架构师提供的文本描述。Almanjayar区是为在Granada建造安达卢斯地区政府行政总部而选定的地区，它没有为大楼的设计或布局提供任何刺激。

Text description provided by the architects. The Almanjayar zone, the area chosen for the construction of the administrative headquarters of the Andalusian Regional Government in Granada, did not provide any sort of stimulus for the building’s design or layout.

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选择的地点是西边的住宅建筑，南面是一个大型购物中心，北面是一家超市，东边是永远未完工的建筑工程。从本质上讲，公共行政当局的确切目标是试图通过这座新建筑的存在重新划分该地区；毫无疑问，在城市发展方面是一种积极的做法，但它也对建筑物的设计提出了严重的挑战，因为它没有任何附近的参照点或积极的城市信息可供借鉴。

The chosen site was bordered by residential buildings to the west, a large shopping centre to the south, a supermarket to the north and eternally unfinished building works to the east. In essence, the public administration’s precise aim was to attempt to rezone the area through the presence of this new building; undoubtedly a positive approach in terms of urban development, but one that also presented a serious challenge to the design of the building, as it did not have any nearby reference points or positive urban information to draw on.

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这导致了一座建筑的设计，其独特的外部立面避免复制附近建筑物的任何线条。事实上，这座建筑的造型来自一个新的空间，一个精确的几何庭院，占据了建筑的中心，并围绕着整个建筑组织起来。从本质上讲，整个建筑群都围绕着这个空间旋转，每一个建筑的高度都在逐步上升，从三层到五层、七层或九层，与长方形庭院的四面一致。简而言之，建筑与外部立面脱节，从它自己的中心，从这个新创造的空间中产生它的结构。

This led to the design of a building whose unique exterior facade avoids replicating any of the lines of the nearby buildings. In fact, the building takes its shape from a new space, a precisely geometrical courtyard that occupies the centre of the building and around which the entire structure is organised. In essence, the whole complex revolves around this space; each structure progressively increasing in height, from three to five, seven or nine storeys, in line with the four sides of the rectangular courtyard. In short, the building disassociates itself from the exterior facades and generates its structure from its own centre, from this newly created space.

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这个建筑群是从南部进入的，经过检查站和门廊后，游客来到院子里，这是一个意外的发现。从院子里可以到达各个垂直流经区。这一中心空间及其组织重要性的影响甚至延伸到各层办公室的布置上；各个办公室集中在庭院周围，而面向外部的区域(几何图形更不规则)则保留给开放式办公室。

The complex is accessed from the south, where, after passing through checkpoints and porches, visitors come upon the courtyard, an unexpected discovery. From the courtyard they can reach the various vertical circulation areas. The influence of this central space and its organisational importance extends even to the arrangement of the offices on the various floors; individual offices are grouped around the courtyard, while the external-facing areas, which have a more irregular geometry, are reserved for open-plan offices.

穿过院子后，游客来到了第二阶段开发的一座互补建筑。这座建筑向主楼延伸，而被封闭在后面的街道上。因此，第二栋建筑的外部正面与第一栋建筑的内部正面-那些打开庭院的正面-形成了反差。

After crossing the courtyard, visitors come to a complementary building that was developed in a secondphase. This structure opens out towards the main building while being closed off to the back street. A contrast is therefore produced - the exterior facades of the second building mirror the interior facades – those that open onto the courtyard – of the first building.

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这两座建筑的正面都用锌板覆盖，整个建筑群都是单色的，这是一种灰色，使它明显有别于邻近的建筑物。为了进一步区分这座建筑和它的郊区环境，一座大钟被放置在建筑群的最高点，使它被自豪地承认为公共机构。

The facades of both buildings have been clad in zinc panels, and the complex as a whole is very monochromatic; a grey that clearly sets it apart from its neighbouring buildings. To further distinguish this building from its suburban surroundings, a large clock has been positioned at the highest point of the complex, allowing it to be proudly recognised as a public establishment.

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