德克萨斯亚洲协会中心丨美国丨谷口吉生

德克萨斯亚洲协会成立于1979年，是纽约亚洲协会的一个分支，旨在将该州与全球另一个重要且不断增长的地区联系起来。随着该组织通过遍布全城的不同活动和场馆来发展其愿景，它意识到要想蓬勃发展，就需要有自己的大本营。

The Asia Society of Texas was founded in 1979 as a division of the Asia Society of New York in an attempt to link the state to that other important and growing region of the globe. As the organization progressed its vision through different events and venues all over the city, it realized that in order to flourish, it needed its own home base.

2003年，德克萨斯亚洲协会在休斯顿著名的博物馆区购买了一块2.3英亩的地块；第二年，街对面的街区被买下来用作停车场。同年，谷口吉生被选中设计这座建筑。该中心将利用艺术和文化节目，促进大休斯顿社区内的文化理解的联系。

In 2003, the Asia Society of Texas purchased a 2.3-acre site in Houston’s renowned museum district; the next year the block across the street was bought as the parking lot. In that same year, Yoshio Taniguchi was chosen to design the building. The center will use arts and cultural programs to promote connections of cultural understanding within the Greater Houston community.

中心的访客将被一个坚持深思熟虑的极简主义伦理的景观所欢迎。前院包括一个简单的地表覆盖物和传统橡树的平面，这些橡树框住了主入口的视野，并作为一个特殊活动的场所。在建筑的后面，一个秃秃的柏树丛形成一个垂直的树篱，挡住了通往第二层石园的视野。

Visitors to the center will be welcomed by a landscape that adheres to a thoughtfully executed minimalist ethic. The Front Yard includes a simple plane of ground cover and heritage oaks that frame views to the main entry and serves as a venue for special events. At the rear of the building, a grove of bald cypress forms a vertical hedge that holds the views to the second level Stone Garden.

一系列三个独立的花园位于建筑的第二层。一系列三个独立的花园位于建筑的第二层。水花园的特点是水的皮肤，反映了两棵遗产橡树的影子和远处休斯顿的天际线。石头花园是一个由碎石和垂直竹子组成的简单平面，作为旋转在雕塑中心的背景。雕塑花园包括一个倾斜的地毯覆盖物，上面有精心放置的石雕作品。

A series of three individual gardens are located on the second level of the building. The Water Garden features a skin of water that reflects shadows from two heritage oaks and distant Houston skyline. The Stone Garden is a simple plane of gravel and vertical bamboo that serves as a backdrop to rotating pieces of sculpture at the center. The Sculpture Garden includes a sloped carpet of ground cover with stone sculptures carefully placed in composition.