架构师提供的文本描述。这三栋连成一片的建筑构成了洛克代尔委员会重振悉尼库克公园海滨地区的计划的一部分。我们的简介是设计三座便利建筑：两座新建筑和第三座设计低劣的20世纪60年代建筑的改造，形成一个连接的、有节奏的系列，沿着海滨步道前进。安理会的核心目标是从根本上改进该地区，提供安全和有保障的社区建筑，并使该地区具有独特的视觉特征。我们认为，这是一次机会，以扭转刻板的公共厕所堵塞-不吸引人，不愉快，不安全。我们的客户是开放的一个强大的设计理念，使用不同的调色板的材料。

Text description provided by the architects. This linked series of three buildings forms part of Rockdale Council’s plan to reinvigorate the Cook Park beachfront area in Sydney. Our brief was to design three amenities blocks: two new buildings and a rework of a third existing poorly designed 1960s building, forming a linked, rhythmic series progressing along the coastal walk. The Council’s core objectives are to fundamentally upgrade the area, provide safe and secure community buildings, and to give the area a distinctive visual identity. We saw this as an opportunity to invert the stereotype public toilet block – uninviting, unpleasant, and unsafe. Our client was open to a strong design concept, using a different palette of materials.

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我们设计了一系列紧凑、坚固的建筑，每个建筑都对各自的场地限制做出了反应-从街道上看到的能见度、通往海滩的通道、与公共道路的连接。每栋建筑的概念都围绕着中央的“共享”入口，两边都有浴室设施。这一中心空间旨在通过建筑物提供一定程度的透明度-包括视觉和物理方面的透明度。每栋建筑周围都包裹着一层木料，这进一步提高了建筑的开放性和视觉连通性。

We designed a series of compact and robust buildings, each responding to its individual site constraints – visibility from the street, access to the beach, connection to public pathways. The concept for each building revolves around a central ‘shared’ entranceway flanked by bathroom amenities on either side. This central space is designed to provide a level of transparency through the building - both visual and physical. A timber battened skin wraps around each building, further increasing the level of openness and visual connectivity.

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外部砖墙-在这种木材皮-有突出的开口，允许自然通风和光线进入每个空间，但提供了一定程度的隐私。玻璃砌块窗和天窗也提供整天漫射的光线，并在工作人员区域设置可点缀的可操作窗口。每栋建筑都有一个有机的大水箱-在一个容易干旱的地区提供全年服务设施的能力。

External masonry walls – clad in this timber skin - have highlight openings to allow natural ventilation and light into each space yet provide a level of privacy. Glass block windows and skylights also provide diffuse light all day with punctuated operable windows in staff areas. Each building houses a large water tank within this organic form – offering the capacity to service the amenities throughout the year in an area prone to drought.

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在第一栋建筑中，保留了现有的弯曲墙，并将一个新的储藏室和水箱嫁接到后面。两间男女同住的浴室通向一个中央入口和休息区。一个独立的木屏风提供了一个开放的淋浴区的一侧的建筑物。第二栋楼还设有两个男女各占比例的设施，楼的两端都有一个工作人员厨房、储藏室和水箱。在北端有一个多面的混凝土墙，提供一个公共淋浴区。第三套设施包括男女厕所以及男女设施。这些设施的设计相对具有渗透性，可以全天进行视觉监视。

In the first building, the existing curved walls were retained and a new store room and water tank grafted onto the rear. Two unisex bathrooms lead off a central entrance and rest area. A freestanding timber screen provides an open shower area to the side of the building. The second building also house two unisex facilities with a staff kitchen, store room and water tanks on either end of the building. A faceted concrete wall at the northern end provides a public shower area. The third set of facilities houses unisex bathrooms as well as Male and Female facilities. These facilities were designed to be relatively permeable to enable visual surveillance throughout the day.

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我们选择的材料，他们的寿命和抗破坏，以及他们的纹理成分-渲染和油漆混凝土砌块，混凝土地板和屋顶，玻璃砌块，和再生窑干燥硬木。生机勃勃的墙壁和天花板颜色标出了每个中心入口空间，识别了每一栋建筑，并将所有建筑物统合在一起。

We chose materials for their longevity and vandal resistance as well as for their textural component - rendered and painted concrete block, concrete floors and roofs, glass blocks, and recycled kiln dried hardwood. Vibrant wall and ceiling colours punctuate each central entry space, identifying each building and unifying all the buildings collectively.

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这些建筑物受到使用前滨公园的人的欢迎。重要的是，他们还实现了委员会的中心目标，使海滨地区恢复活力，并在海滨散步时保持连续性和节奏。我们现在受托为安理会做进一步的一系列工作。

These buildings have been well received by the people using the foreshore park. Importantly, they have also met Councils central objective to rejuvenate the beachfront and provide continuity and a rhythm along the foreshore walk. We have now been commissioned to do a further series for the Council.

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