梅里曼广场的塔楼
The Towers at Merriman Square
第一广场景观设计师：塔楼开发项目试图将两座塔楼与一座新建筑连接起来，新建筑部分覆盖了开普敦中央商业区前滨地区一座未使用的广场。前滨位于开普敦现代港口和历史悠久的市中心之间。该区域在20世纪30年代至40年代从Table Bay的海域填海造地，旨在打造更现代化的海港区。今天的滨水区大部分是现代主义规划原则的结果，其中许多原则创造了恶劣、不适宜居住的环境，而很少考虑创造理想的公共空间。为了换取公共土地上的开发权，重新定义房地产的客户被要求升级塔楼开发区的广场，并激活建筑边缘，以重新激活前滨。我们受命重新设计这一重要但过时的城市广场，作为斯塔克海滨环境中的“城市避难所”。超级天篷&；种植业通过控制规模、围隔和；灯光营造出今天宽敞、温馨的城市空间。我们首先对开普敦市进行了初步总体规划，从景观城市化的角度重新设想了前滨，将雨水管理战略与绿色基础设施的庇护网络相结合，以缓解暴露在外的前滨环境。由于开普敦是一个水资源紧张的环境，我们设计了可持续的城市排水系统，作为公共场所建设的结构要素，同时促进了方便的行人流动以及城市与新升级的公共交通网络之间的连接。雨水从停车场的屋顶收集并储存在水箱中，用于灌溉新建筑两侧广阔的绿色外墙。溢出的水被引导到广场内巨大的支撑柱下，并被引导到松驰室中，这些松驰室将从瀑布中消散能量，减缓水流速度，然后缓慢地流入植被茂盛的生物过滤池。盆地维持着本地湿地物种；补给地下水位，最大限度地减少对过时雨水基础设施的需求。除了广场外，一条新的梧桐大道将市中心与城市连接起来，而当地的fynbos物种增加了自然生物多样性，创造了季节性的趣味。广场的详细设计唤起了海洋/码头环境，参考了前滨填海前的地质和景观。这个突破性的项目利用基础设施为人们创造一个诱人的环境，同时增强生态功能。这个广场非常受欢迎；改变了人们对开放空间的看法；弹性设计。它为南非的风景园林设置了最高标准。2017年，梅里曼广场的塔楼获得了南非风景园林学会颁发给Square One景观设计师的卓越金奖和环境敏感性奖。
Square One Landscape Architects: The Towers development sought to link two towers with a new building partially covering an unused plaza in the Foreshore area of Cape Town’s central business district. The Foreshore is located between the modern port of Cape Town and the historic city centre. This area was reclaimed from the sea in Table Bay between the 1930’s and 1940’s in an effort to create a more modern harbour precinct. Much of the Foreshore today is a result of modernist planning principles, many of which created harsh, inhospitable environments with very little consideration in creating desirable public spaces. In exchange for developmental rights above public land, the client, Redefine Properties, was required to upgrade the square at the Towers development and activate the building’s edges to re-energize the Foreshore. We were appointed to redesign this important but outdated urban square as an ‘urban sanctuary’ within the stark Foreshore environment. The super canopy & planting countered the existing sterile environment through the manipulation of scale, enclosure & light to create the generous and welcoming urban room it is today. We started with an initial master-planning exercise for the City of Cape Town which re-imagined the foreshore in terms of Landscape Urbanism, integrating storm-water management strategies with a sheltered network of green infrastructure to provide respite from the exposed foreshore context. As Cape Town is a water stressed environment we designed sustainable urban drainage systems as the structuring elements for public place-making while facilitating convenient pedestrian movement and connections between the city and the newly upgraded public transport network. Rainwater is harvested from the roofs of the parking garage and stored in tanks to irrigate the expansive green facades that span the sides of the new building. Overflow water is directed down the enormous support columns within the square and directed into relaxation chambers that dissipate the energy from the fall, slowing down the water before it is channelled gently into vegetated bio-filtration basins. The basins sustain indigenous wetland species & recharge the water table which minimises the need for outdated storm-water infrastructure. In addition to the square, a new Plane tree avenue links the Civic Centre into the city while indigenous fynbos species add to the natural biodiversity to create seasonal interest. The detailing of the square evokes a marine / wharf environment, referencing the geology and landscape that existed before the foreshore was reclaimed. This ground-breaking project uses infrastructure to create an enticing environment for people while enhancing ecological functions. The square is immensely popular & has transformed the perception of open space & resilient design. It sets the highest standard for landscape architecture in South Africa. In 2017, the Towers at Merriman Square achieved a Gold Award of Excellence as well as the Environmental Sensitivity Award, bestowed upon Square One Landscape Architects by the Institute for Landscape Architecture in South Africa.
建设年份：2015-2016
Office name: Square One Landscape Architects
Role of the office in the project: Professional Consultant
Website: www.sq1.co.za;www.park.africa
Project location: Corner of Hertzog Blvd and Heerengracht Str, Foreshore, Cape Town, South Africa
Design year: 2013-2014
Year Built: 2015-2016
