架构师提供的文本描述。2002年，西里西亚大学发起了一项设计新图书馆的竞赛，该图书馆将为科学研究提供世界级的教学设施。获奖提案所提供的灵活性被证明是它的主要优势，因为在获得建筑许可后，该项目也被修改，包括了经济学大学的藏品，而外部形式没有任何变化。科学信息中心和大学图书馆(波兰缩写：CINiBA)将在今后几年实施新的校园重建计划。

Text description provided by the architects. In 2002 a competition was launched by the University of Silesia for the design of a new library that would provide a world-class didactic facility for scientific research. The flexibility the winning proposal offered proved to be its major strength when, after securing a building permit, the program was modified to also include the collections of the University of Economics with no changes to the exterior form. The Scientific Information Centre and Academic Library (Polish acronym: CINiBA) anchors the new campus redevelopment plan to be implemented in the coming years.

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c.Jakub CerTowicz

图书馆位于构成校园脊柱的东西轴线的交汇处，南北轴线连接着河边的游憩地和为进一步扩大大学而预留的土地，图书馆加强了迄今没有明确规定的轴向组织。在图书馆脚下的一个中央大学广场-论坛，形成了一个市民聚集地，通向图书馆三层楼的宏伟中庭。

Located at the intersection of the east-west axis that forms the spine of the campus, and the north-south axis which connects the recreational grounds by the river to land set aside for further university expansion, the library reinforces the axial organization which has so far been poorly articulated. A central university square at the foot of the library, the FORUM, generates a civic gathering place that opens onto the library’s grand three storey atrium.

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c.Tomasz Zakrzewski

图书馆的高度是由大学校园内建筑物的平均高度决定的。超过这个高度的北面高地是朝向论坛的，里面是图书馆关闭的书库。这一高度强调了论坛的等级和功能，并与靠近东西轴的现有高层建筑进行对话。

The height of the library has been determined by the average height of buildings on the university campus. The north elevation surpassing this height is directed towards the FORUM and houses the library’s closed stacks. This elevation emphasizes the rank and function of the FORUM and is in dialogue with the existing tall buildings which close the east-west axis.

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c.Jakub CerTowicz

外墙被一层丰富的卡汉红砂岩所覆盖，与邻近建筑物上的原始粘土砖有关，没有单一砖块元素固有的尺度内涵。外部处理抽象了建筑物有组织的藏书功能，同时引入了与书籍密不可分的神秘概念。

The facades, clad in a repetitious fabric of rich kahan red sandstone, relate to the raw clay bricks on the neighbouring buildings without the connotation of scale inherent to a singular brick element. The exterior treatment abstracts the building’s function of organized book storing while introducing a notion of mystery inseparably connected to books.

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由于缺乏可分辨的刻度，所以当从远处看到时，就会产生一种逐渐熟悉的单块石。细节，如减少的比例的正面瓷砖，不规则的切割砂岩板，以及窗户仔细嵌套在里面变得可见。

The lack of discernible scale produces a monolith when seen from afar that is gradually familiarized. Details such as the decreasing proportions of the façade tiling, the irregular cut of the sandstone slabs, as well as the windows carefully nested inside become visible.

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开窗在夜间向论坛投射出一道令人叹为观止的光，而白天则允许漫射光渗透到图书馆的阅览室。由此产生的强烈内向的室内构成的图书馆楼层集中了一个人的注意力集中在书籍，同时平静的空间。与外部世界的局部隔离不仅影响着内部的大气，而且还带来了与周围城市的脉搏分离的时间流。

The fenestration projects a stunning patchwork of light onto the FORUM at night, yet in the daytime allows diffused light to permeate into the library’s reading rooms. The resulting strongly introverted interior composition of the library floors focuses one’s attention onto the books while calming the space. Partial isolation from the external world not only influences the atmosphere within but also introduces a flow of time detached from the pulse of the surrounding city.

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c.Tomasz Zakrzewski