法院 1993

United States Courthouse

Islip, New York

Located in Central Islip, Long Island, north of the Southern State Parkway and adjacent to the existing county courthouse, this federal courthouse takes advantage of panoramic views over both the Great South Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The 12-story building is placed on a podium to gain an extra presence on an otherwise flat and undifferentiated suburban site.

Visitors ascend two wide tiers of steps and enter the building through a monumental 9-story, top-lit rotunda in the form of an opaque cone clad in white metal panels. The rest of the south elevation consists of a gently inflected curtain wall that allows light into the corridors and permits uninterrupted views of the ocean. A granite-clad, east-west wall separates public circulation from the courtrooms and judges’ chambers. The north façade is faced with metal panels and pierced by horizontal windows.

The west wing of the building houses four district courts per floor, while two bankruptcy courts are located on each floor of the east wing. Both wings connect to a central, top-lit, 12-story atrium with public foyer spaces at each courtroom level that link with the adjacent cone. In response to functional and security requirements, distinct circulation zones for the public, judicial staff, and detainees were provided by careful sequencing of layered public areas, courtrooms, and judges’ chambers.

This building reinterprets the courthouse as a new type of civic institution, receptive to public events as well as to the formalities of the judicial process. The rational, grid plan allows for a certain amount of modification and provides for internal expansion of court facilities over a 30-year period. The terraced forecourt, articulated by a modulated surface and rectilinear plantings of trees, provides an appropriate setting for a building of such civic stature.

宽敞的公共空间与法院大楼的现代诠释中的纪念性建筑相得益彰。

这座联邦法院位于长岛中央艾斯利普，南部州立公园大道以北，毗邻现有的县法院，享有大南湾和大西洋的全景。这座12层的建筑被放置在裙楼上，以在一个原本没有差异的郊区场地上获得额外的存在感。一个阶梯状的前院，由一个调制的表面和直线种植的树木连接起来，为这样一个具有公民地位的建筑提供了一个合适的环境，而一个灵活的计划创造了一个可以随着时间的推移而发展的建筑，并且像接受手续一样接受公共活动的司法程序。

该建筑利用一切机会最大限度地利用其场地提供的机会。例如，它的南立面由一个轻微弯曲的幕墙组成，它允许光线进入走廊并允许一览无余的海洋景观。一堵花岗岩覆盖的东西墙将公共交通与法庭和法官室隔开，而北立面则面对着金属面板，并被水平窗户刺穿。该建筑的两翼分别设有地区法院和破产法院，均与中央中庭相连。为了响应功能和安全要求，通过仔细排列分层的公共区域、法庭和法官室，为公众、司法人员和被拘留者提供了不同的流通区域。