MUSEUM•MOUNTAIN VIEW, UNITED STATES

建筑师: Mark Horton - Architecture

面积: 25000 ft²

年份: 2011

摄影师: Mark Richards

Text description provided by the architects. The birthplace of Pong. The home of Facebook. The epicenter of the Cloud.

Mark Horton / Architecture (MH/A)'s renovation of an existing former Silicon Graphics office building in Mountain View, California, into the new home of the Computer History Museum is genius loci made physical.

The transformation of the first floor of the building into a new entrance hall and orientation theater, a café and bookstore, and a 25,000 sqf exhibition space housing Revolution : The First 2000 Years of Computing is the perfect re-use of a formerly high-flying computer company in the perfect location.

Surrounded by a who's who of computing - Google, Apple, HP, Cisco- the Computer History Museum attempts to document a work-in-progress. Exhibiting everything from an ENIAC to an Enigma Machine, from an early (wooden) computer mouse (1963) to the first mechanical and programmable computer - the Babbage Difference Engine (designed in 1821), and from an Apple 1 to a Palm Pilot, the museum is a testament to the exponential evolution of computing and the truth of Moore's Law.

The architectural transformation of the front portion of the existing building into an inviting and sophisticated lobby is the initial experience of the museum-goer. Semi-public amenities, including a café and a bookstore, reinforce this initial impression. An orientation theater and a transitional connection to the exhibition space move the visitor along to the 25,000 sf exhibition space.

Computers pervade our world today. MH/A feels lucky to have made its mark  on that world.

Mark Horton / Architecture (MH/A)对加州山景城现有的原硅图形办公大楼进行了改造，将其改造为计算机历史博物馆的新家，这是genius loci设计的实体建筑。

大楼的一楼的变换到一个新的入口大厅和方向剧院,一个咖啡馆,书店,和25000平方呎的展览空间住房革命:第一个2000年的计算是完美的重用以前的电脑公司的完美地点。

在谷歌、苹果、惠普、思科等知名计算机公司的包围下，计算机历史博物馆试图记录一项正在进行的工作。表现出从ENIAC恩尼格玛密码机,从早期(木)电脑鼠标(1963)第一个机械和可编程计算机——巴贝奇的差分机(设计于1821年),和一个苹果1 Palm Pilot,博物馆是一个证明的指数演化计算和摩尔定律的真实性。

现有建筑的前部改造成一个吸引人的复杂大堂，这是博物馆游客的最初体验。半公共设施，包括咖啡馆和书店，强化了最初的印象。一个导向剧院和一个与展览空间的过渡连接将游客带到了25000平方英尺的展览空间。

今天，计算机遍布我们的世界。MH/A为能在这个世界上留下自己的印记而感到幸运。