立方體圖書館

設計 07-02

蘇福克郡社區學院的學習資源中心是一盞學習之燈。建築白天是照亮室內空間的稜鏡，晚上是照亮校園的燈塔。一個簡單的9平方英尺的立方體在7萬平方英尺的圖書館的兩層上布置了項目。

The Learning Resource Center at Suffolk County Community College is a lantern of learning. The building is a prism for illuminating the interior spaces during the day and a beacon for illuminating the campus during the night. A simple nine square cube deploys the 70,000 square foot library program on two floors.

立方體的部分被移除，以允許自然光穿透建築內部，因此大部分空間都可以獲得白天的光線和景觀。一個中央的燈籠罩著一個信息共享空間，學院的協作學習室，並上升到圖書館的屋頂線之上，成為校園中一個可見的圓頂。從學術廣場的任何地方以及從東西兩側的通勤停車場都可以清楚地看到燈籠。

Portions of the cube are removed to allow natural light to penetrate deep within the building, thus a majority of spaces have access to day light and view. A central lantern houses an information commons, the collaborative learning room of the college, and rises above the roof line of the library to become a visible cupola on the campus. The lantern can be clearly seen from any part of the academic mall and from the east and west commuter parking lots.

學習資源中心的選址加強了總體規劃，並將中心的入口置於主要人行道的交匯處，這些人行通道連接了這個通勤校園入口處的地面停車場。外部是通風的赤陶雨幕立面。白陶土將這個中心設施與其周圍的紅磚校園建築區分開來，這是一系列設計策略之一，用於實現一個可持續的建築。

The Learning Resource Center siting reinforces the masterplan and places the Center』s entry at the confluence of major pedestrian pathways that connect surface parking lots of this commuter campus at its gateway entrance. The exterior is a ventilated terra cotta rain screen facade. The white terra cotta distinguishes this central facility from its surrounding red brick campus neighbors and is one of a series of design strategies used to achieve a more sustainable building.

二樓的一部分被移到南側，創造了一個綠色的屋頂花園，用於戶外閱讀和學習，同時也減少了雨水的需求。在燈下的中央信息共享中心，輻射板加熱和冷卻有效地為顧客提供舒適，而無需加熱和冷卻整個體量。

A portion of the second floor is removed on the south side to create a green contemplative roof garden for outdoor reading and study while also reducing storm water requirements. Radiant slab heating and cooling in the central information commons beneath the lantern efficiently provides comfort to the patrons without heating and cooling the entire volume.

學習資源中心為信息共享的合作項目活動提供了動態的社會學習空間，也為傳統的安靜的學者在集合閱覽室學習提供了空間。信息共享包括個人和團隊計算機工作站、技術和參考諮詢台、小組自習室和休閑閱讀區。它是激發學生和教師之間富有成效的碰撞的核心動力。

The Learning Resource Center program provides space for both dynamic social learning afforded by the collaborative program activities of the Information Commons and the traditional quiet single scholar studying in the collection and reading room areas. The Information Commons houses individual and team computer workstations, the technology and reference help desks, group study rooms and casual reading areas. It is a central dynamo for stimulating productive collisions between students and faculty.

與信息共享中心相鄰的是學術卓越中心和寫作中心。該項目位於信息共享中心的顯著位置，是信息共享協作和社會學習環境的延伸。當一個人離建築的中心越來越遠，項目空間變得更加私密，協作性越來越低，也越來越安靜和內省。

Adjacent to the Information Commons is the Center for Academic Excellence and the Writing Center. This program is prominently located on center of the Information Commons as an extension of the collaborative and social learning environment of the Information Commons. As one moves further away from the center of the building, the program spaces become more private, less collaborative and more quiet and introspective.

學習資源中心還包括教室、輔導中心、媒體中心、雅典娜學院和學院董事會會議室。公共入口項目空間，如禮堂和畫廊位於圖書館安全之外，以允許它們在圖書館運營之外使用。

he Learning Resource Center also includes classrooms, tutoring center, media center, a faculty athenaeum and the college board room. Public access program spaces, such as the auditorium and gallery are located outside of library security as to permit their use beyond library operati.