© Tom Arban

(汤姆·阿班)

架构师提供的文本描述。对于水降图书馆和公民中心，RDHA应用工作室的做法，定制现成的组件，以创造一个特殊的建筑由普通的材料。这一目标，再加上建筑的位置-尼亚加拉山，一座俯瞰安大略省湖的岩石山脊-为这座建筑的设计提供了动力。这个多用途的设施，包括一个图书馆、一个遗产社会档案、警察和市政社区服务中心，以及一个老年人娱乐中心，将各种人口统计资料集中在一栋建筑物中。

Text description provided by the architects. For the Waterdown Library and Civic Centre, RDHA applied the studio’s practice of customizing off-the-shelf components to create an extraordinary building from ordinary materials. This objective, coupled with the building’s location — on the Niagara Escarpment, a rocky ridge overlooking Lake Ontario — established the impetus for the building’s design. The multi-use facility, which includes a library as well as a heritage society archive, police and municipal community service outlets, and a seniors' recreation centre, unites various demographics in a single building.

© Tom Arban

(汤姆·阿班)

© Tom Arban

(汤姆·阿班)

在整个过程中，RDHA采用了标准的、战备的系统和材料，允许实验和量身定做的体系结构，同时保持预算的合理，并从客户端消除风险。即使是最标准的元素，如条形灯，也会受到一定程度的谨慎对待，从而增加优雅。

Throughout, RDHA adapted standard, warrantied systems and materials, allowing for experimentation and tailored architecture, while keeping the budget reasonable and removing the risk from the client. Even the most standard elements such as strip lights were treated with a degree of care that adds elegance.

© Tom Arban

(汤姆·阿班)