郑州万科中心广场

郑州万科中心广场
Zhengzhou Vanke Central Plaza

LOCUS ASSOCIATES：中央广场延续了2013年推出的Arrival Square所确立的动态设计语言。作为一系列新住宅区社会和社区计划的先驱，该广场旨在满足未来居民对城市空间和娱乐活动的高需求。通过这样做，我们希望广场不仅仅是一个商业活动的活动场所，而且是一个有趣的节点，供公众和居民在未来多年聚集、互动和在社区中玩耍。
LOCUS ASSOCIATES: The Central Plaza continues a dynamic design language established with Arrival Square launched in 2013. As a precursor to a host of social and community programs for a new residential precinct, the plaza is envisioned to accommodate a high demand for civic spaces and recreational activities for its future residents. In so doing, we hope that the plaza serves not only as an events venue for commercial activities, but also an interesting node for the public and residents alike to congregate, interact and play in the neighborhood for many years to come.

Zhengzhou Vanke Central Plaza

在西方文化中，社会互动的概念往往是随意的。人们在公园、草坪和露天咖啡馆随意交谈。相反，在东方文化中，尤其是在中国，他们的性格更内向。许多人借此机会聚在一起进行积极的体育活动，如太极、舞蹈和许多其他运动。特别是，儿童和青少年的游乐场是最受欢迎的，鼓励参与并活跃公共领域。
The notion of social interaction tends to be casual in Western cultures. People converse randomly in the parks, lawn and alfresco cafes. Conversely in Eastern cultures and especially with the Chinese, they are more introverted in nature. Many take the opportunity to gather for active sports such as tai-chi, dance and a host of other exercises. In particular, the playgrounds for kids and teens alike are the most popular that encourage participation and enliven the public realm.

景观策略是向广场收费，为年轻人和老年人设计各种各样的项目。这些设施包括一个干涸的喷泉、一个雾园、跑道、一座儿童攀岩墙、一个凹陷的操场和一个溜冰场，座位区星罗棋布，以鼓励“看到和被看到”的社交互动。动画片《星光大道》由环保树脂粘合颗粒制成，将这些独立空间串连在一起，引导公众走向未来的对角购物街。
The landscape strategy was to charge the plaza with a wide range of programs designed for the young and old. These include a Dry Fountain, a Mist Garden, the Runway, a Children’s Rock Climbing Wall, a Sunken Playground and a Skating Rink with seating areas dotted all around to encourage a ‘see-and-be-seen’ social interaction. The animated Star Promenade, made of environmentally friendly resin-bonded granules, strings together these independent spaces and leads the public to the future diagonal shopping street.

朝向北部的购物区，创造了一系列与反射池和水瀑布相结合的露天空间，打破了长长的商业立面的规模。水声和开阔的草坪缓冲了零售区与繁忙的中央广场之间的距离，使其成为一个更安静的环境，有利于食品和饮料的供应。
Towards the shopping area in the north, a series of alfresco spaces integrated with reflecting pools and water cascades are created to breakdown the scale of the long commercial facade. The sound of water along with open lawns buffers the retail zone from the busy Central Plaza as a quieter atmosphere conducive for food and beverage.

随着郑州万科城人口的不断增长和周边设施的完善，中心广场将成为所有经常光顾该区的人的热门、难忘和重要的枢纽。在不久的将来，随着更多的城市空间的展现，我们将尽一切努力创造这个公共领域。
As the population of Zhengzhou Vanke City continues to grow and more amenities in the vicinity complete, the Central Plaza will prove to become a popular, memorable and important hub for all who frequent the precinct. We endeavour every opportunity in the place making of this public sphere as more civic spaces unfold in the near future.

摄影师：贝顿·布鲁特
Project Location: Zhengzhou, China
Client: Zhengzhou Vanke
Landscape Architect: LOCUS ASSOCIATES
Design Lead: Brandon Huang
Design Team: Jerome Lee, Kenny Fung, Ray Wan, Jonathan Dones, Katevin Kuang, Ken Qiu
LDI: Chongqing Daoyuan
Design/Implementation : Dec 2013 / May 2014
Site Area: 10,500 SQM
Photographer: Béton Brut

Circulation

There is a perimeter circulation that loops the major buildings around the large plaza together. But we wanted shortcuts to further connect various nodes and fragment the site into a more comfortable human scale.

Programming

The Central plaza is the most active hub for Zhengzhou Vanke City. We envisioned attracting people of all age groups to participate in various active and passive programs in this civic space.

Overlaying

We overlaid the shortcuts onto the programs that resulted in an initial form of the plaza. With a complex network of routes, activity nodes were re-distributed and long laborious paths were avoided.

Channeling flow

Taking ques from the most significant immediate context, we wanted to channel a further flow of energy from the west riverfront park to the future east diagonal shopping street. For this very reason, we introduced the star promenade.

Landforming

We pushed and pulled the earth to create different landforms. They frame view corridors, provide embankments for safety and create interactive spaces to see-and-be-seen.

Water features

Spaces are clearly defined by a myriad of water features. A dry fountain and a mist garden create interactive active spaces for kids, whilst the reflecting pools and water cascades abut alfresco decks form quieter dining spots.

Spatial definition

We integrated the edges of the landforms to become long benches, sunken spaces to become a skating rink, kids’ rock climbing wall and kids’ play lawn. We also added a serpentine bench to connect between the dry fountain and mist garden, but it finally became an adapted runway for all kids!