架构师提供的文本描述。传统的学校图书馆正变得越来越数字化，各种强大的物理书籍也越来越稀缺，圣莫尼卡学院图书馆的新扩建由两部分组成：1。翻修现有学校图书馆和2。新的阅读休息室

Text description provided by the architects. The traditional school library is becoming more digitalized and the all mighty physical book becoming more and more scarce. The St Monica's College Library fit-out new extension consists of two parts: 1. A renovation to the existing school library and 2. A new reading lounge & deck extension. The project celebrates and elaborates on the traditions of the school & civic library through a series of key ideas, or ‘chapters’, that were translated into architectural interventions. These architectural interventions were collectively composed and narrated as a single ‘story’.

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1.进入门槛-在进入“秘密花园”的启发下，进入门槛被认为是一本单一的书，是图书馆的主要入口。入口略微突出在现有的学校走廊中，就像进入另一个世界的门户一样。

1. Entry Threshold – Inspired by the entry to the ‘Secret Garden’, the Entry Threshold is conceived as a singular volume and is the main entry to the library.  The threshold protrudes slightly into the existing school corridor like a portal into another world.

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2.花园门厅-两个大玻璃门打开了图书馆的庭院，在那里，一个现有的内部走廊，用于将庭院与图书馆完全隔离。内部图书馆空间现在与外部庭院结合，创造了一个室内/室外阅读区。

2. Garden Foyer – Two large glass sliding doors open up the library to the courtyard where an existing internal corridor used to segregate the courtyard from the library completely. The internal library spaces are now engaged with the external courtyard, creating an indoor/outdoor reading area.

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3.‘mutli办公桌’-一个单一的多用途，“瑞士军队”接待处，供借阅，视听热桌，图书馆目录和一个座位。

3. The ‘Mutli-desk’ – A singular multi-purpose, multi-use, “Swiss army” reception desk, catering for borrowing, audio-visual hot-desk, library catalogue and a seat.

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4.西班牙台阶-低层之间现有1400毫米的变化

4. The Spanish Steps – A existing 1400mm change in levels between the lower & upper floors of the library was previously connected by two awkward, narrow stairs. This has been redefined as a series of platforms that promote impromptu spaces for discussion, meeting, photocopying, reading, viewing and traversing between the two levels of the library.

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5.树顶阅读休息室-一个新的阅读休息室通过现有的砖墙在01楼，并延伸到一个以前未使用的庭院。阅览室是专门定位的。

5. Tree-top reading lounge – A new reading lounge punches through an existing brick wall on level 01 and extends out over a previously unused courtyard. The reading lounge is specifically orientated & configured to offer views towards the nearby Darebin creek green belt and wetlands.

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图书馆有一系列的论坛空间，供更小、更亲密的学生阅读、学习小组和一对一教学的区域。

The library contains a series of Forum spaces for smaller, more intimate student reading, study groups and area for one-on-one teaching.

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Flexible & translucent staff areas encourage teacher and student engagement. Through the use of a curtain divider, a more transparent & sometimes blurred visual & spatial barrier is created. Similarly, curtains are used as informal screening devises to create flexible teaching & study areas. When a private class is required curtains may be pulled shut. At other times the curtains can be pulled open for the area to be used as a large open study area during lunchtime and after school.

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一个“宏伟”的阅览室区域，供更大的班级和学习小组使用，与一系列“角落”区域形成对比，学生们可以躲在那里，沉浸在图书馆里，独自阅读。

A ‘grand’ reading-room area for larger class and study groups, sits in contrast with a series of ‘nook’ areas where students can hide-away, immerse themselves in the library and read alone.

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图书馆既支持传统的阅读，也支持数字化的即插即用学习。漆成深灰色，内衬条形LED灯，一系列现有的锯齿形桁架被庆祝，创造了一种以前杂乱无章的空间感。

The library supports both traditional reading and digitalized plug-in learning.  Painted dark grey and lined with strip LED lights, a series of existing zig-zag trusses are celebrated, creating a improved sense of space which previously was cluttered & segregated from the upper level of the library.

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书库被放置在图书馆的上层，书是西班牙台阶顶部的“三位一体蒙蒂教堂”，以及台阶底部的“斯帕格纳广场”(Piazza Di Spagna)。一个精心选择的颜色和材料调色板被选中，以反映和补充庭院艺术作品，与澳大利亚内陆，一个重要的图标圣莫尼卡的大学哲学。

The book stacks are placed on the upper level of the library in reference to the books being the ‘Trinita dei Monti Church’ at the top of the Spanish steps and the external courtyard as the ‘Piazza di Spagna’ at the bottom of the steps. A carefully chosen colour and material palette was selected to reflect and complement the courtyard artwork, engaging with the Australian outback, an important icon of the St Monica's college philosophy.

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色彩橙色的瞬间贯穿于织物、油漆饰面和长凳上，以连接到外部庭院艺术作品。庭院艺术作品或壁画是由我自己(布拉德·雷)在我妻子埃莉·法雷尔的帮助下设计和绘制的。从空中的角度看，这是邦格尔国家公园的一个抽象部分。这是我第二次有幸同时承担建筑师和艺术家在一个项目中的角色。这幅画是在3个月的时间内，下班后和周末完成的.

Moments of the colour orange are used throughout in fabrics, paint finishes and bench tops to link back to the external courtyard artwork. The courtyard artwork or mural was designed and painted by myself [Brad Wray] with the help of my wife – Ellie Farrell. It is an abstraction of the Bungle Bungle national park viewed from an aerial perspective. It is the second time now I have been fortunate enough to simultaneously take on the roles of both architect and artist on a project. The painting was completed out-of-hours, after work and on weekends over a 3-month period.

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胶合板因其耐用性和实用性而被广泛使用。校园是一个磨损很普遍的地方，胶合板是一种材料，抓痕和擦伤可以增加材料的光泽。(鼓掌)

Plywood was used generously throughout for its durability and practicality. The schoolyard is a place where wear and tear is common and plywood is a material whereby scratches and scuffs could add to the patina of the material.  

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通常，嵌在胶合板天花板、墙板和细木工板内的纹理会在附近的灰色牙龈上反射出一些形状和纹理。垂直的天然木材板，配合黑色彩色胶合板覆层，促进与内部和外部空间的视觉联系。阴影覆盖的外部胶合板覆层参考了附近灰色牙龈的黑色和灰色色调。垂直的、维多利亚时代的灰烬木材是指附近高大灰色牙龈的垂直性质。

Often the embedded grain within the plywood ceiling, wall and joinery panels bare reflection with some of the forms and textures outside on the nearby grey gums. Vertical natural timber battens, in collaboration with black stained plywood cladding, promote a visual connection with internal and external spaces. The shadow-clad external plywood cladding references the black and grey tones of the nearby grey-gums. Vertical, Victorian ash timber battens reference the vertical nature of the tall grey gums nearby.

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扩建几乎完全隐藏在校外。这座新的建筑结构坐落在树冠之中，从附近的一条人行道上只能看到一小部分，它与周围的环境融为一体。内部宽松家具是为该项目定制的，由当地家具制造商制作。一系列吊灯突出和促进图书馆内特定和非特定领域的参与。

The extension is almost completely hidden from outside of school grounds. Situated amongst the tree canopies with only a small glimpse to be seen from a nearby walking track, the new building fabric merges with its surroundings. Internal loose furniture was custom designed for the project and made by a local furniture maker.A series of pendant lights highlight and promote both specific and non-specific areas of engagement within the library

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该项目分为两部分。其中一项工程采用传统的合约方式，由一名建筑承建商承揽工程的扩建部分。而内部工程或装修，包括从所有细木工到西班牙台阶，都是令人印象深刻的。

The project was constructed in two parts. One used a traditional means of contract with a building contractor undertaking the extension part of the works. Whilst the internal works or fit-out, which includes everything from all joinery to the Spanish steps were impressively undertaken by

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圣莫妮卡学院的内部“维护”团队。向图书馆工作人员学习是值得的，由于新图书馆的启用，借阅量大幅度增加。

St Monica's College`s own internal ‘maintenance’ team.  It has been rewarding to learn from library staff, the amount of borrowing has significantly increased due the opening of the new library.

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Architects Branch Studio Architects

Location 400 Dalton Road, Epping VIC 3076, Australia

Category Extension

Project Year 2013

Photographs Nils Koenning