第七届现代装饰国际传媒奖2009年度公共空间大奖入围作品
项目地址 澳大利亚新南威尔士奥伯里
项目面积 3,000㎡
主要材料 混凝土、地毯、瓷砖、夹板、石膏板、木材、铝
设计者及其公司：Ashton Raggatt McDougall等
设计师将图书馆和博物馆设在奥伯里文化管辖区显著的一角。这幢建筑是奥伯里城市规划的一部分，规划内容包括了在一处拥有一个新的公共广场和城市景观的地点，集成一系列的文化设施。
图书馆和博物馆的建造受到许多城市因素的制约，诸如：实现辖区内地标及角落卫士的角色;要考虑到规模及周边建筑，建造并整合公共的开放空间。这就使得设计师能够以分散的设计策略设计此处的每一个角落。
设计师将此建筑当作元素和构想的集合体来处理，而非单一的物理意义上的块状物。它很像漂浮在地质层上的一组松散物体，城市的压力和复杂的内部关系促成了它们的排列。
原本打算对道路进行大胆设计，同时为新的城市广场提供一个壮观的背景幕。进一步观察，这座建筑将奥伯里的元素缝合在一起，拉开了令人难忘的幕布，那里有小桥、流水和河岸。
ARM designed the combined library and museum on a prominent corner of Albury’s Cultural Precinct. The building is part of an overall masterplan by the City of Albury which integrates a number of cultural facilities on the site with a new pubic square and landscape.
The library and museum is conditioned by a number of urban considerations which include: fulfilling a role as marker and corner sentinel to the precinct; acknowledging the surrounding street alignments; being conscious of scale and neighbouring buildings and the creation and integration of public open spaces. This approach allowed us to create separate design strategies for each corner of the site.
We approached the building as the composition of elements and ideas, rather than conceiving of it as a single lump. The building is akin to the collection of loose objects floating in geological strata, where the arrangement of the objects on the site is created by urban pressures and complex internal relationships.
The design is intended to be bold on approach from the street, while also providing a significant backdrop to the new city square. On closer inspection, the building is made by stitching together familiar Albury elements to create a memorable experience: the river, the river bank, the bridge.
