罗得-EK被委托为惠特尼美国艺术博物馆设计一个新的艺术工作室。完成的惠特尼工作室的活动为博物馆的教育计划，包括艺术制作课程和非正式讲座，并将作为一个画廊的特殊展览。

LOT-EK was commissioned to design a new art studio space for the Whitney Museum of American Art. The completed Whitney Studio houses activities for the museum’s education program, including art-making classes and informal lectures, and will also function as a gallery for special exhibitions.

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为了准备搬到市中心的一栋新大楼，惠特尼博物馆(Whitney Museum)放弃了位于麦迪逊大道(Madison Avenue)附近的房地产，这就产生了对教育空间的需求。为了保持这些活动在协同作用下的邻近性，博物馆的教育部门要求罗得-EK设计一个适合其护城河的结构。

In preparation for its move to a new building downtown, the Whitney Museum divested real estate near the current Madison Avenue location, which created a need for educational space. Wanting to keep these activities in synergistic proximity, the museum’s education department asked LOT-EK to design a structure to fit within its moat.

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该概念使用6个钢集装箱堆叠在两个层次，以形成一个简洁，极简的立方体。这座超现代的建筑位于入口桥的南侧，与博物馆的混凝土马塞尔·布鲁尔建筑形成了互补和对比。体积被两个明亮的对角线面剪切，形成一个连续的切割和视觉断口，沿着两边一直延伸到屋顶，形成一个天窗。窗户的设计还包括博物馆的入口桥、大厅和较低层次的餐厅，允许游客观察里面的活动。画廊般的白色内部提供了一个开放的，双高的空间，包括一个三角形的阁楼，用于制作和展示艺术作品。惠特尼工作室通过明亮的黄色外角向行人和司机宣布沿麦迪逊大道行驶。

The concept employs 6 steel shipping containers stacked on two levels to form a concise, minimalist cube. The ultra-modern structure, placed on the south side of the entry bridge, both complements and contrasts with the museum's concrete Marcel Breuer building.  The volume is sheared by two bright diagonal planes that create a continuous cut – and visual break – which runs along the sides up to the roof, creating a skylight. The design of the windows also engage the museum’s entrance bridge, its lobby, and its lower level restaurant, by allowing visitors to observe the activities going on inside.  The gallery-like white interior provides an open, double- height space, including a triangular mezzanine for the production and display of art work. The Whitney Studio is announced to pedestrians and drivers traveling along Madison Avenue by its bright yellow exterior corner.

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这六个20英尺长的集装箱在新泽西的一家工厂被改装、加固和涂漆.然后，这些模块被运送到惠特尼博物馆，一次小心地伸进护城河。

The six 20-foot containers were modified, reinforced and painted at a New Jersey factory. The modules were then transported to the Whitney Museum and carefully craned into the moat one at a time.