Ringwood图书馆

Ringwood Library

Ringwood位于墨尔本东部郊县，在过去的几十年间，它已经从一条道路的沿线环境发展成为人口密集的卫星城市。该地区的全新总体规划力图为Ringwood打造一个全新的城镇中心，新的火车站，公众广场，餐厅和新的图书馆，艺术馆及教育建筑都将在此落地。

Ringwood is part of the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, and has grown in the last decades from a small high street into a dense urban conurbation, dominated by cars. The new master plan for Ringwood has sought to create a true regional town centre, with an upgraded urban train station, a new public square, restaurants and a new civic library, art gallery and education building.

▼城镇广场，the public square

Realm建筑的设计主题为容纳知识、书籍、数字信息的盒子，其底层为透明的公共活动平面。该建筑坐落于Maroondah主路及新城市广场的中心地带，极具视觉渗透性的空间规划，拉近了市民与艺术馆，咖啡厅和阅读区等市政设施的距离。循中央扶梯向上攀爬，空间变得愈加安静和私密，来访者将最终抵达顶层开放的阅读及学习区域。

The Realm building was designed as a shaded box of knowledge and learning, books and digital information, floating above an open and transparent civic ground floor. The building sits as a pivot on the corner of Maroondah High Street and the new urban square, and is designed to be a visually permeable, inviting the public into the art gallery, café and reading areas. Ascending a central staircase, the more private and quiet functions of the library reveal themselves culminating in a tall open plan top floor, complete with reading and study spaces.

▼图书馆外貌，exterior view of the library

博物馆立面为一系列马赛克窗口，建筑立面根据功能分区对室内直射光线进行调节。从街道看过来，这些独特的立面窗口形成抽象的团，掩饰又揭露了建筑的内部行为活动。夜间，这个庞大的盒体如同一个发光的灯笼照亮广场，成为Ringwood公众活动中心最闪耀的新星。

The library’s façade is a fading mosaic of openings, developed to control the amount of direct sunlight entering the building throughout the day, with a pattern carefully optimised based on the interior divisions of functional uses. Seen from the streets, the openings create an abstract pattern, disguising and unveiling the life inside. At night, the box turns into a lantern, illuminating the square and providing a visual anchor to the new public heart of Ringwood.

▼博物馆立面的马赛克窗口，a fading mosaic openings of the library’s façade