建筑师: Davis Brody Bond
地点：美国华盛顿
主管建筑师：Peter Cook
项目顾问：Will Paxson
项目设计师：Rob Anderson
摄影： Eric Taylor
顾问团队：KADCON Corporation, Robert Silman Associates, WSP Flack + Kurtz, Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, A. Morton Thomas & Associates
文字来自建筑师。圣伊丽莎白东区位于美国哥伦比亚特区第八区颇具历史意义的社区的中心，正在发展成为一个功能多样化、居民收入层次混杂的富有活力的社区。圣伊丽莎白医院在内战时期曾经为美国军方提供心理健康保健服务，后来医院原址的管辖权从联邦政府转移到了哥伦比亚特区政府手中。如今，这个占地180英亩（约合72.8万平方米）的地块为公共、私人以及机构投资提供了环境。圣伊丽莎白东区重建规划项目整合了国土安全部（DHS）和西部园区超过14000名的员工，已成为实现特区培养创新型经济这一地区目标的关键项目。
新建的G8WAY DC，原名圣伊丽莎白东区门户亭，是一个容纳了休闲餐饮、农贸市场及其他群体、文化艺术活动的多功能结构。门户亭延伸于园区内部，占地2英亩（约合8094平方米），在此地创建了一个醒目的标志性结构，仿佛在欢迎人们的到来，特别是从有利位置看过去更是如此，能看出周边不同地区的人们现有的和预期的行动路线。门户亭的主要区域是一个高达24英尺（约合7.3米）的空间，其内布满了标准化的摊位，便于快餐车的进出，为广场营造了一个生动的背景。
该结构在一次高调的设计大赛中入选，着重于无缝整合它本身与土地。这种“与土地结合”的设计方法来源于以为当地居民服务为主的建筑方案，供应新鲜农产品、本地生产的工艺品及为丰富多样的快餐车留出空间。可持续性特色从一开始就被整合到了项目之中。门户亭采用了雨水收集装置（即现场蓄水池，汇集地表径流，满足整个场地的灌溉需求）；景观设计适合于抗旱的植被；屋顶种植减少了热岛效应，从而减少了对于封闭部分的机械系统的需求；而且，机械系统基本上依赖于自然通风。
设计概念既包含了所需的功能性，同时也拥有灵活性和自发性。双层设计让人们能够在整个场地的不同层面上移动与举办活动。地面层有三个独立的区域，毫不费力就与场地最外缘建立了联系，并且将项目面向城市的一侧与田园风光特色更浓郁的园区环境结合到了一起。人们沿着步道一直往上走，跨越整个地块，就来到了屋顶层，在这里，能以崭新的视角欣赏周边社区。这一架高的景观包含一个密集种植的绿色屋顶，在这里可以举办多种活动，其中包括午后音乐会和社区活动。
一旦只有少数人能进入，G8Way DC的设计就会将场地打开，面向所有人，欢迎大家一起来到这个屋檐下吃喝、学习和玩乐。
Architects: Davis Brody Bond
Location: Washington, DC, USA
Architect In Charge: Peter Cook
Project Advisor: Will Paxson
Project Designer: Rob Anderson
Photographs: Eric Taylor
Consultant Team: KADCON Corporation, Robert Silman Associates, WSP Flack + Kurtz, Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, A. Morton Thomas & Associates
From the architect. Located at the center of the District of Columbia’s historic neighborhoods in Ward 8, Saint Elizabeths East is on its way to becoming a viable mixed-use, mixed-income community. Once the site of St. Elizabeths Hospital which provided mental health care to the US military dating back to the Civil War, the campus has been decommissioned and transferred from the federal government to the District of Columbia. Today the 180-acre site provides a setting for public, private, and institutional investment. With the planned consolidation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and location of over 14,000 employees on the West Campus, the redevelopment of St Elizabeths East has become a critical project in realizing the District’s goals of cultivating an innovation-based economy.
The new G8WAY DC, formerly known as Saint Elizabeths East Gateway Pavilion, is a multi-purpose structure providing a venue for casual dining, a farmers’ market and other community, cultural and arts events. The Pavilion, spread over a two-acre plot of the campus, creates an instantly iconic, visible and welcoming view into the site, particularly from the vantage points that reflect the existing and anticipated movements of people from different areas of the neighborhood. Forming a dramatic backdrop to the plaza, the main area of the pavilion is a 24-foot high space filled with modular booths convenient to where food trucks access the site.
Selected in a highly publicized design competition, the pavilion focuses on the seamless integration of the structure and the land. This “of the land” approach takes its cues from the architectural program which is centered on the provision of fresh produce, locally made crafts and a variety of food truck vendors to serve the local population. Sustainability is integral to the project, informing the design from the outset. The pavilion employs rainwater harvesting (i.e. an on-site cistern captures runoff and supplies the entire site’s irrigation demand); the landscape design provides for drought resistant plantings; the roof plantings reduce the heat island effect which reduce demand on mechanical systems in the enclosed portion; and, the mechanical systems rely heavily on natural ventilation.
The concept incorporates the desired functionality while at the same time providing for flexibility and spontaneity. The dual-level design allows for movement and activities throughout the site at different levels. The ground level encourages easy connections from the most prominent edges of the site, creating three distinct zones, and connecting the urban face of the project to the more pastoral campus setting. The roof level access allows pedestrians to gain a new perspective on the neighborhood by moving seamlessly up and across the site along the universally accessible roof level. This elevated landscape includes an intensive green roof where multiple activities can occur, including afternoon concerts and community events.
Once inaccessible to all but a few, the design of G8Way DC will open the site to all, welcoming people to come together under one roof to eat, to learn and to have fun.
