在两层楼上，一层是主大厅，最后一层是图书馆。该发行版还允许独立和同时使用不同的价目。楼梯的位置提供了一种额外的非正式关系，允许在不同楼层的空间之间方便地进入。

The internal organization of the new building part is quite simple. Noteworthy is the introduction of a perpendicular axes system of movement (whose intersection is performed in the main reception hall) that allows access to different areas and a rhythm punctuated with outward openings. The seizure of the inner organization is essential in a social nature framework and using a simple distribution system was crucial to facilitate this process. To each quadrant there is a differentiation of activities: exercise room, locker rooms, offices for medical care and multipurpose room. In the two upper floors, one is reserved for the main hall and the last is the library. This distribution also allows independent and simultaneous use of different valences. The location of the stairs provides an extra informal relationship allowing easy access between the spaces located on different floors.

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现有的(和恢复的)体积的空间和体积的膨胀之间有明显的区别，然而，与整个建筑物的功能分布有关。新卷的特点是线条和材料的严肃性。边缘被切割成石头，钢和玻璃在一个非常封闭和斯巴达公制。整体的平衡是通过一个具有特殊特点的平顶来实现的。这是因为需要解决几个问题：建筑、照明、声学和热舒适性、基础设施的安装、运营和维护。

There is a clear differentiation between the spaces of the existing (and restored) volume and the volume expansion, related, nevertheless, with the distribution of functions throughout the building. The new volume is characterized by a sobriety of lines and materials. The edges are cut in stone, steel and glass in a very closed and Spartan metric. The balance of the whole is achieved by a flat ceiling with particular characteristics. This arises from the need to solve several problems: construction, lighting, acoustic and thermal comfort, installation, operation and maintenance of infrastructure.

使用带有剪裁图案的铝膜可以微妙地隐藏整个设备和基础设施。管道、连接电缆、安装传感器、摄像机、消防系统以及空气交换和通风通道都通过白铝膜从用户的视线中转移开来。然而，它们的正常运行并没有受到质疑，其维护是通过建设性的模块化来确保的，这种模块允许通过可移动的面板访问它们。

The use of a membrane of aluminium with a cropped pattern allowed hiding the full range of equipment and infrastructure in a delicate way. The pipeline, connecting cables, installing sensors, video cameras, fire fighting system and air exchange and ventilation channels are distracted from the view of the users through the white aluminium membrane. However it is not placed into question their normal operation and its maintenance is ensured through constructive modularity that allows access them through the panels that are removable.

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照明是影响天花板发展的最主要因素之一。为了寻找构成室内空间的方案的形式纯洁性，照明也被膜“隐藏”了。这是至关重要的决定开放表面百分比以及安装的光功率，以建立一个最佳的视觉舒适性。令人愉快和平衡的地区是一个不断的想法。我们采用了受艺术启发的剪裁模式

One of the factors that most influenced the development of this ceiling was illumination. Looking for the formal purity of plans that make up the interior spaces, also the lighting was "hidden" by that membrane. It was essential determining the open surface percentage as well as the installed light power in order to model an optimal visual comfort. Make pleasant and balanced areas was a constant thought. We resorted to a cutting pattern inspired by the Art & Crafts movement (William Morris and John Ruskin) knowing it would be essential to counteract the strict planar orthogonal and metric structure (industrial), with organic and fluid lines that appeal to creativity and craftsmanship. The established dialogue enriches the whole.

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现有的花园被修复了。一些植被重新种植，并创造了一个“绿色的布”，延伸到建筑物前面，它的存在是不可避免的，从内部空间。

The existing garden was rehabilitated. Some vegetation was replanted and was created a "green cloth" that extends in front of the building and its presence is unavoidable from interior spaces.

Architects ARQX Architects

Location Rua 8 41, 4150-734 Porto, Portugal

Category Renovation

Architects in Charge Miguel Meirinhos, Pedro da Graça Lopes

Area 870.0 sqm

Project Year 2014

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