架构师提供的文本描述。集线器是发展政策局规划的赫斯灵顿东区新校区的公众形象。它是游客进入校园的门户，也是网站上最重要的建筑。它被认为是一个论坛，多个活动在一个屋檐下，并可从所有方面，没有明显的正面或背面。

Text description provided by the architects. The Hub is the public face of the new campus at Heslington East masterplanned by BDP. It is the gateway through which visitors will enter the campus, and as such is the most significant building on the site. It is conceived as a forum, with multiple activities under one roof, and is accessible from all sides with no distinct front or back.

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建筑物的关键要素被分解成离散的空间，聚集在800平方米的中庭内，并由一个过度航行的单跨木屋顶统一起来。

The key elements of the building are broken down into discrete spaces and clustered together within the 800sqm atrium, and unified by an oversailing, single span timber roof.

南面全玻璃的高地可以俯瞰约克湖和远处的山谷。这条湖边有一个木甲板平台，可以让人在枢纽盆地上“漂浮”独立的书房，并以俯冲的屋顶为掩护，以满足水的需要。

A fully glazed elevation to the south provides views to the lake and vale of York beyond. This lakeside edge has a timber deck terrace that gives access to individual study pods ‘floating’ on the hub basin, sheltered by the overhang of the roof which dips to meet the water. 

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