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架构师提供的文本描述。埃德蒙顿高地分馆自1962年开始运作以来，一直为埃德蒙顿东北部、高地、蒙特罗斯和贝尔维尤社区的客户提供服务。这座新建筑物取代了现有的分支图书馆，在设计上符合邻里建筑物的要求。

Text description provided by the architects. The Highlands Branch Library in Edmonton has been serving customers in northeast Edmonton, Highlands, Montrose and Bellevue communities since 1962, when it began operations. The new building, which replaces the existing branch library, responds in its design to the buildings in the neighbourhood.

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他说：“在建筑物的设计上，我们受到邻近低层楼宇的启发。新图书馆的设计是由倾斜屋顶组成的，随着大窗户和金属幕墙材料的实现，它被赋予了一个当代和现代的表达方式“，施密特·哈迪建筑师的合作伙伴克里斯·哈迪解释道。图书馆就像花园里开放的亭子，向所有人开放：一个自由的公共空间，一个读书的地方，一个学习的地方，一个见面的地方，一个可以去的地方。

“In the design of the building we are inspired by the low-rise buildings in the neighbourhood. The new library is designed as a composition of pitched roofs, which is given a contemporary and modern expression with the implementation of large windows and the metallic facade material”, explained Partner Chris Hardie from schmidt hammer lassen architects. “The library sits like an open pavilion in a garden and expresses that it is open to all; a free public space, a place to read, a place to learn, a place to meet, a place to be.”

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作为社区中一个独特的地标，新图书馆促进了第118大道的进一步发展，同时也提高了该地区居民的生活质量。无论是步行、自行车、巴士或汽车，无论是从任何一个方向接近该建筑物，游客都可以看到图书馆的空间。

As a distinctive landmark in the community, the new library stimulates the further development along 118th Avenue as well as it improves the quality of life for citizens in the area. From whichever direction the building is approached, whether by foot, bicycle, bus or car, visitors will be able to look into the library space.

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施密特·哈默·拉森的创始合伙人莫滕·施密特(Morten Schmidt)说：“图书馆展馆面向四面八方，就像社区的灯塔。”“这座建筑的透明度和开放性有助于其社交枢纽的功能，而这对于现代图书馆来说是必不可少的。”

“The library pavilion faces the surroundings in all directions and acts like a beacon in the community”, said founding partner Morten Schmidt from schmidt hammer lassen architects. “The building’s transparency and openness contributes to its social hub function, which is essential for a modern library.”

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新图书馆的组织形式是将一个大空间分成三个翅膀-一个用于儿童收藏，一个用于青少年收藏，另一个用于主要的成人藏品。图书馆管理员位于图书馆中心，方便图书馆用户使用。该图书馆比旧的分馆多出200平方米，现在提供：一个更大的儿童区、扩大成人阅读区、专门的青少年空间、安静的学习和阅读区、18个公共计算机站、促进制作和创造的新技术和设备，以及两个24小时返回槽。

The new library is organised as one large space spread into three wings – one for the children’s collection, one for the teens’ collection and one for the main adult collection. Librarians are located in the centre to be easily available and visible to library users. Containing 200 square metres more than the old branch library, the library now offers: a larger children's area, expanded reading areas for adults, dedicated teen space, quiet study and reading areas, 18 public computer stations, new technologies and devices to promote making and creation, and two 24-hour return chutes.

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施密特·哈默·拉森建筑师在设计图书馆方面有着广泛的记录，其中最著名的是丹麦哥本哈根皇家图书馆和苏格兰阿伯丁大学新图书馆的扩建。高地分馆是施密特·哈默·拉森建筑师在未来几个月内完成的三个图书馆中的第一个。今年秋天，法利法克斯新中央图书馆(Halifax New Central Library)将在加拿大开设第二家图书馆。2015年春季，位于丹麦奥胡斯的斯堪的纳维亚最大的公共图书馆DOKK 1将开放。

schmidt hammer lassen architects has an extensive track-record of designing libraries, the most renowned of which are the extension of The Royal Library in Copenhagen, Denmark and University of Aberdeen New Library in Scotland. Highlands Branch Library is the first of three libraries that will be completed by schmidt hammer lassen architects in the coming months. This fall, the second library in Canada by the practice, Halifax New Central Library, will open; and in the spring of 2015, DOKK1, the largest public library in Scandinavia, situated in Aarhus, Denmark, is to open.  

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Architects Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, Marshall Tittemore Architects

Location Edmonton, AB, Canada

Category Library

Area 1500.0 sqm

Project Year 2014

Photographs Merle Prosofsky Photography