架构师提供的文本描述。创新研究所是亨利·福特卫生系统和韦恩州立大学工程学院的合作项目。该空间将被用作一个智囊团，用于开发医学技术的新进展，例如用于癌症实时诊断、人工肺等方面的应用。创新学院将是一个启发思考和协作的空间，为来自不同背景的志同道合的专业人士提供最新的技术来分享想法。

Text description provided by the architects. The Innovation Institute is a collaboration between Henry Ford Health System and Wayne State University College of Engineering. The space will be used as a think tank for developing new advances in medical technology such as applications for real time diagnosis of cancer, artificial lungs, etc. The Innovation Institute will be a space which inspires thought and collaboration and provides the latest technology for like-minded professionals from different backgrounds to share ideas. 

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创新学院位于底特律市中心亨利·福特医疗系统主要医院校园内的3.8万个GSF老教育大楼。1925年由艾伯特·卡恩设计，旧教育大楼包含了大部分的原始木制品，一个宏伟的大理石楼梯，复杂的皇冠造型和一个桶形拱形天花板。这个项目的一个目标是发现和保存建筑的历史，同时引入一个令人眼花缭乱的高科技环境，支持产生创造性的想法，并为使用它的人提供灵感。

The Innovation Institute is located in the 38,000 gsf Old Education Building on Henry Ford Health System’s main hospital campus in downtown Detroit. Designed in 1925 by Albert Kahn, the Old Education Building contains a majority of the original woodwork, a grand marble staircase, intricate crown modeling and a barrel vaulted ceiling. A goal of this project was to uncover and preserve the history of the building while introducing a dazzling, high-tech environment which supports the generation of creative ideas and serves as inspiration for those who use it.

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主二楼空间的设计完全灵活，便于同时开发大约10个项目。提供了各种可轻松重新配置的技术和交互空间，以促进最佳的思想交流。每个项目将由5至10人组成的小组进行开发。

The main second floor space was designed to be entirely flexible to facilitate the development of approximately ten projects simultaneously. A variety of technologies and interaction spaces that can be easily reconfigured are provided to facilitate optimal exchange of ideas. Each project will be developed in small groups of five to ten individuals.

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天花板被认为是一个雕塑形式，现代和好玩，它反应现有的条件，减轻新的和旧的。整体而言，该形状是一个折叠平面形成的铰接件。在本质上是定向的，这些碎片允许平面的几何学阅读，同时给物体带来微妙的感觉。孔隙度简化了许多功能策略，最显着的是灭火，并允许好玩的剪影这样的物体。当您在空间中移动时，各种空间操作(有些是微妙的，有些不是)变得明显起来。

The ceiling is conceived as a sculptural form, modern and playful, which reacts to existing conditions and mitigates new and old. Overall, the shape is a folded plane formed using articulated pieces. Directional in nature, the pieces allow the geometry of the plane to read, while introducing delicacy to the object. Porosity simplifies many functional strategies, most notably fire suppression, and allows for playful silhouetting of such objects. As you move through the space, a variety of spatial manipulations (some subtle, some not) become apparent.

我们在Revit中使用了自适应组件技术来快速研究设计的排列。技术允许一个相当复杂的形状的快速迭代过程。铰接式元素被“托管”到一个看不见的折叠平面几何中。对基本几何图形(平面)的操作更新了所有宿主成员，这简化了一个非常繁琐的任务(由成员组成的建模方法)。除了天花板的整体形状外，我们还可以参数化地研究构件的形状、大小和间距。这一办法作为探讨预算决定所涉问题的一种方法，是非常宝贵的。反过来，我们可以快速地操纵成员间距和大小来理解预算的图形和空间影响。

We utilized adaptive component technologies in Revit in order to quickly study permutations of the design. Technology allows for a rapid iterative process of rather complicated shapes. Articulated elements are “hosted” to an invisible folded plane geometry. Manipulation of the base geometry (plane) updates all hosted members, which simplified a very cumbersome task (member by member modeling approach). In addition to the overall shape of the ceiling, we could parametrically study member shape, size and spacing. This approach turned out to be invaluable as a way to explore implications of budget decisions. In turn, we could quickly manipulate member spacing and size to understand graphical and spatial impacts of budget.