架构师提供的文本描述。其思想是通过当代建筑呈现泰国南部的乡土建筑特征。普吉岛门户是一个公共空间，欢迎游客来到这个省，就像一个客厅。这座风景秀丽的小镇是一个多文化、多种族的大熔炉，代表着当地南方、中国、穆斯林和中葡的各种建筑风格。然而，该项目并没有显着地揭示任何单一的文化，而是将这些地方价值观与提供当代模式和功能的原始材料相结合。

Text description provided by the architects. The idea is to present the character of vernacular architecture in the south of Thailand through contemporary architecture. Phuket Gateway is to serve as a public space for welcoming the visitors to this province, just like a living room. This scenic town is a melting pot of various cultures and races represent by various architectural styles of local southern, Chinese, Muslim and Sino Portuguese. However, the project does not reveal any single culture significantly but interprets these local values in combination to the original materials providing contemporary pattern and function.

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普吉岛门户的特点并不像泰国其他省份通常设计的那样是一个正常的门槛，相反，它是作为一个由当代建筑和景观组成的公共空间而产生的。该建筑采用原轮廓线，面向省入口。该项目的要求是使这样的门户成为地标，因此，我们提出了“生动的雕塑”的想法，代表和告诉游客有关普吉岛的历史故事。当游客在雕塑、阅读和拍照时，参观者和雕塑之间的互动将使雕塑变得“活泼”，并完成建筑师的设计哲学。

The feature of Phuket Gateway is not designed as a normal threshold as usually found in other provinces of Thailand, on the other hand, it is generated as a public space comprising of a contemporary building and landscape. The building is linearly positioned facing to the province entrance by utilizing the original contour in the site. The project’s requirement is to make such gateway the landmark, so, we come up with the idea of ‘lively sculpture’ that representing and telling the historical stories about Phuket to the visitors. When visitors are walking through the sculptures, reading, and taking pictures, those interaction between visitors and sculptures will then make sculpture become ‘lively’ and complete on architect’s design philosophy.

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这些雕塑包括100米长的混凝土柱，形成柱廊，就像中葡建筑的入口一样，其中有一个拱廊，连接着每一座建筑，并提供通往每一个部分的通道。这些石柱形成了一个高雕塑柱，上面覆盖着花岗岩，这种材料代表了锡的起源，它是当地的自然资源，在很久以前就为社会带来了财富。每一块花岗岩都是指不同的文化组合成一个独特的普吉岛城镇。这样高的柱子仍然是海洋中的灯塔，白天和夜晚都是游客的主要目的地。

The sculptures include concrete columns line up 100 meters to generate the colonnade like an entrance to the Sino Portuguese building, which has an arcade that connects each building and provides access to every part. The columns lead to a high sculptural column covered with granite, this material represents the origin of tin as the local natural resource that brings out the wealthiness to the community long time ago. Each individual piece of granite refers to various cultures combined into a unique town of Phuket. Such high column still acts as a lighthouse in the ocean which is a prominent destination during day and night for visitors.

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功能性空间隐藏在柱廊、雕塑和树木的后面。内部区域由一个服务部门组成，如旅游信息中心、政府办公室、警察局、餐厅、礼堂和祈祷等伊斯兰活动场所。这些空间被设计成一个由口袋大小的公园隔开的展馆，那里的自然光是通过半透明的屋顶进入的。亭子在同一个屋檐下，带来了朴素、宁静和谦逊的特色。游客一进入大楼就会体验到活动和氛围。此外，为了使建筑与当地的气候特征相互作用，建筑师允许雨水和日光进入一些内部空间的概念下的生活是在自然条件下。

Functional space is hidden at the back of colonnade sculpture and trees. Internal area is comprised of a service section, such as a tourist information center, government office, police station, restaurant, auditorium and an area for Islamic activities such as prayers. Those spaces are designed as a pavilion divided by pocket sized parks, where natural light is brought in through the translucent roof. The pavilion is under the same roof bringing the simple, peaceful and humble features. Visitors will experience activities and atmosphere as soon as they enter into the building. Also, to make the building interact with the local climatic character, the architect allows the rain flow and the daylight into some part of inner spaces under the concept of life is under natural condition.