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架构师提供的文本描述。在学术和社区利益的独特融合中，伦敦伯克贝克大学(Birkbeck University Of London)和东伦敦大学(University of East London，UEL)认识到，他们对更多空间有着共同的需求，并同意共同努力，在东伦敦市中心创建一个重要的新大学中心。他们的愿景是满足当地人日益增长的愿望，建造一座可到达的、鼓舞人心的地方。通过更好的学历提供更多的就业机会。

Text description provided by the architects. In a unique fusion of academic and community interests, Birkbeck University of London and the University of East London (UEL) realised they had a common need for more space and agreed to work together to create a major new university hub in the heart of east London. Their vision was to meet the growing aspirations of local people with a building that would be an accessible and inspiring place, offering enhanced employment possibilities through better academic qualifications.

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简报的一个主要驱动因素是大楼的日常使用时间延长；该大楼的设计是为了在白天为欧联学生提供服务，并为Birkbeck的夜校提供服务，以及他们的合作组织的活动，每天最多12小时。在一个单一的共用设施内合并多种用途的大胆决定，不仅是由每个机构的工作时间之间的协同作用推动的，也不仅仅是一个通过同居一栋大楼节省资金的问题，两所大学也都意识到学科和系间交叉施肥的积极学术好处。

A key driver of the brief was the building’s extended daily use; the building was designed to serve UEL students during the day and Birkbeck’s night classes, plus the activities of their partnering organisations for up to 12 hours a day. The bold decision to amalgamate multiple uses within a single shared facility was not only driven by the synergies between each institution’s operating hours, nor was it simply a question of financial savings through cohabiting a single building, both universities were also aware of the positive academic benefits of cross-fertilisation between subjects and departments.

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这两所大学设想了一座空间和教育用途广泛的建筑，它将吸引广泛的学生，并提供广泛的教育和艺术用途，所需设施从哈佛式的演讲厅到大规模的排练空间。这份简约要求在能源使用、维护和总体运营成本方面具有高度效率的实体健壮架构。它将是一座建筑醒目的建筑，对其共同的目的充满信心，并具有独特的造地品质。

The two universities envisaged a spatially and educationally versatile building that would attract a broad mix of students and serve a wide range of educational and artistic uses that required facilities ranging from a Harvard-style lecture theatre to a large scaled rehearsal space. The brief required physically robust architecture that was highly efficient in energy use, maintenance and overall operating costs. It was to be an architecturally striking building, confident of its shared purpose and with distinct place-making qualities.

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