架构师提供的文本描述。孟菲斯兽医专家(MVS)是一种基于推荐的兽医实践，在紧急外科、异国动物、骨科、肿瘤学、皮肤科、牙科和诊断治疗方面具有专门知识。这种做法已经超出了他们在零售购物中心的位置，需要一座独立的建筑来满足他们日益增长的需求。对动物病人的持续24-7治疗和护理创造了与人类医院非常相似的方案需求，包括：治疗、外科、专科手术室、康复和重症监护区。

Text description provided by the architects. Memphis Veterinary Specialists (MVS) is a referral-based veterinary practice with expertise in emergency surgery, exotic animals, orthopedics, oncology, dermatology, dentistry, and diagnostic treatment. The practice had outgrownits location in a retail shopping center and needed a freestanding building for their growing practice. Continuous 24-7 treatment and care for animal patients created programmatic needs that are very similar to a human hospital, including: treatment, surgery, specialty procedure rooms, recovery, and intensive care areas.

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在建筑采访过程中，客户提供了由他们的首席外科医生绘制的建筑的设计图和外部效果图。这些图纸被用作建筑师原理图设计工作的评价标准。这种动态为围绕建筑物设计的协作对话提供了基础。客户的主要目标是为工作人员提供一个有效的工作空间，使他们能够最大限度地照顾动物病人。该项目的其他目标包括：预算紧张的责任，积极进取的时间表，以及环境。

During the architectural interview process, the client provided plans and exterior renderings of the building, drawn by their lead surgeon. These drawings were used as evaluation criteria for the architect’s schematic design work. This dynamic provided the basis for the collaborative dialogue surrounding the building’s design. The client’s main goal was to provide an efficient work space for the staff that maximized their ability to care for their animal patients. Other goals for the project included: responsibility to a tight budget, an aggressive schedule, and the environment.

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建筑物的形状是通过协调场地的限制和程序来创造的。内部空间的外科，专业程序，和支持被包裹在主要治疗区在核心的建筑物。建筑物的悬臂入口处和灯光监测器向北倾斜，以提供最佳的采光，并在主要的道路上进行照明。靠近工地西南部分的小溪景观成了建筑物质量的对立面。人们注意到内部空间是如何看待小溪的，以及如何在小溪的树线和建筑物之间形成一个空间。

The building’s shape was created by reconciling the constraints of the site with the program. Interior spaces for surgery, specialty procedure, and support were wrapped around the main treatment area at the core of the building. The building’s cantilevered entrance and light monitors are oriented northward to provide optimaldaylighting and to address the main access road.The landscape of the creek that borders the southwest portion of the site became a counterpoint to the building’s mass. Attention was given to how interior spaces viewed the creek and how a space could be made between the tree line of the creek and the building.

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建筑物的体积被分成两个主要部分：一个带有波纹金属和店面填充的混凝土底座和一个风化钢“盖子”，使三角形连接起来，并在主入口上方盘旋。在建筑物的底部，波纹金属面板被用作玻璃和混凝土面板的对口。波纹板的颜色更深，质地更重，从混凝土和玻璃的较轻和更反光的表面退却。

The building’s volume is broken into two primary parts: a concrete base with corrugated metal and storefront infill, and a weathering steel ‘cap’ that articulates the triangular shape and hovers above the main entrance.At the building’s base, the corrugated metal panels are used as a counterpoint to the glass and concrete panels. The darker color and heavier texture of the corrugatedpanelsallow themto recede from the lighter and more reflective surfaces of the concrete and glass.

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耐候钢帽由立式接缝十块板组成，其接缝垂直方向，突出了护栏和二楼的体积。屋顶设备被包裹在穿孔的立式接缝板中，以提供通风，同时增强建筑物盖的整体规模。

The weathering steel cap is comprised of standing seam cor-ten panels, whose seams are oriented vertically to accentuate the volume of the parapet and second floor. The rooftop equipment is wrapped in perforated standing seam panels, to provide ventilation while enhancing the monolithic scale of the building’s cap.