「小知识」RIBA Stirling Prize 斯特林奖，由英国皇家建筑师协会（RIBA）设立，是英国建筑的最高荣誉，也是世界建筑的一大盛事。

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黑斯廷斯码头，东苏塞克斯海岸上充满活力的社区重建码头，在英国建筑中获得了最大的奖项：RIBA斯特林奖。

“黑斯廷斯码头是再生和灵感结合的一个杰作。建筑师和当地社区将一个被忽视的残骸变成了一个令人惊叹的、灵活的新码头，以鼓舞游客和当地人。”RIBA（英国皇家建筑师协会）主席Ben Derbyshire在主持RIBA Stirling奖评委会时如此说。

黑斯廷斯码头的历史可以追溯到1872年，多年来它一直是一个以音乐演出而闻名的热门码头，但它在近年来似乎有些没落。由于近些年的忽视，黑斯廷斯码头在被2008年的风暴破坏后关闭了；而在2010年，一场大火彻底破坏了这个建筑。

当地居民和关注它的朋友决定借由这次火灾重新建设码头。在遗产彩票基金的支持下，一场RIBA竞赛开始了，吸引了来自世界各地的参赛选手。最终，伦敦的dRMM赢得了比赛，并且立即与当地居民和其他利益相关方协商，共同建造码头的未来，建造一个与维多利亚开端截然不同的未来。

“19世纪类型的码头已经随着那场大火而去了，再试图将它建造成一个旧世纪的码头毫无意义。这是一个可以再利用并且改造码头的好机会，这会给码头一个新的未来。”dRMM的创始人Alex de Rijke这样说到。

对很多人来说，码头依然存在着已经非常特别了；但真正让这个码头独一无二的是——让这个空间不再具有永恒的吸引力的决定。

“你希望码头可以被一些东西盖住，而不是一个完全开放的空间并且没有建筑物。”Alex说，“新的码头将是一个靠海的巨大的、免费的公共平台，可以搭建临时设施，举办各种规模的活动。这个空间将比码头尽头的“标志性建筑”提供更多的可能性，同时展示作为变革代言人的建筑师所扮演的角色的不断变化。”

黑斯廷斯码头慈善会主席Maria Ludkin将码头描述为“再生的象征”，Maria已经见到了码头对当地社区日常生活的积极影响：“黑斯廷斯码头吸引好奇的游客，促进交谈，欢迎所有使用和支持码头的人们。可以被触碰、持续发展的黑斯廷斯码头展示了令人叹为观止的海景，为放松、沉思和玩耍提供了无限的变化。”

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Hastings Pier 

wins RIBA Stirling Prize 2017

Hastings Pier - the vibrant community-led restored pier on the East Sussex coast - scoops the biggest award in British architecture: the RIBA Stirling Prize.

"Hastings Pier is a masterpiece in regeneration and inspiration. The architects and local community have transformed a neglected wreck into a stunning, flexible new pier to delight and inspire visitors and local people alike." says RIBA President Ben Derbyshire, who chaired the RIBA Stirling Prize jury.

Hastings Pier can chart its history from 1872. For many years it was a popular pleasure pier famous for musical acts, but its recent past has been much more precarious. Neglected for years, it closed in 2008 following storm damage, and in 2010 faced destruction when a fire ravaged the entire structure.

Residents and friends were determined to use the fire as an opportunity to reimagine the pier. Buoyed by the help of the Heritage Lottery Fund, a RIBA Competition was held attracting entries from around the world. London-based architects dRMM won the competition and immediately set about meeting with locals and stakeholders to help shape the future of the pier; a future radically different from that of its Victorian inception.

"There was no sense in trying to reconstruct it as a 19th century pier – that typology had gone with the fire. There was an opportunity to reuse and reinvent the pier and give it a new future." says Alex de Rijke, dRMM Founding Director.

For many, the fact the pier is still standing is special enough; but what makes this pier unique is the decision not to populate the space with permanent attractions.

"You expect a pier to be covered in stuff, instead you have a free space and no buildings" Says Alex. "The new pier is designed as an enormous, free, public platform over the sea - inspiring temporary installations and events across a variety of scales. This space offered more potential than an ‘iconic’ building on the end of the pier, and demonstrates the evolving role of the architect as an agent for change."

The Chair of Hastings Pier Charity, Maria Ludkin describes the pier as a "symbol of regeneration". Maria has seen the positive impact the pier has had on the local community and day-trippers, alike: "Hastings Pier has invited curious visitors, stimulated conversations, and engaged and welcomed all who use and support us. Accessible and sustainable, it frames a spectacular seascape and offers unlimited variations for relaxation, contemplation and play."

Upon hearing the news that Hastings Pier won the RIBA Stirling Prize, Alex was keen to highlight that this was not just an achievement for dRMM but for the wider community of people involved, also: "All of the many people who worked on this long project are grateful and delighted with the Prize - and proud of achieving the apparently impossible".

This is a project which was ignited by the community, shaped by the community and now enjoyed by the community. Therefore, it seems wholly appropriate that the community came together again to watch the announcement of this year's Stirling Prize live on the pier – win or lose, they would celebrate all that they have achieved, whatever the outcome.

文章出处：RIBA英国建筑师协会