架构师提供的文本描述。创建曼德尔人文中心的主要目的有三个：

Text description provided by the architects. There are three primary purposes for creating the Mandel Humanities Center (MHC):

·提供一个将人们聚集在一起并促进讨论的场所

• provide a place which brings people together and fosters discourse

·为促进人文和科学之间的跨学科研究提供一个场所

• provide a place to foster interdisciplinary research among the Humanities and Sciences

·把不同的学科和不同的人聚集在一起，…跨越所有的社区。实际计划包括为教学、研究和收集提供空间。

• bring together different disciplines and different people…span all the communities. The actual program consists of providing space for teaching, research and gathering

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站点概念：作为桥梁和网关的建筑

Site Concept: Building as Bridge and Gateway

MHC坐落在雪松山布兰代斯校园的最高点，是通往人文科学四合院的门户建筑。安放在现有的奥林-桑大楼前面，目的是在布兰代斯校园的其余部分和人文四重奏之间架起一座桥梁。空间设计是建立在一个内部通道，延伸的外部人行道，通过校园梯田上升的山。

The MHC is sited as a gateway building to the Humanities Quad at the highest point of the Brandeis Campus on Cedar Hill. The placement in front of the existing Olin-Sang Building seeks to bridge the space between the rest of the Brandeis Campus and the Humanities Quad. The spatial design is built around an internal pathway that extends the external walkway rising through the campus terraces ascending the hill.

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设计理念：建筑作为混合室

Design Concept: Building as Mixing Chamber

该设计提供了不同用途和尺度的空间，以促进相互作用：

The design provides spaces of varying purposes and scales to facilitate interaction:

·空间散步，编织MHC和Olin-Sang与Brandeis校园

• Spatial promenade weaving the MHC and Olin-Sang together with Brandeis Campus

·三层论坛与小组研究-俯瞰这一空间

• Three Story Forum along with Group Studies overlooking this space

·每一层的办公室“社区”，包括接待/集合区、会议室和厨房，作为互动的场所

• Office “neighborhoods” at each floor that include a reception/ gathering area, meeting room and galley kitchen as places to interact

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外部概念：

Exterior Concept:

该设计将釉面建筑形式和砖砌建筑形式结合在一起，创造出与布兰迪斯校园结构相连的组合，同时提供开放、可见性和活力。玻璃部分包括公共类型的空间，如论坛和开放办公区域，它们都朝南，从外部可以看到这些空间中的活动，并为内部提供最佳的自然光。

The design weaves together a glazed building form and brick building form to create an assemblage linked to the fabric of the Brandeis campus while offering openness, visibility and energy. The glazed portion encompasses the public type spaces such as the Forum and Open Office Areas which all face south, makes visible the activities in these spaces from the exterior and provides optimum natural light to the interior.

 1st floor plan

一楼图则

遮阳篷可以减少夏季的太阳热量增加和空调的能源消耗。砖部分扩展了包括人文四层的砖建筑的建筑。砖墙包围了私人教职员工办公室，在与每个办公室相关的单一大窗户的帮助下，唤起了建筑集体结构中“僧侣研究”的个性。

Sunshades reduce solar heat gain during summer months and energy consumption for air conditioning. The brick portion extends the architecture of the brick buildings comprising the Humanities Quad. The brick wall encloses the private faculty offices and with the aid of single large windows associated with each office evokes the individuality of a “monks study” within the collective fabric of the building.

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