grafton chosen ahead of strong shortlist to deliver LSE's paul marshall building

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伦敦政治经济学院（The London School of Economics and Political Science），创立于1895年，为伦敦大学联盟成员。伦敦政经学院与牛津大学、剑桥大学、帝国理工学院、伦敦大学学院并称“G5超级精英大学”，也是英国金三角名校和罗素大学集团成员。

都柏林本土设计师事务所Grafton Architects被选中参加伦敦政治经济学院（LSE）“Paul Marshall 大楼”的竞赛设计，竞赛场地选为44林肯旅馆场地，在重建的计划中，新建筑奖杯用于学术和科研部门，包括Marshall 慈善与社会创业者学院。这所学院由 Paul Marshall 创立，并且将永久性使用这块场地，所以新建筑今后也会被称为“Paul Marshall 大楼”。LSE的工作室提前选择了一批实力强大的候选建筑设计师事务所，其中包括david chipperfield, diller scofidio + renfro, and herzog & de meuron. 听到这个消息后， grafton 说：“我们非常高兴能有机会在地理位置独特的44林肯旅馆场地进行建筑设计，场地对面为设计精巧的约翰•索恩博物馆。除此之外，我们还有像伦敦政治经济学院（LSE）这样非常有远见的委托客户。”

简而言之，新建筑的设计应该在提升学校的教学价值、品牌和文化风气方面起到关键性的作用，启发未来一代又一代的学生和学者。该方案需要设计出能够适应教学和科研的工作区，结合以学生为中心教学的传统教学方式和以奖学金作为刺激的新的教学方式。该建筑进行重建后，将能够容纳多个学院，其中包括以慈善事业和社会企业为主的马歇尔学院。

dublin-based practice grafton architects has been selected to design 44 lincoln’s inn fields/the paul marshall building, the next major building project of the london school of economics and political science (LSE). the studio was chosen ahead of a strong shortlist which included david chipperfield, diller scofidio + renfro, and herzog & de meuron. upon hearing the news, grafton commented: ‘we are absolutely delighted to be given this opportunity to build in this unique location in lincoln’s inn fields, across from the wonderful sir john soane’s museum, for a visionary client such as LSE.’
According to the brief, the new building should ‘play a key role in promoting the values, ethos and brand of the school’, while ‘inspiring future generations of students and academics’. the scheme requires adaptable teaching and research workspaces that combine old and new methods of student-centered learning and academic scholarship. following its redevelopment, the building will house a number of departments including the marshall institute for philanthropy and social entrepreneurship.


顶部结构吸引光线洒向地面/the structure draws light down towards the ground floor. all images courtesy of LSE

伦敦政治经济学院董事克雷格•卡尔霍恩教授，主持了从六个入围设计方案进行汇报后作出最终评定的组委会。 教授总结说道：“这些已提交供选择的作品都有很强的实力在建筑设计领域，但我很高兴地宣布Grafton Architects事务所作为本次“Paul Marshall 大楼”设计竞赛的获胜者。”他还讲述到：“他们创造性的设计虽然正式，但是也非常有趣，我也坚信这个设计能够进一步加强LSE作为一所大学的身份地位，同时匹配其在全球中的学术声誉。

评委会小组成员之一地产总监朱利安• 罗宾逊说道：“我们相信grafton的方案能够为LSE提供独特的具有创造力的校园建筑设计，同时体现了学校的价值观和期望。通过结合传统与现代的方式，我们认为新建筑的设计将激活林肯旅馆场地区域，并且能够很好的和LSE的其余建筑连接起来。这是一个启发灵感的设计，我非常期待与grafton architects事务所以及他们的团队进行合作。”

professor craig calhoun, director and president of LSE, chaired the jury panel which made the final decision after presentations from the six shortlisted teams. ‘we had an extremely strong field of submissions to choose from but I’m pleased to announce grafton architects as the winner of our 44 LIF/the paul marshall building design competition,’ said professor calhoun. ‘their creative design is formal but also fun, and I have no doubt will further enhance LSE’s status as a university with an estate that matches its global academic reputation.’
director of estates and jury panel member julian robinson added: ‘we believe grafton’s design has the potential to provide LSE with a distinctive and seminal piece of university architecture, which expresses the values and aspirations of the school. combining modernity and tradition we felt it would enhance lincoln’s inn fields and connect well with the rest of LSE. it’s an inspiring design and I look forward to working with grafton and their team to deliver it.’


不同的院系分布在建筑的五个楼层中，通过开放式的楼梯进行连接/academic departments are spread over five levels, connected via an open stairway












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