校园的最新扩建工程以温和的方式保留了过去并为未来做好准备。宾夕法尼亚州立贝伦德大学的联邦大楼是该地区最古老的砖混结构,被优雅地保留下来,并通过一个巨大的扩建工程重新利用。一个轻盈宽敞的现代谷仓滑入陡峭的坡地–通过优雅的玻璃桥与修复后的联邦大厦相连,以保护和提升这座具有历史意义的建筑。

With a gentle touch, the newest addition to campus preserves the past and prepares for the future. The oldest brick structure in the area, the Federal House at Penn State Behrend is gracefully preserved and repurposed by an expansive addition. A light and spacious modern barn slips into the steeply graded site—linking to the restored Federal House by way of an elegant, glass bridge—to preserve and elevate the historically significant building.

同时,该建筑为苏珊-赫特-哈根社区推广、研究和评估中心(CORE)提供了一个新的家–办公室、教室和活动空间,这是宾州贝伦德大学人文和社会科学学院的努力。在一个每三个五岁以下儿童中就有一个生活在贫困中的县(在宾夕法尼亚州的伊利市,这一比例接近一半),CORE通过辅导和教育项目促进积极的青年发展和希望文化。

At the same time, the building provides a new home—offices, classrooms, and event space—for the Susan Hirt Hagen Center for Community Outreach, Research, and Evaluation (CORE), an effort by Penn State Behrend’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences. In a county where one in three children under the age of five live in poverty (in the city of Erie, PA it’s nearly half), CORE fosters positive youth development and a culture of hope through mentoring and education programs.

该设计创造了一个包容和安全的空间,向年轻的参观者传达了他们的价值。谷仓的大玻璃墙与联邦大厦的坚固性形成了引人注目的对比,其屋顶的深灰色锌板与历史建筑的坡顶相呼应。

Creating a space of inclusion and security, the design communicates to its young visitors that they are valued. While the barn’s large, glass walls draw a compelling contrast to the solidity of the Federal House, the dark gray zinc panels of its roof echo the gabled roof of the historic building.

建筑物的入口处有一个温暖的木质包边,欢迎游客的到来,所以无论他们是去二楼的小教室上辅导课,还是去入口处的80人活动空间,他们都知道这个空间是为他们准备的。

The building is softened by a warm wood wrap that marks its entrance, welcoming its visitors, so whether they’re headed to mentoring sessions in the small classrooms on the second floor or the 80-person event space just inside the entrance, they know that this space is for them.

Architects: GBBN
Area: 11000 ft²
Year: 2022
Photographs:Brad Feinknopf
City:ERIE
Country:UNITED STATES