我们总是担心那些居住在我们设计和希望看到建造的空间里的人的福祉。居住是指占据这些空间，执行舒适、工作或娱乐的重要功能。在现实中，它是与秩序和赋予功能的形式有关的。
We always worry about the well being of the people who will inhabit the spaces that we design and hope to see built. To inhabit is to occupy those spaces and to perform the vital functions of comfort, of work or pleasure. In reality, it is to do with ordering and giving form to functions.
我们是功能主义者，如果只是因为建筑必须是功能性的，所以它迫使我们也必须是这样。如果不是这样，我们就会被谴责为不舒服、荒谬，最终被嘲笑。位于Cabo do Mundo, Leça da Palmeira的马术中心是由马匹和在那里工作的爱马人士居住的。这个挑战，或者说简报，要求在结构中使用木材，同时在隔断、墙壁和天花板中使用木材。
We are functionalists, if only because Architecture has to be functional and so it forces us to be so too. If not, we’ll be condemned to discomfort, absurdity and eventually ridicule. The Equestrian Centre located at Cabo do Mundo, Leça da Palmeira, is inhabited by horses and working there, people who love horses. The challenge, or brief, required the use of timber in the structure and also in the partitions, walls and ceilings.
一个带有两个封闭竞技场的木制马厩建筑，一个地窖和一个社会建筑，也是木制的。就像其他项目一样，有必要倾听客户的意见，听取他们的要求和愿望。由于无法与马匹交谈，而马匹将是这个地方的真正居民，我不得不与那些了解马匹并与之打交道的人进行对话。
A timber stable building with two enclosed arenas, a cellar and a social building, also in timber. Just as in any other project, it is necessary to listen to the clients and hear their requests, requirements and aspirations. Being unable to talk to the horses, who will be the real inhabitants of the place, I was obliged to engage in dialogue with those who know and work with horses.
尽管我有一些与马相处的经验，并且一直喜欢这些温和的生命，但我从来没有从专业的角度来看待这个问题。当我们从事我们的职业时，我们深入到最终的居民和使用者的生活中，并深入了解他们的情况。他们喜欢什么，不喜欢什么。无论这些用户或居住者是谁，总是这样，应该是这样。
Despite having had some experience with and having always loved these gentle beings, I had never looked at this subject from a professional point of view. When we practice our profession we enter deeply into the lives of the eventual inhabitants and users and get to know them well and intimately. What they like, what they don’t like. This is always the way, as should be the case, irrespective of who these users or habitants are.
马术中心是一个与马一起生活的地方，为马服务，也不为马服务。一切都需要考虑到功能和舒适性。对室内空间的需求是为了保护人们免受气候的影响，如暴风雨的侵袭，因为人们不可能总是在户外活动。两个不同大小的有盖骑马场，由于跨度相当大，形成了一个有趣的结构挑战，这导致了一些实验。
The Equestrian Centre is a place where one lives with, for and off the horses. Everything needs to be about function and comfort. The need for indoor spaces has to do with protection from the more aggressive aspects of the climate, such as storms, because it isn’t always possible to be outdoors. The two covered riding arenas, of different sizes, developed into an interesting structural challenge due to the considerably large spans, and this led to some experimentation.
结构定义了空间和功能。结构既是基础又是完成。结构定义了建筑，因为每个元素都是结构和空间。马术活动延伸到室内区域之外。场地被塑造成梯田，在那里建造了一个外部骑马场、围场、跳跃场和骑马道。离大西洋非常近，只需一眼就能看到。
Structure defines space and functions. Structure is both the base and the finish. Structure defines the building because every element is both structure and space. The equestrian activities extend beyond the indoor areas. The site was molded to create terraces where an external riding arena, paddocks, jumping arenas and riding paths were built. Very near to the Atlantic, only a glance away.
Architects: Carlos Castanheira, Clara Bastai
Year : 2012
Photographs :Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Wood Construction And Carpentry Main Building : Carmo, Carpintaria C.Silva Lda, Henriques & Rodrigues Lda
Structural Engineers : HDP Gabinete de Serviços e Projectos de Engenharia Civil Lda
Design Team : Orlando Sousa, Fernanda Sá, Joana Catarino, Cátia Carvalho, Pedro Afonso, Adele Pinna, Sofia Conceição, Inês Bastos, Diana Vasconcelos, Nuno Campos
Hydraulic Engineers : Diâmetro & Cálculo Engenharia Lda.
Lighting And Telecomunication : Igemáci Engenharia, Lda.
Wood Construction And Carpentry Canopy For Ruin : TOSCCA Equipamentos em madeira,Lda.
Wood Construction And Carpentry Swimming Pool : Henriques & Rodrigues, Lda.
Lighting : Igemáci Engenharia, Lda.
Telecomunication : Igemáci Engenharia, Lda.
Wood Construction And Carpentry Canopy For Ruin : TOSCCA Equipamentos em madeira,Lda.
Wood Construction And Carpentry Swimming Pool : Henriques & Rodrigues, Lda.
City : Leça da Palmeira
Country : Portugal