架构师提供的文本描述。雅芳代尔高地图书馆和学习中心位于麦当劳餐厅对面的一个突出的拐角处，毗邻当地的购物带和汽车修理厂。它坐落在澳大利亚著名的郊区巴里·汉弗莱斯(BarryHumphries)那里。

Text description provided by the architects. The Avondale Heights Library and Learning Centre is located on a prominent corner site opposite a McDonald’s restaurant and adjacent to the local shopping strip and automotive repair garages. It is amid the quintessential Australian suburb famously celebrated by Barry Humphries.

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经过十年适度的地方发展，维多利亚政府提出了一个新的社区资源，将现有的学校体育馆与一个多用途厅和相关的学习中心结合起来。服务的整合使中心成为一个“一站式商店”，满足广泛的社会需求。

Following a decade of modest local development, the Victorian Government proposed a new community resource combining an existing former school gymnasium with a multipurpose hall and associated learning centre. The integration of services allows the centre to become a ‘one stop shop’ for a wide range of community needs.

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现有的体育馆位于军事路和克拉伦登街交界的场地中央，而新的发展区则延伸为一个大的、不间断的绿地，毗邻克拉伦登街。该体育馆以前曾被社区团体和附近的Avondale高地小学使用。

The existing gymnasium is centrally located on the site bordered by Military Road and Clarendon Street, while the new development area extended as a large, uninterrupted green field site bordering Clarendon Street. The gymnasium was previously used by community groups and the nearby Avondale Heights Primary School.

该中心将对当地居民作出反应，并与他们的社会、休闲、信息和学习需要相关联。这为一座反映社区文化愿望的重要、容易找到和具有冒险精神的建筑提供了机会。

The centre was to be responsive to local residents and interrelated to their social, leisure, information and learning needs. This presented the opportunity for a significant, easily found and adventurous building reflecting community cultural aspirations.

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建筑的三大要素-现有的健身房、学习空间和图书馆-都是功能和建筑上的平淡无奇。霍华德·阿克利使用大胆的色彩和夸张的图案启发了这一设计。预算限制和功能需求决定了一种简单的建筑形式，以两卷形式表示。

The three principal building elements – existing gym, learning spaces and library – are functional and architecturally prosaic. Howard Arkley’s use of bold colourings and exaggerated patterning have inspired the design. Budget constraints and functional requirements dictated a simple building form, expressed as two volumes.

在建设期间，月亮谷市议会确定该项目包括图书馆设施。这就要求将记录在案的多用途大厅重新配置为借阅图书馆。这些变化是在方案和预算范围内进行的。

During construction Moonee Valley City Council determined that the project include library facilities. This required that the documented multipurpose hall be reconfigured as a lending library. The changes were accommodated within program and budget.

建筑物和空间的设计和规划考虑到了未来的灵活性，创造了今后改变用途或改变职业的可能性。因此，该中心可容纳从小会议室的3或4人到有50至100人参加的研讨会或培训班的团体。

The buildings and the spaces within have been designed and planned with future flexibility in mind creating possibilities for future change of use or alteration of occupation. As a result the centre can cater for groups from as small as 3 or 4 in the small meeting rooms to seminars or training sessions with 50 - 100 people.

这项设计也是通过与邻近地点的开发商维库尔联系，特别是在交通通道和管理方面，以及在通过该地点到当地购物区的步行路线方面进行的。

The design was also informed by liaison with VicUrban, the developers of the adjacent site, particularly in relation to traffic access and management and the creation of walking routes through the site to the local shopping area.

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该建筑旨在通过减少供暖和冷却负荷来尽量减少能源的使用，并在可能的情况下使用被动供暖、冷却和通风系统，而不是机械系统。在这种程度上，可持续设计的特点是集水、太阳能热水系统、南面锯齿屋顶到图书馆区提供自然日光、BAS和照明控制系统的低能配件和敏感材料的选择。

The building was designed to minimize use of energy by reducing heating and cooling loads and where possible, passive heating, cooling and ventilation are used instead of mechanical systems. To this extent features of the sustainable design are water collection, solar hot water system, south facing saw toothed roof to the Library area to provide natural daylight, BAS and Lighting control systems with low energy fittings and sensitive material selection.