Zandpoortvest
Zandpoortvest
欧姆格文：梅切伦又一次成为水边城市。近年来，内城区有七条运河重新开放，这表明人们对这条河重新认识。最近，Zandpoortvest的Binnendijle在覆盖了40多年后，也在城市景观中可见。2013年，德弗拉姆斯水路公司（佛兰德水路管理公司）和梅切伦市联手实现了这一转型。该场地以前是一个大型停车场，位于环城、铁路和托马斯莫尔学院的两栋大楼之间。这片未被充分利用的地块现在已被改造成市中心最受欢迎的会议场所之一。
OMGEVING: Mechelen is once again a city by the water. In recent years, seven canals have been reopened in the inner city, illustrating a renewed appreciation for the river. Recently, also the Binnendijle at Zandpoortvest has been made visible in the cityscape after being covered for over 40 years. In 2013, De Vlaamse Waterweg NV (Flemish waterway manager) and the city of Mechelen joined forces to achieve this transformation. The site was previously a large parking area squeezed between the city ring, the railway and two buildings of the Thomas More college. This formally underutilized plot has now been transformed into one of the most popular meeting places in the city centre.
对于该项目，城市代表和De Vlaamse Watereg NV都可以从欧盟获得50多万欧元的支持，这要归功于Interreg 2 Seas项目水弹性城市，该项目旨在使历史城市更能抵御强降雨。除其他外，由于该项目的示范性质，该项目获得了补贴：例如，大规模减少路面，通过创造水上连接的新可能性，关注可持续流动性，以及与梅切伦和佛兰德地区的政府官员密切合作实现，设计师和工程师。
For this project, the city representatives and De Vlaamse Waterweg NV could each count on more than half a million euros of support from the European Union thanks to the Interreg 2 Seas project Water Resilient Cities, which aims to make historic cities more resilient to heavy rainfall. The subsidy was granted, among other things, because of the exemplary properties of the project: for example, the large-scale pavement reduction, the focus on sustainable mobility by creating new possibilities for connections over water and the realization in close collaboration with government officials of Mechelen and the Flemish region, designers and engineers.
Omgeeving的设计方案侧重于宾内迪杰的非正式和多样化体验。混凝土表面为绿色、开阔、缓坡的河岸让路。更新后的Zandpoortvest和重新开放的Dijle小径现在在植物园和Mechels Broek自然保护区之间形成了一条绿色通道。木质码头为游船和休闲用水提供了新的机会。在Bindijjle的北侧，一些庄严的树在大学建筑前面的新入口广场上增加了第三个维度，并为铺砌区域提供遮阳。这个广场铺着有趣的花岗岩瓷砖，通向一个较低的平台，两侧是坚固的台阶，沿着整个水道。台阶沿河而建，毗邻绿色斜坡、郁郁葱葱的生态河岸和木质码头，提供了迷人的座位。Binnendijle的南侧连接主要道路和Dijle小径，因此设计用于舒适地支持大量骑自行车的人和行人。这条小径已在同一条花岗岩路面上重建，并在对面的繁花似锦的生态河岸上提供了美丽的景色，大大提高了这条缓慢连接的质量。一棵孤独的大树突出了这个地方的绿色特征。
DESIGN
The design proposal of OMGEVING focuses on an informal and diverse experience of the Binnendijle. The concrete surface makes way for green, open and gently sloping river banks. The renewed Zandpoortvest and the reopened Dijle path now create a green link between the Botanical Garden and the Mechels Broek nature reserve. The wooden jetty offers new opportunities for tourist boats and recreational use of the water. On the northern side of the Binnendijle, a number of stately trees add a third dimension on the new entrance square in front of the university building and provide shading for the paved area. This square, paved in a playful pattern of granite tiles, leads towards a lower landing flanked by sturdy sitting steps along the full length of the waterway. The steps provide attractive seating along the water and border the green slope, the lush ecological river bank and the wooden jetty. The southern side of the Binnendijle connects the main road to the Dijle path and is thus designed to comfortably support large numbers of cyclists and pedestrians. The path has been reconstructed in the same granite pavement and offers a beautiful view on the flowery ecological river bank on the opposite side, significantly increasing the quality of this slow connection. A large solitary tree accentuates the green character of this place.
物质化选择了高质量、坚固的材料，包括硬（天然石材）和软（木材）。巨大的天然石阶经过精心设计，完美地融入了木制座椅元素和楼梯，这得益于单独的天然石阶元素的定制技术细节。关于植被，铺砌的表面与垂直的绿色色调和沿着水道的连续绿色河岸保持平衡。北侧的生态海岸线种植了各种色彩鲜艳的水生植物和沼泽植被，以防止水位侵蚀。栽植树种为三个冬季椴树，在大学门口的入口处广场上有一个冬季的椴树，在下楼梯的入口处有一个阿尔德（< EM >桤木x SaSyii＜Em＞），沿着ZundoutRout环线有一个< EM > Robinia spp < /EM >。最后，大量注意力集中在照明方案上，除了功能性照明外，台阶上还融入了微妙的LED照明，历史上的铁路桥也采用了重点照明。
MATERIALITY
The materialisation opted for high-quality, robust materials, both hard (natural stone) and soft (wood). The massive natural stone steps were meticulously detailed to beautifully incorporate the wooden seating elements and the stairs thanks to customized technical detailing of the separate natural stone elements. Concerning the vegetation, paved surfaces are balanced with vertical green accents and continuous green river banks along the waterway. The ecological shoreline on the north side was planted with a variety of colourful, aquatic plants and marsh vegetation to prevent erosion at water-level. The planted tree species are three winter linden trees (Tilia cordata ‘Greenspire’) on the entrance square in front of the university, an alder (Alnus x spaethii) on the lower landing and a Robinia spp along the Zandpoortvest ring road. Finally, a great deal of attention went to the lighting plan, in which besides the functional lighting, subtle LED lighting was incorporated into the steps and the historical railway bridge was lit with accent lighting.
正式开幕后不久，Zandpoortvest被非正式地宣布为Mechelen当地居民的新热点和最喜爱的休闲场所。从新学年开始，托马斯莫尔学院的学生们显然正在享受这个新的公共空间。多亏了水上的新码头，梅切伦市的游客可以乘船前往该中心，这将促进旅游业的发展。Dijle小径上的自行车手自发地停下来，在这个新公共空间的台阶上放松，眺望着一片新的城市自然。
USE
Shortly after the official opening, Zandpoortvest was informally proclaimed as a new hotspot and favourite hangout for local residents of Mechelen. From the start of the new academic year, the students of the Thomas More college are clearly enjoying this new public space. Thanks to the new jetty on the water, visitors to the city of Mechelen can travel to the centre by boat, which will boost tourism. Cyclists along the Dijle path spontaneously stop to relax on the steps of this new public space, looking out over a new piece of urban nature.
Short office name: OMGEVING cvba
Role of the office in the project: landscape design
Website: www.omgeving.be
Project location: Zandpoortvest, Mechelen, Belgium
Design year: 2013
Year Built: 2018
Photo credits:Thomas-Moore
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