架构师提供的文本描述。该项目的目的是将现有建筑改造成一个文化和社会中心，为其提供机构代表。一开始是一座黑暗的，半埋的建筑，没有高质量的空间，放置在吉罗纳的一个街区的内部。这个庞大的改造项目包括一个有180个座位的礼堂、一个展览室、一个电脑室和一个行政区域等等。

Text description provided by the architects. The aim of this project was the conversion of the existing building into a cultural and social centre, which would provide it with institutional representation. The outset was a dark, half-buried building that lacked quality spaces, placed at the interior of a block in Girona. The vast remodelling program included a 180-seat auditorium, an exhibition room, a computer room and an administrative area, among other spaces.

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我们决定对现有的建筑进行改造，以便充分利用一个非常有表现力的室内空间，同时向内部和外部空间提出一个强大的形象。

We decided to work on the existing building in order to take full advantage of a very expressive interior space, whilst proposing a powerful image both to interior and exterior spaces.

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对新形象的追求揭示了一个充满暗示性的室内空间的世界。以安东尼·高迪的佩德雷拉的天花板为模型，我们的建议包括一个白色的、连续的、起伏的、不均匀的天花板，它本身具有表现力，并存在于EspaiCaixa的所有空间。此外，戈迪的卡萨·巴特罗(Casa Batlló)也为庭院提供了一些想法，即分离表面的特点-就像戈迪的马赛克瓷砖一样-用蓝色-绿色染色，以提供新鲜和明亮。

The pursuit of a new image uncovered a world of suggestive interior spaces. Taking the ceiling of Antoni Gaudí’s Pedrera as a model, our proposal consisted of a white dropped ceiling, continuous yet undulating, uneven, which has an expressive character of its own and is present in all spaces of EspaiCaixa. Also, Gaudí’s Casa Batlló offered some ideas for the courtyard, in the features of separating surfaces that -as in Gaudí’s mosaic tiles- are coloured in blue-green in order to provide freshness and luminosity.

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假天花板和彩色玻璃墙都使建筑物统一起来，有助于引导使用者在整个设施中使用。

Both the false ceiling and the coloured glass walls give the building unity and contribute to guide the user throughout the facilities

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在室内充满活力的设计显示了它独特的特点，外观，这是部分与内部相同的颜色。尽管EspaiCaixa和周围的街区形成了对比，但与以前的建筑相比，与城市结构的整体融合得到了改善。此外，它也成为邻居们经常使用和经常光顾的内部街区。

The vibrant design in the interior reveals its distinctive features to the façade, which is partially painted with the same colours as the interior. Despite the contrast between EspaiCaixa and the surrounding blocks, the overall integration with the urban fabric is improved with respect to the previous building. Moreover, it becomes an inner block used and frequented by the neighbours.