架构师提供的文本描述。肯莫尔图书馆为一个郊区社区提供服务，这一社区在很大程度上被最近的重建所忽视。该图书馆位于一个新兴的市中心核心地带，是20世纪60年代零售建筑、地面停车和繁忙的高速公路的混合体，它满足了社区空间的需求以及公共和商业用途的融合。

Text description provided by the architects. The Kenmore Library serves a suburban community largely bypassed by recent redevelopment. Located in an emerging downtown core that is a mix of 1960s retail buildings, surface parking, and a busy highway, the library responds to needs for community space and integration of public and commercial uses.

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为了适应图书馆服务不断演变的变化，图书馆设计提供了灵活、互联和适应性强的平面图，最小的固定障碍限制了内部组织。作为一种市民包容的姿态，阅览室是透明的，开放的，在公共正面连续的玻璃和一个微妙的拉杆屋顶桁架系统，清晰-跨越75‘x 90’空间。

To accommodate changes in the continuing evolution of library services, the library design provides a flexible, interconnected, and adaptable floor plan, with minimal fixed obstructions limiting internal organization. As a gesture of civic inclusiveness, the reading room is transparent and open, with continuous glazing on the public facades and a delicate tension-rod roof truss system which clear-spans the 75’ x 90’ space.

最佳的太阳方向和中央天窗充满了平衡和扩散的自然光阅览室。阅览室两端的砖和木材的相对坚固的围护结构包括图书馆的支持功能和私人书房。凸起的地板系统提供暖通、电力和数据分配，并将公共艺术品集成到地板腔中。广泛的采光，LED固定装置，再生木材，以及区域来源的材料和家具有助于实现可持续发展的目标.

Optimum solar orientation and central skylights fill the reading room with balanced and diffused natural light. Relatively solid enclosures of brick and wood at either end of the reading room contain library support functions and private study areas. A raised floor system provides HVAC, power, and data distribution, with public artwork integrated into the floor cavity. Extensive daylighting, LED fixtures, reclaimed wood, and regionally-sourced materials and furniture contribute to sustainability goals.

 © Lara Swimmer

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为了响应当地对步行友好的市中心的渴望，图书馆与街道相连，有一个入口广场，并淹没了大楼下面的停车场。与街道平行，图书馆延伸到地产线，预测未来的聚会墙。一座由本地植物和雕塑地貌组成的花园缓冲着高速公路上的阅览室，提供雨水渗透，减少了进入附近华盛顿湖的地表径流。

In response to local aspirations for a pedestrian-friendly downtown, the library connects to the street with an entry plaza and submerges parking beneath the building. Parallel to the street, the library extends to the property line, anticipating future party-walls. A garden of native plants and sculpted landforms buffers the reading room from the highway, providing rainwater infiltration that reduces surface run-off into nearby Lake Washington.

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