澳大利亚工作室Hassell为英国Cheshire的Jodrell Bank天文台设计了一个展览空间，位于标志性的Lovell望远镜的草顶穹顶之下，Hassel说:“设计旨在保护和增强整个基地的景观，展馆无缝地坐落在自然环境或植物园中，在这里，游客可以在公园的高处自由漫步。”

Australian studio Hassell has concealed an exhibition space for the Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, England, beneath a grass-topped dome informed by the site's iconic Lovell Telescope."Designed to protect and enhance views across the site, the pavilion sits seamlessly within the natural setting or the arboretum, where visitors can roam freely with an elevated viewpoint across the parkland," said Hassel.

Jodrell Bank天文台找到Hassel，希望将其游客体验转变为 "发现之旅"，通过展览空间来庆祝该遗址的遗产，并追溯射电天文学和天体物理学的历史。为了尊重受保护的遗址，工作室将整个结构隐藏在一个覆盖着草的混凝土穹顶之下。它的直径为76.2米，与英国最大的射电望远镜Lovell望远镜的天线相匹配。

Jodrell Bank Observatory approached Hassel to transform its visitor experience into a "journey of discovery", with an exhibition space that celebrates the site's heritage and traces the history of radio astronomy and astrophysics.Looking to respect the protected site, the studio hid the entire structure beneath a grass-covered concrete dome. With a diameter of 76.2 metres, it matches the dish of the site's Lovell Telescope – the UK's largest radio telescope.

在First Light展馆的中心是一个大型的混凝土桶，里面有一个150个座位的礼堂和展览空间，周围环绕着一圈空间，包括咖啡馆、厨房、教室、办公室和厕所。两道弧形混凝土墙穿过穹顶的南部边缘，标志着游客入口。在他们的表面上有一个细长的镂空，投射出一条光线穿过门厅。类似的开口在西边形成了一个服务庭院，在东边形成了一个提供外部咖啡馆座位的圆形平台。这个座位区与1957年Lovell望远镜首次探测到俄罗斯卫星Sputnik的天空位置一致。

At the centre of the First Light Pavilion is a large concrete drum containing a 150-seat auditorium and the exhibition space.This is surrounded by a ring of spaces including a cafe, kitchen, classroom, offices and toilets.Two sweeping arc-shaped concrete walls puncture the dome's southern edge to mark the visitor entrance. A slim cut-out in their surface cast a single line of light across the foyer.Similar openings form a service yard to the west and a circular terrace providing external cafe seating to the east. This seating area is aligned with the position in the sky in which the Lovell Telescope first detected the Russian satellite Sputnik in 1957.

对于内部展示，Hassell与展览设计师Casson Mann合作。该团队重新利用了望远镜的一个旧雷达天线的部分，作为投影的弧形面板。在其他空间，第一灯光馆的形式被用来创造沉浸式的显示，例如在礼堂的 "吊舱 "中，屏幕沿着墙壁的曲线，在多媒体室中，圆顶天花板可以用于夜空投影。

For the interior displays, Hassell worked with exhibition designer Casson Mann. The team repurposed sections of one of the telescope's old radar dishes as curved panels for projections.In other spaces, the form of the First Light Pavilion is used to create immersive displays, such as in the auditorium "pod" where a screen follows the curve of the wall, and in the multimedia room where the domed ceiling can be used for night-sky projections.

Architect:StudioHassell

Photos:Hufton+Crow

Words:JonAstbury