架构师提供的文本描述。在迎接为NASCAR设计名人堂的挑战时，Pei Cobb释放了

Text description provided by the architects. In approaching the challenge of designing a Hall of Fame for NASCAR, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners sought to capture the essential spirit of NASCAR and its sport in architectural form. In exploring the possibilities for expressing speed and spectacle, they were drawn to the arena of action, the racecourse, where fans and race teams come together each race week for the spectacle of race day. Curving, sloped forms are evocative not only of the dynamic and changing sinuous shape of the racetrack but also of the perception of speed, which is at the heart of the NASCAR spectacle.

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An important part of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners’s design strategy was to locate NASCAR Hall of Fame Plaza, a sweeping forecourt that welcomes visitors to the Hall of Fame, on the northern edge of the site, poised toward the pedestrian traffic and energy of uptown Charlotte.

名人堂由四个基本要素组成。首先，一个大的玻璃椭圆形形状形成了一个大会堂，作为名人堂的象征核心和游客的主要定位点。第二，一个长方形的容量容纳游客服务，包括进入和展示空间的上层。第三，礼堂是大会堂内的标志性元素。最后，一个广播演播室，作为NASCAR的媒体合作伙伴的各种广播和电视广播的发源地，使广场活跃起来。

The Hall of Fame consists of four basic elements. First, a large glazed oval shape forming a Great Hall serves as the symbolic core of the Hall of Fame and a primary orientation point for the visitor. Second, a rectangular volume houses visitor services, including entry and exhibit space on the upper floors. Third, an expressed Hall of Honor is situated as an iconic element within the Great Hall. Finally, a broadcast studio, serving as an origination point for a variety of radio and television broadcasts by NASCAR’s media partners, enlivens the Plaza.

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Pei Cobb释放的结果

The results of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners’s explorations of speed and spectacle evolved into an architectural element they call the Ribbon, which envelops the varied program elements in a form that speaks to the imagery and spirit of NASCAR. Beginning as a curved, sloping exterior wall enclosing the building, the Ribbon twists in a free span over the main entry to form a welcoming canopy. Inspired by the dynamic quality of speed, captured in a second as a blur on film, the long, thin incisions in this metal skin are analogous to the blur of a car racing past the spectator at tremendous speed.

在大厅的内部，一个弯曲的银行坡道的标志性元素把游客从主楼层引到上面的展览层。坡道上展示的赛车瞬间冻结在比赛中，以另一种方式捕捉速度和壮观，这是运动的本质。

On the interior within the Great Hall, a signature element of a curved banked ramp leads the visitor from the main floor to the exhibit levels above. The ramp contains a display of race cars frozen in a moment from a race, capturing in another way the speed and spectacle that is the essence of the sport.

NASCAR大厦是一座20层的办公楼，位于整个城市街区发展的东南角，即名人堂建筑群。该塔位于考德威尔街高速公路交汇处的交汇处，被设计成通往城市的门户，并与名人堂的标志性设计相融合。塔的形式遵循名人堂的领导，由曲线金属和玻璃幕墙组成，与矩形预制混凝土电枢形成对比。

NASCAR Tower is a twenty‐story office tower anchoring the southeast corner of the full city block development that is the Hall of Fame Complex. Located at the intersection of the Caldwell Street freeway interchange, the tower is designed as a gateway to the city and to blend with the iconic design of the Hall of Fame. The tower form follows the lead of the Hall of Fame, consisting of a curvilinear metal and glass curtain wall contrasted with a rectangular precast concrete armature.

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名人堂/宴会厅/停车场助理建筑师：小型多元化建筑咨询

Associate Architect for Hall of Fame/Ballroom/Parking: Little Diversified Architectural Consulting