史密森学会办公楼.pdfVIP

转自: 专筑网 iarch.cn 史密森学会办公楼 设计师：艾里克•欧文•莫斯（ericowenmoss） 位置：美国 华盛顿 原 名 称：Smithsonian Institution Patent Office Building Smithsonian Institution， Patent Office Building Washington ， D.C. The Patent Office Building ， an American cultural treasure and National Historic Landmark... The design solution for the enclosure of the Patent Office Building Courtyard offers a remarkable oppurtunity for the Smithsonian Institution ， and its chosen architects ， to re-confirm the building‘s unique institutional and architectural pedigree - America‘s temple to the industrial arts - by adding a dramatic contemporary chapter to the building‘s history. Fortuitously ， the building‘s original purpose - the display of inventor‘s models submitted with patent applications - embodies a spirit of technical and artistic progress that the existing building will share with the newly enclosed courtyard. The courtyard addition should support a state-of-the-art museum facility ， set a standard for architecture ， and signal a commitment to design and innovation ， according to the building program. Eric Owen Moss Architects intends to follow in the American tradition of invention established by Alexander Graham Bell ， Thomas Edison ， and architects Robert Mills ， Thomas Walter and others ， that will distinguish the museum for the next millenium. FIELD OF RODS The roof design that encloses the Patent Office Building courtyard is poetically and technically unprecedented: a dense vertical amalgamation of glass and steel rods of varying lengths offers an ever-changing presence of light and sky viewed through a spectacular ， seurat-like field of shinning points. Simultaneously the composite structure reaffirms the prominence of the original courtyard experience -- the gran