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Levinson Plaza

Mikyoung Kim:Levinson Plaza位于Mission Park校园内，这是波士顿一个占地14英亩的住宅和城市开发住宅项目。该住宅开发区紧邻波士顿重要地标，包括芬威公园、美术馆、伊莎贝拉·斯图尔特园丁博物馆和朗伍德医院区。这个HUD社区俯瞰Frederick Law Olmsted的翡翠项链公园系统，拥有三座中高层建筑、一座高层公寓楼、147座城镇房屋，以及一个游泳池中心、图书馆、日托中心和健身房。该项目从一个分阶段的景观总体规划开始，莱文森广场作为第一阶段的建设。
Mikyoung Kim: Levinson Plaza is situated within the campus of Mission Park, a fourteen acre Housing and Urban Development residential project in Boston. This residential development is in close proximity to significant Boston landmarks, including Fenway Park, the Museum of Fine Arts, the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum and the Longwood Hospital district. This HUD community overlooks Frederick Law Olmsted’s Emerald Necklace park system and houses three mid-rise buildings, one high rise apartment tower, 147 town houses, as well as a swimming pool center, library, daycare center and gym facility. The project began with a phased landscape master plan with Levinson Plaza as the first phase of construction.

Levinson Plaza

作为一个城市小树林，这个中心聚集空间代表了这个多样化、混合收入的住宅开发中社区的融合。该设计容纳了一个复杂的项目，将不同的多文化和代际用途分层，并为居民提供了许多有意义的聚会和娱乐空间。太极、国际象棋、儿童游戏区和沉思式座位区允许不同的群体以不同的方式利用花园空间。草坪区域可在夏季用于日光浴，也可在大型集会期间为社区提供灵活规划的区域，如庆祝中国新年、俄罗斯统一日以及其他文化和公民活动。
Envisioned as an urban grove, this central gathering space represents the convergence of community in this diverse, mixed income, residential development. The design accommodates a complex program, layering the varied multi-cultural and intergenerational uses with a number of meaningful gathering and recreational spaces for the residents. Tai Chi, chess, children’s play areas, and contemplative seating areas allow for various groups to utilize the garden spaces in different ways. Lawn areas can be used for sunbathing in the summer and also provide the community with areas for flexible programming during larger gatherings, such as celebrations for the Chinese New Year, Russian Unity Day, and other cultural and civic events.

广场景观设计的重点是为观澜湖公园提供一个借鉴新英格兰地区园林精神的景观。广场使用的路面材料将经受漫长而富有挑战性的冬天，而图案本身是根据住宅景观的人字形图案设计的。广场模式将聚集区和通道缝合在一起，同时为这个大型广场空间带来了人性化的规模。花园内的铺砌区域是从树林中分割出来的，以便直接进入主要入口点和公共交通。
The plaza landscape design focuses on providing Mission Park with a landscape which draws its spirit from the regional gardens of New England. The plaza uses pavement materials which will endure the long, challenging winters, while the patterning itself is designed based on the herringbone patterns of residential landscapes. The plaza pattern stitches the areas of gathering and passage together while bringing a human scale to this large plaza space. The paved areas within the garden are carved out of the grove to allow for direct access to major entry points and public transportation.

种植由新英格兰城市景观中归化的物种组成。这种植物能够承受城市提供的苛刻条件；大风、冬季施盐、恶劣的土壤条件和较高的空气/土壤温度范围。设计考虑解决了居民对亨廷顿大道（Huntington Avenue）的视觉和声音屏蔽问题。亨廷顿大道是一条拥挤的主干道，可容纳火车和四车道车辆。由桦树和契尔科娃河组成的分层树篱排过滤了这些城市条件，同时保持了整个空间的安全视野。
The planting is composed of species that have been naturalized in the New England urban landscape. This palette of plants is able to withstand the demanding conditions a city provides; high winds, winter salt applications, poor soil conditions, and high ranges in air/soil temperature. Design considerations addressed the residents’ concerns with both visual and sound screening from Huntington Avenue, a congested main thoroughfare which accommodates the train and four lanes of vehicular traffic. Layered hedge rows consisting of River Birch and Zelkova filter these urban conditions while maintaining views for safety throughout the space.

这个30000平方英尺项目的设计创造了一个舒适的室外环境。先前由中央高架广场定义，该空间暴露于附近亨廷顿大道的交通和火车拥堵中。场地的重新设计消除了坡度变化，为社区居民创造了一个普遍可接近的景观，同时利用丰富的植物调色板，允许多种类型的规划活动同时在不同的花园房间中进行。冠层树木、植物床和铺砌表面的分层强化了广场的统一性和民主性。
The design for this 30,000 square foot project creates a comfortable outdoor environment. Previously defined by a central raised plaza, the space was exposed to the traffic and train congestion on nearby Huntington Avenue. The redesign of the site removes the grade changes to create a universally accessible landscape for the residents of this community, while utilizing a rich plant palette that allows for multiple types of programmatic activities to occur simultaneously in various garden rooms. The layering of the canopy trees, plant beds and paved surfaces reinforce the unity and democratic nature of the plaza.

作为该项目的首席景观设计师和首席设计师，提交的景观设计师对该项目提供了全面的设计和施工管理服务。设计师们与使命公园景观委员会和哈佛Roxbury租户的管理人员密切合作，以实现该项目。随着时间的推移，这个城市小树林将继续作为日常活动的场所，并作为这个多元化社区内文化活动的场所。
As the prime landscape architect and lead designer for the project, the submitting landscape architect carried out full services of design and construction administration on the project. The designers worked closely with the Mission Park Landscape Committee and administrators of the Roxbury Tenants of Harvard to realize the project. Over time, this urban grove will continue as the location for everyday activities and as a setting for cultural events within this diverse community.

文本：米扬·金
Landscape Architecture: Mikyoung Kim
Project: Mission Park Plaza,
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Completion: 2008,
Area: 2800 m2,
Design budget: $82,000,
Construction budget: $1.2 million.
Client:Roxbury Tenants of Harvard
Photography credit: Lisa Garrity, Charles Mayer
Landscape Contractor: Paragon Landscape Construction
Text: Mikyoung Kim