架构师提供的文本描述。幼儿中心取代了在芒特胡德社区学院的现有设施。该学院缺乏该项目的资金，但利用现有的与Headstart和几个私人捐助者的关系来资助新的儿童教育中心。

Text description provided by the architects. The Early Childhood Center replaces an existing facility at Mount Hood Community College. The college lacked funding for the project, but leveraged an existing relationship with Headstart and several private donors to finance the new childhood education center.

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在视觉会议期间，学院被吸引到创造一个环境，允许室内和室外学习和玩耍之间的无缝过渡。理查德·拉夫在“森林中的最后一个孩子”一书中提出的概念帮助推动了这一设计，它促进了与自然的紧密联系。

During vision sessions, the College was drawn to creating an environment that allows seamless transitions between indoor and outdoor learning and play. Concepts identified by Richard Louv in his book Last Child in the Woods, helped drive the design, which promotes strong connections to nature.

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设置在一个以前的停车场，但周围是成熟的冷杉树，自然和人为的环境形成了一个有趣的网络，游乐场，生态系统，花园和室内游乐区。孩子们享受着丰富的探索、创造力、自由思考和互动的机会；他们可以在沙箱里用水泵玩，也可以在湿游乐区和漂浮的鸭子一起玩，“弄脏了”。

Set on a former parking lot but surrounded by mature fir trees, natural and man-made environments form an engaging network of playgrounds, eco systems, gardens, and interior play areas. Children enjoy ample opportunities for exploration, creativity, free-thinking and interaction; they can “get dirty” by playing in the sandbox with a water hand-pump or with floating ducks in the wet-play area.

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该中心被设想为一个由小游戏学习社区组成的村庄，就像一群房子。较低的天花板与儿童的比例相适应。牧师窗口充满游玩空间和日光，同时保持低音量。内部和外部的透明度确保监督，同时将儿童与周围环境和每个教室连接到更大的社区。

Conceived as a village of small play-learn communities, the center resembles a cluster of houses. Lower ceilings respond to the scale of the children. Clerestory windows suffuse play-learn spaces with daylight while maintaining a low volume. Internal and external transparency ensures supervision while connecting the children to their surroundings and each classroom to the greater community.

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从日光、天气和季节的模式中汲取灵感，游戏学习空间在不同程度上有着诗意的反思、欢乐的游戏和放松。在游戏空间中，深墙为孩子们提供了橱窗壁龛和长椅，孩子们可以自己声称，并且在每个房间里都提供了丰富的、可访问的存储空间。可操作的窗户，采光，太阳能电池板，高效率的外壳，开放的雨水处理，加强了与自然的连接，一个健康的，资源高效的设施。

Drawing inspiration from patterns of daylight, weather and the seasons, play-learn spaces have varying degrees invite poetic reflection, joyful play, and relaxation. In the play spaces, deep walls offer window niches and benches that children can claim for themselves, and provide abundant, accessible storage in each room. Operable windows, daylighting, solar panels, a high efficiency envelope, and open storm water treatment reinforce connections to nature with a healthy, resource efficient facility.

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在预算紧张的情况下，学院利用当地的联系来实现中心的目标。学院的地下室里有大量未使用的木材，由学院重新装修，并在走廊上安装成声木天花板。木材内置的长凳和小长椅是由当地高中生制作的，仅以材料成本捐赠。木材的纹理和家具有助于温暖，温馨的气氛中心。

With a tight budget, the College drew on local connections to achieve its goals for the center. Large amounts of unused lumber in the College’s basement was refinished by the College and installed as acoustic wood ceilings in the hallways. Wood built-in benches and cubbies were fabricated by local high school students and donated at material cost only. The wood textures and furnishings contribute to the warm, homey atmosphere of the center.

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该项目由领先公司运营，为24名蹒跚学步的儿童和140名3岁、4岁和5岁的儿童提供游戏学习空间。该中心还包括为MHCC学生提供的儿童教育教室和一个生产厨房，为当地的8家托儿设施准备和送餐。

Operated by HeadStart, the project provides play-learn spaces for 24 toddlers and up to 140 three four and five year old kids. The center also includes childhood education classrooms for MHCC students and a production kitchen, which prepares and delivers meals to 8 local childcare facilities.

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项目经理Kurt Haapala AIA LEED AP项目设计师Rene Berndt LEED AP项目建筑师贝丝布雷特AIA LEED AP室内设计师Amy Noe项目组成员Jason Manson AIA LEED AP总承包商Walsh建筑景观建筑师绿色工程公司PC土木/结构工程师Harper Houf Peterson Righellis机电接口工程声学Altermatt Associates食品服务公司Halliday Associates

Project Manager Kurt Haapala AIA LEED AP Project Designer Rene Berndt AIA LEED AP Project Architect Beth Brett AIA LEED AP Interior Designer Amy Noe Project Team Member Jason Manson AIA LEED AP General Contractor Walsh Construction Landscape Architect Greenworks PC Civil/Structural Engineer Harper Houf Peterson Righellis Mechanical/Electrical Engineer Interface Engineering Acoustics Altermatt Associates Food Service Halliday Associates