雙語朗讀美文：全球十大最美學校，你的學校入選了麼
導語：《福布斯》雜誌曾邀請一組建築師和校園設計師評選出世界上最美麗的大學校園。以下這些國內外大學便是他們的心水之選。
Kenyon College
Gambier, Ohio, US
Mike Evans, a principal at Norfolk, Va., design firm Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Company, says to be beautiful a campus must have a “signature campus space as a carrier of the campus brand.” At Kenyon College, that space is “Middle Path,” a 10-foot-wide footpath that serves as the Gothic hilltop campus’ central artery. More than just a trail, it’s a village green for the tight-knit campus community. Sergei Lobanov-Rostovsky, who teaches 17th-century poetry at Kenyon, says the college, both isolated and pastoral, is “a small place to think big thoughts.”
凱尼恩學院
位於美國俄亥俄州甘比爾
弗吉尼亞州諾福克Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas +建築設計事務所主管邁克?埃文斯表示，一所美麗的校園必須具備一個“標誌性校園場地來作爲校園品牌的載體”，這才能擔得起“最美校園”的名頭。在凱尼恩學院，這個地方便是一條十英尺寬、名爲“中間道路”的人行道，它是這所坐落於山頂的哥特式校園的主幹道。這不僅僅是一條小路，在人際關係密切的校園裏，它還是一處田園綠地。在凱尼恩學院講授17世紀詩歌的謝爾蓋?洛巴諾夫-羅斯托夫斯基表示，這所與世隔絕的田園式學院，可謂是“琢磨大想法的小地方”。
Oxford University
Oxford, England
Teaching within Oxford’s stone walls dates as far back as the 11th century, and the school is considered a paradigm for all college campuses. With its labyrinth of quads, cloisters, and archways, it evokes elegance and tradition at every turn. “Its monastic roots and the spectacular quality of its buildings make it an architectural wonderland,” says David Mayernik, associate professor at Notre Dame’s School of Architecture.
位於英國牛津
牛津大學的校史可追溯至11世紀，該校被公認爲所有大學校園的典範。四方院、迴廊和拱門遍佈校園，宛如迷宮，處處散發着典雅迷人的傳統氣息。“修道院的淵源和氣勢恢宏的建築讓牛津大學成爲了一個建築聖地。”美國聖母大學建築學院的副教授大衛?邁耶尼克如此評價道。
Princeton University
普林斯頓大學
Princeton, N.J., US
位於美國新澤西州普林斯頓城
Princeton’s style is pure Collegiate Gothic; most of it executed in gray stone covered in, yes, ivy. As imposing as these old stone structures are, the campus keeps life on a “human scale” by preserving green spaces and ous footpaths, archways, plazas – all are designed to inspire spontaneous discussion and learning.
普林斯頓大學的建築風格是經典學院派哥特式，大多數建築用的是灰色石材，上面爬滿了常春藤。儘管古老的石材建築給人以莊嚴肅穆之感，但校園中保留了大量綠地，步行出行也很便捷，十分貼心。蜿蜒小徑，拱門和廣場，所有的這些建築設計都旨在激發學生們的自發討論和學習欲。
Scripps College
斯克利普斯學院
Claremont, Calif., US
位於美國加州克萊蒙特市
The total plan of this women’s college, founded in the 1920′s, has always called for artistic connection between buildings and landscape. Together, architect Gordon Kaufmann, in collaboration with landscape architect Edward Huntsman-Trout, created a distinctively Southern Californian blend of Mission Revival-inspired architecture and landscape, which is lovely, evocative and intact. An expert in deciduous trees, Trout planted rows of liquid amber trees to give the students “a sense of autumn” come fall. He also peppered the campus with tulip trees, sycamores, almond and orange trees, as well as rare shrubs.
這所女子學院自1920年成立以來，一直致力於建築物和景觀的完美融合。建築師戈登?考夫曼與景觀設計師愛德華?亨斯曼-特勞特攜手，將文藝復興風格的建築與景觀相結合，形成了現在頗具南加州風味的景緻——動人、有情調味而又與自然渾然一體。特勞特同時還是一位落葉樹木專家，他在校園裏種植了一排排琥珀色的樹木，從而營造出一種“秋意濃”的韻味。此外，他還在校園的各個角落種滿了鬱金香、懸鈴木、杏樹、桔子樹，以及各式珍稀灌木。
Stanford University
斯坦福大學
Palo Alto, Calif., US
位於美國加州帕洛阿爾託
New additions like the Science and Engineering Quad manage to gracefully blend modern and technological elements with the timeless, elegant aesthetics of the campus’ early California Mission Revival architecture. The campus also scores big points for its dramatic entrance via Palm Drive, its romantic Spanish red-tile roofs and myriad patches of green.
在理工教學區內，新建築羣將現代科技元素與經久典雅的早期加州教會復興風格的老式建築羣完美地結合起來，相得益彰。惹人注目的棕櫚大道、唯美浪漫的西班牙式紅瓦屋頂，以及校園裏遍佈的綠地，也爲斯坦福校園增添了不少光彩。
Trinity College
三一學院
Dublin, Ireland
位於愛爾蘭都柏林市
The most celebrated structure on the campus, which was founded by Queen Elizabeth in 1592, is the Old Library. Some have called the library’s main chamber, known as the Long Room, a “cathedral of the book” because of its timbered barrel-vaulted ceiling and shelving that resembles side chapels of an old baroque church. The Long Room is also where the famous Book of Kells (an illuminated holy manuscript circa 800) is kept under lock and key.
該校是英國女王伊麗莎白一世於1592年下令興建的，校內最著名的建築物是老圖書館。有人將這座圖書館的大廳，也就是衆所周知的長屋，叫做“書籍的教堂”，這是因爲其木製拱頂與巴洛克風格老教堂的附屬禮拜堂非常相似。長屋也是著名的《凱爾經》的珍藏之地，這部書籍撰寫於公元800年，是有華麗文字裝飾的手抄本新約聖經。
Tsinghua University
清華大學
Beijing, China
位於中國北京市
Forbe’s panel of architects says natural setting plays a big part in assessing a campus’ beauty. In that regard, this campus is blessed: Founded in 1925, Tsinghua sits on the former site of the Qing Dynasty’s royal gardens. Many of Beijing’s most notable historical sites, like the Summer Palace, are close by. The campus is peppered with artificial ponds where stone benches and floating lotus blossoms inspire reflection.
《福布斯》的建築師評定小組一致認爲，自然景觀在這次校園“選美”中佔有很大的比重。在這方面，水木清華園可謂是得天獨厚。始建於1925年的清華大學在幾處清朝皇家園林舊址上修建而成。該校四周坐落着許多著名的京城名勝(如頤和園，圓明園)。校園內點綴着巧奪天工的人工湖。湖邊的石凳，水面上搖曳的荷花，都讓人心曠神怡，浮想聯翩。
United States Air Force Academy
美國空軍學院
Colorado Springs, Colo., US
位於美國科羅拉多州斯普林斯
Kevin Lippert, publisher of the Princeton Architectural Press, picked this campus because it is “a masterpiece of mid-20th-century American Modernism, rather than something in the traditional Collegiate Gothic or Oxford style.” He adds: “Many of the buildings are clad in aluminum, suggesting the skin of airplanes, and the Cadet’s Chapel there is often called one of the most beautiful buildings in America, collegiate or otherwise.”
普林斯頓建築出版社的出版商凱文?利珀特選擇了美國空軍學院。理由很簡單，因爲它是“20世紀中期美國現代主義建築的偉大作品，與傳統的學院哥特式或牛津風格毫無關聯。”他還補充說道：“很多建築的外層都覆有一層鋁合金材質，以暗示飛機機身，尤其是它的地標性建築，軍校生禮拜堂，無論是在大學建築還是其他建築中都可謂是全美最美麗的建築之一。”
University of Bologna
博洛尼亞大學
Bologna, Italy
位於意大利博洛尼亞
Arguably the oldest university in the Western world, the University of Bologna’s actual “campus” is the city of Bologna itself, says David Meyerick, who teaches at Notre Dame’s School of Architecture. “What the university lacks in personal identity, it makes up for in being inextricably tied to its environment,” says Meyerick.
勿庸質疑，這裏是西方世界最古老的一所大學。實際上，博洛尼亞大學的校園就是博洛尼亞市本身。任教於美國聖母大學建築學院的大衛?邁耶尼克教授在談到博洛尼亞大學時表示：“就個性化而言，這個學校稍有欠缺，不過，它與外部環境的渾然一體彌補了這方面的缺憾。”
University of California, Santa Cruz
加州大學聖克魯茲分校
Santa Cruz, Calif., US
位於美國加州聖克魯茲
Housed on a former ranch perched above the Pacific, the UCSC campus offers open meadows, redwood forests and panoramic ocean views. Architect Natalie Shivers says the California campus’ buildings and “circulation networks” for both cars and pedestrians “are carefully designed and tucked into the natural landscape” to preserve both the environment and the vistas. It’s no wonder students like to study outdoors and that the campus has created 100 points of wireless access throughout the grounds.
加州大學聖克魯茲分校的前身是一座面朝太平洋的美麗牧場。該校擁有開闊的草地，紅杉林以及無敵海景。建築設計師娜塔莉?夏弗斯表示，爲了保護環境和自然景觀，校園內的建築以及服務行人車輛的交通網絡，都經過精心設計，與自然景觀融爲一體。難怪這裏的學生都愛上了戶外學習，校方甚至安裝了100個無線網絡接入點，遍佈校園各個角落。
