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Wormholt Park

莱维特·伯恩斯坦（Levitt Bernstein）：Wormholt公园位于西伦敦密集的城市环境中，1911年由哈默史密斯市长开放，并致力于“永远为该区居民服务”，多年来，公园设施年久失修，维护不善，造成了安全问题，降低了公园的景观质量。
Levitt Bernstein: Wormholt Park, located in the densely urban context of west London, was opened in 1911 by the Mayor of Hammersmith and dedicated “for ever to the use of the inhabitants of the Borough.” However, over the years facilities had fallen into disrepair and inadequate maintenance had created security issues which devalued the landscape quality of the park.

感谢通过东部边界的新混合用途开发项目LB Hammersmith&；富勒姆使公园重新焕发了活力，恢复了昔日的辉煌，并希望使其成为无障碍的典范。它将成为未来的公园，为整个社区提供高质量的便利设施。在2011年的竞争性招标过程之后，我们被任命并着手进行转型。
Thanks to funding received through a new mixed-use development on the eastern boundary, LB Hammersmith & Fulham were able to reinvigorate the park – restoring it to its former glory with the added aspiration of making it an exemplar for accessibility. It was to be a park for the future, providing high quality amenity for the whole community. Following a competitive tender process in 2011, we were appointed and set to work on its transformation.

由于公园是当地居民的焦点，我们在整个项目期间与附近居民、Wormholt公园之友社区小组、当地市场贸易商和小学以及一些地方政府官员密切合作。他们的投入在一个高度协作的设计过程中是无价的。
With the park being such a focal point for local people, we worked closely with nearby residents, the Friends of Wormholt Park community group, local market traders and primary schools as well as a number of local authority officers throughout the project. Their input was invaluable in what became an extremely collaborative design process.

Wormholt Park

Improving safety

我们的出发点是开放公园，使其与当地环境有更好的联系，使其更安全，从而对当地社区更具吸引力和吸引力。新建的开发区为公园东面提供了一个强大的新边缘，并形成了一个突出的新入口，吸引着行人从繁忙的相邻道路穿过。一个新的铺砌入口空间也为当地贸易商的新周末市场提供了一个目的地。
Our starting point was to open up the park with better connections into the local context, making it safer, and in so doing, more appealing and inviting to the local community. The new built development provided a strong new edge to the east of the park and frames a prominent new entrance drawing pedestrians through from the busy neighbouring road. A new paved entrance space also provides a destination for a new weekend market with local traders.

Enhancing the space

公园内的小径被重新配置，形成了一个环形的运行环路，并在所有四个角落提供了改进的入口点。与LB Hammersmith&；在富勒姆的自然保护部门，我们确定了少量树木需要更换，以便在公园内开阔视野，并最大限度地利用开放绿地。我们想让公园变得简单和“自由流动”，让家庭在安全的环境中探索和玩耍。
Inside the park, paths were reconfigured to create a circular running loop and provide improved entrance points at all four corners. Working closely with LB Hammersmith & Fulham’s conservation department, we identified a small number of trees to be replaced in order to open-up views within the park and maximise the amount of open greenspace available. We wanted to make the park simple and ‘free flowing’, with space for families to explore and play in a safe environment.

“Wormholt公园的改造是一个非常有益的过程。我们看到了一个展示和庆祝公园神奇资产的机会，并将其与新的无障碍游乐设施相结合——这真的让公园重新融入了当地社区的日常生活，让我们的团队非常满意。”
“The transformation of Wormholt Park has been a really rewarding process. We saw an opportunity to reveal and celebrate the fantastic assets of the park and combine them with new accessible play facilities – it’s really put the park back into the daily lives of the local community and has been hugely satisfying for our team.”
– Kate Digney, Associate Director, Levitt Bernstein

Upgrading facilities

我们更新了现有的体育设施，提供了一个大型球场、多用途游戏区和乒乓球桌。由于我们与当地社区进行了广泛的协商，我们能够解决人们对公园主要由青少年使用的担忧，并纳入了新的设施，以确保公园对更广泛的人群具有吸引力。这包括一个大型幼儿游戏区，其中50%的便利设施供残疾儿童使用，包括最先进的轮椅秋千、环岛和蹦床，以及其他提供强烈感官体验的设备。精心挑选的设备，加上精心考虑的布局，使公园成为该区残疾人运动和娱乐的旗舰。
We updated existing sports facilities to provide a large ball court, multi-use games area and ping pong tables. As a result of our extensive consultation with the local community, we were able to address concerns that the park was used predominantly by teenagers, and new facilities were incorporated to ensure their appeal to a much wider demographic. This included a large young children’s play area where 50% of the amenities are inclusive for access by children with disabilities – including a state-of-the-art wheelchair swing, roundabout and trampoline – alongside other equipment which offers strong sensory experience. This careful selection of equipment, coupled with a carefully considered layout, has resulted in the park becoming the Borough’s flagship for disability sports and play.

当地学校的学生被邀请勾勒出他们对游戏元素的想法，其中一个被选择在公园内设计和建造。当地艺术家乔尔·帕克斯（Joel Parkes）将年轻的阿曼·拉赫马尼（Aman Rahmani）精心绘制的龙变成了一个火热的滑梯头，他在三个月内将一根成熟的树干变成了一个定制的雕塑。头部在游戏空间中是一个令人印象深刻的地标；镶嵌彩色树脂、锡合金和镶嵌钢制螺柱的细节使其既复杂又有趣，适合寻求各种音阶和强度刺激的儿童。
Local school pupils were invited to sketch out their ideas for play elements, one of which was chosen to be designed and built within the park. Young Aman Rahmani’s elaborately drawn dragon has been transformed into a fiery head of the accessible slide by local artist Joel Parkes, who transformed a mature tree trunk into a bespoke sculpture over three months. The head stands as an impressive landmark within the play space; details of inlaid coloured resin and pewter and encrusted steel studs make it both intricate and playful for children who seek stimulation across a range of scales and intensities.

为了利用现有公园的机会，我们专注于创造“可玩的景观”，包括在美丽的针叶林中设置一个大胆的攀爬架。在树木和公园现有结构中玩耍，增强了所有儿童的探索和冒险意识。
Working to exploit the opportunities of the existing park, we focused on the creation of ‘playable landscapes’ including a bold climbing frame set among a beautiful stand of coniferous trees. Play amongst the trees and existing structure of the park heightens a sense of discovery and adventure for all children.

Creating an attractive planted landscape

在整个公园，我们引入了一种新的树木、灌木和球茎植物的调色板，以创造一个充满活力和郁郁葱葱的环境，实现了一些目标。新种植大大提高了公园的生物多样性价值，并尽可能保留现有的种植和栖息地植被结构，作为基础框架。种植的季节性质量，通过花、叶和茎来延长感兴趣的时期，是与Wormholt Park之友共同制定的一个关键目标。创建可由地方当局维持的规划区域也很重要，因为灌木和草本植物种植之间有着强有力的平衡。
Across the park, we have introduced a palette of new tree, shrub and bulb planting to create a vibrant and lush environment, which achieved a number of aims. The new planting has greatly improved the biodiversity value of the park and wherever possible the existing vegetation structure of planting and habitat was retained as a framework from which to build upon. The seasonal quality of planting, extending the period of interest through flower, foliage and stem was a key target developed with the Friends of Wormholt Park. The creation of planed areas that could be maintained by the local authority was also important with a strong balance between shrub and herbaceous planting.

Working with the community

在灿烂的阳光下，新的五颜六色的种植展示为现场音乐、旋转木马、壁画和各种食品摊位提供了绝佳的背景。家庭可以享受开放的绿色空间，所有年龄和能力的孩子都可以使用新的游戏设施——这坚定地让虫洞公园重新成为当地社区的地图。
All parts of the local community were involved throughout the project’s development; to celebrate its completion, the annual W12 Festival was hosted by the park in July 2016. It is now an ideal venue to support this popular event and was well attended by local residents, charities and community organisations.
In fantastic sunshine, the new colourful planting displays provided a great backdrop to the live music, carousel, mural painting and diverse food stalls. Families were able to enjoy the open green space and children of all ages and abilities could use the new play facilities – firmly putting Wormholt Park back on the map for the local community.

“我们非常自豪能够参与到Wormholt公园的变革过程中，并热爱所带来的积极变化，不仅在美学方面，而且通过提供更好的设施，使公园成为每个人都更具吸引力、更愉快和更容易到达的目的地。现在，主要工程已经完成，我们期待着定期利用这一重要空间举办感兴趣的活动，改善当地社区的生活，并增加现场的生物多样性。”
“We are very proud to have been part of the transformative process at Wormholt Park and love the positive changes that have been brought about, not only in aesthetics but also by providing better facilities that make the park a more attractive, enjoyable and accessible destination for everyone. Now that the major works are complete we look forward to regularly using this important space to hold events that interest and improve the lives of the local community and also increase the biodiversity of the site.”
– Derrick Wright, Chair of Friends of Wormholt Park

Data

Client: London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
Landscape architect: Levitt Bernstein
Contractor: The Landscape Group
Location: Hammersmith & Fulham
Construction value: £1.5m
Completion: 2016
Images: Jon Spencer