架构师提供的文本描述。现有的建筑物：教堂、德巴莱酒店和监狱的墙壁构成了一个令人印象深刻的城市环境，由简单的线条、巨大的矿物表面和壮丽的群众组成。不幸的是，这三种建筑所保持的关系无法从街道上体验到。显然，在北面需要第四个要素来完成城市结构。

Text description provided by the architects. The existing buildings: the church, the Hotel de Balay and the wall of the prison form an impressive urban setting made up of simple lines, great mineral surfaces and imposing masses. Unfortunately, the relation that these three constructions maintain cannot be experienced from the street. Obviously, a fourth element is needed on the north side to complete the urban structure.

 © Philippe Ruault

菲利普·鲁奥

缺少的元素是图书馆/电影院。这座新建筑有礼貌地弯曲自己，以避免出现在大街上的公共场所。一个城市呼吸被创造出来，这在一个非常密集的建筑环境中是受欢迎的。

The missing element is the library/cinemas. The new building has the courtesy to curve itself in order to spare a public place that opens on the street. An urban respiration is created which is welcome in a very dense built context.

 © Philippe Ruault

菲利普·鲁奥

同它的邻居一样，新建筑的线条很简单，它的物质是矿物(混凝土)，它的存在没有多余的体积和材料安排。

Like its neighbours, the lines of the new building are simple, its matter is mineral (concrete) and its presence is stated without superfluous arrangements of volumes and materials.

 © Philippe Ruault

菲利普·鲁奥

由于它与邻国保持着积极的关系，它汲取了自己的力量和奇异之处。因此，其南面的弧度直接反映了教堂石板覆盖屋顶的大斜坡；其计划的曲线构成了Cordeers街、新的中心地点和教堂背面之间的自然联系。

It draws its strength and its strangeness owing to the fact that it maintains an active relationship with its neighbours. Thus, the curvature of its southern façade addresses a direct response to the large slope of the slate covered roof of the church; the curve of its plan constitutes a natural connection between the street of Cordeliers, the new central place and the back of the church.

 © Philippe Ruault

菲利普·鲁奥

如果它是尊重它的环境，新的建筑物也热衷于坚持其独特的存在。它的美学是由一条曲线的组合来调节的。通过这个过程，它看起来是一个独立的对象。在他的一个前沿，一个人抓住调节它的系统，理解它适用于这个单位，并且感知整体。

If it is respectful of its environment, the new building is also keen to assert its unique presence. Its aesthetic is regulated by a combination of curved lines. By this process it appears an autonomous object. Placed in front of one of his frontages, one seizes the system that regulates it, understands that it applies to the unit and perceives the whole.

 © Philippe Ruault

菲利普·鲁奥

建筑的外观表现在内部。从入口处，人们就能感觉到整个内部的音量。内部组织非常清晰：各种功能都分布在三层，外加电影院的地下室。

The architectural expression of the exterior is found in the interior. From the entrance, one perceives the entirety of interior volume. The interior organization is of a great clearness: the various functions are distributed on three levels plus a basement for the movie theatres.

 Courtesy of du Besset-Lyon Architectes

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