Temperate House位于英国皇家植物园，其设计和建造深受维多利亚时期风格以及对自然世界的观察和研究的影响。在与Donald Insall Associates的合作下，这座维多利亚时期的温室经历了为期五年的大规模修复，并于2018年5月重新向公众开放。温室中汇集了来自全球的1万种植物，其中包括许多稀有和濒危物种。借助现代技术，修复后的建筑将为这些植物提供更加有利的生长环境。

The design and construction of the Temperate House (1859-1899) at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew was predicated on a Victorian obsession with the observation and study of the natural world. On reopening in May 2018 after a major five year restoration programme with Donald Insall Associates as the conservation architects, the Victorian glasshouse will continue to fascinate researchers and visitors alike. Its collection of 10 000 plants from around the world, including many rare and threatened species, will also be better cared for in a building where the environment can be fine-tuned using modern technology.

▼项目概览，project overview ©Gareth Gardner

Temperate House最初由Decimus Burton (1800-1881)设计，是场地中5座被列为一级保护建筑的场馆之一。它坐落在抬升的丘陵地带，并且与Kew塔保持平齐。建筑占地4880平方米，高19米，其面积是Palm House（同样由Burton设计）的两倍。事实上，Temperate House是全世界最大的维多利亚式温室建筑，并且常常被形容为一项“建筑奇迹”。

Designed by Decimus Burton (1800-1881), the Temperate House is a series of five Grade I Listed pavilions standing prominently on a raised earth mound, aligned on an axis with the Kew Pagoda. It is one of a number of other Decimus Burton projects at Kew that include the Victoria Gate and the majestic Palm House.  Covering a floor area of 4,880 square metres and extending to 19 metres in height, the Temperate House is twice the size of the monumental Palm House. It is, in fact, the world’s largest Victorian glasshouse and is often described as an “architectural wonder”.

▼Temperate House是全世界最大的维多利亚式温室建筑，the Temperate House is the world’s largest Victorian glasshouse ©Gareth Gardner

▼室内概览，interior overview ©Gareth Gardner

作为准备工作的一部分，温室内部的植物从建筑中移除，仅留下9棵树——它们对于整体园艺规划有着至关重要的作用。关于植物的记忆即使不存在于表面，实际上也会从它们的根系、残留的树钩甚至干枯的土壤中体现出来。

As part of the enabling works, the building was stripped of its living botanical collection, save for nine trees which were deemed too horticulturally significant to risk moving. The very memory of the plants, even when absent, is apparent in every joint opened by root systems, in remnant plant hooks and in exhausted soil.

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