架构师提供的文本描述。诗歌基金会的新家是由一座与花园对话的建筑组成的，它是通过侵蚀L字形财产边界所描述的隐含体积来创造的。花园空间在形式上与封闭的建筑交织在一起，被认为是建筑的另一间“房间”，也是建筑缓慢展开的空间序列的一部分，它是由空间来揭示的，就像一首诗是逐行展现的。

Text description provided by the architects. The new home for the Poetry Foundation is comprised of a building in dialogue with a garden which is created through erosion of an implied volume as described by the L-shaped property boundary. The garden space, which formally interlocks with the enclosed building, is conceived as another “room” of the building, and part of the building’s slowly-unfolding spatial sequence, which is revealed space by space, not unlike a poem is revealed line by line.

 © Steve Hall/Hedrich Blessing

史蒂夫·霍尔/海德里希·福星

游客通过花园进入该项目，这是一个介于街道和封闭建筑之间的城市避难所。进入花园，游客看到了双高的图书馆空间，宣布他们正在进入一个文学环境。在大楼内，一个展览馆将图书馆与表演空间连接起来，参观者在花园的背景下聆听诗人的作品。

Visitors enter the project through the garden, an urban sanctuary that mediates between the street and enclosed building. Entering the garden, visitors perceive the double-height library space, announcing that they are entering into a literary environment. Inside the building, an exhibition gallery connects the library to the performance space, where visitors listen to poets read their work against the backdrop of the garden.

 © Steve Hall/Hedrich Blessing

史蒂夫·霍尔/海德里希·福星

公共活动-表演空间、画廊和图书馆-位于大楼底层，办公空间位于第二层，分为三个区域(基金会管理、诗歌杂志/网站和节目)。这座建筑被配置成允许从所有空间到花园的视野。

Public functions—the performance space, gallery and library—are located on the building’s ground floor, while offices space are located on the second level, organized into three areas (Foundation Administration, Poetry magazine/website, and Programs). The building is configured to allow for views from all spaces into the garden.

 © Steve Hall/Hedrich Blessing

史蒂夫·霍尔/海德里希·福星

从结构上讲，这座建筑被设想成一系列的层，游客可以在这些层之间来回移动。层，由锌，玻璃和木材，剥离，以确定各种空间的建筑物。建筑物的外层氧化锌在花园的边缘被穿孔，使人们可以从街道上看到花园，以鼓励公众进行调查。在花园内部，锌丝网墙的作用是内化花园体验，并提供一种移除感，为游客准备内部体验。

Tectonically, the building is conceived of as a series of layers that visitors move through and between. Layers, of zinc, glass, and wood, peel apart to define the various spaces of the building. The building’s outer layer of oxidized zinc becomes perforated where it borders the garden, allowing visual access to the garden from the street to encourage public investigation. Inside the garden, the zinc screen wall serves to internalize the garden experience and provide a sense of removal, to prepare visitors for the experience inside.

 © Steve Hall/Hedrich Blessing

史蒂夫·霍尔/海德里希·福星