威尔金森-艾尔建筑事务所已经完成了对位于伦敦的惠康收藏馆的1750万英镑的改造，旨在适应不断增长的游客数量并丰富游客体验。原本预计韦尔科姆收藏馆每年会接待约10万名游客，但在2013年开发工程开始之前，该场馆每年接待超过55万名游客。

Wilkinson Eyre Architects has completed a £17.5m transformation of Wellcome Collection in London designed to accommodate growing visitor numbers and enrich the visitor experience. Originally Wellcome Collection was predicted to receive visitor numbers of around 100,000 a year, but before development works began in 2013 the venue welcomed more than 550,000 people a year.

威尔金森-艾尔的干预重新组织了建筑，以丰富游客的体验，并改善所有可公开访问的楼层的人流。在现有建筑的范围内，Wilkinson Eyre成功地创造了40%的展览空间，以及一个新的阅览室、一个新的青年活动空间（The Studio）和一个新的研究区（The Hub）。这个改造也改善了Wellcome Collection在繁忙的Euston路上的形象，并扩大了中庭空间以支持增加的游客数量。

Wilkinson Eyre’s intervention has reorganised the building in order to enrich the visitor experience and improve footfall through all publicly accessible floors. Working within the confines of the existing building, Wilkinson Eyre has succeeded in creating 40% more exhibition space, along with a new Reading Room, a new youth events space (The Studio), and a new research area (The Hub).The transformation has also improved Wellcome Collection’s presence on the busy Euston Road and has expanded the atrium space to support increased visitor numbers.

在一楼和二楼之间引入了一个动态的新钢楼梯，以加强各楼层之间的流通，并吸引游客到扩大的一楼画廊空间和二楼的目的地餐厅。17.5公吨的钢结构被雕刻成一个流动的漩涡状，吸引着人们的目光，并通过建筑吸引人们。完成的楼梯外面是喷丸处理，而更接近公众的内部面则是用冷锌和热不锈钢溶液喷涂，由一个人手工打磨而成。

A dynamic new steel staircase has been introduced between the ground and second floors to enhance circulation between floors and entice visitors up to the expanded first floor gallery spaces and destination restaurant on the second floor. The 17.5 metric ton steel structure is sculpted into a flowing, swirling form, enticing the eye and drawing people up through the building. The finished staircase is shot-blasted on the outside and the inside faces, which are closer to the public, were sprayed with a cold zinc and hot stainless steel solution that was hand-polished by one individual.

在一楼建立了一个主题展览馆，取代了行政办公室。它在一楼完成了一个循环，使参观者可以绕着建筑转一圈，将 “药人 “和 “药现 “的永久展厅与新的青年活动空间连接起来。后者作为一个专门建造的灵活的当代工作室，为青少年提供高科技数字技术和低技术的建模和制作设备，以创造性地参与科学和艺术。它汇集了公共房间、卧室、音乐工作室和实验室的元素，为参与式学习创造了一个独特的环境。

A thematic exhibition gallery has been created on the first floor, replacing administrative offices. It completes a loop on the first floor, allowing visitors to circle around the building, linking the Medicine Man and Medicine Now permanent galleries to the new youth events space. The latter has been added as a purpose-built flexible contemporary studio for teenagers to creatively engage with science and art offering both hi-tech digital technology and low-tech modelling and making equipment. It brings together elements of common rooms, bedrooms, music studios and laboratories to create a unique environment for participatory learning.

位于二楼和三楼的惠康图书馆已经被重新配置，以改善流通，并创造一个直接进入的公共浏览区，包括阅览室和研究图书馆。阅览室已经被AOC建筑事务所改造成一个空间，在惠康收藏的活动和展览项目与世界一流的图书馆、档案和物品收藏之间架起了桥梁。

The Wellcome Library on the second and third floors has been reconfigured to improve circulation and create a directly-accessible public browsing zone encompassing the Reading Room and research library. The Reading Room has been transformed by AOC Architects into a space that bridges the gap between Wellcome Collection’s events and exhibitions programme and the world-class Library, archive and object collections.

位于高层的研究图书馆得到了一个全新的入口和接待台。在新的双层空间上方有一个屋顶灯，它容纳了新的楼梯，将图书馆的第二层和第三层连接起来，创造了一个完全相互连接的跨楼层空间。一个新的更温暖的色调，改进的照明和用户友好的方式，有助于为图书馆的用户和工作人员创造一个舒适和温馨的环境。

The Research Library on the upper floors has received a completely new entrance and reception desk. A roof light above the new double-height space that houses the new stair links the second and third floors of the library to create an entirely interconnecting space across floors. A new warmer colour palette, improved lighting and user-friendly way finding helps to create a cosy and welcoming environment for the library users and staff.

在五楼，”枢纽 “是一个专门用于长期研究的区域，供学者、艺术家和其他创意人士在探索医学、健康和福祉的跨学科项目上进行合作。

On the fifth floor, The Hub is an area dedicated to longer term research for groups of academics, artists and other creative minds to collaborate on interdisciplinary projects exploring medicine, health and well-being.

Architects: WilkinsonEyre
Year: 2015
Photographs: Craig Sheppard
City：London
Country： UNITED KINGDOM