架构师提供的文本描述。北卡罗莱纳州的60263平方米计划

Text description provided by the architects. The 60,263 sqf program for the North Carolina A&T State University Proctor School of Education is comprised primarily of classroom and office space. The desire to create an interactive social hub throughout the facility plays a key role in organizing student/faculty lounge spaces, conference, and the public circulation. Beyond the program need, the project has aspirations to recognize and express the history of the School of Education as well as its potential future role within the University. The program also takes an additional step in fulfilling the Master Plan goals of the University by further defining the central green space of the campus.

 © James West

(詹姆斯·韦斯特)

教育大楼分为两个“酒吧”，围绕着一个中央街道和一个中庭空间。东边的酒吧，主要是教职员工办公室，利用四角楼和钟楼的景观，被看作是一本更具渗透性的书。东边的酒吧里有教室，而且是一个更不透明的音量，用来处理本博路的车辆规模。教室酒吧悬挑在超大型教室上，为从本博路进入校园的行人定义了通往校园绿色和钟楼广场的入口。主要行政办公室和院长套房位于教室吧台的北端，提供相对于公共区域的高度隐私，以及与校园绿地和钟楼的强烈视觉联系。

The Education Building is organized into two ‘bars’ about a central street and atrium space. The east bar, which contains primarily faculty offices, takes advantage of the views of the quad and bell tower and is seen as a more permeable volume. The bar to the east contains classrooms and is articulated as a more opaque volume that addresses the vehicular scale of Benbow Road. The classroom bar cantilevers out over the extra large classroom to define a gateway to the campus green and bell tower plaza for pedestrians entering campus from Benbow Road to the east. The main administrative offices and Dean’s suite are placed at the north end of the classroom bar to provide a level of privacy relative to the public zones as well as a strong visual connection to the campus green and bell tower.

 © James West

(詹姆斯·韦斯特)

连接两个“酒吧”并与校园绿地东边平行的中央街道，在概念上是该计划的核心。不仅仅是一种简单的流经校园和建筑的手段，这个空间被看作是整个建筑的社会枢纽。这个中庭旨在鼓励教师、管理人员和学生之间的互动和社会化。该空间的底层由学生休息室、中庭家具组合、初级大教室、普通教室和模型教室以及与来访的外部公众关系最直接的行政套房激活。

The central street, which connects the two ‘bars’ and parallels the east edge of the campus green, is conceptually at the heart of the scheme. More than a simple means of circulation through campus and the building, the space is seen as the social hub of the entire building. This atrium is designed to encourage interaction and socialization between faculty, administration, and students. The ground floor of the space is activated by the student lounge, furniture groupings in the atrium, the primary large classroom, general and model classrooms, and the administration suites with the most direct relationship to the visiting outside public.