架构师提供的文本描述。由文艺复兴3建筑师设计，考夫曼项目中心改造了一个著名的社区地标。这个新改造的社区中心是音乐、文化和艺术表演以及社区活动的典范。

Text description provided by the architects. Designed by Renaissance 3 Architects, the Kaufmann Program Center transforms a celebrated community landmark. This newly revamped community center is a model setting for musical, cultural, and arts performances as well as community events.

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每年有7万多人寻求国会大厦协会(Hill House Association)的帮助，该协会是匹兹堡最著名的非裔美国人社区的一个有着百年历史的非营利服务组织。现有的建筑急需更新，作为居民和民间组织的社区聚集地，多年来吸引了著名的音乐家、作家、艺术家和政治家。因此，该项目需要大量破败的内部空间，并对礼堂、教室、咖啡馆和行政当局进行全面翻修，以便将大楼与社区重新连接起来。

More than 70,000 people each year seek help from the Hill House Association, a century-old nonprofit service organization in Pittsburgh’s most well-known African-American neighborhood. The existing building, in dire need of renewal, acted as a community gathering place for residents and civic organizations, and over the years has attracted notable musicians, authors, artists, and statesmen. As such, the project entailed an extensive gut of a dilapidated interior space and a comprehensive renovation for an auditorium, classrooms, café, and administration to reconnect the building to the community.

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始建于1928年的建筑是由爱德华·斯托兹设计的，有古典的柱子、石灰石的外部和一个长长的石阶。R3A获得了2011年友邦保险(AIA)在历史保护方面的卓越奖，有效地修复和改善了这座地标的每一个组成部分，包括通往大厅的标志性楼梯，并将街道与建筑物重新连接起来。

The original building completed in 1928 was designed by Edward Stotz, with classical columns, a limestone exterior, and a long stone staircase. R3A won a 2011 AIA award of excellence in historic preservation by effectively restoring and improving every component of the landmark, including the monumental staircase leading to the lobby and reconnecting the street to the building.

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另外还包括一个室外社区庭院和一个玻璃围封的咖啡馆，人们可以在那里坐下、吃饭和观看表演。在第二层和第三层建立了会议室，提供良好的庭院景观。晚上，由LED灯照亮的彩色半透明树脂面板照亮了公共庭院和外墙。

The addition encompasses an outdoor community courtyard and a glass-enclosed café where people can sit, eat, and watch performances in the courtyard. Meeting rooms on the second and third floors were established that provide excellent views of the courtyard. At night, colored, translucent resin panels lit by LED lights light up the public courtyard and façade.

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翻新后的礼堂可容纳424人，其中204人在阳台的旧木椅上。阳台座椅原汁原味，重新装修，用优雅的红色和金色面料重新装潢。一楼的新座位是可移动的，以有效地改变空间。

The refurbished auditorium can hold 424 people, including 204 in the old wooden seats in the balcony. The balcony seats are original to the building and have been refinished and reupholstered in elegant red and gold fabric. The new seats on the first floor are movable to effectively modify the space.

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这个场馆不仅为社区服务，重新设计了最先进的表演空间，改善了音响和座位，还允许社区通过重新设计的公共庭院内的圆形剧场座位来享受户外活动。

Not only does this venue serve the community with its redesigned state-of-the-art performance space with improved acoustics and seating, it also allows the community to enjoy outdoor events through the amphitheatre seating within the redesigned public courtyard.

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