架构师提供的文本描述。西密歇根大学新的桑格伦大厅从字面上和象征性地改变了WMU的校园核心。由SHW集团设计的新的6000万美元的设施是多年的竞选、筹资和规划的结果。该项目十多年来一直在WMU的资本支出申请清单中名列前茅，后来从密歇根州获得了3000万美元的资金。

Text description provided by the architects. Western Michigan University’s new Sangren Hall has literally and figuratively transformed WMU’s campus core.  Designed by SHW Group, the new $60 million facility is the result of years of campaigning, fundraising and planning. The project topped WMU’s capital outlay request list for more than a decade before receiving $30 million in funding from the State of Michigan. 

新的桑格伦大厅占地8.66英亩，占地8.66英亩，是教育与人类发展学院(College Of Education And Human Development)和社会学系(Sociology)的所在地，取代了1964年建成的原来的桑格伦大厅(Sangren Hall)。由于比以前的校舍多出了30%的座位，这座新建筑有望继承桑格伦礼堂最初的遗产，成为该校使用最频繁的教室之一。事实上，该大学预测，几乎每一个毕业于WMU四年学位的学生，都至少有一个班级在这座大楼里。

Situated on 8.66 acres in the dead center of campus, the new Sangren Hall houses the College of Education and Human Development and the Department of Sociology and replaces the original Sangren Hall, which was completed in 1964. With 30 percent more seats than the former facility, the new building is expected to carry on the original Sangren Hall’s legacy as one of the university’s most heavily utilized classroom buildings. In fact, the university predicts that nearly every student who graduates with a four year degree from WMU will have had at least one class in this building.

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在这个23万平方英尺，四层楼的设施里，有50个教室，有2335个教学席位；两个200个座位的礼堂，一个教育图书馆，一个赠款和研究中心，以及办公室和临床空间，包括咨询和心理服务中心诊所、克尔彻社会研究中心和多萝西J.麦金尼斯阅读中心和诊所。

Inside the 230,000-square-foot, four-story facility are 50 classrooms with 2,435 instructional seats;  two 200-seat auditoriums, an education library, a grants and research center, and office and clinical space for programs including the Center for Counseling and Psychological Services Clinic, the Kercher Center for Social Research and the Dorothy J. McGinnis Reading Center and Clinic.

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新校园核心的一部分

Part of the New Campus Core

虽然这所大学最初打算翻修现有的桑格伦大厅，但WMU的官员很快意识到，该建筑的限制将无法满足他们希望从项目中得到的结果。这一决定的一个核心因素是，该大学希望确保该设施在多个层面上支持其校园总体规划。

Although the university originally intended to renovate the existing Sangren Hall, WMU officials quickly recognized that the building’s constraints would not allow for the outcomes they wanted from the project. A central factor in this decision was the university’s desire to ensure that the facility supported its campus master plan on a number of levels.

该总体规划的一个主要组成部分是，该大学希望通过将密歇根大道从一个停车场改造成一个步行购物中心，建立一个集中的区域。SHW集团根据同时完成的校园购物中心的规划，设计了新的三人堂，作为购物中心的物理边界，创造了强大的边缘，强化了购物中心的概念。一楼的一座两层长廊与购物中心平行，是供校园内使用的多用途教室和演讲室的所在地。让来自不同学术中心的学生可以欣赏到俯瞰新购物中心的风景。

A main component of the master plan was the university’s desire to create a centralized area by converting Michigan Avenue from a parking lot into a pedestrian mall.  Working with the plans for the campus mall, which was completed simultaneously, SHW Group designed the new Sangren Hall to act as a physical boundary for the mall, creating a strong edge and reinforcing the mall concept.  A two-story promenade on the first floor parallels the mall and is the location for a number of multipurpose classrooms and lecture rooms for campus-wide use, allowing students from a variety of academic focuses to enjoy views overlooking the new mall.

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作为一个中心的，大量利用的建筑物，通道是另一个重要的因素，大学规划师。因此，SHW集团设计了一座坐落在山坡上的建筑，以便能够从不同的层次和不同的方向进入。

As a central, heavily utilized building, access was another important factor to university planners. As such, SHW Group designed the building nestled into a hillside to allow for access at different levels and from different directions.

现代学习环境

A Modern Learning Environment

该建筑旨在满足21世纪学生的需要，同时适应各种不同的学习风格。因此，从小教室到大礼堂，再到突破区，整个大楼都有各种各样的空间。此外，为满足教育学院学生的需要，还设立了专门教室，如K-12型教室，并附有观察室。

The building is designed to meet the needs of 21st century students while accommodating for a wide variety of learning styles. For this reason, a variety of spaces – from small classrooms, to large auditoriums, to breakout areas – are incorporated throughout the building. In addition, specialized rooms, such as model K-12 classrooms with attached observation rooms, are incorporated to meet the needs of the college of education students.

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在最初的谈话中，该大学表示希望新的桑格伦礼堂成为教育学院项目的中心社会中心。作为回应，SHW集团将该建筑的中心设计为二楼咖啡厅，可俯瞰一个双高空间，毗邻图书馆和教育学院院长办公室。这一空间是教育学院的核心，为学生提供了一个社交或学习的场所。

In initial conversations, the university expressed a desire for the new Sangren Hall to serve as the central social hub for the College of Education program.  In response, SHW Group designed the heart of the building to be a second floor cafe area overlooking a double-height space and adjacent to the library and College of Education’s dean’s office. This space serves as the heart of the College of Education, providing students with a place to socialize or study.

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该设计将合作空间提升到一个新的水平，在整个项目中纳入了灵活的要素，并将非正式学习的机会纳入建筑循环。协作学习空间位于每一个教室的外面，并在整个设施中放置带有嵌入式技术的班格特座椅。此外，所有走廊都包含了一个有趣的概念，即为小组和个人研究提供小的和大的配置的座位。对于喜欢安静环境的学生，一楼和四楼的封闭房间可供小组或个人学习使用。此外，教室和礼堂具有高效率和灵活的配置，使学生和教师能够根据用户的需要调整房间。

The design takes collaborative space to a new level by incorporating flexible elements throughout the project and integrating opportunities for informal learning into the building circulation. Collaborative learning spaces are situated outside of every classroom and banquette seating featuring embedded technology is placed throughout the facility. In addition, all corridors incorporate a playful notion of seating with both small and large configurations for group and individual study.  For students who prefer a quieter environment, enclosed rooms located on the first and fourth floors can be utilized by small groups or for individual study. In addition, classrooms and auditoriums feature highly efficient and flexible configurations to allow students and teachers to adjust the room based on its users needs.

这座建筑也是为适应21世纪学生的技术需求而设计的。一个专门的媒体实验室有一个大屏幕，学生们可以在其中插入个人设备，如笔记本电脑，向全班展示演示文稿。此外，图书馆还设有单独的会议室，供小组学习使用，还设有屏幕显示演示文稿。

The building also is designed to accommodate the technology needs of 21st century students. A dedicated media lab features a large screen where students can plug in personal devices like laptops to display presentations to the entire class. Furthermore, separate meeting rooms for small group study in the library also feature screens to display presentations.

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Sustainability

从环境的角度来看，桑格伦大厅也是令人印象深刻的。为了获得LEED黄金认证，这座建筑预计将在旧桑格伦大厅的能源成本上每年节省345，000美元。此外，与ASHRAE标准建筑相比，Sangren Hall的能耗减少了30%到35%，用水减少了50%。

Sangren Hall is impressive from an environmental standpoint as well. Designed to achieve LEED Gold Certification, the building is expected to save $345,000 annually on energy costs over the old Sangren Hall. Furthermore, compared to the ASHRAE standard building, Sangren Hall uses 30 to 35 percent less energy and 50 percent less water.

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可持续的特点包括：

Sustainable features include:

O活屋顶，具有交替的颜色，以配合建筑设计

o  Live roof featuring alternating bands of color to coordinate with building design

O能量回收系统

o  Energy recovery system

o高性能建筑围护结构

o  High-performance building enclosure

o高效电动机

o  High-efficiency motors

o新的高效冷冻水厂

o  New efficient chilled water plant

O需求控制通风

o  Demand-control ventilation

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o有水效益的水暖装置

o  Water-efficient plumbing fixtures

日照收获

o  Daylight harvesting

O节能照明

o  Energy-efficient lighting

O占位传感器

o  Occupancy sensors

o太阳能遮阳装置

o  Solar-shading devices

o可持续的材料，如水磨石、软木地板和竹木墙。

o  Sustainable materials like terrazzo and cork floors and bamboo-wood walls

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o低VOC内饰

o  Low-VOC interior finishes

将78%的建筑碎片回收利用

o  78 percent of construction debris recycled

现场雨水管理系统

o  On-site stormwater management system

无燃油效率车辆的优先停车位

o  Preferred parking for fuel-efficient vehicles

o单车架及更换淋浴/设施

o  Bike racks and changing showers/facilities

此外，目前正在最后完成设计的屋顶光伏电池板阵列，将提供建筑物所用电力的一部分。

In addition, a photo-voltaic panel array for the roof, which is currently finalizing design, will provide a portion of the electricity used by the building.

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满足校园倡议

Meeting Campus Initiatives

Sangren大厅设计的关键是各方在设计和施工过程中的合作。Shw集团不仅根据大学所表达的需求，而且通过对校园总体规划的仔细解释，开发了一个设计方案。该计划为SHW集团提供了明确的设计决策目标。将大楼定位为校园的中心，允许进入第一层和第二层，并纳入可持续的设计特征，这只是总计划概述的一些目标。

Key to the design of Sangren Hall was the collaboration by all parties throughout design and construction. SHW Group developed a design based not only on the university’s expressed needs, but also by careful interpretation of the campus master plan. This plan provided SHW Group clear goals on which to make design decisions. Positioning the building as the heart of campus, allowing access at both the first and second levels, and incorporating sustainable design features are just some of the goals that were outlined by the master plan.

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另一个重要的WMU倡议，大学正在努力的是拥有所有的校园建筑-现有的和新的利用建筑信息建模(BIM)。BIM允许设计和工程团队通过设计、文档和构造来捕获和分析概念并保持一致性。此外，BIM作为综合建筑生命周期管理流程的基石，允许设施管理人员利用存储在模型中的信息进行持续的建筑操作和维护。为了支持这一校园倡议，设计和工程团队设计了Sangren Hall in Revit。

Another important WMU initiative that the university is working toward is to have all campus buildings – existing and new – utilize Building Information Modeling (BIM). BIM allows the design and engineering team to capture and analyze concepts and maintain consistency through design, documentation, and construction. Furthermore, BIM acts as the cornerstone of an integrated building lifecycle management process, allowing facility managers to utilize the information stored in the model for ongoing building operation and maintenance. To support this campus initiative, the design and engineering team designed Sangren Hall in Revit. 

 First Floor Plan

一层平面图