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(C)Mike Sinclai

架构师提供的文本描述。草原逻辑是布鲁克林艺术家珍妮特·茨威格和埃尔·多拉多公司之间的合作。它由一个全尺寸的穿孔铝箱车在一个25，000平方英尺的海洋本土草原草，它是委托由堪萨斯城，密苏里州，作为其1%的艺术项目的一部分。

Text description provided by the architects. Prairie Logic is a collaboration between Brooklyn-based artist Janet Zweig and el dorado inc. Comprised of a full scale perforated aluminum boxcar in a 25,000 square foot sea of native prairie grass, it was commissioned by the City of Kansas City, Missouri as part of their 1% for Art program.

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这项工程位于堪萨斯城市中心主街上方4层，占地半英亩的屋顶上。它意味着在三个不同的尺度上体验：从邻近的摩天大楼俯视；从绿色屋顶的远处观看；并体验近距离，既作为一个单独沉思的地方，作为一个表演空间。

The work is situated on a half-acre planted roof 4 stories above Main Street in Downtown Kansas City. It is meant to be experienced at three different scales: viewed from the neighboring skyscrapers looking down; viewed in the distance from the green roof; and experienced close up as both a place of solitary contemplation and as a performance space.

这篇文章背后的生成理念始于珍妮特和埃尔·多拉多之间关于堪萨斯城作为许多美国历史上西边小径的性质的对话。堪萨斯城既是目的地，也是登船点，这一理念因其作为美国第二大铁路枢纽的存在以及以郊区和前城市为主导的庞大足迹而得到加强。

The generative idea behind the piece started with conversations between Janet and el dorado about the nature of Kansas City as a trail head for many of America’s historic Westward trails. The idea of Kansas City as a both a destination and an embarkation point is reinforced present day by its existence as the nation’s second largest railroad hub and by its sprawling suburban and ex-urban dominated footprint.

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(C)Mike Sinclai

草原逻辑是由我们的文化渴望成为“其他地方”，这已经渗透到堪萨斯城的社会和基础设施的许多规模。当堪萨斯州的城市居民常常渴望在美国有一个地方时，郊区居民却常常梦想有一个城市阁楼。当办公室里的居民俯视现场并渴望逃离他们的气候控制的墙壁时，那些在绿色屋顶上的人则仰望着周围的建筑，想知道他们的气候控制的空间发生了什么。最后，在极本地化的水平上，那些占据绿色屋顶西侧修剪过的草坪的人渴望在草原逻辑的乡土草中冒险-参观这辆莫名其妙的箱车。

Prairie Logic was informed by our culture’s desire to be “somewhere else”, which has permeated Kansas City’s social and infrastructural fabric on many scales. While urban Kansas Citians often desire a place in the country, suburbanites often dream of an urban loft. While office dwellers look down on the site and desire to escape their climate controlled walls, those on the green roof gaze up at the surrounding buildings, wondering what be taking place in their climate controlled spaces. Finally, on an extremely localized level, those occupying the manicured turf on the west side of the green roof desire to venture out amidst the native grasses of Prairie Logic–to visit the inexplicably situated boxcar.

草原逻辑是一个沉思和反思的地方。根据它的职业，它要么是一个孤独和反思的地方，要么是一个程序化的社区空间。

Prairie Logic is intended to be a place of contemplation and reflection. Depending on its occupation, it serves either as a place of solitude and reflection, or as a programmed community space.

 Courtesy of el dorado

由埃尔·多拉多提供

Architects el dorado

Location Kansas City, MO, USA

Category Other Structures

Architect in Charge Dan Maginn, FAIA

Project Year 2012

Photographs Mike Sinclair, Videtech