架构师提供的文本描述。康加厅位于洛杉矶市中心，位于斯台普斯中心对面，是洛杉矶最重要的拉丁夜总会。这个空间将展示当今最热门的拉丁表演者在14000平方英尺的现场场地空间，其中包括一家餐厅、三个不同的酒吧、露台座位、一个贵宾休息室和一个私人房间。此外，俱乐部还将举办洛杉矶电视台和世界著名的DJ，毗邻舞台和人群之上，为气氛增添更多的刺激。也许俱乐部设计的最大意图是忠于拉丁社区的活力，向它的根源和深厚的历史致敬，同时向它注入洛杉矶热情的现代生活方式。

Text description provided by the architects. The Conga Room, in its new location at LA LIVE in downtown Los Angeles across from the Staples Center, is the city’s premier Latin nightclub. The space will feature today’s hottest Latin performers in its 14,000 square foot live venue space, which includes a restaurant, three distinct bars, patio seating, and a VIP lounge and private room. In addition, the club will host LA TV and world-renowned DJs adjacent to the stage and above the crowd, adding even more excitement to the ambiance. Perhaps the club design’s greatest intent is to be true to the energy of the Latin community, to pay homage to its roots and deep history while infusing it with Los Angeles’ fervent modern lifestyle.

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十多年来，康加厅一直是洛杉矶文化地标。拉丁现场音乐和舞蹈场地是洛杉矶的萨尔萨和伦巴中心。最初的地点于2006年关闭，目的是在洛杉矶市中心新的“洛杉矶现场”建筑群中开设一个新的场馆。新家将包括一个16，000平方英尺的现场音乐和舞蹈空间，包括一个大型舞池，一个舞台，多个贵宾区，一个全方位的餐厅和三个酒吧，每个酒吧都有自己独特的环境。与古巴艺术家Jorge Pardo和墨西哥壁画家Sergio Arau的合作是必不可少的，他们分别是番木瓜酒吧和表面纹身的设计师。

For over a decade, the Conga room has been a Los Angeles cultural landmark. The Latin live music and dance venue was LA’s center for Salsa and Rumba. The original location closed in 2006 with the goal of opening a new venue in the new “LA Live” complex in Downtown, Los Angeles. The new home would contain a 16,000 sq ft live music and dance space made up of a multitude of programs—a large dance floor, a stage, multiple VIP areas, a full-service restaurant and three bars, each with their own unique environment. Collaboration with Cuban artist Jorge Pardo and Mexican muralist Sergio Arau, designers of the Papaya Bar and Surface Tattoos, respectively, was essential.

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好像协调和混合各种不同的程序和风格是不够困难的，这个原本计划用于办公的空间，有一个非常低和充满设备的天花板来谈判，并且需要在一座混合用途的建筑物内运作。因此，三个主要因素开始推动设计过程：第一，空间必须与建筑的其他部分隔开，同时为表演者和赞助者进行声学表演。其次，预计俱乐部将持续满员，因此大多数传统建筑设备-墙壁和地板-都会被顾客混淆。最后，该俱乐部位于主广场的二楼，这是餐馆和俱乐部经营者的典型弱点，他们通常很难吸引顾客爬上楼梯或电梯。解决的方法是使用天花板作为空间组织者、主要的隔音器/放大器和事件吸引子。

As if coordinating and blending the variegated programs and styles together wasn’t challenging enough, the space, originally planned for office use, had a very low and equipment-filled ceiling to negotiate and needed to operate within a mixed-use building. As a consequence, three major factors began to drive the design process: First, the space had to be acoustically isolated from the rest of the building while simultaneously performing acoustically for its performers and patrons. Second, it was anticipated that the club would continuously be filled to capacity, thus most conventional architectural devices—walls and floors, would be obfuscated by patrons. Finally, the club was located on the second floor of the building off of the main plaza—a classic foible for restaurant and club operators who commonly have difficulty in beguiling patrons up a flight of stairs or elevators. The solution was to use the ceiling to perform as the spatial organizer, the primary acoustical isolater/amplifer and event attractor.

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为了满足客户对反映拉丁文化活力和活力的审美欲望，天花板表面由一系列电脑数控(CNC)-经过粉刷的胶合板-由钻石图案组合而成，最初源自经典的古巴伦巴舞步。每个小组代表一个花瓣，而六个花瓣的组合构成了一朵花。参数化三维建模和建筑性能软件，有助于花卉在一个统一的、起伏的表面上的扩散，这一表面的凋零和开花，描绘了俱乐部内每一个独特的环境。作为活动吸引人，天花板面板汇聚成一个20英尺高的炽热龙卷风，穿透舞池，邀请和引导赞助者到俱乐部的活动。为了进一步加强体验，房间拥有一个完整的、最先进的LED照明系统，它使天花板能够在按下按钮时改变颜色和气氛，甚至实时地对音乐的节奏和声音作出反应，成为现场的积极参与者。

In an effort to meet the client’s desires for an aesthetic that reflected the vibrancy and dynamism of Latin culture, the ceiling surface, fashioned from a series of Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC)-milled, painted plywood panels, was created from an assemblage of diamond patterns, which were initially derived from the classic Cuban Rumba dance step. Each panel represented a Petal while groupings of six Petals constituted a Flower. Parametric 3D modeling and building performance software aided in the proliferation of the Flowers in a unified, undulating surface that waned and blossomed, delineating each of the unique environments within the club. As the event attractor, the ceiling panels converged into a 20-foot tall glowing Tornado that penetrated the dance floor, inviting and guiding patrons up to the activities in the club. To further intensify the experience, the room boasted an integral, state-of-the-art LED lighting system which gave the ceiling the ability to change color and atmosphere at the push of the button or even react to, in real time, the rhythms and sounds of the music, becoming an active participant in the scene.

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除了美学上的考虑外，天花板还必须减轻特定于现场音乐场地的复杂建筑基础设施目标。必须考虑多种照明系统、视听系统、机械系统和消防/生命安全系统等。如前所述，必须探索和控制各种声学因素。参数化设计模型允许根据性能反馈，根据从各种声学分析软件包收集的数据，操纵天花板的孔隙度。实际上，天花板不是无限薄的表面延伸到各个角落，而是一个深表面，分层和减轻多个选区，创造一个复杂的建筑基础设施，既提供一个动态的视觉环境，也是一个很好的地方，听音乐。

In addition to aesthetic concerns, the ceiling had to mitigate complex building infrastructure goals specific to that of a live music venue. Multiple lighting systems, audio visual systems, mechanical systems and fire/life safety systems, among many others, had to be considered. As previously mentioned, various acoustical considerations had to be explored and controlled. The parametric design model allowed the porosity of the ceiling to be manipulated based on feedback from performance, based on data collected from various acoustic analysis software packages. In effect, the ceiling was not an infinitely thin surface extended to all corners but rather a Deep Surface, layering and mitigating multiple constituencies to create a complex piece of building infrastructure providing both a dynamic visual environment as well as a great place to listen to music.