潘宁顿中学Kenneth K·T· Yen人文馆丨美国新泽西丨VMA事务所

VMA事务所为潘宁顿中学设计了Kenneth K.T. Yen人文馆，该校是一所位于新泽西州潘宁顿的私立学校。新建筑设置18间教室和5间研讨室，位于VMA于2012年设计的校园规划的中心。

Voith & Mactavish Architects completes the Kenneth K.T. Yen Humanities Building for The Pennington School, a private preparatory school in Pennington, New Jersey. The new building houses eighteen classrooms and five seminar rooms and lies at the center of a comprehensive campus plan VMA produced in 2012.

▼项目立面，facade ©Jeffrey Totaro

▼项目外观，external view ©Jeffrey Totaro

在项目初期，人文馆计划设置21间教室，这使得占地面积多于3万平方英尺（约2787平方米），由此，VMA事务所和潘宁顿中学认为可以以更加充分利用空间和资源的方式重新思考项目和设计。VMA事务所分析了潘宁顿中学的日常课程表，确定学校更适合混合大小的教室，而不是一开始计划的同等大小的教室。学校的文化还体现在带有独立办公室的共享教学空间，而不是为每个教学组团指定一间教室。新建筑的初步计划还包括一个全封闭的演讲厅。随着方案优先考虑灵活多用的空间，VMA事务所创建了公共讨论场所“The Forum”，这是宽敞的通高中庭，用于讲座和活动以及非正式集会和学习会议。

The new Humanities Building was initially planned to contain 21 classrooms and occupy a larger footprint than the resulting 30,000 sf. Early in the process, however, VMA and the Pennington School realized that they could rethink the program and design in ways that made the best use of space and resources. VMA analyzed Pennington’s daily class schedules and determined that the School would be better served by a mix of classroom sizes rather than the originally programmed series of equal-sized classrooms. The School’s culture would additionally be transformed by creating shared teaching spaces with separate departmental office spaces, rather than designating one classroom per faculty member. Initial plans for the new structure included a fully enclosed lecture hall. With the change in strategy to prioritize flexible and multi-use spaces, VMA created The Forum, an expansive double-height atrium that serves as a space for both lectures and events, as well as informal gatherings and study sessions.

▼公共讨论场所，forum ©Jeffrey Totaro

▼通高空间，double-height atrium ©Jeffrey Totaro

▼使用场景，usage scenario ©Jeffrey Totaro

VMA事务所设计人文馆是为了挑战和重新定义传统教学楼设计的多功能性，以更好地支持潘宁顿中学的现代教学和学生互动体验。VMA事务所合伙创始人兼设计总监Daniela Holt Voith说：“参观者可以通过观看建筑来了解学校。这所学校的理念和教学方式的优势在空间中显而易见。”每个空间都致力于促进合作、师生互动以及不同学科之间的交叉。在教室内部，连续而隐蔽的设备支持各种教学手段，灵活的家具可以形成满足不同需求的多种组合。教学组团和行政区聚集在一起，以便共享便利设施并且更易于学生使用。

VMA designed the Humanities Building to challenge and redefine the versatility of traditional academic building design, in a way that would better support Pennington’s contemporary pedagogies and interactive student experience. “Visitors can understand what the school is about by seeing the building. The school’s philosophy and the strength of its teaching methods are evident in the space,” says VMA founding partner and director of design, Daniela Holt Voith. Every space works to capture the most potential for collegiality, student-teacher interaction, and cross-pollination between disciplines. Inside the classrooms, seamless and unobtrusive technology supports varying teaching techniques, and flexible furniture can form multiple configurations to accommodate different needs. Faculty and administrative areas are clustered to allow shared amenities and to make them more accessible to students.

▼研讨室，seminar room ©Jeffrey Totaro

▼行政区域，administrative areas ©Jeffrey Totaro

VMA事务所还设计了走廊的各个角落。这些非正式的休息区配备舒适的彩色座椅，成为课外俱乐部的聚集空间和师生均可使用的场所。

VMA also designed nooks throughout the hallways. Outfitted with comfortable seating in fun colors, these informal breakout spaces become meeting spaces for after-school clubs and places for teachers and students to gather as equals.

▼走廊角落，nooks throughout the hallways ©Jeffrey Totaro

VMA在2012年开始设计潘宁顿中学的综合规划时，其目标是改善教学环境的品质并提升入学率。Kenneth K.T. Yen人文馆提供了学校急需的灵活、多用和非正式空间，为整个学校社区营造更具协作性和支持性的环境。自人文馆建设以来，学校的申请率提升了42%，年度捐款增多了28%。

When VMA embarked on the Pennington School’s Comprehensive Plan in 2012, the goal was to improve the quality of the School’s teaching environments and increase enrolment. The Kenneth K.T. Yen Humanities Building provided much-needed flexible, multi-use, and informal spaces that resulted in a more collaborative and supportive environment for the entire school community. Since construction began, applications at the School increased by 42% and annual giving increased 28%.

▼夜景外观，external view by night ©Jeffrey Totaro

▼立面夜景，facade by night ©Jeffrey Totaro

高效空间不仅有助于减小建筑规模，而且形成了更加可持续的结构，加强了学校对环境可持续性的制度性承诺。人文馆已获得LEED铂金级认证。该项目由VMA事务所的合伙人Daniela Holt Voith和项目经理Robert Douglass领导，延续了VMA事务所在学院、大学和私立学校校园环境方面的丰富经验。

The high level of spatial efficiencies not only helped reduce the building’s scale, it also led to a more sustainable structure, strengthening the School’s institutional commitment to environmental sustainability. The Humanities Building has been awarded LEED Gold. The project was led by VMA’s Partner in Charge Daniela Holt Voith and Project Manager Robert Douglass. It continues VMA’s extensive experience in campus environments for colleges, universities, and independent schools.

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