Architecture firm Snøhetta has unveiled its design for a children’s museum in El Paso, Texas with a barrel-vaulted roof that almost resembles a drawing of a cloud.
The studio designed the roof of El Paso Children’s Museum to have four segments, three of which are curved and one that is pitched.
Upside-down, arched windows extend from the peaks down tiled walls in the renderings, with one window sticking out from the gabled volume.
These openings are mirrored by other upright curved windows rising from the tall glazed walls running along the lower levels.
建築公司Snøhetta公佈了其在德克薩斯州埃爾帕索的兒童博物館的設計，該博物館的桶形拱形屋頂幾乎類似於雲朵。
該工作室將埃爾帕索兒童博物館的屋頂設計成四個部分，其中三個是彎曲的，一個是傾斜的。
上下顛倒的拱形窗戶從山頂向下延伸到效果圖中的瓷磚牆壁，其中一個窗戶從山形牆中伸出。
這些開口與其他豎立的彎曲窗戶形成了鏡像，這些豎立的窗戶從沿著較低樓層延伸的高玻璃牆升起。
In addition to these, smaller, circular windows also puncture the greyed exterior.
Snøhetta, which is designing the 70,000-square-foot (6,500-square-metre) museum together with El Paso architects Exigo, has also added a number of outdoor exhibition spaces to make the most of the Texan city’s sunny weather.
These include a large garden that is staggered in terraces, a space cut into the building’s roof and a cooling-mist playground.
For these outdoor areas, Snøhetta intends to use local plants and natural boulders to reference the desert setting of El Paso.
除了這些以外，較小的圓形窗戶也刺穿了灰色的外部。
Snøhetta與El Paso建築師Exigo一起設計了70,000平方英尺（6,500平方米）的博物館，並增加了許多戶外展覽空間，以充分利用德克薩斯州的陽光明媚天氣。
其中包括一個錯落在露台上的大花園，一個切入建築物屋頂的空間以及一個霧氣瀰漫的遊樂場。
對於這些室外區域，Snøhetta打算使用當地的植物和天然巨石作為El Paso沙漠的地標。
The ground floor will host free exhibitions, a cafe and the entrance.
A 60-foot-tall (18-metre-tall) atrium that stretches up three floors from this level will house a climbing structure. Images show the interiors will be filled with similarly playful creations, made by exhibition designers Gyroscope, such as a huge hanging star, ribbed pavilions and metallic slides.
Snøhetta won a competition to design the El Paso Children’s Museum in 2018. It will be located in the arts district of El Paso’s Downtown area, near the US-Mexico border, and under one kilometre from border-crossing station El Paso del Norte.
一樓將舉辦免費展覽，咖啡館和入口。
一個高60英尺（高18米）的中庭從該高度延伸到三層，將容納一個攀爬結構。 圖片顯示，室內空間將充滿展覽設計師陀螺儀（Gyroscope）製作的類似有趣的作品，例如巨大的吊星，棱紋的亭子和金屬滑梯。
Snøhetta贏得了2018年設計埃爾帕索兒童博物館的競賽。該博物館位於埃爾帕索市中心地區的藝術區，靠近美墨邊境，距離過境站埃爾帕索德爾諾不到一公里。
With its proximity to Mexico in mind, the museum is designed for both Spanish and English, and includes an exhibit created with Museo La Rodadora, a children’s museum just across the border in the city of Juarez.
Last year, architectural studio Rael San Fratello installed pink seesaws between the metal slats of the US-Mexico border wall so children in El Paso and Juarez could play together. The installation followed a string of controversies surrounding the Mexican border wall, a key commitment in president Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.
考慮到與墨西哥的接近，該博物館採用西班牙語和英語兩種語言設計，並包括與華雷斯市邊境的兒童博物館Museo La Rodadora共同創作的展覽。
去年，建築工作室Rael San Fratello在美墨邊界牆的金屬板條之間安裝了粉紅色的蹺蹺板，以便埃爾帕索和華雷斯的孩子們可以一起玩耍。 該裝置是圍繞墨西哥邊境牆的一系列爭議，這是特朗普總統2016年總統競選的關鍵承諾。
FROM:https://www.dezeen.com/2020/10/05/el-paso-childrens-museum-snohetta/
