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So one contemporary equivalent of the Plaza Mayor in Salamanca is the Place de la Défense in Paris,
說(shuō)一個(gè)與薩拉曼卡的馬約爾廣場(chǎng)相較衡的現(xiàn)代廣場(chǎng)，巴黎的協(xié)和廣場(chǎng)，
a windswept, glass-walled open space that office workers hurry through on the way from the metro to their cubicles
一個(gè)大風(fēng)貫通、被玻璃墻圍繞的開(kāi)放空間，辦公室白領(lǐng)會(huì)迅速?gòu)闹型ㄟ^(guò)，從地鐵站直奔屬于他們的辦公室，
but otherwise spend as little time in as possible.
除此之外，他們也會(huì)盡可能的少花時(shí)間呆在里面。
In the early 1980s, the architect Philip Johnson tried to recreate a gracious European plaza in Pittsburgh.
在上世紀(jì)80年代初期，一個(gè)叫做Philip Johnson的建筑師曾嘗試在匹茲堡重塑一個(gè)優(yōu)雅的歐式廣場(chǎng)。
This is PPG Place, a half acre of open space encircled by commercial buildings made of mirrored glass.
這就是PPG Place，半英畝空地就這樣被由玻璃組成的商業(yè)建筑包圍著。
And he ornamented those buildings with metal trim and bays and Gothic turrets which really pop on the skyline.
他運(yùn)用了金屬鑲邊，間隔排架，還有哥特式的塔樓設(shè)計(jì)，這些使得整棟建筑確實(shí)沖破了天際線。
But at ground level, the plaza feels like a black glass cage.
但是從平地的角度來(lái)看，整個(gè)廣場(chǎng)就好像一個(gè)黑色的玻璃籠子。
I mean, sure, in summertime kids are running back and forth through the fountain and there's ice-skating in the winter,
我的意思是，是的，在夏日的午后，孩子們還是會(huì)在噴泉的周?chē)鷣?lái)回跑動(dòng)，冬天還是會(huì)在這里滑冰，
but it lacks the informality of a leisurely hangout.
但是卻少了這種娛樂(lè)的休閑與自在。
It's just not the sort of place you really want to just hang out and chat.
這個(gè)廣場(chǎng)的確不是那種會(huì)讓你想去聚會(huì)暢談的地方。
Public spaces thrive or fail for many different reasons.
這些公共空間的成功與失敗取決于很多不同的原因。
Architecture is only one, but it's an important one.
建筑雖然只是其中一方面，但卻也是極其重要的一方面。
Some recent plazas like Federation Square in Melbourne or Superkilen in Copenhagen
一些最近新建的廣場(chǎng)，比如墨爾本的聯(lián)邦廣場(chǎng)或是哥本哈根的Superkilen線性公園，
succeed because they combine old and new, rough and smooth,
它們的成功源于它們結(jié)合了古樸與新潮、粗糙與光滑，
neutral and bright colors, and because they don't rely excessively on glass.
色彩的中性與明亮，并且它們沒(méi)有過(guò)分依賴(lài)玻璃。
