架构师提供的文本描述。项目概览

Text description provided by the architects. PROJECT OVERVIEW

这座救护车大楼是波士顿医疗中心一系列战略发展和规划举措中的最新一项，体现了医院“毫无例外地提供特殊护理”的使命。位于一个高度可见的地点，这座九层楼的建筑代表了波士顿医疗中心为改变奥尔巴尼街校园边缘的形象所做的长期努力的第一阶段。这座建筑将为奥尔巴尼街的未来改善奠定基础，包括提供更好的行人通道和更清晰、更活跃的街道边缘。

The latest in a series of strategic development and planning initiatives by Boston Medical Center, this ambulatory building embodies the hospital’s mission to provide “exceptional care without exception.” Located on a highly visible site, the nine-story building represents the first phase in a long-term effort by Boston Medical Center to transform the image of its Albany Street campus edge. The building will set the stage for future improvements along Albany Street, including a provision for better pedestrian access and a better-defined, active street edge.

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.Jeffrey Totaro

对地方和历史的感觉

A SENSE OF PLACE AND HISTORY

波士顿医疗中心有着独特的历史。在19世纪60年代，校园被指定为城市穷人服务；今天，该组织通过其对社区的使命和承诺，维持了这一传统。最初的校园是设计竞赛的结果(格里德利·布莱恩特，以几座著名的建筑和城市公园而闻名)，最终形成了最初的波士顿城市医院，被设想为“花园里的亭子”。救护中心现在站在原来的产妇大楼的工地上。BMC相信通过创新的设计来促进公众健康，这体现在独特的外观，材料的选择，以及整个室内艺术和自然的周到运用，以促进欢迎，愈合空间和提供休息的空间。

Boston Medical Center has a unique history. In the 1860s the campus was designated to serve the city’s poor; the organization maintains that tradition, through its mission and commitment to community, today. The original campus was the result of a design competition (Gridley Bryant, known for several notable buildings and urban parks), resulting in the original Boston City Hospital, conceived as “pavilions in a garden.” The Ambulatory Care Center now stands on the site of the original Maternity Building. BMC believes in promoting public health through innovative design, which is reflected in the unique facade, choice of materials, and thoughtful use of art and nature throughout the interiors to promote welcoming, healing spaces and provide spaces for respite.

 © Jeffrey Totaro

.Jeffrey Totaro

项目驱动

PROJECT DRIVERS

这一项目的驱动因素既具有可操作性，又具有经验性。该客户希望整合分散在其两个不同校园的流动服务，但由于波士顿城市医院和波士顿大学医学中心长达几十年之久的合并，这两个校区仍然相互脱节。现有的医生办公室大楼因使用需求不足，很快就过时了。

The drivers for this project were both operational and experiential. The client wished to consolidate ambulatory services dispersed throughout its two disparate campuses, still physically disjointed by the decades-old merger of Boston City Hospital and Boston University Medical Center. The existing Doctor’s Office Building was undersized for usage demand, and swiftly became obsolete.

BMC想为游客们介绍一种难忘的体验：从到达到出发，在许多诊所之间进行一次友好的、一致的相遇。这在一定程度上是通过每一层灵活的临床单元，以及建筑物外部的公共流通来实现的，这样就可以进入自然日光，并使人们看到有方向的风景。

BMC wanted to introduce a memorable experience for visitors: a patient-friendly, consistent encounter across the many clinics, from arrival to departure. This is achieved in part through the flexible clinical modules on each floor, as well as the public circulation along the exterior of the building, allowing access to natural daylight and orienting views.

 © Jeffrey Totaro

.Jeffrey Totaro

DESIGN DETAILS

温暖的木质、石材、宁静的竹园等天然材料，使这座城市医院达到了极高的审美境界，通过反映室内公共空间的外部环境，创造了连通性。这座建筑外部最吸引人的地方或许是南面/西南面外墙上的嵌板式陶土屏幕，它能抑制太阳能的增加和眩光，并增加了不同程度的透明度；在BMC校园其他地方发现的传统砖块上的当代旋转。兵马俑面板的流畅过渡将建筑物独特的正面与内部融合在一起，有助于突出大厅和欢迎桌，立即将游客导向空间内。

Natural materials such as warm wood, stone and a tranquil bamboo garden help achieve a high aesthetic for this urban hospital, creating connectivity through mirroring the exterior environment in the interior public space. Perhaps the most engaging feature of the building’s exterior is the panelized terracotta screen on the south/southwest-facing façade, which combats solar heat gain and glare, and adds a varying degree of transparency; a contemporary spin on the traditional brick found elsewhere on the BMC campus. The fluid transition of terracotta panels blends the building’s unique facade with the interior, helping to highlight the lobby and welcome desk, immediately orienting visitors within the space.

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艺术程序

ART PROGRAM

对校园历史及其当前城市环境的赞颂，就像咖啡厅里的一堵平面墙，将医院旧建筑的形象与游客眼前现存的褐石完美地并列在一起。拆除现有场地的一项要求是在新的救护大楼内加入一个历史展览，以纪念该遗址的过去遗产和产妇大厦内取得的医疗进步。建筑师与客户和艺术顾问密切合作，严格关注医院的城市环境和波士顿社区。这种合作产生了环境图形和整个建筑的整体艺术项目，平衡了传统和现代。

A tribute to the campus history and its current urban context exists as a graphic wall in the Café, beautifully juxtaposing images of the hospital’s old architecture against the extant brownstones within the visitors’ view. A requirement of demolishing the existing site was to incorporate a historical display within the new Ambulatory building, to pay homage to the site’s past heritage and the medical advances made within the Maternity Building. The architect worked closely with the client and an art consultant, paying strict attention to the hospital’s urban context and Boston community. This collaboration resulted in environmental graphics and a holistic art program throughout the building that balances both tradition and modernity.

 © Jeffrey Totaro

.Jeffrey Totaro