史密斯大学布朗艺术中心

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史密斯大学布朗艺术中心

新的布朗艺术中心不仅确立了史密斯校园内艺术学系的重要地位，同时也为校园本身打造了一个新门户。

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For the architect of a transformational project, the opportunity to create a new life out of an old one is like discovering an architectural fountain of youth. There is a kind of reassurance in utilizing the past to create a future, particularly when it is appropriate to substitute new imagery for old.

Susan T. Rodriguez

设计将始建于20世纪70年代的艺术博物馆、艺术和艺术史科系及艺术图书馆三合为一，剔去其钢梁后彻底重建，并将整个综合性建筑面积扩至38,000平方英尺。

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在这座配有国家先进设备的新建筑内，一个封闭的40英尺高明亮中庭取代了原有经风吹雨晒的外部庭院。

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这种新的内联体结构整合统一了艺术中心的三大主要板块，并为学生、教师、博物馆工作人员及游客开拓了一个全新的团体互动空间。

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细腻地面砖墙与带铝制遮阳板的大面积玻璃构成了建筑的整体立面。建筑选材以砖、锌、玻璃和金属为主，进而加强了建筑质地与周边环境人文历史的联系。

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详情

年份
2003
项目地点
Northampton, MA
项目规模
165,000 GSF
功能
Galleries, Studios, Library Reading Rooms, Imaging Center, Stacks, 120-seat Auditorium, Art Storage Facilities, Café, Museum store, Classrooms

团队

Ennead 团队
Susan T. Rodriguez, James S. Polshek, Joseph Fleischer, Joanne Sliker, Steven Peppas, John Lowery, Charmian Place, Gary Anderson, Niv Ben-Adi, Anya Bokov, Serge Drouin-Prouve, Rafael Gavilanes, Alan Henschel, Eugine Huang, Yong Joon Cho, Yama Karim, Kate Mann, Corvin Matlei, Bruce Nichol, Kevin Rice, Eduardo Tapia
摄影
Jeff Goldberg/Esto, Jim Gipe

奖项

  • 2004
    • Award of Merit, The International Association of Lighting Designers
  • 2003
    • Honor Award, AIA/New England
    • Brick in Architecture Award
    • Northampton Historic Commission Preservation Award for Excellence in the Built Environment

新闻

  • 2004
    • Weesener, Ted. "Find a pool of sunshine to taste, or take in, right in Northhampton" (Boston Globe, 2/29/2004)
  • 2003
    • Cambell, Robert. "Smith's Fine Art Center has a design that builds on the old but holds water" (Boston Globe, 8/24/2003)
    • Page, Max. "Five schools in Massachusetts vie for attention by hawking their wares - in vastly different garb" (Architecture, 10/2003)
    • Page, Max. "Outdoor Classrooms" (Architecture, 10/2003)
    • Polshek, James S. and Susan T. Rodriguez with foreward by John Davis, Suzannah Fabing and Barbara Polowy. The Brown Fine Arts Center: An Architecture of Transformation, Image and Word, Art and Art History at Smith College, 2003
    • Wright, Patricia . "Remaking the Museum" (Smith Alumnae Quarterly, 2003 Spring)
  • 2000
    • Dunlap, David W . "Where in the World Do We Put 24,000 Works of Art?" (NewsSmith, 2000 Spring)