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在2006年秋季，英国诺丁汉郡的官方旅游委员会Experience Nottinghamshire，设计并开展了一项调查，采访其市民、游客和投资者对它的认知印象。而这项调查的主要发现就是：“诺丁汉是一座没有特征的城市。”

过去区分诺丁汉最独到的一个特征就是传统上工业活动的早期开展，随着19世纪诺丁汉工业中心的地位衰弱下去，这种身份特征也受到了影响。即便是那些还保留着独特的建筑特征的那些地方，比如历史上的蕾丝市场，如今也有了潜在威胁，现代化的发展步伐，正在逐渐磨灭曾经是这座城市特色的印记。

像很多城市一样，过去的十年里，诺丁汉城市议会被民众要求采取一系列积极主动的措施，来挽救诺丁汉日益衰退的地区身份独特性。从完善交通基础设施和建成环境，到恢复发展该城市的历史文化遗迹，这种积极的做法逐渐重建起了诺丁汉的城市形象。

为了接下来研究计划的目标，我将只重点研究最近的发展——位于诺丁汉蕾丝市场外围，新开放的地标性建筑艺术展览馆。建设艺术馆的想法始于20世纪90年代末期，花费在这座艺术馆上的计划时间是漫长的，然而至今有关主题还没有对外公布。

In Autumn 2006, Experience Nottinghamshire, the official tourist board for the county, devised and undertook a research report aimed at capturing perceptions of Nottingham city from its residents, visitors and investors. It’s key finding: ‘Nottingham is quite an anonymous city.’ (Perceptions of Nottingham Report, 2006)

The distinct characteristics that defined a sense of place in Nottingham in the past, were based largely around traditionally occurring industrial activities and consequently since the decline of Nottingham’s 19th century status as an industrial hub, the city has suffered from a lack of identity. Even specific areas that have retained their unique architectural features, such as the historic Lace Market quarter, are now under threat from increasingly generic, modern developments that sterilize the sensorial phenomena, that has characterized the city in the past.

Like many cities, over the past decade the City Council has been forced to reassess Nottingham’s attributes and implement a wide range of initiatives to address this bleak image and raise the profile of Nottingham. From improvements in the transport infrastructure and built environment, to the remarketing and development of the city’s historical and cultural assets, gradually this pro-active approach has begun to re-establish a more coherent city image.

For the purposes of the following research proposal, I will however focus only on the most recent development - the opening of a major new ‘landmark’ art gallery, on the periphery of the Lace Market. Conceived in the late 1990’s, the time spent in the planning of the Nottingham Contemporary gallery has been considerable, yet to date little has been published on the subject. Implemented to consolidate the existing, but less prominent art based events around the city, it was hoped that the gallery would enhance Nottingham’s identity, in the minds of visitors, as a cultural destination.

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