纽约小岛
Little Island, NYC
MNLA与Heatherwick工作室合作设计了小岛（前身为55号码头），这是一个位于哈德逊河的占地2.4英亩的引人注目的公共公园，将艺术和自然融为一体，让人身临其境。码头被设计成一片漂浮在水中的树叶，是一个地形奇迹，它赞美风景，定义景观空间，并提供抵御气候变化的能力。
MNLA collaborated with Heatherwick Studio to design Little Island (formerly Pier 55), a dramatic 2.4-acre public park in the Hudson River that brings together art and nature in an immersive experience. Conceived as a leaf floating in the water, the pier is a topographic marvel that celebrates views, defines landscaped spaces, and provides resilience against climate change.
码头的上升角创造了独特的小气候，通过颜色、纹理、光线和阴影展现自己。无论是沿着小路、楼梯蜿蜒而行，还是在巨石上攀爬，人们的目光有时会向下看丰富的植物，或者向外看城市和港口的壮丽景色。小岛是一个海洋植物园，有35种树木、65种灌木和290种草、多年生植物、藤本植物和鳞茎植物，其中许多植物因其香味和对鸟类和传粉者的吸引力而被选中。这片风景是一幅横扫而过的纹理和季节性校准的色彩主题，点缀着壮丽的树木。为了给游客带来惊喜，迷人的景观为游客提供了一个从城市生活到娱乐、放松、想象、学习和恢复的绿洲。可以在此处找到其他图像和信息。
The lifted corners of the pier create distinct microclimates that reveal themselves through color, texture, light, and shadow. Whether meandering along paths, stairs, or boulders scrambles, the eye is at times directed downward to the rich palette of plants or outwards to spectacular views of the city and harbor. Little Island is a maritime botanic garden with 35 species of trees, 65 species of shrubs, and 290 varieties of grasses, perennials, vines, and bulbs, many of which have been selected for their fragrance and attractiveness to birds and pollinators. The landscape is one of sweeping swaths of textures and seasonally calibrated color themes punctuated by magnificent trees. Intended to delight and surprise, the captivating landscape offers visitor an oasis from urban life to play, relax, imagine, learn and restore. Additional images and information can be foundhere.
QUICK FACTS
The idea for the pier came from the existing wooden piles and wondering how a structure could form organically from these rather than being a surface on top
Inspiration for the form of the pots came from looking at the ice patterns that forms around the piles when the water freezes
The precast components were made locally
LITTLE ISLAND’S LANDSCAPE DESIGN
在整个纽约岛上，至少有35种不同的树木和灌木适合不同的气候。岛上的每个角落都代表着不同的小气候，这取决于地形、阳光照射和风的模式
There are roughly 400 different species of trees, shrubs, grasses and perennials throughout Little Island and at least 35 different species of trees through the park that are suited to the New York climate. Each corner of the island represents a different microclimate depending on the topography, sun exposure and wind patterns.
Planting began in March 2020 and culminated in December 2020.
There are roughly 400 different species in the park: 35 trees, 65 shrubs, and 290 varieties of grasses, vines, and perennials.
Different planting typologies define three distinct overlooks—the Northeast, the Southwest, and the Northwest.
More than 66,000 bulbs were planted, including Camassia, Fritillaria, Chinodoxa, Muscari and Narcissus.
The four seasons are evident through flowering trees and shrubs in spring, evolving perennial displays in summer, foliage blended with softer hues of grasses in fall, and evergreens trees and shrubs in winter.
LF (linear feet) of pathways – 1790 (a third of a mile)
Lawns offer places to relax and view people and performances with ample places to sunbathe and lounge.
挡土墙选择了耐候钢板桩，以继续使用整个桥墩使用的温暖材料调色板，其锯齿形形式创造了种植藤蔓的机会，并为层叠的灌木和多年生植物创造了空间。板桩由纽约一家公司制造
Weathering steel sheet piling was selected for the retaining walls to continuethe warm materials palette used throughout the pier, and their crenellated form creates opportunities to tuck in vines and make spaces for cascading shrubs and perennials. Sheet piles were fabricated by a New York company.
Seven sets of stairs with 420 steps were milled from New York-sourced Black Locust.
Three playful boulder scrambles quarried from update New York delight visitors and provide a different cadence to traverse in the landscape.
LITTLE ISLAND’S ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION
The landscape is supported by 132 precast concrete “pots,” each supported on a large precast concrete column and piles driven down to rock, as much as 200 feet below the water.
Each pile can support approximately 250-350 tons.
The pots geometry followed a repeating Cairo pentagon tiling pattern to generate seemingly irregular shapes and a layout where the columns do not lie in straight lines, but still enable repetitive use of formwork.
39 different formwork shapes were used to create the 132 unique pots.
Each pot is roughly 20 feet in diameter.
Each pot is hollow and were designed to be assembled from multiple pieces (‘petals’) that could be shipped by road in order to widen the bidding pool of potential precast suppliers.
The petals were fabricated in upstate New York, assembled into complete pots at the port of Albany, and shipped by barge down the Hudson River where they were erected onto the driven precast piles.
