架构师提供的文本描述。我们认为这是一个重新连接的地方，在1964年菲利普·约翰逊世界博览会建筑群中有趣的圆形几何图形的基础上添加了新的东西。我们的新星云室是一个透明的观景亭，从那里可以欣赏公园未来的梦想-过去、北半球和约翰逊天文台的塔楼和亭子仍在寻找救援。这是一个为自治市举办的聚会室，那里丰富的材料和夕阳的色彩被109个民族文化中的一个广泛的节日所理解，而这些文化是皇后区的荣耀。

Text description provided by the architects. We see this as a place of reconnections, additions that build upon the playful circular geometries of the original 1964 Philip Johnson World’s Fair complex. Our new nebula room is a transparent viewing pavilion from which to appreciate the park’s dreams of futures past, the Unisphere and the Johnson observatory towers and pavilions still in search of rescue. It is a party room for the Borough, whose rich materials and sunset colors are understood as festive by a wide cross-section of the 109 ethnic cultures that are the glory of Queens.

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新的建筑是一个600人的接待室，与约翰逊的纽约州馆的巨大椭圆形轴心站在一起。所面临的挑战是在预算范围内创建圆形螺旋形的印象，而预算中只允许大的平板玻璃单元。

The new structure is a 600-person reception room for the Borough, standing on axis with the giant oval of Johnson’s New York State Pavilion. The challenge was to create the impression of round spiraling forms while living within a budget that permitted only large flat glazed units.

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运用格式塔心理学原理和透视艺术，我们设计了一个结构玻璃墙，在每个垂直接头上突出金属翅片。鱼鳍的作用是驱使大脑专注于消失的视角，这是由于看到鱼鳍在曲线上消失而导致的。

Using the principles of Gestalt psychology and the art of perspective, we designed a structurally glazed wall with metal fins projecting at each vertical joint. The effect of the fins is to drive the mind’s eye to focus on the vanishing perspective that results from seeing them vanish around the curve.

“水平”毛刺的螺旋斜率进一步增强了这种空间弯曲运动的感觉。幕墙的设计采用了广泛的现代技术，包括低乳化液涂料以降低太阳热量，硅酮密封接头代替金属多层帽，充气绝缘装置以降低加热成本，以及夹层玻璃外灯以增加单位尺寸和提供破坏性的能力。数字设计和制造技术使制造5000多个单独和独特的玻璃面板协同工作，创造完美的圆形错觉。

The spiraling slope of the ‘horizontal’ mullions further intensifies this perception of curved movement in space. The design of the curtain wall utilizes a broad array of contemporary technologies including low emulsion coatings to reduce solar heat gain, silicone sealant joints in lieu of metal mullion caps, gas-filled insulating units to reduce heating costs, and laminated glass outer lights to increase unit size and provide vandalism resistance. Digital design and fabrication techniques enabled fabrication of over 5000 separate and unique glass panels that work in concert to create the illusion of perfect roundness.

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