圣安德鲁广场

发布于：2023-05-28 17:20:16

St Andrew Square by Gillespies Landscape Architects

位置：英国

分类：广场

内容：实景照片

图片：12张

爱丁堡圣安德鲁广场有着二百年的历史，今年首次在景观设计完成后向公众开放。广场位于爱丁堡中心一个联合国教科文组织提名的历史场地内，设计保留了历史广场的完整性，同时平衡了新旧元素，以适应当代的使用需求。
设计提供了一个优雅开阔的中心开放空间，其中，梅尔维尔纪念碑成为焦点景观。整体布局突出这个纪念碑的重要性是为了修复爱丁堡主要商业街之间的视觉联系。一个清澈的水池被水边植物包围，形成颜色和质感的交替互动。
项目成功地在历史背景下融入现代空间，一个私人废旧花园现在也对公众开放。小咖啡厅聚集在花园的角落，加强了广场的娱乐性。设计展示出即使是在这样一个历史敏感地带，现代清新的设计也是可以实现的。
设计的成功反映在广场较高的使用率上，它很快受到大家的欢迎，并成为休闲的好去处。公园和城市结构有机融合在一起，成为当地居民和游客的必选去处。

景观设计：Gillespies
景观时间：2012年
项目地址：英国苏格兰爱丁堡
图片来源：Gillespies

译者：饭团小组

Landscape architect: Gillespies (London, UK)
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Commissioned by: City of Edinburgh Council; Scottish Enterprise; Edinburgh & Lothian; Essential Edinburgh
Awards received: President’s Award, Landscape Institute, Award for Best UK landscape design project; Award for Best Landscape Design under 1 hectare, Landscape Institute; Scottish Planning Award Commendation; and the Civic Trust Commendation.
Design team leader: Linda Curr, Partner, Gillespies.
For the first time in its 200 year history, St Andrew Square gardens in Edinburgh have been opened to the public following a new landscape design by Gillespies.
Situated in central Edinburgh in the heart of a UNESCO world heritage site, the design retains the integrity of the historic square but also balances this with new elements to accommodate contemporary usage patterns.
The design provides a generous and elegant central open space with its focus being the Melville Monument. The layout recognises the importance of this column in reinstating the visual connection between some of Edinburgh’s main shopping streets. A reflective pool is framed by waterside planting which provides a changing display of colour and texture.
The project has successfully delivered a contemporary space into a historic context. A previously private and underused garden is now open to the public. The small Café Pavilion set in one corner of the garden reinforces the square’s status as a destination in its own right. It has demonstrated that even in the most sensitive of environments – a conservation area and world heritage site – a modern and fresh design can be achieved.
The level of success of the scheme is underlined by the level of use of the gardens, which were immediately adopted by the public both as a place for relaxation and a through route. The gardens have integrated seamlessly into the city fabric, and are used by locals and visitors alike as though they have always been there.