在1884年2月的一个黑暗的日子里，西奥多罗斯福的母亲和妻子在几个小时内相继去世，他在日记中纪念了这个事件。"我的生命之光已经消失了"。在悲痛中，他从纽约市来到北达科他州的梅多拉，在那里，他在荒地的生活将改变和定义,使得他成为我们今天记住的人、保护主义者和美国公民的标志。Henning Larsen与Nelson Byrd Woltz设计团队在2020年6月初进行了同样的旅程，穿越美国，参观西奥多罗斯福总统图书馆的选址。我们对该项目的愿景植根于罗斯福所钟爱的景观和社区，今天的景观和社区与近150年前罗斯福生活在这里时一样丰富和有弹性。

In a single, dark February day in 1884, Theodore Roosevelt’s mother and wife passed within hours of each other – an event he commemorated in his diary: “The light has gone out of my life.” Deep in grief, he journeyed from New York City to Medora, North Dakota, where his time in the Badlands would come to transform and define him as the man, conservationist, and American civic icon we remember today. The Henning Larsen + Nelson Byrd Woltz design team made the same journey across the United States in early June 2020 to visit the site for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library. Our vision for the project is rooted in the landscape and community that Roosevelt came to love – a landscape and community as rich and resilient today as it was when Roosevelt lived in it nearly 150 years ago.

Henning Larsen设计负责人和合伙人迈克尔-索伦森说："荒凉大地的一切都有一种独特的、令人敬畏的美，你在其他地方根本无法体验到。只有当你身处其中时，景观才会完全展开；一旦你身处其中，山丘、山峰、田野和溪流就会延伸到你所能看到的地方。"

“There is a unique and awe-inspiring beauty to everything about the Badlands that you simply cannot experience anywhere else,” says Michael Sørensen, design lead and Partner at Henning Larsen. “The landscape only fully unfolds once you are already within it; once you are, the hills, buttes, fields, and streams stretch as far as you can see.”

我们的愿景与这一景观深深地联系在一起。Nelson Byrd Woltz的负责人和创始人Thomas Woltz说："设计将景观和建筑融合成一个活的系统，从场地的地质学中产生。建筑物为周围的山丘提供了强有力的景观，游客的体验与图书馆周围的河流、小路和牧场无缝连接。”

Our vision is deeply tied to this landscape. Thomas Woltz, Principal and founder of Nelson Byrd Woltz remarks, “The design fuses the landscape and building into one living system emerging from the site’s geology. The buildings frame powerful landscape views to the surrounding buttes and the visitor experi-ence is seamlessly connected to the rivers, trails, and grazing lands surrounding the Library.”

该建筑由四个体量构成，从山丘上探出头来，每一个体量都是对荒凉大地的一种回应。随着塔楼（遗产灯塔）成为可见的地标，图书馆成为社区的中心和流动的门槛，游客可以越过这个门槛进入广阔雄伟的西奥多罗斯福国家公园。四个体量沿着一条连续的叙事线索在地下连接起来，罗斯福的历史在这里得到展示和体验。

The building is comprised of four volumes that peek up from the butte, each a formal reference to the geography of the Badlands. With the tower (the Legacy Beacon) a visible landmark, the library becomes a hub for community and fluid threshold over which visitors can cross into the sprawling majesty of the Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The four volumes link underground along a continuous narrative trail where Roosevelt’s legacy – the roots of the project – is exhibited and experienced.

沃尔茨说："我们团队为罗斯福总统图书馆迈出的第一步设计揭示了荒地深厚的文化和生态历史，以教育全国和国际观众，引发对话，并以T.R.的精神为这片宝地创造下一代的管理人。”

“Our team’s first design steps for the Roosevelt Presidential Library reveals the deep cultural and ecological history of the Badlands to educate a national and international audience, to spark conversation, and to create the next generation of stewards of this treasured land in the spirit of T.R.” says Woltz.

从大厅出来，参观者沿着一条倾斜的螺旋形小路下到展览层，在那里是围绕着炉灶的座位。旅程就是从这里开始的，他们像罗斯福本人一样围着火炉，聚在一起。这条名为"英雄之旅"的道路不仅是一个关于他的生活、工作历史的展览，而且也是一个景观展示。展览的每个阶段都有一个空间，可以俯瞰周围环境的不同方面，从每个视野和有利位置展示荒地的变化。一开始的展览空间是黑暗的，由从上方射入的柔和日光照亮，而最后一站则让他们沐浴在完全的日光中，因为他们从灯塔看到了图书馆和景观的全景。

From the lobby, visitors follow a sloping spiral path down to the exhibition level, where they encounter seats that encircle a hearth. It is here that the journey begins, gathered together around the fire as Roosevelt himself would have done. The path, entitled The Hero’s Journey, is not just an exhibition of his life, work, and legacy, but is also a showcase for the landscape. Each phase of the exhibition is punctuated by a space that overlooks a different aspect of the surroundings, showing off the changing nature of the Badlands from every vista and vantage. Where the exhibition spaces at the start are dark, lit by soft daylight that streams in from above, the final stop bathes them in full daylight as they are presented with a panoramic view onto the Library and landscape from the Legacy Beacon (whose form echoes the iconic markers on the Maah Daah Hey trail).

罗斯福曾经说过：“如果不是因为我在北达科他州的经历，我永远不会成为总统。在我们能够在麦多拉度过的一小段时间里，我们很有感受，这里的风景、人民以及他们都被赋予的精神是独特、丰富和不屈不挠的。索伦森说："我们很荣幸能成为这个设计项目一部分，并希望能帮助实现其未来的这一部分。"

“Theodore Roosevelt famously stated ‘I never would have been President if it had not been for my experiences in North Dakota.’ After just the small amount of time we’ve been able to spend in Medora, it’s clear to us what he meant. The landscape, the people – and the spirit they are both imbued with – is unique, rich, and indomitable,” says Sørensen. “We’re honoured to be a part of Medora’s story and hope to help realize this part of its future.”

西奥多罗斯福总统图书馆是一个非常重要的项目，近年来，总统图书馆已经从简单的档案馆提升为复杂的社区中心和地方地标。由西奥多罗斯福总统图书馆基金会举办的竞赛中，选出了三个事务所的方案，在2020年5月下旬进一步发展设计。三位入围者Henning Larsen、Snøhetta和Studio Gang将于2020年8月17日在北达科他州的梅多拉向基金会、社区和媒体展示他们的设计，活动将以现场和虚拟相结合的方式进行。获奖的设计将在2020年9月下旬选出。

The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation is a prestigious and historic commission; pres-idential libraries in recent years have been elevated from simple archives into complex community hubs and local landmarks. The competition, run by the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation , selected three finalists to further develop designs in late May, 2020. The three finalists, Henning Larsen, Snøhetta, and Studio Gang, will present their design in Medora, North Dakota on 17 August, 2020 to the Foundation, community, and press in a combination of in-person and virtual events. The winning design will be selected in late September 2020.

"世界现在比以往任何时候都需要罗斯福。”西奥多罗斯福总统图书馆基金会的首席执行官爱德华奥基夫说："我经常被问到，如果西奥多罗斯福在这个充满挑战的时代和我们在一起，他可能会做什么？我的回答很简单：他会坚持不懈。所以这也是我们要做的事情。"

“The world needs T.R. now more than ever,” said Edward F. O’Keefe, Chief Executive Officer of the Theo-dore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation. “I have been asked frequently what Theodore Roose-velt might do were he with us during these challenging times; my answer is simple: T.R. endures. He would persevere, and so that’s what we are going to do.”

Project name: Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library

Design Firm: Henning Larsen +Nelson Byrd Woltz

Project Location: Medora, ND, USA

Client: Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation (TRPLF)

GFA: Built Area: 68,000sf

(Level 0: 32,000sf, Level 1: 20,000sf. Level 2: 16,000sf)

Expected Completion: N/A

Collaborators

Landscape Architect: Nelson Byrd Woltz

Site Sustainability: Sherwood Design Engineers

Building Sustainability: Integral Group

Henning Larsen Team

Partner responsible: Michael Sørensen

Team, architecture: Andreas Brunvoll, Eugene Chang, Stephanie He, Grant McCracken, Sa-mantha Okolita, Veronica Varela

Supporting Material

Visualizations: MIR, Portraits to be Built, Henning Larsen