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架构师提供的文本描述。默里河上的埃丘卡港是一个具有国家和民族遗产意义的遗址。它吸引了来自澳大利亚各地和海外的游客，通过它作为澳大利亚最大的内陆港口的地位和它作为划桨轮船之都的美誉。

Text description provided by the architects. The Port of Echuca on the Murray River is a site of state and national heritage significance. It draws visitors from across Australia and overseas through its status as Australia’s largest inland port and its reputation as the paddle steamer capital.

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探索中心作为游客探索和欣赏更广阔港口地点的平台发挥着关键作用。这座建筑的设计目的是通过空间规划、建筑形式、重要性和细节来强化解释主题；这是一个展示港口丰富的故事集的地方。

The Discovery Centre plays a key role as a platform for visitors to explore and appreciate the broader Port site. The building has been designed to reinforce interpretation themes through spatial planning, built form, materiality and detail; a place to reveal the Port’s rich collection of stories.

 Floor Plan

建筑物的规模对邻近的结构作出了仔细的反应，利用其简朴的屋顶形式和木材覆盖，将中心融入街景。

The scale of the building carefully responds to the adjacent structures, drawing on their modest roof forms and timber cladding to integrate the Centre into the streetscape.

 © Brett Boardman

布雷特·博德曼

屋顶的形状使建筑在其背景下舒适地坐着，它的折叠构成了建筑语言的一个关键组成部分。入口的标志是阴凉的凉亭，用可回收的码头木块遮住屏幕，这让人联想到通过红牙龈过滤光线的图像，以揭示与陆地的紧密联系。

The roof is shaped to sit the building comfortably within its context, its folded form a key component of the architectural language. Entry points are marked by shady verandahs and veiled by screens of recycled wharf timbers that evoke images of light filtering through the River Red Gums to reveal a strong connection with the land.

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在中心内，屋顶表现为入口门厅上方的一个宽阔的天篷，每一端的亮点玻璃照亮了空间，并帮助木材天花板轻轻地浮在上面。

Within the Centre, the roof is expressed as an expansive canopy over the entry foyer, the highlight glazing on each end illuminating the space and assisting the timber ceiling to float gently above.

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起伏的天花板产生一个流动的运动序列，引导游客通过解释空间，建筑本身包围形成一个内部庭院作为一个关键的定向装置。

The undulating ceiling generates a fluid movement sequence to guide visitors on a journey through the interpretive spaces, the building enfolding on itself to form an internal courtyard as a key orientation device.

 © Cameron McDougall

c.卡梅隆·麦克杜格尔

空间重叠、开放和收缩，为无数故事的展开提供了抽象的画布，相互融合，创造了生动的感官体验。

Spaces overlap, open and contract, providing an abstract canvas for a myriad of stories to unfold, merging with each other to create a vivid sensory experience.

Architects JAWSARCHITECTS

Location 74 Murray Esplanade, Echuca VIC 3564, Australia

Category Cultural Center

Project Architect Catherine Williams

Project Director Neal Mackintosh

Heritage Architect David Button

Project Year 2013

Photographs Cameron McDougall, Brett Boardman