架构师提供的文本描述。新的温哥华社区图书馆在温哥华，华盛顿，由米勒赫尔合作设计，最近向公众开放。有一个将近200英尺长，四层楼的中庭欢迎游客来到这个新的城市聚会空间，这个充满光线的空间有一个雕塑混凝土楼梯，将图书馆的五层楼连接在一起。一个50英尺高的“知识墙”装置象征着建筑中信息和思想的收集。“主要目标是为社区创建一个新的中心，”艾丁·邓宁(AdinDunning)说，他也在温哥华长大，是图书馆项目的首席建筑师。“这是为了让新用户进入图书馆，扩大图书馆所提供的内容。中庭空间将程序连接在一起，并将这座建筑与城市中的任何其他建筑区别开来。”

Text description provided by the architects. The new Vancouver Community Library in Vancouver, Washington, designed by The Miller Hull Partnership, recently opened to the public. With an almost 200-foot long, four-story atrium welcoming visitors to this new civic gathering space, the light-filled space features a sculptural concrete stair uniting the library’s five floors. A 50-foot high “Knowledge Wall” installation symbolizes the collection of information and ideas in the building. "The main goal was to create a new center for the community, " said Adin Dunning, the lead architect for the library project who also grew up in Vancouver. "It was about bringing new users into the library and expanding what the library had to offer. The atrium space connects the program together and differentiates this building from any other building in the city."

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这座老图书馆花了近50年时间在一处与城市相隔的高速公路上。这座新建筑使目前的建筑面积增加了两倍多(达到80，000平方英尺)。作为华盛顿第四大城市核心的一部分，这座建筑是一座规划中的四座楼高60万平方英尺的混合用途开发项目的基石，其中包括一个公共广场，该广场将从图书馆的中庭流出，以举办一系列社区活动。

The old library spent almost five decades at a site cut off from the city by the freeway. The new building more than triples the current space (to 80,000 square feet). As part of the urban core of Washington’s fourth largest city, the building serves as the cornerstone of a planned four-block 600,000-square-foot mixed-use development, including a public plaza that will spill out from the library’s atrium to host a series of community events.

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为响应社会的价值观，并努力向下一代用户推销图书馆的服务，最年轻的赞助者和家庭在大楼中占有突出地位。4 000多平方英尺的儿童博物馆式互动展览(该国最大的此类设施)为儿童及其照顾者提供了一个注重早期扫盲的(免费)场所，并培养了有助于学习阅读的技能。此外，创建了一个最先进(且完全封闭的)青少年空间，提供专用计算机、休息室座位、游戏监视器，以及一个音频/视频系统，旨在让青少年将自己的音乐带入这个空间。

In response to the community’s values and in an effort to market the library’s services to the next generation of users, the youngest patrons and families are featured prominently in the building. More than 4,000 square feet of children’s museum-like interactive displays (the largest such installation in the country) provides a focus on early literacy and a (free) place for children and their caregivers to come and build the skills that contribute to learning to read. Additionally, a state-of-the-art (and fully-enclosed) Teen Space was created providing dedicated computers, lounge seating, monitors for gaming, as well as an audio/ video system designed to allow teens to bring their own music into the space.

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为方便社区对话和讨论，图书馆包括室内和室外会议和演讲空间。所有这些区域都可供社区使用，包括一个大屋顶甲板，可以俯瞰哥伦比亚河和胡德山。

To facilitate community dialogue and discussions, the library includes both indoor and outdoor meeting and presentation spaces. All of these areas are available for community use, including a large roof deck with commanding views to the Columbia River and Mount Hood beyond.

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温哥华社区图书馆是为了长期的灵活性和适应性而设计的，因为图书馆随着时间的推移而变化。大的开放楼面面积和一层灵活的高空作业楼面，包括机械和电气系统，使得今后几年可以很容易地重新安排空间，并有助于实现总体可持续设计目标和预计的LEED Gold认证。利用自然光是一个关键的设计策略，狭窄的建筑和架子的排列使南北光线最大化。仔细大小的悬垂和战略用途的透明和阴影玻璃(包括不锈钢网罩和陶瓷护罩)控制热量和眩光。

The Vancouver Community Library was designed for long-term flexibility and adaptability as libraries change over time. Large open floor areas and a flexible raised access floor, containing mechanical and electrical systems, allow for easily rearranged spaces in the coming years and contribute to the overall sustainable design goals and projected LEED Gold certification. The use of natural daylight was a key design strategy, and the narrow building and arrangement of shelves maximizes north and south light. Carefully sized overhangs and the strategic use of clear and shaded glass (both a stainless steel mesh shade and ceramic frit) control heat gain and glare.

随着图书馆角色的改变，包括我们消费书籍和媒体的方式的演变，温哥华社区图书馆作为未来的图书馆脱颖而出-预期我们不能也不知道该期待什么，而是设计在未来(和下一个未来)到来时进行调整和应对。

As the role of the library changes, including the evolution of how we consume books and media, the Vancouver Community Library stands out as the library of the future — anticipating that we cannot and do not know what to expect, but designed to adapt and respond when that future (and the next future) arrives.

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