架构师提供的文本描述。新唐斯艺术博物馆的翻修是围绕着几个主要的建筑目标进行的。

Text description provided by the architects. The New Dowse Art Museum refurbishment was based around several key architectural objectives.

首先，新的建筑将建筑形式、能源和金钱集中在西面。这最大限度地发挥了新街的实际存在；合并了新的和现有的建筑；向城市展示了一个活跃的、城市规模的商店正面。这一大胆的外观，以及铝制品的“雨幕”，为赫特城的城市重建起到了催化剂作用。

Firstly the new work concentrates built form, energy and money on the west face.  This maximises the physical presence of the New Dowse; amalgamates new and existing buildings; and presents an active, urban-scale shop frontage to the city.  This bold façade, and the aluminium work ‘Rainscreen’ acts as a catalyst for Hutt City’s urban renewal.

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其次，新庄园允许画廊、庭院、剧院、零售和咖啡馆之间的多种相互关系，同时保持一个清晰的循环，这些空间选择为新唐斯提供了大大改进的社区和商业用途选择。

Secondly, the New Dowse allows for a multitude of inter-relationships between the galleries, courtyard, theatre, retail and café spaces whilst maintaining a clear circulation loop.  These spatial options provide the New Dowse with vastly improved community and commercial use options.

第三，新建筑提供了从前面的“阿蒂亚”空间到内部庭院的仪式轴。

Thirdly, the new building provides a ceremonial axis from the ‘atia’ space in front to the internal courtyard & Pataka.  This courtyard functions as an external exhibition space; an orientating device; and a light-well for the multiple spaces on all sides at both levels.

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西蒙·德维特

新Dowse有两个独特的环境元素-一个底层的石料商店和高度可见的铝制“雨屏”。这家石料店经济地为楼上的画廊提供空气，而“雨屏”则起到西面遮阳和咖啡厅使用者的挡风屏障的作用。屏幕是新唐斯在促进艺术、设计和制造之间的创造性合作方面所起作用的物理证据。

The New Dowse has two distinctive environmental elements – an underfloor rockstore and the highly visible aluminium ‘Rainscreen’.  The rockstore economically conditions air to the upstairs galleries whilst ‘Rainscreen’ functions as a sun shade to the west façade and a wind shield for the café users. The screen is physical evidence of the role the New Dowse plays in facilitating creative collaborations between art, design and manufacturing.

2012年，停车场被重新设计成唐斯广场(Dowse Square)，这是一个为下赫特人而设的新市镇广场，以及一个艺术、娱乐的户外画廊。

In 2012 the carpark was redesigned to form the Dowse Square, a new town square for Lower Hutt and an outdoor gallery for art, play & community events.

 Ground Floor Plan