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架构师提供的文本描述。Grimshaw很高兴地宣布，杜克大学在北卡罗莱纳州达勒姆的西校区联盟已完成翻修和扩建。新的学生会位于阿贝勒·夸德，它重新确立了自己作为学生生活的中心和杜克大学历史校园的公共中心的地位。促进社会互动，激励健康的生活方式和提供最先进的烹饪卓越，建设把杜克社区在一个令人兴奋的环境，将大学的传奇历史与积极的，共同的和当代的经验。

Text description provided by the architects. Grimshaw is pleased to announce the completed renovation and expansion of Duke University’s West Campus Union in Durham, North Carolina. Situated on Abele Quad, the new student union re-establishes itself as the centerpiece for student life and the communal heart of Duke’s historic campus. Fostering social interaction, inspiring healthful lifestyles and delivering state-of-the-art culinary excellence, the building brings the Duke community together in an exciting environment that unites the University’s storied history with an active, communal and contemporary experience.

西校园联盟成立于1931年，由Horace Trumbauer办公室设计，作为新兴大学的社会中心。该联合会是弗雷德里克·劳·奥尔姆斯特德学校总体计划的一部分，位于四层楼上，现在的名字是原建筑的首席建筑师朱利安·阿贝勒(JulianAbele)，他是特伦鲍尔办公室中一位著名的非裔美国设计师。

First opened in 1931, the West Campus Union was designed by the office of Horace Trumbauer as a social center for the emerging University. The union is part of Frederick Law Olmstead’s master plan for the school and is situated on the quad that now bears the name of the original building’s lead architect, Julian Abele, a prominent African-American designer in Trumbauer’s office.

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作为重建工作的一部分，这座有近百年历史的建筑已经恢复了原有的建筑意义，而建筑的核心已经被替换和重新设计。特伦鲍尔最初的建筑结构是用当地采石场杜克石材建造的外墙，而华丽的窗框、石榴石和其他装饰元素是由印第安纳石灰岩精心制作而成的。这些历史元素现在构成了一个透明的中庭，为建筑和周围的学术区域提供了一个焦点。

As part of the reconstruction, the nearly hundred-year-old structure has seen its legacy spaces restored to their original architectural significance while the central core of the building has been replaced and reimagined. Trumbauer’s original structure featured an exterior façade constructed out of locally quarried Duke Stone, while the ornate window tracery, gargoyles, and other decorative elements were carefully crafted from Indiana limestone. These historic elements now frame a transparent atrium that provides a focal point for the building and surrounding academic precinct.

新设计的重点是将亮度和孔隙度引入到结构中，从所有方向吸引学生，并激活整个大学辖区的视线。社会中心提供各种舒适和动态的空间，鼓励学生、教师和校友聚集和互动。这些学生生活空间包括用于正式和非正式学习、会议和演示的环境，以及用于排练和表演的更大空间。

The new design focuses on the introduction of lightness and porosity to the structure, inviting students in from all directions and activating sightlines across the university precinct. The social hub offers a variety of comfortable and dynamic spaces that encourage students, faculty, and alumni to congregate and interact. These student life spaces include environments for both formal and informal study, meetings and presentations, as well as larger spaces for rehearsals and performances.

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西校区联盟已经成为杜克大学共同课程活动的神经中枢，主办了大学的各种俱乐部和组织。会议室、小组会议区域和多用途空间遍布整个大楼，为学生在住所和教室外提供多功能空间。

The West Campus Union has become the nerve center for co-curricular activities at Duke, hosting the University’s diverse collection of clubs and organizations. Conference rooms, small group meeting areas and multi-purpose spaces are spread throughout the building to provide versatile spaces for student connection outside of their residences and classrooms. 

透明度、连通性和工艺是建筑设计的核心特征，引入了新的空间构图，旨在培养更大的社区意识。充满活力和重叠的卷把无数的活动编织在一起，增强学生的体验，同时将西校园联盟的历史遗产与其新发现的活力联系起来。追溯校园总体规划的流通模式，往返于和通过重新连接的西校园联盟。大的入口被固定在现存的石墙里，内衬着黑钢，开阔了整个建筑的视野。

Transparency, connectivity and craftsmanship are central characteristics of the building’s design, introducing new spatial compositions meant to foster a greater sense of community. Dynamic and overlapping volumes weave together a myriad of activities that enhance the student experience while linking the historic legacy of the West Campus Union to its newfound energy. Circulation patterns that trace the campus master plan travel to and through the reconnected West Campus Union. Large portals framed into the existing stone walls, lined in blackened steel, open up views across the building. 

坐落在哥特式木架上的钢和玻璃阳台，为过去的遗产提供了新的有利条件。

Steel and glass balconies perched in the gothic wood trusses allow fresh vantage points into the legacy of the past. 

一系列玻璃桥使连接以前隔离的空间的快捷方式成为可能。这种新的连接网络在建筑周围创造了一种运动和互动的嗡嗡声，培养了一种可以感知的能量，从而定义了复兴的学生社区。

A series of glass bridges enable shortcuts that link previously isolated spaces. This new network of connections creates a buzz of movement and interaction around the building, cultivating a palpable energy that defines the revived student community.

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新西校区联盟还与当地的供应商和食品概念合作，提出了美食探索和教育，容纳12个餐饮场所，展示国际和当地的美食。新的餐饮核心提供了以新鲜成分和健康、农场到叉的有机选择为特色的订单烹调，旨在鼓励健康的生活方式选择。在该建筑物中没有苏打，相当一部分手工制的调味水是免费提供的。

The new West Campus Union also brings forward culinary food exploration and education, housing 12 dining venues showcasing international and local cuisines, in collaboration with local vendors and food concepts. The new dining core provides made-to-order cooking featuring fresh ingredients and healthy, farm-to-fork organic options intended to encourage healthy lifestyle choices. No soda is served in the building, rather a range of hand-made flavored waters are made available free of charge.

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聚餐的活动一直是历史上餐厅规划的中心，也是在“花园”里聚在一起，共同分享一顿饭的理想。如今，在进步的千禧一代学生群体的影响下，西校园联盟的转变以高等教育烹饪的现代化理念为特征，向更多的文化多样性和新颖性发展。大楼中心的原有餐厅风格厨房已被拆除，取而代之的是裸露的厨房-庆祝食物及其准备。这一新核心与历史悠久的餐厅相去甚远。受纽约Eataly、伦敦Borough Market和费城终端市场(TerminalMarket)等极受欢迎的烹饪市场的启发，西校园联盟的体验为学生提供了各种各样的食物供应和烹饪风格，可以从一条日光灯照耀的内部街道进入，有充足的地方可以坐在热闹的就餐环境中。更传统的座位选择是在历史性的餐饮空间，以及在改造后的皇冠公域的外面，在建筑物的南面。(鼓掌)

The activity of coming together around a meal was always central to the historic dining hall’s programming as well as the epicurean ideal of coming together in the “garden” to commune and learn around the sharing of a meal. Today, influenced by the progressive millennial student body, the transformation of the West Campus Union is characterized by a modernized philosophy in higher education culinary offerings toward greater cultural diversity and novelty.  The original cafeteria style kitchens in the center of the building have been removed and replaced with exposed kitchens – celebrating food and its preparation.  This new core, offset from the surrounding historic dining halls, provides an unencumbered “market” experience.  Inspired by hugely popular culinary markets like Eataly in New York, Borough Market in London, and the Terminal Market in Philadelphia, the experience at the West Campus Union provides students with a large variety of food offerings and culinary styles, accessible from a day-lit internal street with ample places to sit amidst a lively dining environment. More conventional seating options are located in the historic dining spaces, as well as outside in the reinvented Crown Commons to the south of the building.  

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这座建筑的改造也反映了它周围景观的更新。阿贝勒四角区现在是高度有序、清晰和成熟的。这些区域已经在更大的景观总体规划范围内得到了协调，并与四合院最近的其他升级完美地结合在一起。包括珀金斯图书馆(Perkins Library)。这片开阔的空地已被大量用作有组织的学生活动和活动以及即兴聚会的娱乐场所。地面餐厅延伸到一个新设计的外部空间-皇冠公域，其中包括室外餐厅、啤酒花园、更多沉思的座位区，还有一座新的桥梁/亭子。由詹姆斯·卡朋特设计，漂浮在上面。

The building’s transformation has also been mirrored by a renovation of the landscape surrounding it.  The Abele Quad is now highly ordered, legible, and mature.  These areas have been coordinated within the larger landscape master plan and are seamlessly integrated to other recent upgrades on the quad, including Perkins Library.  The open expanse has become heavily used as a recreational space for organized student activities and events, as well as impromptu gatherings.  The ground level dining extends out into a newly designed exterior space, the Crown Commons, that includes outdoor dining areas, a beer garden, more contemplative seating areas, and is layered with a new bridge/pavilion, designed by James Carpenter floating above.

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在学区内引入这些新的空间和联系，为杜克大学的学生和教职员工提供了一个振兴的社区家园，加强了大学已经存在的价值观。西校园联盟的改造和扩展标志着一个重要的建筑干预，渴望连接，保存和维持学生的生活。

The introduction of these new spaces and connections within the precinct has provided the Duke students and faculty with a revitalized communal home that enhances the values already present at the University. The renovation and expansion of West Campus Union marks a significant architectural intervention that aspires to connect, preserve, and sustain student life.

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Architects Grimshaw

Location Durham, NC 27708, United States

Category University

Area 10200.0 m2

Project Year 2016

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