架构师提供的文本描述。皮埃尔维夫建筑是由三个机构-档案馆、图书馆和体育部-在一个信封内统一而成的。这些不同的部分结合在一起，创造了一个建筑物，一个强大的单一身份时，从远处看，但随着一个移动更近，划分为三个部分变得明显。这座建筑的开发使用了功能和经济逻辑：由此产生的设计让人联想到水平铺设的一棵大树干。档案馆位于树干的坚实基础上，其次是略显多孔的图书馆，体育部及其远端照明良好的办公室，树干分叉，变得更加轻盈。“分支”项目垂直于主干线，以明确各机构的接入点。

Text description provided by the architects. The pierresvives building for the department de l’Herault is the unification of three institutions - the archive, the library and the sports department - within a single envelope. These various parts combine to create a building with a strong single identity when viewed at a distance, but as one moves closer, the division into three parts becomes apparent. The building has been developed using functional and economic logic: the resultant design reminiscent of a large tree-trunk that has been laid horizontally. The archive is located at the solid base of the trunk, followed by the slightly more porous library with the sports department and its well-lit offices on far end where the trunk bifurcates and becomes much lighter. ‘Branches’ project vertically off the main trunk to articulate points of access to the various institutions.

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服务舱和维修舱的纵向分隔是沿着整个皮埃尔维夫人的长度进行维护的。大楼的正面包含每个机构的所有公共功能，由一个线性大厅连接，中心有一个展览空间。在这一连接的地面水平之上，这三个机构仍然严格分开，每个机构都有自己的内部垂直循环核心。

This longitudinal division of serviced and servicing spaces is maintained along the full length of pierresvives. The front of the building contains all the public functions of each institution, linked by a linear lobby with an exhibition space in the centre. Above this connective ground level, the three institutions remain strictly separated, each with its own core for internal vertical circulation.

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到达正门后，游客将从大厅直接到达地下档案馆的教育空间；或通过电梯和自动扶梯到达一层的主要公共动脉。这条动脉沿着正面连接成一条凹进的玻璃带，档案馆和图书馆的阅览室可以立即进入。在这条大动脉的中央，因此位于大楼的中心，是三个机构共用的主要公共设施：礼堂和会议室。这些重要的公共空间构成了入口上方大悬臂式天篷的主要中心空间。

On arrival at the main entrance, visitors are directed from the lobby to the educational spaces of the archives on ground level; or via lifts and escalator to the main public artery on level one. This artery is articulated all along the facades as a recessed glass strip, with the reading rooms of the archive and library are immediately accessible. Central in this artery and therefore located at the heart of the building, are the main public facilities shared between the three institutions: the auditorium and meeting rooms. These important public spaces form the primary central volume of the grand cantilevering canopy above the entrance.

 ©  Helene Binet

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 ©  Helene Binet

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