架构师提供的文本描述。在康涅狄格州的一所独立寄宿高中HotchKisSchool，音乐项目对学校的重要性远远超过其老化的地下设施。学生表演的质量一直很好，但除了偶尔在教堂举行的地面音乐会外，音乐人对参观者和学生都视而不见。因此，计划将现有的戏剧剧院改造为音乐表演场所，并将其扩大到提供练习室和排练厅。

Text description provided by the architects. At The Hotchkiss School, an independent boarding high school in Connecticut, the music program was far more important to the School than its aging, subterranean facilities implied. The quality of student performances was consistently excellent, but except for the occasional above ground concert in the chapel, the musicians were out of sight to visitors and students alike. So plans were undertaken to renovate an existing drama theater into a venue for musical performances and expand it to provide practice rooms and a rehearsal hall.

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在杰斐逊·B·莱利(Jefferson B.Riley)的带领下，他是一位过时的小提琴手，也是一位间歇性的钢琴演奏者，中心布鲁克建筑师团队能够证明，翻修的高昂成本可以更好地投资在现有剧院的全玻璃音乐馆上。它将更清楚地表达音乐和艺术在学校的重要性。其结果是一个表演大厅，它不仅是一个令人振奋的彩排空间，而且把音乐放在前面和中央供大家看。

Lead by Jefferson B. Riley, a lapsed violinist and intermittent piano player, the Centerbrook Architects team was able to demonstrate that the high cost of renovations could better be invested in an all-glass music pavilion added onto the existing theater. It would more clearly express the importance of music and the arts at the school. The result is a performance hall that not only doubles as an uplifting rehearsal space, but also puts music front and center for all to see.

霍奇基斯学校的新音乐中心的展示品是凯瑟琳·埃尔弗斯大厅，这是一个玻璃墙的715座展馆，为观众和音乐家提供了一种独特的音乐体验。个人和合奏练习室、音乐技术工作室、教室、广播电台和教员办公室完成了该中心的课程。

The showpiece of the new Music Center at the Hotchkiss School is the Katherine M. Elfers Hall, a glass-walled, 715-seat pavilion that affords an exceptional musical experience prized by audiences and musicians alike. Individual and ensemble practice rooms, a music technology studio, classrooms, a radio station, and faculty offices complete the Center's program.

音乐厅是一个拉长的八角形，在圆形配置的地板，帕特，和阳台的座位，使这个玻璃展馆产生了一种不寻常的亲密关系，无论是对一小撮爱好者或整个学校。板条桃花心木栏杆的上层座位水平唤起弯曲身体的弦乐器，同时他们也软化了声学。玻璃墙面板折叠手风琴风格，以分散声音，产生一个清晰，完整的色调，同时呈现一个闪闪发光的正面内外。

The concert hall is an elongated octagon configured in the round with floor, parterre, and balcony seating so that this glass pavilion engenders an uncommon intimacy, whether for a handful of aficionados or the entire school. Slatted mahogany railings for the upper seating levels evoke the curving bodies of string instruments, while they also soften the acoustics. The glass wall panels are folded accordion style to diffract sound and produce a clear, full tone, while presenting a sparkling façade inside and out.

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Centerbrook建筑师和规划师提供的部分

在下午的灯光下，反射出来的树木点缀着外面的玻璃墙，在建筑上留下了自然的印记；在里面，可以看到一片高地草地，通向宁静的湖面，吸引着人们的目光。傍晚时分，太阳轻轻地落在观众身后。其中一位田园诗激发了一位来访的音乐家打断他的表演，这样聚会人员就可以转过身来，欣赏令他高兴的生动画面。

Reflected trees adorn the outside glass walls in the afternoon light, imprinting nature on architecture; inside, views of an upland meadow leading to a tranquil lake beckon the eyes. At evening time the sun settles gently behind the audience. One such idyll inspired a visiting musician to interrupt his performance so that the assemblage could turn around and savor the vivid tableau that was delighting him.

展馆为音乐艺术提供了一个全新的场所，不仅是在霍奇基斯学校校园，而且也是整个地区。它每年举办一系列的表演和夏季露天音乐会，嘉宾艺术家免费为公众服务。建筑采用可持续的材料和资源，并获得了美国绿色建筑委员会的LEED认证评级。

The pavilion gives the music arts a wholly new venue not only on The Hotchkiss School campus but also for the entire region. It hosts an annual series of performances and summer open air concerts by guest artists that are free to the public.The building employs sustainable materials and resources and has received a LEED Certified Rating from the U. S. Green Building Council.