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C.Bob Gundu

架构师提供的文本描述。一个由Atelier Kastelic Buffey(AKB)设计的社区支持的借阅图书馆，正在帮助振兴新市场的城镇。这个位于多伦多正北的不断加强的郊区，有一个维多利亚时代的核心地带，周围环绕着不断增长的现代化住宅轨道。这座吊舱位于该镇历史街区中心的一个著名的最近建成的城市广场的边缘，继续着市政当局利用现代设计的计划，以创造一个活泼、时下的集散地，供人们在绿叶古朴的环境中聚集一堂。这种社区凝聚力的精神来自于吊舱，它从一开始就被灌输到设计中。

Text description provided by the architects. The Story Pod, a community-supported lending library designed by Atelier Kastelic Buffey (AKB), is helping to invigorate the Town of Newmarket. The intensifying suburb, due north of Toronto, has a Victorian-era core surrounded by ever-growing tracks of modern housing. The pod, placed on the edge of a prominent, recently completed civic square, in the heart of the town’s historic district, continues the municipality’s plan to use contemporary design as a means of creating a lively, current-day hub for gathering within the leafy, quaint setting. This spirit of community cohesion comes through in the pod, having been imbued in the design from the earliest days of its inception.

 Floor Plan

Pod的故事呼应了AKB的著名住宅项目，以一种纯粹的，简单的形式，掩盖了深刻思考的建筑方法。这个抽象的黑色体积-8‘w×8’d×10‘h-作为城市标志，吸引了附近大街上好奇的居民和一条相邻的河边步道。当用户在盒子周围移动时，其垂直板的节奏会发生变化。最紧密的间距连接着不透明的墙壁；在透明的雷克萨斯(Lexan)的支持下，更大的缝隙让光线和视野得以穿透；最宽的开口展示书库，展示书脊，鼓励渴望的读者进来。

The Story Pod echoes AKB’s renowned residential projects with a pure, simple form that belies a deeply thoughtful approach to architecture. The abstract, black volume — a compact 8’ w by 8’ d by 10’ h — acts as an urban marker, drawing curious residents from nearby Main Street and an adjacent riverside walking trail. As users move around the box, the rhythm of its vertical slats changes. The tightest spacing articulates opaque walls; the larger gaps, backed by transparent Lexan, allow light and views to filter through; and the widest openings display the book stacks, showcasing the spines and encouraging eager readers to come in.

 © Bob Gundu

C.Bob Gundu

白天，当两堵墙像一本书的封面一样打开，欢迎人们进屋或聚集在前面时，邀请就会变得更加明显。参观者可以拿着或留下一些东西阅读，也可以在内置的座位上安静地休息和阅读。成群的学生可以在外面收集故事时间与他们的老师。晚上，当车门被锁上、凹下时，由屋顶上隐藏的、可自我维持的太阳能电池板供电的节能LED灯，就像灯笼一样在格子中发光，为夜市或社区活动提供了氛围。(在冬季的几个月里，吊舱将被存放在场外；在基地专门设计的通道可以容纳一个标准的叉车，以方便、高效的运输。)

During the day, the invitation becomes more pronounced when two of the walls pivot open like the covers of a book, welcoming people inside or to gather around the front. Visitors can take or leave something to read, or lounge quietly on the built-in seating and read. Groups of students can collect around outside for story time with their teacher. At night, when the doors are locked, recessed, energy efficienct LED lights, powered by concealed, self-sustaining solar panels on the roof, glow through the lattice work like a lantern, providing ambience for night markets or community events. (During the winter months, the pod will be stored off-site; specially designed channels at the base accommodate a standard forklift for easy, efficient transportation.)

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(C)Shai Gil

Pod的社区精神来自于设计过程的根源。这一概念是由霍利斯财富发起的，他为购买材料捐赠了资金。AKB无偿承担了该项目。工作室仔细考虑了如何使设计美观、实用，以及生态、经济和易于建造，以便志愿施工人员可以组装它。借鉴他们的经验，设计一个时间框架和预算紧凑的滑雪小屋，AKB使用标准尺寸木材和胶合板-这是微型生产废物-这样做与巧妙的比例，节奏和平衡，以创造一些优雅的东西。新市场的员工中，没有一个是全职的专业承包商，他们把工作时间集中在一个市政拥有的机械厂的角落里，用来建造吊舱。他们对细节的关注决定了他们对这个项目的喜爱，这个项目肯定会随着时间的推移而增长。

The Story Pod’s ethos of community comes from the roots of the design process. The concept was initiated by HollisWealth, who donated funds for the purchase of materials. AKB undertook the project pro bono. The studio carefully considered how to make the design aesthetically pleasing and functional, as well as ecological, economical and easy to build so that a volunteer construction crew could assemble it. Drawing on their experience designing a ski chalet with a tight timeframe and budget, AKB used standard dimension lumber and plywood — which mini- mized production waste — doing so with clever proportioning, rhythm and balance to create something graceful. Town of Newmarket employees, none of whom are fulltime professional contractors, dedicated their work days in a cordoned off corner of a municipally owned machine shop to build the pod. The care they took with the details dem- onstrates affection for the project that will surely grow with time.

 © Bob Gundu

C.Bob Gundu

Architects Atelier Kastelic Buffey

Location Newmarket, ON, Canada

Category Small Scale

Area 64.0 ft2

Project Year 2015

Photographs Shai Gil, Bob Gundu