伯克博物館是華盛頓州最古老的公共博物館,館藏超過1600萬件文物和標(biāo)本,涵蓋從圖騰柱、寶石到恐龍化石等各類物品。由于伯克博物館的藏品范圍極為廣泛,且仍在不斷增加一一它是一座持續(xù)進(jìn)行收藏的博物館一一因此這座新建筑需要成為一個(gè)連貫、高效的載體,以便隨著時(shí)間推移能靈活應(yīng)對(duì)各種情況。該建筑合理的規(guī)劃方案能夠容納伯克博物館目前及未來復(fù)雜多樣的活動(dòng)和藏品。
大面積的玻璃最大限度地提升了建筑的通透感,將博物館內(nèi)部的景象展示在街道上,使伯克博物館與校園、景觀和城市建立起聯(lián)系。這一設(shè)計(jì)進(jìn)一步打破了傳統(tǒng)博物館中公共空間與“后臺(tái)”空間之間的界限,將藏品和研究實(shí)驗(yàn)室與傳統(tǒng)展廳融為一體,讓參觀者和周邊社區(qū)能夠在一座真正仍在運(yùn)作的博物館中參與科學(xué)發(fā)現(xiàn)的過程。一面7.32米寬、6.1米高的旋轉(zhuǎn)窗墻延續(xù)了對(duì)通透感的強(qiáng)調(diào),從實(shí)際意義上讓伯克博物館向新的戶外庭院敞開。
伯克博物館的核心使命是幫助每一個(gè)人一館長、參觀者、教育工作者和學(xué)生一與我們復(fù)雜多樣的自然世界建立聯(lián)系。博物館的雙入口將其與校園以及周邊社區(qū)連接起來。外部的凱博尼(Kebony)木板外墻和一排又高又窄的窗戶讓人聯(lián)想到太平洋西北地區(qū)的森林,而且和雪松或冷杉一樣,伯克博物館的蘇格蘭松木板外墻會(huì)隨著時(shí)間的推移而變成銀灰色。窗戶不僅為內(nèi)部和外部的觀賞者框定并展示展品,還提供了自然采光和通風(fēng)條件。一個(gè)大型的中央中庭和“智能玻璃”天窗同樣營造出了明亮、充滿自然光的室內(nèi)環(huán)境,同時(shí)又不會(huì)對(duì)敏感的展品造成損壞風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。該項(xiàng)目獲得了綠色建筑委員會(huì)能源與環(huán)境設(shè)計(jì)先鋒獎(jiǎng)(LEED)金級(jí)認(rèn)證。

The Burke Museum is the oldest public museum in Washington State with a collection of over 16 million artifacts and specimens,ranging from totem poles and gemstones to dinosaur fossils.Because the Burke's collection is so wide-ranging and continues to grow-it is a collecting museum-the new building needed to serve as a coherent,effective container that would allow for flexibility over time.The building's rational scheme holds the complexity of the Burke's activities and collections,both now and into the future.
Largeareas of glazing maximize transparency and expose the interior experience to the street to connect the Burke to the campus,landscape and city.The design further breaks down traditional museum barriers between public and “back-ofhouse\"spaces,integrating collections and research labs with traditional galleries and enabling visitors and the surrounding community to engage with the process of scientific discovery in a true working museum.A 24-foot-by-20-foot pivoting window wall continues this emphasis on transparency to literally open the Burke to the nature of a new outdoor courtyard.
At its core, the mission of the Burke is to help everyone-curators,visitors,educators and students-make a connectionwith our natural world in all its complexities.Dual entrances link the museum to both the University of Washington campus and the surrounding community.The exterior Kebony siding and sequence of tall, narrow windows reference forestsacross the Pacific Northwest,and like cedaror fir, the Burke's Scots pine siding willsilver with age.Windows help to frame and exhibit objects for both internal and external views,while providing natural light and ventilation.A large central atriumand “smart glass\"skylight likewise fostera bright,daylit interiorexperience, without risking damage to sensitive artifacts.The project is LEED? Gold certified.


