汤姆·李公园 / SCAPE + Studio Gang

社区赋权与社会公平的设计基石：汤姆·李公园的设计核心在于对孟菲斯社区的深度承诺和对社会公平的积极响应。项目选址于密西西比河畔、毗邻收入较低的社区，通过提供高品质的公共设施，旨在提升区域经济活力和可及性。设计过程高度重视社区参与，确保最终成果反映了全市人民共享河滨的共同愿望。这种以人为本，特别是关注弱势群体的设计策略，不仅是对黑人英雄汤姆·李精神的致敬，更是在城市肌理中植入公平、包容的公共空间典范。

生态复苏与景观动态的诗意融合：该公园在生态设计上实现了显著突破，成功将景观设计转化为积极的生态修复行动。通过更换平坦草地为起伏地形，引入大量耐寒本土植物，并种植上千棵树木，不仅极大地提升了生物多样性，为鸟类和传粉昆虫提供了关键栖息地，同时也为游客创造了观赏河流的全新、富有层次感的视角。这种从河流的水文动态中汲取灵感的设计手法，使公园成为一个既美丽又具有生态韧性的动态景观，是工程技术与自然美学完美结合的体现。

多功能性与可持续建筑的集成：公园在功能布局上精心划分出四大明确区域，能够承载从体育竞技到静思冥想的多元化社区活动。其核心建筑——日落华盖（Sunset Canopy），是可持续建筑理念的杰出代表。采用低碳足迹的胶合木结构和创新的木质遮阳系统，体现了对环境责任的重视。此外，公园整合了高品质的公共艺术装置，如篮球场和纪念碑，将休闲、教育、文化和纪念功能融为一体，使汤姆·李公园成为一个充满活力、面向未来的城市公共空间综合体。

The Memphis River Parks Partnership, Studio Gang, and SCAPE Landscape Architecture announced the official opening of Tom Lee Park. This new 31-acre public space sits between the Mississippi River and Downtown Memphis. The park design was a collaboration between Studio Gang, which led the master planning and architecture, and SCAPE Landscape Architecture, responsible for the landscape design.
孟菲斯河滨公园合作组织（Memphis River Parks Partnership）、Studio Gang 和 SCAPE 景观设计事务所宣布，汤姆·李公园（Tom Lee Park）正式开放。这一占地 31 英亩的全新公共空间坐落于密西西比河与孟菲斯市中心之间。公园设计由 Studio Gang 与 SCAPE 景观设计事务所携手完成，其中 Studio Gang 主导总体规划与建筑设计，SCAPE 景观设计事务所则负责景观设计。

The park is named after the local Memphis hero, Black stevedore Tom Lee, who single-handedly rescued 32 drowning people after a steamboat capsized in 1925. The park's design aims to foster economic equity across Memphis by providing readily accessible amenities for local residents. Situated on the Mississippi River, the park is adjacent to an area that has seen underinvestment, including the lowest-income census tracts in Tennessee.
该公园以孟菲斯当地英雄、黑人河道工人汤姆·李命名，1925 年一艘蒸汽船倾覆后，他独自一人救起了 32 名溺水者。公园的设计旨在通过为当地居民提供可公开使用的便利设施，促进孟菲斯全城经济公平性的提升。公园位于密西西比河畔，毗邻一片投资匮乏的社区，其中包括田纳西州收入最低的邮政编码区域。

Carol Coletta, President and CEO of the Memphis River Parks Partnership, stated: "We have created a park-living space unique to Memphis, one that will engage people of all ages with its diverse spaces and activities, while helping to enhance the resilience of the river corridor." Jeanne Gang, founder and partner of Studio Gang, said: "From the outset, the input and feedback from the Memphis community were vital, ensuring the park's planning reflects the desire of all Memphians to enjoy the riverfront." She added: "With their help, we have created a destination that is both grounded and beautiful, ecologically healthy, where people can relax, exercise, play, and gather by the Mississippi River."
孟菲斯河滨公园合作组织总裁兼首席执行官卡罗尔·科莱塔（Carol Coletta）表示：“我们打造了一处独属孟菲斯的公园生活空间，这里将凭借丰富多样的空间和活动让各年龄段人群都乐在其中，同时助力提升河岸走廊的韧性。”Studio Gang 创始人兼合伙人珍妮·甘（Jeanne Gang）则表示：“从项目伊始，孟菲斯社区的意见和反馈便至关重要，这确保了公园的规划能够反映出全市孟菲斯人享受河滨的意愿。”“在他们的帮助下，我们打造了一处既接地气又美丽且生态健康的旅游目的地，希望大家都能在此放松身心、锻炼身体、尽情玩耍，并齐聚密西西比河畔。”

Master Plan

Tom Lee Park is dedicated to restoring the ecology of the area, actively responding to the vibrant ecosystem of the Mississippi River. Restored soil systems and the introduction of cold-hardy native plant species will attract birds and pollinating insects that thrive in the river corridor. Replacing flat lawns with undulating topography provides visitors with new and surprising perspectives for viewing the Mississippi River.
汤姆·李公园致力于恢复该区域的生态，积极响应密西西比河充满活力的生态系统。修复后的土壤系统以及引入的耐寒本土植物品种，将吸引在河岸走廊繁衍生息的鸟类和传粉昆虫。将平坦的草地替换为起伏的地形，将为人们提供观赏密西西比河的全新且令人惊喜的视角。

Kate Orff, founder of SCAPE Landscape Architecture, noted: "Tom Lee Park’s design is inspired by the dynamic flow patterns of the Mississippi River and the vision of revitalizing the river corridor. We improved the soil to nourish native vegetation and planted over 1,000 trees where there were fewer than 50, providing essential shade, increasing biodiversity, and creating habitat for pollinators and birds."
SCAPE 景观设计事务所创始人凯特·奥尔夫（Kate Orff）表示：“汤姆·李公园的设计灵感源自密西西比河奔涌的动态水流模式，以及重振河岸走廊的愿景。我们改良了土壤以滋养本土植被，在原本树木不足 50 棵的地方种植了 1000 多棵树，为人们提供了必要的荫凉，增加了生物多样性，也为传粉昆虫和鸟类提供了栖息地。”

The design of Tom Lee Park also strengthens the connection between Downtown Memphis and the river. The park provides the first ADA-compliant river access for people with disabilities via the Cutbank Bluff and features safer pedestrian crossings of Riverside Drive at Vance, Huling, and Butler Streets. The park’s sheltering structures are constructed from wood, inspired by the industrial buildings that once operated on the waterfront. River-themed playgrounds and landscape elements designed by Monstrum create exciting destinations for recreation, outdoor education, dining, performance, and other activities, all enhanced by the vibrant backdrop of the Mississippi River.
汤姆·李公园的设计还加强了孟菲斯市中心与河流之间的联系。公园通过卡特班克悬崖（Cutbank Bluff）为残障人士提供了符合《美国残疾人法案》（ADA）标准的首个亲河通道，并在万斯街（Vance）、胡林街（Huling）和巴特勒街（Butler）处设置了更安全的 Riverside Drive 行人过街设施。公园的遮蔽结构采用木材建造，其灵感源自曾经在河滨运作的工业建筑。由 Monstrum 设计的以河流为主题的游乐场和景观设施，为休闲娱乐、户外教育、餐饮、表演和其他活动打造了令人兴奋的目的地，在密西西比河的鲜活背景映衬下，这些活动更添魅力。

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The architectural heart of the park is the 16,000-square-foot Sunset Canopy, a timber structure supported by six "bundled" steel columns. Its roof beams are constructed from glulam (glued-laminated timber), an engineered wood product with a significantly lower carbon footprint than traditional reinforced concrete or steel. Above the beams, a slatted canopy, also made of wood, provides shade and shelter to the area below. This pavilion is designed to host a variety of community events and sports year-round, including basketball games, yoga classes, dance lessons, and concerts.
公园的建筑核心是日落华盖（Sunset Canopy），这是一座占地 16000 平方英尺的木质结构建筑，由六根“集束式”钢柱支撑。其木梁采用胶合木（层积材，glulam）建造，这种工程木制品的碳足迹远低于传统的钢筋混凝土或钢材。木梁上方，同样由木材制成的百叶屋顶遮阳板为下方区域提供遮阳挡雨功能。该亭阁设计用于全年举办各类社区活动和赛事，包括篮球赛、瑜伽课、舞蹈课和音乐会等。

The park also integrates two newly commissioned public art installations: "A Monument to Listening" by Theaster Gates, and a colorful, geometric basketball court installation by James Little, a Memphis native whose career developed in New York City. Little’s work is situated beneath the Sunset Canopy.
公园还融入了两件新近委托创作的公共艺术装置：一件是西斯特·盖茨（Theaster Gates）创作的《倾听纪念碑》（A Monument to Listening），另一件是由出生于孟菲斯并在纽约市发展的艺术家詹姆斯·利特尔（James Little）创作的多彩几何图案篮球场装置。利特尔的作品就位于日落华盖之下。

The park is divided into four distinct areas delineated by a series of open lawns: the Civic Gateway, the Active Core, the Community Batture, and the Habitat Terraces. While each area has its own character, they all follow a master plan inspired by the hydrological patterns of the Mississippi River. What was once a flat lawn has transformed into undulating hills of native plants and trees, shaping spaces inspired by the dynamic beauty of the river.
公园由一系列开阔草坪划分出四大区域：市民门户区（Civic Gateway）、活力核心区（Active Core）、社区滩涂区（Community Batture）和生态台地区（Habitat Terraces）。尽管各区域特色鲜明，但均遵循以密西西比河水文形态为灵感的总体规划。这里曾是一片平坦的草坪，如今已转变为起伏的本土植物与树木丘陵，塑造出受密西西比河动态之美启发的空间。

These spaces—ranging from civic engagement and active recreation to quiet contemplation—accommodate a variety of activities while also providing habitat for native birds and pollinating insects migrating along the Mississippi River flyway. The planning and design process, which began in 2017, incorporated substantive input from thousands of Memphis residents and included a Youth Design Leadership Program that deeply engaged local teenagers in the design process.
从市民活动区、休闲娱乐区到静思冥想区，这些空间承载着丰富多样的活动，同时为沿密西西比河候鸟迁徙通道迁徙的本土鸟类和传粉昆虫提供了栖息地。该规划与设计流程始于 2017 年，期间吸纳了数千名孟菲斯市民的实质性意见，并开展了青年设计领导力计划，让当地青少年深度参与设计过程。

Gia Biagi, Urban Planning Principal at Studio Gang, commented: "From the start, the design team engaged the community in a meaningful and continuous way, so the park's plan fully reflects the community’s own ideas and vision." The $61 million project was completed through a public-private partnership, funded by a coalition of city, county, state, and federal governments, alongside local and national philanthropies, corporations, and individuals.
甘建筑事务所城市规划负责人吉娅·比亚吉（Gia Biagi）表示：“自项目启动之初，设计团队便以有意义且持续的方式吸纳社区参与，因此公园的规划充分反映了社区自身的理念与愿景。”这一耗资 6100 万美元的项目通过公私合作模式完成，资金来源于市、县、州和联邦政府，以及由本地和全国慈善机构、企业及个人组成的联合体。