哈利法克斯中央图书馆

哈利法克斯中央图书馆

Halifax Central Library

建筑设计小组：SHL建筑师事务所（建筑设计）；福勒·博德与米彻尔建筑事务所（设计顾问）

业主：哈利法克斯地方政府；哈利法克斯公共图书馆

面积：15 000平方米

建设费用：33 000 000欧元

竞赛：2010年国际竞赛第一名

施工期：2011年—2014年

景观设计：戈登·拉特克利夫景观建筑事务所

室内设计：SHL建筑师事务所；

福勒博德与米彻尔建筑事务所

立面烧结设计：蒂内·沃纳

摄影：亚当·默克

Architect team: schmidt hammer lassen architects (design architect); Fowler Bauld & Mitchell (prime consultant architect)

Client: Halifax Regional Municipality; Halifax Public Libraries

Area: 15,000 m2

Construction budget: € 33 million excl. VAT

Competition: 2010, 1st prize in international competition

Status: Construction period 2011-2014

Landscape architect: Gordon Ratcliffe Landscape Architect

Interior: schmidt hammer lassen architects;

Fowler Bauld & Mitchell

Design of facade fritting: Tine Werner

Photographer: Adam Mørk

哈利法克斯中央图书馆是哈利法克斯新一代公共建筑中最重要的一个，并代表了不同的社区、人才和在整个直辖市居民的创造力，并展现给全世界。

新图书馆是一个多功能的文化中心，可以直接进入周边充满新旧建筑的朝气蓬勃的城市环境以及闹市。

图书馆的建造基本是把相邻的四个立方体垂直放置，水平扭曲并转向正面对齐。一些独特的悬臂和一个更大的，具有标志性的大悬臂元素共同创建一个庞大的形象，而其他墙面与邻近的达尔豪西大学建筑学院的古典建筑的墙面整齐划一。在大楼顶层的哈利法克斯客厅有一个开放的绿色屋顶露台。在这里，可以看到哈利法克斯港、城堡山、历史悠久的乔治岛、达特茅斯和以及延伸到北大西洋的麦克纳布群岛等独特景致。

该项目获得了美国LEED绿色建筑金级认证。此外，大楼的外墙是为了反映该地的历史。这曾经是中央地方“花园”，也是市中心显著的绿地。

The new Halifax Central Library is the most significant public building built in Hali-fax in a generation, and represents the diverse communities, talents, and creativity of the residents of Halifax throughout the municipality and present this to the world.

The new library is a multifunctional cultural hub with direct accessibility to the vibrant surrounding urban context of historic and new buildings, and the buzz of downtown.

The construction of the library is essentially cubic in form with four significant 'volumes' vertically placed on top of one another with a horizontally twisted and shifted facade alignment. A number of distinctive cantilevers and one signature larger cantilevered element create a voluminous expression whereas the remaining façades align elegantly with the neighbouring façade of the classic architecture of Dalhousie University’s Architecture School. From the top of the building - the Halifax Living Room - there is access to an open green roof terrace providing a unique view towards Halifax Harbour, Citadel Hill, the historic George’s Island, Dartmouth and onto McNabs Islands that reaches out towards the North Atlantic Ocean.

The project is aiming ambitiously towards a LEED Gold certification. The façade of the building is intended to reflect the local history of the site which was once a central local 'garden' and significant green space within the heart of the city.