架构师提供的文本描述。城市画廊坐落于1930年的惠灵顿中央图书馆大楼，位于市民广场。在1992-93年，我们完成了对城市画廊的补充，在2009年，我们设计并完成了一个新的扩展。

Text description provided by the architects. The City Gallery occupies the old 1930’s Wellington Central Library building located in the Civic Square. In 1992-93 we completed additions to the City Gallery and in 2009 we designed and completed a new extension.

 ©  Patrick Reynolds

帕特里克·雷诺兹

最重要的建筑问题是，尽管作为展览场所的新功能，建筑的历史-无论是身体上的还是情感上的-都能得到认可。整理建筑物或删除对其先前功能的引用，就等于否认它们曾经存在过，就像撕掉历史书的一页。

The overriding architectural issue was to allow the history of the building – both physical and emotional – to be recognised despite its new function as a venue for exhibitions. Tidying up the building or removing references to its previous function would be to deny that they ever existed and akin to tearing out a page of a history book.

 ©  Patrick Reynolds

帕特里克·雷诺兹

我们把我们所做的工作作为一个新的和当代的层，这使得丰富的建筑历史和1930年的剥离古典建筑可以被表达出来。新的图层是鲜明和表达当代的重点画廊，并没有试图假装它是原建筑的一部分。原来的建筑可以清楚地看到，并通过这种方式获得尊严。

We treated the work we did as a new and contemporary layer, which allows the richness of the building's history and 1930’s stripped classical architecture to be expressed. The new layer is distinct and expressive of the contemporary focus of the gallery, and does not attempt to pretend it was part of the original building. The original building can be clearly seen and is given dignity by this approach.

 ©  Patrick Reynolds

帕特里克·雷诺兹

新增加的建筑物容纳了两个额外的画廊和一个礼堂，使现有的电影院被拆除，以腾出空间，第三个额外画廊在原来的建筑物。

The new addition to the building accommodates two additional galleries and an auditorium, allowing the existing cinema to be removed to make space for a third additional gallery within the original building.

 ©  Patrick Reynolds

帕特里克·雷诺兹

在防水覆层上，加装了一个开放式金属网栅雨幕，以帮助识别新的、与原建筑不同的东西，并与1993年增加的当代楼梯和电梯塔形成一种联系。网栅式雨屏简单而大胆，但却出人意料。支持城市画廊的作用，挑战艺术和设计的先入之见。现有建筑材料的重量成功地承载了金属的强度，而开放式炉排的轻盈度确保了增加的金属不会对原来的建筑大放异彩。

The addition is clad in an open metal webgrate rainscreen over a waterproof cladding to help identify the addition as something new and discrete from the original building, and to form a relationship with the contemporary stair and lift tower additions of 1993.  The webgrate rainscreen is simple and bold, yet unexpected, supporting City Gallery’s role to challenge preconceived notions of art and design.  The strength of the metal is successfully carried by the weight of the existing building materials, while the lightness of the open grate ensures that the addition is not domineering over the original building. 

与现有的画廊一样，新画廊的特色来自天花板。天花板扭转了下中央悬挂天花板的现有做法，并用玻璃屋顶灯笼将中心抬高。灯笼增加了这些较小画廊的高度和空间感，同时也提供了可控的自然光线。天花板突出了原有建筑与新建筑之间的区别。并提供与下面礼堂的连接。天花板衬里是类似质量的木料拼装，但漆的目的是为了与暴露在外的架空钢梁和交叉支撑相匹配。木料拼装描述了原有木材模板在现有混凝土抹灰上留下的印记。

As in the existing galleries, the character of the new galleries is derived from the ceilings.  The ceilings reverse the existing approach of the lower central suspended ceiling, and elevate the centre with a glazed roof lantern.  The lantern increases the sense of height and space of these smaller galleries, while also providing controlled natural light.  The finishes highlight the difference between the original and new buildings, and provide a connection with the auditorium below.  The ceiling lining is timber sarking of a similar quality, but painted to match the exposed overhead steel beams and cross bracing.  The timber sarking recounts the imprint left on the existing concrete soffits from the original timber formwork.