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架构师提供的文本描述。角色中心

Text description provided by the architects. The Center for Character & Leadership Development (CCLD) will serve as an education and research center, supporting the Air Force Academy’s mission to integrate character and leadership development into all aspects of the Cadet experience while also serving as a think tank for leadership and character development initiatives nationwide.

CCLD还代表了学院校园的一个重要和象征性的附加部分，该学院于1954年设计，并于2004年被指定为国家历史地标区。作为自20世纪90年代以来在学员区建造的第一座建筑，CCLD为校园创建了一个建筑中心，并成为学院标志性的学员礼拜堂的对立面。

The CCLD also represents an important and symbolic addition to the Academy’s campus, which SOM designed in 1954, and was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 2004. As the  first building constructed in the Cadet Area since the 1990s, the CCLD creates an architectural focal point for the campus, and serves as a counterpoint to the Academy’s iconic Cadet Chapel.

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美国空军学院院长米歇尔·约翰逊中将说：“品格和领导力发展是空军学院使命的精髓，并与学院经验的各个方面交织在一起。”“这个标志性的结构代表了我们大胆的愿景，将成为综合研究和发展品格和领导能力的首要场所。”

“Character and leadership development is the essence of the Air Force Academy’s mission and is interwoven into every aspect of the Academy experience,” says Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson, Superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy. “This iconic structure represents our bold vision to become the premier venue for the integrated study and development of character and leadership.”

这座46，000平方英尺的建筑位于学员和校园公共区域之间的一个关键交汇点。这座建筑作为一个纽带，专门为学员、教授、贵宾和公众提供空间。它包括论坛，一个灵活的学术和社会互动聚会空间；一系列协作、会议室和研究室；活动厅；图书馆；以及荣誉董事会室，在那里进行与学员荣誉守则有关的查询。

The 46,000-square-foot building is located at a critical meeting point between the cadet and public areas of the campus. The building serves as a nexus, with spaces dedicated to cadets, professors, distinguished visitors and the public. It contains the Forum, a flexible gathering space for academic and social interaction; a series of collaboration, conference, and seminar rooms; o ces; library; and the Honor Board Room, where inquiries related to the Cadet Honor Code take place.

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SOM的设计合伙人罗杰·杜伊说：“我们的CCLD设计为美国空军学院创造了一个独特和现代的标志，同时也尊重了最初校园计划的纪律和严谨性。”“我们很荣幸有机会重新审视我们最重要的项目之一，并在校园的中心地带作出21世纪的贡献。”

“Our design for the CCLD creates a distinct and contemporary icon for the U.S. Air Force Academy, while also deferring to the discipline and rigor of the original campus plan,” states Roger Du y, Design Partner at SOM. “We were honored to have this opportunity to revisit one of our most important projects, and to make a 21st-century contribution at the heart of the campus.”

CCLD的特色是一个戏剧性的105英尺的天窗，这是一个设计元素，建立了一个大胆的存在校园，同时带来充足的自然光进入建筑物。这种玻璃围封的结构与北极星正好一致，这意味着学院的指导价值。通过调整这个新的社区中心和合作下的北极星，SOM的设计创造了一个有意义的建筑解释学院的愿望。

The CCLD features a dramatic 105-foot skylight, a design element that establishes a bold presence on the campus, while bringing ample natural light into the building. This glass-enclosed structure aligns precisely with the North Star, which signifies the Academy’s guiding values. By aligning this new center for community and collaboration under the North Star, SOM’s design creates a meaningful architectural interpretation of the Academy’s aspirations.

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由于它的建筑和结构工程的完全集成，其形式的动态性质，和机器一样的精度，天窗是流动的，但纪律。

With its complete integration of architecture and structural engineering, dynamic nature of its form, and machine-like precision,the skylight is  fluid yet disciplined. 

天窗的结构由三角形网格组成的对角线钢板组成，并经过精确校准，以抵抗风荷载作用下的侧向力。建筑外露的结构钢(AESS)没有任何点缀或装饰，其光滑的连接与结构的美学结合在一起。

The structure of the skylight consists of diagonal steel plates composed in a triangular grid and precisely calibrated to resist the lateral forces due to wind loading. The Architecturally Exposed Structural Steel (AESS) is devoid of all embellishment or ornamentation, and its sleek connections are cohesive with the aesthetics of the structure.

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在大楼的中心，论坛的梯田级别将容纳各种规模和形式的聚会。围绕着论坛的玻璃幕墙协作室，提供了强调透明质量的会议空间，而透明度是大楼设计的核心。

At the center of the building, the Forum’s terraced levels will accommodate gatherings at a variety of scales and levels of formality. Glass- walled collaboration rooms surround the Forum, offering meeting spaces that emphasize the quality of transparency that is central to the building’s design.

象征性地放置在建筑物的心脏，荣誉董事会会议室的特点是一个会议室位于一个玻璃孔下，打开了更大的天窗上方。坐在桌边的学员将精确地与北极星对齐。荣誉董事会室的内部是故意保持简单，墙壁，地板和天花板上覆盖枫树，强调桌子照亮在房间的中心。

Symbolically placed at the building’s heart, the Honor Board Room features a conference table situated beneath a glass aperture that opens onto the larger skylight above. A cadet seated at the table will be precisely aligned with the North Star. The interior of the Honor Board Room is kept deliberately simple, with walls,  floor and ceiling clad in maple, to emphasize the table illuminated at the center of the room.

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为了满足美国绿色建筑委员会颁发的LEED银牌认证，CCLD将在美国空军学院校园内为绿色技术和建筑实践制定新的标准。为了实现这一可持续性目标，并有可能获得LEED Gold认证，SOM开发了影响建筑物设计、建造和运营各个方面的综合建筑系统。CCLD采用了一种节能的气候控制方法，利用高效的空气处理装置、置换通风、辐射加热和冷却，以及在天窗结构内排出加热空气的太阳能烟囱效应。除了天窗结构提供的充足的自然光外，建筑物的教室、会议室和大厅都位于两个相邻的庭院周围，以尽量减少人工照明的使用。

Designed to meet LEED® Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, the CCLD will set a new standard for green technology and building practices on the U.S. Air Force Academy campus. To meet this sustainability goal, and to potentially obtain LEED® Gold certification, SOM developed integrated building systems that influence all aspects of the building’s design, construction, and operation. The CCLD features an energy efficient approach to climate control that utilizes high-efficiency air handling units, displacement ventilation, radiant heating and cooling, and a solar chimney effect within the skylight structure that expels heated air. In addition to the ample natural light provided by the skylight structure, the building’s classrooms, meeting rooms, and o ces are situated around two adjacent courtyards to minimize the use of artificial lighting.

Architects SOM

Location Colorado Springs, CO, United States

Category Institutional Buildings

Area 46500.0 ft2

Project Year 2016

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