福州万科永泰项目
Fuzhou Vanke Yongtai
福州万科永泰项目位于赤壁风景区内,是一个45hm2的混合使用开发用地,项目的建筑方案是嵌入在当地的自然地形里的。场地距福州城市中心大约30分钟的车程,场地边界的东部是大樟溪并且场地流域内包含12个小山丘。由于被周围的山峰和山谷包围而呈现出一种典型的中国乡村景观,SWA团队的第一反应便是尽可能为该项目周边的福州居民和游客保留更多的自然情趣。
这个项目选择交织和拼接的概念作为整体设计的策略,将人为的设计和干预作为针线,去联结自然的情趣,形成一个有凝聚力的整体。这种想法不仅适用于城市规划层面的自然地形和航道所支持的公共空间网络的总体框架,而且也体现在结构设计上。路径、人行走道、坡道、桥梁、座椅式矮墙和水的独有特色都被编排或缝合在一起,去实现一种独特的整体设计景观特征。在住宅和酒店间的每一个角落,都有新的欣赏远山的视角,使得人们从熙熙攘攘的现代生活里获得了一种隐私感和喘息的机会。别墅和精品酒店的私人项目穿插在公共项目里,比如俱乐部、附近的公园以及一些杂货店,实现在步行距离内创造出一种社区感。
尽管重点在于保持场地的自然特征,但项目中的建筑开发也是规模宏大的,它包含了精品酒店、购物商场、会所、高层住宅、公寓楼、联排别墅和独立式住宅。通过道路、高架走道、楼梯和公共公园联结所有地区的景观策略,将所有的建筑物和项目统一在一起。对每个项目间的可通行性进行研究,是确定建筑物合理距离的一项重要工作,以给居住者们创造一种冒险的,曲折的和有趣的奇妙旅程。
团队的设计意图十分美好:希望构建一个居民们在步行允许的条件下可随意走亲访友的社区;途中人们可能被娱乐中心的日常活动吸引而驻足,或偶尔穿过湖水时享受与自然的亲密拥抱。如果你是一个有很多奇思妙想的人,甚至可以放弃使用汽车,就带着自己的心行走在路上,穿越山丘去往公园和开放空间,一路上热情地与邻居寒暄,增进邻里之间的感情。由于福州的大多数居民将这里已当做他们的第二个家,保护自然的风景和环境的重要性就显而易见,以此为居民提供一个逃离喧嚣、徜徉山间的场所。在大城市里生活总是会被小汽车、公共汽车、摩托车等交通噪声烦扰,然而在永泰福州,我们想做到的是放慢大家的生活节奏,尽情醉心于赤壁景区的壮美风光。
如同开发其他任何一个项目,高度重视可持续发展的措施对于确保项目的长远发展是至关重要的。中央水域的亮点是湖,随着湖边活动设施的修筑,如何净化集水区的水体是维持湖泊自然美的关键。该项目呼吁营建的建筑组团遵循以丘陵和山谷为主的自然地形。设计把中央湖泊的主要流域部分改造为盆地,并以此为线索,引导这个公共开放空间串联起整个场地。与中心湖区相呼应,我们将次级集水区设计为邻里公园。社区公园将特色地形诸如山顶、山脊等纳入其中,提供给居民饱览群山的壮丽景色。公园之间通过庞大的线性交通网络连接,为居民提供一个更大的休闲开放空间系统。总的来说,公园的自然美景发挥着双重作用——为人们提供在压抑的城市生活中喘息的机会,以及一个截留雨水的可持续绿色网络。
围绕湖区的标志性人行天桥为湖畔美景提供了绝佳的视觉背景。步行桥能够引领你从湖畔走向更美妙的自然体验。在这里你甚至有一种飘在湖面上的错觉。桥的柔性波动设计使得车辆无法通行,孩子们行走其间在父母头顶蹦蹦跳跳;游人在这里回头眺望,也会收获一个难忘的视觉角度。桥梁结构的设计经历了反复多次的缜密研究,确保它是美丽的、有良好照明的,同时也是经济的。其结果是一个钢桁架的工程系统用以支持桥梁。保证安全的前提下,外形美观简洁与周围景观完美融合。这一标志性景观,加强了湖滨的游览体验。SWA设计团队对于优化湖滨步行体验的不懈坚持与倡导,证明了团队为游人提供不可复制的景观体验所付出的坚定决心。
景观设计师:SWA Group
位置:中国福州
项目面积:大约45hm2
甲方:福州永泰友信房地产有限公司
设计时间:2010年6月
完成时间:2014年
翻译:宋怡
校对:王晞月
Fuzhou Vanke Yongtai Project is a 45 hectare mixed use development located within the Red Cliff Scenic Area where the building program is deliberately embedded within the natural topography of the site. Within a 30 minute drive to the urban center of Fuzhou, the site borders the Dazhangxi river on the east and consists of 12 small hills inside a watershed area. Surrounded by rural landscapes of mountain peaks and dramatic valleys typical of rural China, the SWA Group’s fi rst instinct was to preserve as much of the natural amenities as possible for residents and visitors of the Fuzhou Project.
The concept of Weaving and Stitching came about as an appropriate strategy for the building project, to imagine the man-made design intervention as a thread that unifies the natural amenities into a cohesive whole. The idea is not only applied onto the overall framework of an interconnecting public space network supported by natural topography and waterways at the aspect of urban planning, but also presented at the level of physical design. Paths, walkways, ramps, bridges, seat-walls and water features are also weaved or stitched to perform the unique landscape characters of the design. In this residential and hotel development, every corner you turn will afford a new vista of the mountains, and also afford a sense of privacy and respite from the hustle and bustle of contemporary life. The private programs of houses and boutique hotels are interspersed with public programs such as club houses and neighborhood parks and grocery stores, to create a sense of community within a walking distance.
Despite the focus on preserving natural features, the building development program is an ambitious mix of boutique hotel, shopping, clubhouses, residential high-rises, apartment buildings, townhouses and detached homes. The landscape strategy of connecting all of the areas via pathways, elevated walkways, staircases, and public parks, unites all of the buildings and programs. Careful studies of walkability between each program mix was an essential tool in placing buildings within reasonable distance so as to create a sense of adventure, meandering, and playful wonder.
It is the intention of the design team to create a community where a resident can walk to visit their friends, stop by the recreation center for a daytime program, or walk across the lake for a moment to convene with nature. If one is ambitious enough, you can abandon use of the car and take yourself across the mountains to the parks and open spaces, greeting neighbors along the way. As most residents of Fuzhou will use this as their second home, the importance of preserving a natural and scenic environment was ever more relevant to provide a 'getaway in the mountains' for the residents. Life in the big city can be harried with cars, buses, motorcycles and other traffic noise. At Fuzhou Yongtai, the intention is to slow down one’s pace of life, and completely surrender to the scenic views of the Red Cliff Scenic Area.
As with any development project, a heightened attention to sustainability measures was critical in ensuring the long term success of the project. The central water amenity is the lake, and as the development takes place all around the lakeside, cleaning water as it drains into the watershed is critical for maintaining the natural beauty of the lake. The project plan calls for housing clusters that follow the natural topography of the hills and valleys. The central lake area of the main watershed basin was created and leveraged as a public open space that unif i es the entire site. Subwatersheds are designed as neighborhood parks with connections to the central lake area. Hilltops and ridges are incorporated into the neighborhood parks, to provide every resident with a breathtaking view of the mountains. The parks are interlinked by an extensive trail network to form a larger recreational open space system for the residents. The natural amenities of the park perform the dual function of providing respite for people, and a sustainable green network of water detention systems.
The iconic pedestrian bridge structure that surrounds the lake is of particular importance in celebrating the lakefront views. The function of the pedestrian bridge is to take you from the lake’s edge to a heightened natural experience, where one feels they are floating atop the lake. The undulation of the bridge provides a carfree space for kids to skip ahead of their parents, and an unforgettable experience of looking back towards the lake at various angles. The engineering behind the bridge structure underwent iterations of study to ensure a bridge that is beautiful, welllit, and also cost effective. The result is a steel truss system of engineering that supports the bridge with a simplif i ed prof i le that blends well with the landscape. The persistence of the SWA design team in advocating for this iconic feature to enhance the lakefront experience is a testament to the team’s determination to deliver an unforgettable experience.
Landscape Architect:SWA Group
Location:Fuzhou, China
Project Area:Approx. 45 hectares
Client:Fuzhou Yongtai Youxin Real Estate Co., LTD
Date of Design:June 2010
Date of Completion:2014
Translation:SONG Yi
Proofreading: WANG Xi-yue