Len Lye中心是新西兰唯一的单一艺术家博物馆，其设计深受Len Lye（1901年7月5日-1980年5月15日）的生活、思想、著作和作品的影响。
The Len Lye Centre is New Zealand’s only single artist museum and its design is deeply influenced by the life, ideas, writings and work of Len Lye (5 July, 1901 – 15 May, 1980).
正是Lye本人在1964年说过，”伟大的建筑与伟大的艺术各占一半”，这句格言贯穿了帕特森事务所设计的安提帕德寺庙的设计方法和形式，该寺庙收藏了他的作品。
It was Lye himself who said in 1964 that “great architecture goes fifty-fifty with great art,” a maxim that has informed the approach and form of the Patterson Associates-designed Antipodean Temple that houses his work.
Lye对寺庙非常着迷，在构思整体设计时，从古典世界的 “大殿 “或大礼堂以及波利尼西亚的形式和理念中汲取灵感，似乎在美学和历史上都是合适的。这些也影响了Lye，毕竟他是客户。
Lye was fascinated with temples and in conceiving the overall design it seemed aesthetically and historically appropriate to draw inspiration from the “megarons,” or great halls, of the classical world, as well as Polynesian forms and ideas. These also influenced Lye and he is, after all, the client.
为了以一种新的方式做到这一点，我们以一种整体的或适应性的方式发展我们的思维，使用我们称之为 “系统方法论”。这意味着，我们不是使用比例或美学，而是使用项目环境生态中的模式来驱动设计元素。
To do this in a new way, we developed our thinking in a holistic or adaptive way, using what we call “systems methodology.” This means that rather than using proportion or aesthetics, we use patterns in the ecology of the project’s environments to drive the design elements.
例如，闪闪发光的虹彩柱廊立面，使用不锈钢–塔拉纳基的 “本地石材 “在当地制造–将莱伊在动力学和光方面的创新以及该地区的工业创新联系起来。通过这样做，我们庆祝他的作品被幸运地赠送给塔拉纳基。
For example, the shimmering, iridescent colonnade façade, manufactured locally using stainless steel – Taranaki’s ‘local stone’ – links both Lye’s innovations in kinetics and light as well as the region’s industrial innovation. By doing this we celebrate the fortunate gift of his works to Taranaki.
柱廊创造了一个剧院幕布，但有三个不对称的斜坡，通向一种前庭，在古希腊被称为 “pronaos”。这是由容纳大型Lye作品的画廊形成的。从上面看，柱廊的顶部边缘形成了一个Koru的形式，显示了博物馆作为Len Lye的会客室或wharenui的波利尼西亚影响。
The colonnade creates a theatre curtain, but with three asymmetric ramped sides, leading to a type of vestibule, known as “pronaos” in Ancient Greece. This is formed by the gallery holding the large Lye works. Viewed from above, the colonnade’s top edges create a koru form, displaying the Museum’s Polynesian influences as the meeting house, or wharenui, for Len Lye.
廊柱的队伍变形为门廊，宣布主展厅为Megaron的类型，但也作为wharenui发挥作用；Lye的灵感之作所引用和代表的神灵和祖先。
The procession of the colonnade morphs into a portico, announcing the main gallery as a type of megaron but also functioning as a wharenui; the deities and ancestors referenced and represented by Lye’s inspirational work.
传统上，寺庙中最神圣和最私密的部分，即 “adyton”，位于离入口最远的地方。这里存放着Len Lye的档案，而被称为 “opisthodomos “的 “宝库 “则向下面进入的人们看去。
Traditionally, the most sacred and private part of a temple, the “adyton,” is located at the point furthest from the entrance. Here is housed the Len Lye archive, while the ‘treasury,’ known as the “opisthodomos,” looks back to the people entering below.
该项目恭敬地与现有的较小的戈维特-布鲁斯特艺术馆相连，该艺术馆本身是由该市退役的遗产电影院改造而成。合并后的设施是不分割的，有一个环形通道，让游客在一个灵活和共享的结构中欣赏不断变化的博物馆和画廊展示。
The project respectfully links into the smaller existing Govett Brewster Art Gallery, which itself has been retrofitted from the city’s decommissioned heritage cinema. The combined facility is undivided, with a circular loop allowing visitors to appreciate the changing museum and gallery displays within one flexible and shared structure.
在圆形环路上，光线通过柱廊的开孔被吸引到内部，这些开孔在人行道上形成了移动的光线图案，也许是一种被动的动态建筑形式。
On the circular loop, light is drawn inside through the apertures in the colonnade, and these create moving light patterns on the walkway, perhaps a form of passive kinetic architecture.
我们希望这个设计能挑战纯现代主义在当代思想中的主导地位。几十年来，古典主义已经不时兴了，Len Lye博物馆试图用意义来扩展现代主义语言。创造出比包豪斯传统更清晰、更胜利、更有庆祝意义的空间，但也比轴心生成的建筑更有说服力和流动性。
We hope the design challenges the dominance of pure modernism in contemporary thought. Classicism has been unfashionable for many decades and the Len Lye Museum seeks to extend modernist language with meaning. Creating space that is more lucid, triumphant and celebratory than Bauhaus traditions, but also more cogent and flowing than axis-generated architecture.
Architects: Patterson Associates
Year: 2015
Photographs: Patrick Reynolds
Manufacturers: Figueras, Rondo
City：NEW PLYMOUTH
Country：New Zealand