澳大利亚帕丁顿水库花园

发布于：2023-05-15 11:46:54

PADDINGTON RESERVOIR GARDENS by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer

位置：澳大利亚

分类：花园

内容：实景照片

图片：14张

景观设计： Tonkin Zulaikha Greer
景观时间：2009
图片来源： Brett Boardman

这是由Tonkin Zulaikha Greer设计的澳大利亚帕丁顿水库花园。设计师们将帕丁顿水库转换为一个城市公园，曾经的废墟经过复兴，变得迷人而浪漫。戏剧性的空间和历史悠久的残垣，新的设计，格外引人流连忘返。
该项目已经被列入国家遗产，帕丁顿水库有两个建造阶段，1866年和1878年，水库上方式草地同源，1930年面向大众。1899年水库终止运行，于1990年因为屋顶坍塌而最终关闭。新的公园采用全新的建筑材料和支架，从新规划景观，增加照明设施，从而成为新的公共空间。

译者：温冷清秋

When TZG and JMD were commissioned to convert the Paddington Reservoir into an urban park, the general expectation was that the site would be capped off and a brand new arrangement built on top. However, we were captivated by the possibilities of revealing the 19th century structures as a ruin through which members of the public could wander, taking in the dramatic spaces and play of light across the remnants of historic walls and vaults.
Listed as a site of state heritage significance, the Paddington Reservoir was originally constructed in two stages, completed in 1866 and 1878. The water chambers were built below street level with a grassed park above, opened to the public in the 1930’s. The operational life of the reservoir ceased in 1899 and the site was used as a workshop and garage until 1990 when roof collapses forced its closure.
We believed the concept for the project was embodied in the existing artefact. An accessible sunken garden and pond, surrounded by a raised pre-cast concrete boardwalk, has been inserted within the conserved ruin of the western chamber of the former reservoir. The edges of the ruin are contained by concrete up-stands in such a way as to amplify the distinctive curved characteristics of the original brick vaults. The Victorian tree-fern garden hints at the era in which the Reservoir was originally built.
The eastern chamber has been conserved with new timber columns and a waterproof concrete structure over, stabilising the brickwork and forming the base for the new landscaped park above.
Two lightweight roofs float above the reservoir, signalling the main entry points to the park. The lightness of the roofs act as a counterpoint to the solid earthiness of the masonry vaults, while there is a whimsical reference to the older masonry mortar joints in the staggered pattern of the metal grid.
A restricted pallet of three materials – steel, aluminium and concrete were chosen as contemporary partners for the historic brick, cast iron and timber, united as they are in their raw industrial expression. This quality, crucial to sustaining the memory of the original purpose of the structure, is softened by the status given to the planting and also by the overt invitation, implicit in the walkways, to explore the whole park.