架构师提供的文本描述。伊利艺术博物馆的翻新和扩建，于2010年10月开放，将博物馆重新定义为社区经常出现的目的地。以获得LEED金认证为目标，这座建筑将是伊利县第一个LEED设计项目。该项目为博物馆提供了一个创新的、可识别的建筑形象，符合该组织的使命和目标。博物馆除了在画廊环境中展出策划的艺术外，一直在安装环境中支持环境艺术。这一增加为博物馆提供了反映这一价值的建筑特征。该项目位于伊利市中心，包括一个新的入口和公共空间、一个永久性展览和旅游展览的新空间、一个多用途的表演和节目空间、一家咖啡馆和一间室外“客厅”，将促进多样化的活动，为多种观众提供服务，以及一个更室内的雕塑花园。新的教育空间、办公室和房子后面的空间也是该项目的一部分。

Text description provided by the architects. The renovation and expansion of the Erie Art Museum, which opened in October 2010, redefined the museum as a recurring destination for the community. With a goal of obtaining gold LEED certification, the building will be the first LEED designed project in Erie County. The project provides the museum with an innovative and recognizable building image consistent with the organization’s mission and goals. The museum, in addition to exhibiting curated art in a gallery environment, has always supported environmental art in installation settings. The addition provides the museum with a building identity reflecting this value. The project, located in downtown Erie, includes a new entry and public space, new spaces for permanent and traveling exhibitions, a multipurpose performance and program space, a café, and an outdoor “living room,” which will foster diverse activities and serve multiple audiences and a more interior sculpture garden. New education spaces, offices and back of house spaces are also a part of the project.

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博物馆以前住在两栋既有但不毗连的建筑物中，致力于将这些设施从物理上和体验上连接起来，并提供一个新的公共入口，以及灵活的画廊空间和一个大型多用途房间。由于现有建筑物之一是历史地标，属于宾夕法尼亚历史博物馆委员会(PHMC)所有，因此该项目还必须符合美国内政部规定的标准。

Previously housed in two existing but noncontiguous buildings, the Museum committed to a project that would link the facilities, both physically and experientially, and provide a new, common entrance along with flexible gallery spaces and a large multipurpose room. Because one of the existing buildings is a Historical Landmark and owned by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC), the project was also required to meet standards set by the US Department of the Interior.

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该项目增加了10 000 SF，并重组和翻修了47 000 SF的现有空间，以改善博物馆的功能和环境。设计了一个持续的游客体验，为体验过渡创造机会，与不同建筑结构之间不可避免的阈值同步。

The project incorporates a 10,000 sf addition along with reorganization and renovation of 47,000 sf of existing space to improve the functionality and environment of the museum. A continuous visitor experience was designed by creating opportunities for experiential transition synchronized with the inevitable thresholds between different building structures.

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该附加提供了一个可访问和突出的主要入口，具有动态的建筑身份。它是多孔的，透明的，旨在捕捉和阴谋的赞助者和过路人，鼓励社区参与。这座建筑向外伸展，从伊利的主要街道上捕捉风景。博物馆的目标是将自己与邻近的建筑分开，并将色彩与伊利的主要灰色天空形成对比。大胆的形式和温暖的铜和金属蓝色面板的发展，以满足这一需要。

The addition provides an accessible and prominent main entrance with a dynamic architectural identity. It is porous, transparent and designed to capture and intrigue patrons and passers-by, encouraging the community to engage. The architecture cantilevers outward to capture the view from Erie’s main street. It was the museum’s objective that the project physically set itself apart from the adjacent buildings and incorporate color to contrast with the predominantly grey skies of Erie. The bold forms and the warm copper and metallic blue panels were developed to meet this need.

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创新的可持续设计功能，包括一个可旋转墙壁的大型画廊，可以用最少的工作人员的努力迅速重新配置，帮助该项目获得Kresge基金会的绿色建筑设计和建设赠款。这种设计策略消除了建造和拆除临时隔间所产生的材料浪费，并减少了举办展览所需的工作人员时间。绿色屋顶、低用水水管装置、透水铺路、透雨排水系统、高绝缘建筑围护结构和提供A级环境的节能机械系统(由美国博物馆协会设置)都有助于建造一座旨在降低运营费用和限制环境影响的建筑。

Innovative sustainable design features, including a large gallery with rotating walls that can be reconfigured quickly with minimal staff effort, helped to earn this project a Kresge Foundation Grant for Green Building Design and Construction. This design strategy eliminates material waste generated from constructing and demolishing temporary partitions, and reduces the staff time necessary to set up exhibitions. Green roofs, low water use plumbing fixtures, permeable paving, a permeable stormwater removal system, a highly insulated building envelope, and an energy efficient mechanical system that delivers a Class A environment, set by the American Association of Museums, all contribute to a building designed to reduce operational expense and to limit environmental effect.