架构师提供的文本描述。汉密尔顿农贸市场和公共图书馆项目是汉密尔顿市现有设施的一项重大改造和补充。现有建筑位于约克大道南侧，位于汉密尔顿市中心的一个关键入口点。约克大道是一条主要的单向公路，东/西大动脉贯穿市中心和城市。

Text description provided by the architects. The Hamilton Farmers' Market and Public Library project is a major renovation and addition to an existing facility located in the city of Hamilton. The existing building is located on the south side of york boulevard at a key entry point to downtown Hamilton. York Boulevard is a major one way, east / west artery which traverses the downtown core and the city.

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这座建筑得益于沿着这条大道的一长段清澈的城市街道正面。该设计试图充分利用这一正面，因为该项目与重新设计约克大道。这项重建计划旨在减低车辆流量，并鼓励行人沿约克的这部分地区行走。图书馆/市场大楼坐落在一个密集的城市街区内，西边有科普斯体育馆，南部有杰克逊广场购物中心，东部有市中心办公室。

The building benefits from a long stretch of clear, urban street frontage along this thoroughfare. The design has attempted to take full advantage of this frontage, as the project coincides with the redesign of York Boulevard. This redevelopment will attempt to slow down vehicle traffic and encourage pedestrian movement along this portion of York. The library / market building is embedded within a dense urban block which contains Copps Coliseum stadium to the west, Jackson Square Mall to the south and city centre offices to the east.

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现有的双重用途设施的目的是包括这两个不同的公共项目。大楼的大部分是一个六层的塔，专门为汉密尔顿的主要参考图书馆。农贸市场有两个主要层次。上层是与库的地面层共享的部分夹层。较低的层次是一卷程序，它在库的底层下面滑动。这层地下室打开了一个巨大的充满灯光的中庭空间，连接市场到街道，上层市场夹层和上面的图书馆。

The existing dual purpose facility was purpose built to include these two distinct public programs. The bulk of the building is a six story tower dedicated to Hamilton’s main reference library. The farmer’s market is located on two main levels. The upper level is a partial mezzanine shared with the ground level of the library. The lower level is a volume of program which slides underneath the ground level of the library. This basement level opens onto a large light filled atrium space connecting the market to the street, the upper market mezzanine and the library above.

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该项目希望通过重新设计和重组两个项目的内部空间和在网站的西北角建造一个额外的建筑来调整现有的建筑。这一增加将图书馆的主要入口从其目前的位置重新定位到约克大道，并从街道边缘返回。

The project aspires to rejuvinate the existing building through the redesign and reorganization of interior spaces of both programs and the construction of an addition on the northwest corner of the site. This addition relocates the main entry of the library to York Boulevard from its current position elevated and set back from the street edge.

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由此产生的设计将建筑物的前两层置于一个新的双层玻璃板中，延伸出一个城市街区的长度。这个透明的，发光的，水平的“塔”试图创造一个充满活力的，当代的和可接近的面对现有的建筑。将图书馆和市场重新连接到市中心一条主要大道的新边缘的立面。向城市投射两个不同而重要的公共项目的生活和规划。

The resulting design reclads the first two stories of the building in a new double glazed skin, stretching the length of a city block. This transparent, glowing, horizontal “tower” attempts to create a vibrant, contemporary and accessible face to the existing building. A facade which reconnects the library and the market to the new edge of a major downtown thoroughfare. Projecting the life and program of two distinct and important public programs to the city.

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