架构师提供的文本描述。尼尔森文化中心在美国瑞典研究所(ASI)，由HGA建筑师和工程师(HGA)设计，于今年夏天完成，并建立在ASI的83年的历史，文化和社会承诺的基础上。

Text description provided by the architects. The Nelson Cultural Center addition at the American Swedish Institute (ASI), designed by HGA Architects and Engineers (HGA), was completed this summer and builds upon ASI’s 83-year history, culture and commitment to the community.

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长期以来，在明尼阿波利斯的菲利普斯西社区，瑞典人一直是一个充满活力的目的地和聚集地。ASI最近收购了该社区所在的整个街区，希望加强他们的使命，扩大他们与社区的联系，并通过增加纳尔逊文化中心来鼓励社区复兴。此外，还扩大了与社区相连的校园，统一了城市街区，规划了一个有凝聚力的城市社区聚会场所，反映了ASI对未来的展望，同时尊重其过去，从而支持了这一复兴。

Long a vibrant destination and gathering place for Swedish Americans in Minneapolis’s culturally diverse Phillips West Neighborhood, ASI recently acquired the entire block on which it’s sited, wishing to enhance their mission, broaden their connection to the community, and encourage neighborhood rejuvenation with the addition of the Nelson Cultural Center. The addition supports this rejuvenation with an expanded campus that connects to the neighborhood, unifies the city block, projects a cohesive urban place for community gathering, and reflects ASI’s vision for the future while respecting its past.

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设计过程是由建立可持续社区的整体方法推动的，符合协会的使命，即作为所有人的聚集地，围绕传统、移徙、工艺和艺术等普遍主题分享故事和经验。

The design process was driven by a holistic approach to building sustainable communities, aligned with ASI’s mission to serve as a gathering place for all people, to share stories and experiences around universal themes of tradition, migration, craft and the arts.

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该设计灵感来自历史上独特的旋转大厦的美丽和瑞典建筑的独特历史，它考虑了当代和传统的瑞典美学，同时优先考虑使用可持续的战略和技术。设计开始于一个传统的瑞典G RD-庭院或农场-作为一个中央室外“起居室”，将纳尔逊文化中心和它的前身-亲切地称为“城堡”-结合在一起。在庭院周围展开的附加，向社区开放，并框架的历史豪宅景观。这个庭院作为一个中心室外“客厅”为ASI和更大的社区，同时把新的建筑物和它的历史前身。

Inspired by the distinct beauty of the historic Turnblad Mansion and the unique history of Swedish architecture, the design considers contemporary and traditional Swedish aesthetics while prioritizing the use of sustainable strategies and technologies. The design begins with a traditional Swedish gård-- courtyard or farmyard--that serves as a central outdoor “living room” uniting the Nelson Cultural Center with its predecessor- fondly known as “The Castle.” The addition unfolds around the courtyard, opening to the community, and framing views of the historic mansion. This courtyard serves as a central outdoor “living room” for ASI and the greater community, while uniting the new building and its historic predecessor.

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这些建筑细节讲述了瑞典文化和当地历史的故事，从豪宅屋顶上的石板外墙，到瑞典艺术玻璃启发的入口，当地工匠定制的瓷砖，大厅委托的大幅面长筒袜，一家当地马鞍制造商用皮革包裹的扶手，和航海主题的木材天花板在活动空间灵感来自斯德哥尔摩市政厅的木材屋顶。

The architectural details relate stories of Swedish culture and local history, from the addition’s slate façade that parallels the same slate on the mansion’s roof to the Swedish art-glass inspired entry, custom tile by local craftsmen, large-format trompe-l’oeil textile commissioned for the lobby, handrails wrapped in leather by a local saddle maker, and nautical-themed wood ceiling in the event space inspired by the Stockholm City Hall’s timber roof.

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与瑞典艺术家和建筑师的合作为纳尔逊文化中心和场地的设计提供了信息，该中心融入了当代和传统的瑞典美学，同时优先重视社区敏感性和可持续举措。这些举措受到瑞典对可持续性的广泛承诺的影响，并在最近的皇家奉献仪式上得到国王和王后的承认，其中包括使用自然景观、植物屋顶、低饮用水和灌溉用水、采用整体办法减少能源，包括地源地热供暖和冷却，以及特殊的居住体验。为了确保取得可验证的结果，该项目正在进行LEED黄金认证，并将成为明尼苏达州第一个达到这一地位的博物馆。

Collaboration with Swedish artists and architects informed the design of the Nelson Cultural Center and grounds, which incorporate contemporary and traditional Swedish aesthetics while prioritizing community sensitivity and sustainable initiatives. These initiatives, influenced by Sweden’s broad commitment to sustainability and recognized by the King and Queen at the recent Royal Dedication Ceremony, include the use of natural landscapes, vegetated roofs, low potable and irrigation water usage, a holistic approach to energy reduction including ground source geothermal heating and cooling, and an exceptional occupant experience. To ensure achievement of verifiable results, the project is pursuing LEED Gold certification, and would be the first museum in the Minnesota to achieve this status.

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这座三万四千平方英尺，两层楼的建筑是对1971年在国家历史遗迹登记册上增加的Turnblad大厦的补充，其当代的、可持续的建筑加强了ASI不断发展的使命。作为一个具有历史意义的地标，作为一个建筑兼容的附加设计，这一增加已经改变了整个城市街区成为一个鼓舞人心的城市空间和新的文化校园。

The 34,000-square-foot, two-level Center complements the Turnblad Mansion—added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971—with contemporary, sustainable architecture that strengthens ASI’s evolving mission. Designed as an architecturally compatible addition to an historic landmark, the addition has transformed an entire city block into an inspiring urban space and new cultural campus.

Architects HGA

Location Minneapolis, MN, USA

Category Cultural Architecture

Design Team Nancy Blankfard, Andy Weyenberg

Area 47,038 ft2

Project Year 2012

Photographs Paul Crosby