架构师提供的文本描述。位于墨西哥的技术创新研究园(PIIT)，这是一个科技园区，是政府、大学和私营部门通过技术创新寻求经济增长的伙伴关系。占地1000公顷的校园内有50多个研究中心。

Text description provided by the architects. Located in Mexico’s Research Park for Technical Innovation (PIIT), a science and technology park, which is a partnership between government, universities and the private sector to seek economic growth through technical innovation. The 1000 hectare campus is host to more than 50 research centers devoted to R&D as well as the development of technology innovation in nanotechnology, biotechnology, mechatronics and advanced manufacturing, information technology, clean energy and advanced materials development.

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Metalsa公司成立于1956年，由吉列尔莫·赞布拉诺·古铁雷斯(Guillermo Zambro Gutierrez)创立，在世界各地为位于美国、中国、日本和印度的各种重型卡车和皮卡制造底盘和结构体部件。今天，该公司在世界各地拥有制造设施，并以几家主要的汽车公司为客户，包括福特和丰田。

Metalsa SA began as a family-owned company, founded by Guillermo Zambrano Gutierrez in 1956 that manufactures chassis and structural body components worldwide for a variety of heavy trucks and pickups in facilities located in the USA, China, Japan and India. Today the company has manufacturing facilities located around the world and boasts several major automotive corporations as their clients, including Ford and Toyota.

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这种类型的工业建筑很少是工作场所创新的典范。它们通常是对内部功能的直接、经常是邪恶的程序响应，很少考虑占用者的需要。该项目的方法是维护高海湾工业设施和项目的完整性，同时为用户和游客提供一个示范环境。

Industrial buildings of this type are rarely a model for workplace innovation. They are typically a direct, and often nefarious programmatic response to the function inside with little consideration for the occupants needs. The approach to this project was to preserve the integrity of a high bay industrial facility and program, while providing a model environment for the users and visitors.

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锯齿状的屋顶是从旧工厂和周围的蒙特雷山脉的几何形状中提取出来的.屋顶的角度元素为建筑物最北端的高地下面的空间提供了充足的自然日光。通过一个破碎的屋顶几何学来调节空间和光线，该建筑能够保持一个合理的计划来满足严格的程序要求，同时提供了与景观的视觉和隐喻的紧密联系。

A saw-toothed roof draws from the geometry of old factories and the surrounding Monterrey Mountains. The angled elements of the roof provide abundant natural daylight to the spaces below at the building’s northernmost elevations. By modulating space and light thru a fractured roof geometry, the building is able to maintain a rational plan to meet the rigorous requirements of the program, while providing a strong connection to the landscape both visually and metaphorically.

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该建筑的第二个主要特征是穿孔的金属皮，包裹整个外墙。定制的铝皮都是穿孔和蚀刻。它结合了实体和虚空的相互作用，协调了光和影的区域，同时限制了对研究领域的看法，这是保护专有商业秘密所必需的。因此，工业程序已经从一个黑匣子环境转变为一个充满光线的空间，与外界有很强的视觉联系。这些策略和材料中的每一种，都在实现丰富而有趣的感官和审美体验的同时，挖掘出其表现和感性的潜力。

The second major feature of the building is the perforated metal skin that clads the entire façade. The custom aluminum skin is both perforated and etched. It incorporates interplay of solid and void, orchestrating areas of both light and shadow, while limiting views into the research areas, necessary to protect proprietary trade secrets. Thus, the industrial program has been transformed from a black box environment to a light filled space with a strong visual connection to the outside. Each of these strategies and materials, exploit the potential for performance and sensibility while achieving a rich and interesting sensory and aesthetic experience.

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从程序上讲，大楼分为两部分-仓库/实验室和办公室功能。上层建筑的上层建筑悬挑在较低层的西方，是一个高度穿孔的金属皮，是主要的入口外观。下层主要是玻璃和开放，以揭示部分研究实验室，机房和其他不需要视觉安全的工业功能。从外部看，仓库似乎轻盈地漂浮在程序的机械和智力中心之上，扭转了工业建筑应该坚固和保护的观念。相反，这座建筑看起来非常开放，它的目的是让公众看到它的内部计划的某些部分是脆弱的。

Programmatically, the building is divided into two volumes – warehouse/labs and offices functions. The upper story of the offices cantilever over the lower story to the west and is clad in a highly perforated metal skin and is the main entry facade. The lower story is mainly glazed and open to reveal portions of the research laboratory, machine room and other industrial functions not requiring visually security. From the exterior, the warehouse appears to float lightly over the mechanical and intellectual heart of the program, reversing the notion that an industrial building should be solid and protected. Rather, the building seems very open and is intended to feel vulnerable revealing parts of its inner program to public view.

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建筑物的主要入口位于悬臂体积下的西北角。它的两侧是一个下沉的花园在北部，这是俯瞰周围的办公室。

The main entry of the building is located at the northwest corner under the cantilevered volume. It is flanked by a sunken garden to the north, which is overlooked by the surrounding offices.

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整个皮特校园的花园与邻近的开垦湿地相连。位于主公共空间入口外的一扇可操作的大门向外面的花园开放。

The garden connects to the adjacent water reclamation wetland for the entire PITT campus. A large operable door located off the entry in the main public space opens to the garden outside.