Studio Saar completes new discovery centre for local community in Udaipur, Rajasthan

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Studio Saar  在拉贾斯坦邦乌代布尔为非营利组织 Dharohar 建成了一个新的学习和文化中心，该组织与学校和志愿者合作，在该地区提供广泛的课外活动。“第三空间”是一个老少皆宜的学习和探索中心，为教育课程、非正式学习、社交和艺术表演提供世界一流的设施。

Studio Saar：Anglo-Indian architecture practice Studio Saar has completed a new learning and cultural centre in Udaipur, Rajasthan for Dharohar, a not-for-profit organisation working with schoolsand volunteers to provide extra-curricular activities in the area. Third Space: The Haveli of Creativity, Curiosity and Community is a learning and discovery centre for all ages, that offers world-class facilities for educational programmes, informal learning, socialising and performing arts.

“第三空间”作为一个超越家庭或学校的无限场所，鼓励当地儿童和各年龄段的人群接触、探索各种实践活动，以更好地了解世界和他们在世界中的位置。这个新的学习和文化中心每天可接待多达 2000 名游客，提供各种活动和研讨会，为乌代布尔人民提供急需的资源。

“第三空间”的设计旨在促进 Dharohar 开放、无障碍和包容等主要原则，从而为游客、志愿者和工作人员提供一个自由的、不受限制的空间，激发他们的好奇心、创造力和社区意识。新的中心设有一个用于表演和社区聚会的灵活入口空间，此外还包括电影院、表演艺术剧场、科技互动展览、手工与创客空间、工作坊和联合办公空间、图书馆、咖啡厅、零售空间，以及一个可欣赏周围景色的瞭望塔。

Intended as a ‘third space’ – a place without boundaries beyond home or school, local children and people of all ages are encouraged to encounter and explore diverse, hands-on activities to better understand more about the world and their place within it. The new centre can host up to 2,000 visitors a day, offering a broad range of activities and workshops, providing much-needed resourcesto the people of Udaipur.

Third Space is designed to foster Dharohar’s key principles of openness, accessibility, and inclusivity, resulting in a free, unrestricted space which ignites curiosity, creativity and a sense of community forvisitors, volunteers and staff. The new centre features a flexible entrance space for performances and community gatherings, a cinema, performing arts theatre, an interactive exhibition of science and technology, tinkering and maker spaces, workshopping and co-working spaces, a library, a café and retail space, and a lookout tower to take in surrounding views.

作为 Dharohar 和 Studio Saar 重新造林项目的一部分，“第三空间”的活动、计划和课程与 80 公顷的山丘相连。在这个雄心勃勃的项目中，当地的动植物将重新回归该地区，以增加生物多样性，两个项目的整合将提供更多的学习机会，将社区与当地的生态系统联系起来。

Third Space’s activities, programmes and curriculum are connected to 80 hectares of hills that are being rewilded as part of a reforestation project by Dharohar and Studio Saar. The ambitious project will see local flora and fauna returned to the area to increase biodiversity and the integration of both projects will provide further opportunities for learning, connecting the community with the local ecosystem that sustains it.

该建筑的设计灵感来源于传统的哈维利庭院住宅，其特点是中央庭院被一系列回廊和遮阳的外部流通空间所环绕。建筑外墙采用了图案复杂的 Jali 屏风，既能通风，又能将内部与外部连接起来。外墙上的悬臂式小壁龛“gohkhra”起着捕风的作用，在建筑的被动降温策略中发挥着关键作用，同时也是阅读、聚会和放松的趣味凹室。弧形钢制平台环绕庭院，是一个观景平台，游客可以在此观察下面的活动项目、攀岩墙和表演区。该建筑在多个楼层种植了本地树木和植物，有助于辨别方向，并将自然带入中心的中心地带。

The building’s design draws inspiration from traditional havelis courtyard homes, featuring a central courtyard surrounded by a series of cloisters and shaded external circulation space. The facades feature intricate patterned Jali screens that provide ventilation while connecting the inside to the outside. Small, cantilevered niches in the façades, known as gokhra, act as wind catchers, playing a key role in the building’s passive cooling strategy and doubling as playful alcoves for reading, meeting and relaxing. A curved steel deck weaves around the courtyard and serves as a viewing platform allowing visitors to observe the programme of activities, climbing wall and performance area below. The structure is populated by native trees and planting at multiple levels, aiding with wayfinding, andbringing nature into the heart of the centre.

从建筑上切割的白色大理石屏风和 gokhra 图案被用作地砖，在立面和地面之间形成了一种正反关系，而从金属屏风上切割下来的图案则构成了锁链屏风和门。来自附近矿场的废弃大理石碎料和lome 砂浆构成了砌体墙，大理石粉尘取代了混凝土混合物中的部分水泥和沙子含量，从而使表面更加洁白，能更有效地反射太阳的热量。

Cut-outs from the building’s local white marble screenwork and gokhra are used as floor tiles, creating a positive-negative relationship between facades and floors, while cut-outs from the metal screens form chainmail screens and doors. Waste marble rubble and lome mortar from nearby mines form the masonry walls and marble dust replaces some of the cement and sand content in the concrete mix –resulting in a whiter finish that more effectively reflects the sun’s heat.

屋顶是一个充满冒险精神的游乐场所，为跑酷和滑板运动提供了空间，并以与 Webb Yates 工程师合作设计的编织竹天篷为特色，提供遮阳。天篷选用竹子编织而成，当地的编织者将持续参与其维护，从而形成一个低成本、低碳的解决方案，为当地创造了稳定的就业机会，并加强了对传统工艺的保护。

The roof acts as an adventurous playscape, offering spaces for parkour and skateboarding, and features a woven bamboo canopy to provide solar shading, designed in collaboration with Webb Yates Engineers. Bamboo was chosen for the canopy and local weavers will be employed in its ongoing maintenance, resulting in a low-cost, low-carbon solution that creates steady local employment and reinforces the preservation of a traditional craft.

Studio Saar 的管理合伙人 Ananya Singhal 表示：“ ‘第三空间’的设计工作是一次令人兴奋和收获颇丰的旅程。在整个设计过程中，我们与 Dharohar 密切合作，开发了一个能够吸引游客和员工的空间。能从拉贾斯坦邦的建筑遗产中汲取灵感，并自由地对其进行重新设计，将多种用途融合到一个统一的建筑中，这是一件令人愉快的事情，它将在未来的岁月里为社区带来欢乐。”

Ananya Singhal, Managing Partner of Studio Saar said: “Working on Third Space has been anincredibly exciting and rewarding journey. Throughout the design process, we’ve worked closely with Dharohar to develop a space that will appeal to visitors and staff alike. It was a joy to draw inspiration from the architectural heritage of Rajasthan and have the freedom to reimagine it, bringing multiple uses into a single coherent building that will bring joy to the community for years to come.”

Dharohar 的负责人 Shivani Singhal 补充道：“只要有合适的环境和鼓励，人们就能释放出无限的潜能。这就是‘第三空间’的愿景——一个人们聚集在一起，探索新想法，相互鼓励，从消费者转变为创造者的地方。萨尔工作室帮助我们实现了这一愿景，并创造了一个鼓励创新和联系的空间。我们希望，当人们聚集在这个空间成为终身学习者时，他们将以我们无法想象的方式改善城市和国家的旅游。

“第三空间”现已向公众开放。作为 2024 年伦敦建筑节（LFA）的一部分，“第三空间”的模型、照片、图纸、可视化作品和影片将与 Studio Saar 的其他重要项目一起，在该工作室即将举办的“工艺、社区和联系”展览中展出。该展览在 6 月 7 日至 6 月 15 日在伦敦天使区的工艺委员会画廊（Crafts Council Gallery）举行，以庆祝 Studio Saar 为所有人创造令人振奋的空间和场所的愿景。

Shivani Singhal, Head of Dharohar added: “Given the right environment and encouragement, people can unlock their limitless potential. This is the vision of Third Space –a place where people come together, explore new ideas, encourage each other, and shift from being consumers to creators. Studio Saar was able to help us realise this vision and create a space that encourages innovation and connection. We hope as people come together in this space to become life-long learners, they will improve tour city and nation in ways that we cannot yet imagine.”

Third Space is now open to the public. Models, photographs, drawings, visualisations and a film of Third Space will be featured alongside Studio Saar’s other significant projects in the practice’s upcoming exhibition Craft, Community and Connection as part of the 2024 London Festival of Architecture (LFA). The exhibition celebrates Studio Saar’s vision of creating uplifting spaces and places for all and is taking place at the Crafts Council Gallery in Angel, London from 07 June until 15 June.

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“ 一个老少皆宜的学习和探索中心，亦是一个超越家庭或学校的无限场所。”

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