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Weeksville文化遗产中心位于纽约布鲁克林皇冠高地布法罗大道和卑尔根街的交叉路口旁，建筑高两层，面积 23,000平方呎，景观面积41,000平方尺。

Weeksville Heritage Center, 158 Buffalo Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11213-2420

The Center is a two-story, 23,000 sq ft new building and 41,000 sq ft interpretive landscape, located at the intersection of Buffalo Avenue and Bergen Street in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY.

Project Cost: $26,000,000

该建筑是一个可持续发展的现代建筑。建筑位于的片区是非裔美国人的聚集地，建筑所在场地的非洲背景也可谓历史悠久。Weeksville文化遗产中心主要作为社区中一个先进的展览，表演，和教育设施，为游客和社区提供一个文化绿洲。此外还有教室，图书资源中心，讲堂，展廊。办公空间位于二楼，地下层这主要用于储存空间。

Project Concept: Modern Syntax/African Riffs

Weeksville Heritage Center is a unique urban design project in which a modern architectural syntax of simple forms, strip windows, and glass passageways is impacted by repeated African riffs. The riffs are variations that provide a visual counterpoint. The riffs are embedded in construction, in structural elements, such as the joints in paving and stone, in the choice of colors and materials, and in the details like the fence posts and the frit in the sunshading glass. The modern syntax and African riffs, although independent from each other, harmonize when experienced as an entirety.

The subliminal perceptual stimuli—decoration and sculpture unique to Africa, the architectural ideas of repetition, movement, rhythm, and proportion—are revealed by sunlight. Natural light enriches these riffs by adding shadows, moods, and ever-changing perspectives. Placed within the historic site of Weeksville Heritage Center and its evocative landscape, the new work redefines the context of Weeksville at this specific time and place.

该建筑力求用简单现代的形式表达出来自非洲的影响。因此在石材等材料的选择以及色彩的运用将非洲的即兴与现代手法相结合。引用非洲装饰和雕塑的元素在建筑中重复运用，这些构件在阳光的照射下显示出变化的阴影和面貌，形成让人回味的景观，成为一个独特的城市设计项目。

History

Weeksville Heritage Center is a sustainable modern building that serves as the gateway to a 19th Century African-American Freedman’s Settlement. In the 1960’s, 4 remaining buildings from this Brooklyn settlement were rediscovered. Through 40 years of impassioned community support, the site eventually grew to serve as a focal African-American heritage site. Weeksville Heritage Center is the latest manifestation of that history coming alive.

Project Brief

The primary purpose of the new structure and landscape is to serve as a gateway to the historic houses on the premises – remnants of the 19th century free African American community of Weeksville – with state-of-the-art exhibition, performance and educational facilities, as well as to provide a green oasis for visitors and the local community. The main lobby will include introductory exhibits, and leads to a gallery for changing shows, a lecture and performance space for 200, classrooms for visiting groups and for community education, and a library resource center for visiting scholars. Administrative offices are to be located on the second floor, and the cellar is to include archival storage space as well as a room for recording oral histories.