架构师提供的文本描述。森普尔布朗设计了一个额外的利特尔顿基督教会，利用该网站的特点，包括前沿范围的制高点。这弥补了原来建筑物的三个主要缺点。缺点包括：

Text description provided by the architects. Semple Brown Design designed an addition to the Littleton Church of Christ that took advantage of the site’s features including the commanding views of the Front Range. This remedied the three main drawbacks of the original building. The drawbacks included:

缺乏欢迎的第一印象。从科罗拉多大道的主干道看不见现有建筑的主要入口。从街道上看，这栋建筑被停车场完全包围了，造成了不必要的割裂和隔离，造成了地产周围大片的草坪区域被切断和隔离。

Lack of a welcoming first impression. The existing structure’s main entrance was not visible from the main thoroughfare, Colorado Boulevard. From the street, the building was completely surrounded by parking lots, creating unnecessary disconnection and isolation of the large and expansive lawn areas around the property.

这座建筑完全无视现场的景色。这个设计是内向的，与会众接触社区的愿望有很大的冲突。

The building’s complete disregard of the views from the site. The design was introverted, sharply conflicting with the congregation’s desire to reach out to the community.

一种建筑物的布局，为会员和游客提供了一条混乱和不相连的循环通道。

A building layout that presented a confusing and disconnected circulation path to members and visitors alike.

看看Semple Brown Design是如何在休息后解决这些缺点的。

See how Semple Brown Design tackled these drawbacks after the break.

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在总体规划阶段制定的目标是：

The goals developed in the master planning phase were:

1.为设施扩展提供分阶段的方法；允许随着时间的推移进行筹资。

1. Provide a phased approach to the facility expansion; allowing for fundraising over time.

2.改善教堂建筑第一印象的形象

2. Improve the image of the church building’s first impressions

3.为会众和可能的未来成员创建欢迎进入顺序

3. Create a welcoming entry sequence for both the congregation and possible future members

4.增加教室(儿童、青年和成人)和行政办公室的数目

4. Increase the number of classrooms (children, youth and adult), and administrative offices

5.将礼堂的容量从600人增加到1000人

5. Increase capacity of the auditorium from 600 to 1000

6.改善进出教堂的意见

6. Improve views to and from the church

7.为儿童提供安全游乐场

7. Provide safe playground area for children

8.增加停车场和改善户外草坪区的使用

8. Increase parking and improve the use of the outdoor lawn areas

第二阶段的重点是建立一个新的街道入口，扩大儿童和青年的空间，并发展更多的停车场。

Phase Two focused on a new entry addressing the street, expansion of spaces for children and youth and development of additional parking.

26，165平方米的扩建工程在两层楼和部分地下室展开。它包括主要入口和大厅区、十三间教室、两家儿童剧院、一间儿童图书馆、托儿所/日托，以及一套供青年使用的教室和公共空间。

The 26,165 sqf expansion is spread out on two floors and a partial basement. It includes the main entry and lobby area, thirteen classrooms, two children’s theatres, a children’s library, nursery/day care, and a suite of classrooms and common spaces for youth.

设计团队做出了很大的努力，通过在飞机上创造小位移和保持均匀的大规模变化来打破建筑的规模。为了改善建筑物的形象，建筑物的开窗设计是多种多样和独特的-尽管扩建的主要用途和功能是教育，但团队阻止它成为一座刻板印象的学校建筑；相反，它有一种抽象的神学感觉。

Great efforts were made by the design team to break down the scale of the building by creating small shifts in plane and keeping well proportioned massing changes. The fenestration of the building was intended to be varied and unique in order to improve on the building’s image – though the primary use and function of the expansion is educational the team kept it from becoming a stereotypical school building; instead, it has an abstractly theological feel to it.

一个钢制和多功能的天篷伸到街道上，把目光移回主要入口，同时提供一个从掉落区到前门的有遮蔽的走道。大堂提供了两种不同的体验：第一，高耸的垂直入口空间创造了对天空的向上聚焦；第二，是通过降低天花板的一部分，形成一个更亲密的大厅谈话区，产生了明显的水平运动。

A steel and polygal canopy reaches out to the street and draws the eye back to the main entry while providing a sheltered walkway from the drop-off area to the front door. The lobby provides two different experiences: first the soaring vertical entry space creates an upward focus to the heavens while the second is a distinctly horizontal movement created by lowering a portion of the ceiling to form a more intimate conversation area of the lobby.

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在第二阶段的规划及设计中，我们不但考虑到现有空间的“最后接驳”，更重要的是在第三阶段考虑未来空间的“最后接驳”。大厅的很高部分将向西延伸，朝向前方山脉和山的戏剧性的、遥远的景色。埃文斯峰。同时，墙壁变得更近，收紧了光圈，突出了天地之间的联系。“楔形”是支撑沿主入口北侧交叉的垂直白色元素。它将在连接第二和第三阶段的关键作用，成为视觉和物理锚，两个阶段的建设将无缝衔接。

During the planning and design of Phase Two, great consideration was given to the ‘final connection’ to not only the existing spaces but more importantly to the future spaces in Phase Three. The high portion of the lobby will be stretched west towards the dramatic, distant views of the Front Range and Mt. Evans Peak. At the same time, the walls grow closer, tightening the aperture and highlighting the connection between heaven and earth. “The Wedge” is the vertical white element supporting the cross along the north side of the main entry. It will play a pivotal role in joining Phase Two and Three by becoming the visual and physical anchor where both phases of construction will meet seamlessly.

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第三阶段(54，000平方英尺)将集中在一个1，000个座位的礼堂、成人教室、行政管理、一个社区食品库、厨房、室外圆形剧场以及教堂和社区活动的草坪区，以及更多的停车场。原有建筑的唯一剩余部分，即礼堂，将被改造成一个体育馆/弹性空间，为整个社区建立一个非正式的聚会空间。

Phase Three (54,000 sqf) will concentrate on a 1,000-seat auditorium, adult classrooms, administration, a community food bank, kitchen, outdoor amphitheater as well as lawn areas for church and community events, and more parking. The only remaining component of the original building, the auditorium, will be converted into a gymnasium/flex space that establishes an informal gathering space for the entire community.

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