架构师提供的文本描述。新的大力神公共图书馆被认为是一个社区聚集地，是一个功能高效的知识和发现容器。该图书馆植根于城镇和地区的景观和传统，借鉴了不同的东西方文化-与庭院活动、东方花园和北加利福尼亚的气候联系在一起。

Text description provided by the architects. The new Hercules Public Library is conceived as a community gathering place and a functionally efficient vessel of knowledge and discovery. Rooted in the landscape and traditions of the town and region, the library draws from diverse eastern and western cultures—tied to the climate of courtyard missions, Eastern gardens, and Northern California.

 © Bill Timmerman

(比尔·蒂默尔曼

图书馆坐落在一个凸起的桥墩上，是高速公路上的一座灯塔，从阅览室里享受着漫长的景色。这座建筑环绕着街道的边缘，为东边的邻里提供了一片小树林。它长长的蝴蝶耙从山坡上冒出来，向市政厅示意。这一简单的形式是充满活力的选择性孔和蛇形墙，提供了一种运动感的公民驱动器。墙壁是垂直砖瓦-一个温暖的马赛克灯光和颜色的地方。在西南角，一个“纸灯笼”的双焦玻璃筛选日光到阅览室，并在夜间发光。下面，一个玻璃壁炉和镇上共用一个壁炉。

Sited on a raised plinth, the library is a beacon from the freeway, enjoying long vistas from its reading room. The building embraces the street edge and provides a grove for the neighborhood to the east. Its long butterfly rake emerges from the hillside—gesturing to City Hall. This simple form is energized by selective apertures and a serpentine wall, giving a sense of movement on Civic Drive. Walls are vertical brick tile— a warm mosaic of the light and color of the place. At the southwest corner a ‘paper lantern’ of dual-fritted glass sifts daylight to the reading room and glows by night. Below, a glass fireplace shares a hearth with the town.

游客来到一个漂浮的银色天篷，让人联想到柔软的白色室内；音质天花板在地毯上方，让人联想到森林地板。直接从入口，会议室，会议，和家庭作业中心组成一个套房，从建筑物的其他地方安全，可在下班后使用。

Visitors arrive at a floating silver canopy, giving onto a soft white interior; acoustic ceilings vault above carpet reminiscent of a forest floor. Directly from entry, the meeting room, conference, and homework center form a suite, secured from the rest of the building, usable after-hours.

图书馆围绕着一个白色椭圆形的“天空花园”，里面有一家咖啡馆，还有一张倾斜的苔藓床和一棵木兰树周围的阅读区域。国际的、小说的、非小说的和参考资料的藏书都流经阅览室，书房紧邻花园。青少年有自己的高能空间，还有一扇通往树林的海湾窗户。

The library is organized around a white elliptical ‘sky garden’ with a café and reading areas around a tilted moss bed and magnolia tree. International, fiction, non-fiction, and reference collections flow through the reading room, with study rooms adjacent to the garden. Teens are given their own high-energy space, and a bay window to the grove. 

 © Bill Timmerman

(比尔·蒂默尔曼

儿童图书馆与其他藏书分开，可欣赏到儿童花园。深蓝色的“故事锥”把孩子们传送到一个神奇的世界，用“蝴蝶阴影”来调节天窗。图书馆被誉为在社区和图书馆员中取得的成功，并为大力士树立了新的公民自豪感。

The children’s library is separated from other collections, viewing onto the children’s garden. The deep blue ‘story cone’ transports kids to a magical world with a ‘butterfly shade’ to modulate skylight. The library has been hailed as a success in the community and among librarians, and has given Hercules new cause for civic pride.

 © Bill Timmerman

(比尔·蒂默尔曼