架构师提供的文本描述。帝国建筑建于1886年至1911年，是奥克兰市中心遗产空间和建筑结构的丰富组合。简报力求将这一组合与现有建筑物的全面改造、修复和升级结合起来。

Text description provided by the architects. Built between 1886 and 1911, the Imperial Buildings are a rich mix of heritage spaces and building fabric in downtown Auckland. The brief sought to bring this mix together with a comprehensive rework, restoration and upgrade of the existing buildings.

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设计方法的基础是建立一个新的流通网络，通过这些属性建立一个新的流通网络，使以前无法进入的建筑物内的体积能够相互连接和相互作用。这一战略的核心是奥克兰的一条新道路：帝国巷。

The design approach is based on creating a new network of circulation through the properties, enabling connection and interaction of previously inaccessible volumes contained within the buildings. The backbone of this strategy is a new laneway for Auckland: Imperial Lane.

最近升级的道炮台里与皇后街零售大道之间的地面连接，是由中央餐桌提供服务的街道餐厅启动，以跟随新的冲浪线的水平。

This ground level connection between recently upgraded serviceway Fort Lane and the retail thoroughfare of Queen Street is activated by street dining serviced from central tables stepped to follow the level of the new ramped lane.

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垂直竖井穿过车道上方的地板，在空间中引入光线，用不透明的玻璃和钢组成的语言来补充原来织物的“发现”砖、木桁架、石头和破烂的混凝土。

Vertical shafts are cut through the floors above the lane, introducing light into the space and a language of opaque glass and steel to complement the ‘found’ brickwork, timber truss, stone and dilapidated concrete of the original fabric.

一个垂直连接是从中间的车道-一个雕塑楼梯进入一个新的庭院在地面上的水平。

A vertical connection is made from the middle of the lane - a sculptural staircase accesses a new courtyard on the level above ground.

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这座庭院是由一条充满服务的灯塔雕刻而成的，周围的墙壁形成了巨大的开口，并增加了新的钢板楼梯和阳台，以确保上层空间与这一扩大的中心空间保持联系和互动。

This courtyard was carved from a service-filled lightwell, with large openings formed in the surrounding walls and the addition of new steel plate stairways and balconies ensuring that spaces over the upper levels enjoy connection and interaction with this enlarged central space.

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公共连接和开放流通空间的网络为商业办公空间、餐馆、酒吧和零售空间的五个层次提供了一种区域感，这些空间现在已经占据了已恢复活力的建筑物。

The network of public connection and open circulation spaces provides a sense of precinct for the five levels of commercial office space, restaurants, bars and retail spaces that have now occupied the revitalised buildings.

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