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桑尼·利伯曼

架构师提供的文本描述。北美蝴蝶协会的使命是促进观察蝴蝶，并就蝴蝶桃子的位置和影响其多样性和生存的因素进行研究。这一目标的基础是通过教育展览、项目和花园传播对环境的尊重和了解全球气候变化的总体愿望。

Text description provided by the architects. The North American Butterfly Association’s mission is to promote butterfly watching and to conduct research relating to the location of butterfly peaches and factors affecting their diversity and survival. Underlying this objective is an overarching desire to impart respect for the environment and understand global climate shifts through educational exhibits, programs and gardens.

 © Thorney Lieberman

桑尼·利伯曼

我们的总体规划在本质上是杰斐逊式的，要求将100英亩的地块划分为“像素”或地块(22乘22英尺)。通过精心设计封闭和开放的空间，欢迎亭从这个几何结构中有机地出现在周围的花园墙壁上。这个概念不仅使遗址及其建筑具有整体的视觉统一性，而且随着时间的推移，随着资金的筹集和各种植物的繁殖，它允许了未来的渐进发展。我们与许多不同的利益攸关方合作，将他们的目标磨合成一个可行的解决方案，以满足该机构的预算，并坚持这个乡镇可用于扩大这一地区基础设施的资金。

Our Master Plan is Jeffersonian in nature, calling for the division of the 100-acre parcel into “pixels,” or plots of land (22 by 22 feet). Using a careful patterning of enclosed and open space, the Welcome Pavilion emerges organically with surrounding garden walls out of this geometric structure. This concept not only gives the site and its buildings an overall visual unity, it allows future incremental development over time as money is raised and plants of varied species are propagated. We worked with many different stakeholders to hone their goals into a workable solution that met the institution's budget and held to the monies that this township could allocate towards infrastructure expansion to this area.

欢迎中心是一个多用途的建筑，容纳了组织的所有功能.这包括：办公室和会议、展览、零售、票务/信息、洗手间和咖啡馆。建筑采用木结构，采用墨西哥白色砌块，以同一空间网格组织，作为整个场地的总体规划设计。换句话说，它是园林和园林墙单元的延续。

The Welcome Center is a multi-use building, housing all the functions of the organization. This includes: office and conference, exhibitions, retail, ticketing/information, restrooms and a cafe. Built of timber construction and clad in Mexican white block, it is organized by the same dimensional grid as the master plan design for the whole site. In other words, it is a continuation of the garden and landscape wall unit.

 © Thorney Lieberman

桑尼·利伯曼

建筑的抽象质量是通过一个简化的过程来实现的，这个过程是从当地的方言、当地的材料和建筑方法开始的。这最终优化了他们在经济和生态方面的关系。开窗是最小的，遮挡在严酷的太阳下。白色墙壁和高反照率屋顶反射热量。墙壁上覆盖着一个镀锌板的铝檐，在强烈的蓝色德克萨斯天空下闪耀着白色的光芒。墙是平面的，铺在一个白色的砌块里，就在墨西哥边境上。标准的4英寸乘16英寸的尺寸垂直保持交错行.正面有一系列凹槽块的详细说明，以带来规模和丰富。

The abstract quality of the building is achieved through a reductive process that started with the local vernacular, local materials, and construction methods. This ultimately optimized their relationships for both economy and ecology. Fenestration is minimal and sheltered from the harsh sun. White walls and high albedo roof reflect heat. The walls are capped with a galvanized aluminum cornice that shines white against the intense blue Texan sky. Walls are planar, laid in a white block that comes from just over the border in Mexico. The standard 4-inch by 16-inch dimension is held vertically in staggered rows. Facades are detailed with a series of recessed blocks so as to bring scale and richness.

 © Thorney Lieberman

桑尼·利伯曼

在室内，整个房间都沐浴在绿色的油漆中-这是一种同时将内部统一在一起的颜色，给外部阳光烘焙的景观带来了一种生动活泼的感觉。一个连续的蛇弯曲的桌子单位可以不同的方式组装，以确定空间，或用于零售或展览。聚碳酸酯墙是中央开放空间外各种用途的屏障。

Inside, the entire room is bathed in green paint – a color that simultaneously unifies the interior and brings a liveliness to the exterior sun-baked landscape. A continuous snake of curving table units can be assembled in varied ways to define spaces or be used for either retail or exhibition display. Polycarbonate walls act as screens to the varied uses off the central open space.

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