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设计中心的目的是为各种设计研究和研究生教育提供一栋大楼的住宿。RMIT是设计研究领域的世界领先者，然而，研究生目前正在不同的校园和设施中消散。该中心提供了一个学院研究基地，在那里，织物和时装设计等领域的研究生将与从事建筑、航空工程、工业设计、景观建筑、城市设计等领域的研究生一起工作。

The purpose of the Design Hub is to provide accommodation in one building for a diverse range of design research and post graduate education. RMIT is a world leader in design research however post graduates are currently dissipated across various campuses and facilities. The Hub provides a collegial research base where post graduates in fields such as fabric and fashion design will work alongside those involved in architecture, aeronautical engineering, industrial design, landscape architecture, urban design and so on.

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研究小组有能力在“仓库”开放的规划空间内找到和调整他们的住所，研究小组可以在那里建立和调整他们的工作环境，以适应他们的特殊需要。团队可以在任何地方停留6个月到3年，这取决于研究和教育项目的性质和资金限制。研究可能包括需要制作物理模型的讲习班，使之与计算机工作室、三维印刷、虚拟现实建模等并行不悖。鉴于与研究项目有关的时间框架，所有仓库都需要高度的适应性和灵活性。从这个意义上说，这些空间的设计是为了适应研究的有机本质-不断演变、适应、变化和增长。

Research groups have the ability to locate and fine tune their accommodation within ‘warehouses’ - open plan spaces where research teams can set up and tailor their work environment to suit their particular needs. Teams may stay for anywhere from six months to three years depending on the nature of and funding limits to their research and education programs. Research may include the need for workshops to make physical models to be located alongside computer studios, three dimensional printing, virtual reality modelling and so on. Given the time frames associated with research projects all the warehouses require a high level of adaptability and flexibility. In that sense these spaces are designed to accommodate the organic nature of research - ever evolving, adapting, changing and growing.

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该中心的计划承认了偶然的交叉授粉的愿望，研究人员从一个领域遇到那些完全不相关的其他领域，作为他们日常使用建筑物的一部分。一个展览空间和设计档案提供了一个公共的接口与工业和研究成果。这些空间与各种讲座、研讨会和多用途会议室相结合，便于在多个论坛上进行高层交流。

The plan of the Hub acknowledges the desire for incidental cross pollination where researchers from one field encounter those from completely unrelated other fields as part of their day to day use of the building. An exhibition space and design archive provide a public interface with both industry and research outcomes. These spaces combined with a variety of lecture, seminar and multi purpose rooms facilitate high level exchanges in a number of forums.

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该中心拥有大量的公共可持续发展功能，并纳入了水、废物和回收管理的战略，这些战略与地球上任何以公共服务为重点的建筑相同。特别是集线器的外皮采用了自动遮阳，其中包括光伏电池、蒸发冷却和新鲜空气入口，以改善内部空气质量和降低运行成本。这些电池的设计使其能够很容易地被替换，因为对太阳能的研究使技术得到了改进，北方部分地区实际上致力于正在进行的太阳能电池研究，将由工业界和RMIT联合进行。换句话说，整个建筑外墙有能力随着太阳能技术的发展而升级，总有一天会产生足够的电力来运行整个建筑。

The Hub has a large number of ESD features and incorporates strategies of water, waste and recycling management that are the equal of any ESD focussed building on the planet. In particular the outer skin of the Hub incorporates automated sunshading that includes photovoltaic cells, evaporative cooling and fresh air intakes that improve the internal air quality and reduce running costs. The cells have been designed so that they can be easily replaced as research into solar energy results in improved technology and part of the northern façade is actually dedicated to ongoing research into solar cells to be conducted jointly by industry and RMIT. The entire building façade, in other words, has the capacity to be upgraded as solar technology evolves and may one day generate enough electricity to run the whole building.

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所述立面包括在建筑物的每一表面上特别详细的双层玻璃内皮和可自动操作的第二蒙皮装置。第二个皮肤遮阳装置包围整个建筑物，从一楼到屋顶植物层。它由名义上直径为600毫米的喷砂玻璃圆盘组成，这些玻璃圆盘固定在水平或垂直的铝轴上。每个轴固定在镀锌钢瓶的外表面，其直径稍大，表面深度为130毫米。

The façade comprises a specifically detailed double glazed inner skin on each face of the building and an automated operable second skin shading device. The second skin shading device surrounds the entire building, from the ground floor to the roof plant level. It is made up of nominally 600 mm diameter sandblasted glass disks, which are fixed to either a horizontal or vertical aluminium axel. Each axel is fixed to the outer face of a galvanised steel cylinder of a slightly greater diameter and nominally 130 mm in depth.

21个玻璃圆盘及钢瓶固定在表面为1.8米乘4.2米的板上，支撑在离建筑物幕墙面约700毫米的二次镀锌钢架上。每个级别的外部服务走道都会访问这些服务。

21 glass discs and steel cylinders are fixed together in panels of nominally 1.8 m by 4.2 m, which are supported on a secondary galvanised steel frame set out about 700 mm from the curtain wall face of the building. These are accessed by an external service walkway on each level.

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每个典型的面板由12个可操作的玻璃盘和9个固定的光盘组成。在地面和厂房的水平，所有的玻璃磁盘将固定。每层有86个面板，因此大楼九层有774个面板。

Each typical panel is made up of 12 operable glass discs and 9 discs which are fixed. At the ground and plant room levels all glass disks will be fixed. There are 86 panels on each level and therefore 774 panels for the nine levels of the building.

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地下室02楼图

周边进气口和细雾喷头与双层玻璃内皮结合，为UFAD系统提供被动冷却。这个‘Coolgardie安全’系统所用的水是从屋顶上收集的。新鲜自然冷却的空气提供了一种更便宜，更低的能源消耗和更理想的热舒适替代完全有条件的工作环境。

Perimeter air intakes and fine mist sprinklers incorporated into the double glazed inner skin provide passive cooling to the UFAD system. The water used in this ‘Coolgardie safe’ system is harvested from the roof. Fresh naturally cooled air provides a less expensive, lower energy consumption and more desirable thermal comfort alternative to a wholly conditioned work environment.

Architects Sean Godsell

Location RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

Category University

Architects in Charge Sean Godsell, Hayley Franklin

Associated Architects Peddle Thorp Architects, Chris Godsell, James Hampton, Raf Nespola

Area 13000.0 m2

Project Year 2012

Photographs Earl Carter

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