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架构师提供的文本描述。试想一下，一个拥有1500万人口和800万辆汽车的大城市，没有任何适当的步行街，你可能会认为这是不可能的。曼谷就是这样。当一位客户要求我们的团队为他们的新零售项目设计景观时，他们也给了我们一个简短的简报，‘我们希望这是“谈论这个城市”。然而，考虑到曼谷缺乏高质量的步道，我们认为最好还是让它成为“城市之行”。我们的目标是为曼谷人民设计一条良好的公共道路。

Text description provided by the architects. Try imagine a mega city of 15 millions people and 8 millions vehicles without any proper pedestrian pathway, and you may think that it is impossible. Well, Bangkok is kind of like that. When a client asked our team to design the landscape for their new retails project, they also gave us a short brief, 'We want this to be "Talk of the town"'. However, considering Bangkok's lack of quality footpath, we thought it was much better to make it "Walk of the town" instead. Our goal was to design one thing and one thing only, a good public pathway for the people of Bangkok.

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项目叙述

Project Narrative

曼谷，泰国的首都，是这个国家一切的中心，使它成为一个极端的灵长类城市，在重要性上比泰国的其他城市中心相形见绌。该市有800多万辆登记车辆。许多这样的汽车每天都在城市里疯狂地行驶。不过，基本上，我们根本没有适当的公众行人路。曼谷有超过1500万居民和几百万游客。因此，这座城市的每一平方英寸都可能成为创业的潜在场所。曼谷的人行道也不例外。

Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, is the heart of everything in the country, making it an extreme primate city, dwarfing Thailand's other urban centers in terms of importance. The city has more than 8 millions registered vehicles. Many of those cars are driving crazily around the city everyday. Yet, basically, we do not have any proper public footpath at all. There are more than 15 millions residents and a couple millions more tourists in Bangkok. As a result, every single square inch of the city could be a potential place for setting up businesses. Bangkok's footpaths are no exception.

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街头小贩，出售从假冒产品到您的晚餐，永久占据了超过一半的步行街。更糟糕的是，无数的合法和非法标志也阻碍了行人的流通。有些被完全封锁，迫使行人走在街上，每年都会增加交通事故的数量。

Street vendors, selling everything from counterfeit products to your dinners, permanently occupy more than half of pedestrian areas. To make it worse, an uncountable numbers of both legal and illegal signage help blocking the pedestrian circulation as well. Some are completely blocked, which force pedestrians to walk on streets instead, increasing the number of accidents every year.

 Ground Floor Plan

2012年，CPN的一个客户想在中央世界(CentralWorld)建造一个2层的零售空间，位于曼谷黄金地段现有的停车场之上。该网站位于曼谷最繁忙的两个火车站之间。这两个车站都与该市最大的购物中心相连，这导致每天都有大量行人在这两个车站之间步行。现有的结构就位于公共通道的旁边。它被设计成一个多层的地下停车场，在它和人行道之间有一个巨大的空隙，允许阳光直射下来，让空气通风。

In 2012, a client, CPN, wanted to build Groove at Central World, a 2-storey retails space, on top of their existing parking building in the prime area of Bangkok. The site is in between 2 of Bangkok's busiest train stations. Both stations are connected to the city's largest shopping centers, which led to a huge number of pedestrians walking between the 2 stations everyday. The existing structure was located right next to public pathway. It was designed as a multi-leveled underground parking floors with a huge void between itself and the footpath, allowing for sunlight to reach down and for some air for ventilation.

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最低的一层是离人行道大约5米的地方，这需要护栏来防止人们跌倒。在那里种植了数棵高大的皇家棕榈树，形成了浓重的阴影，使它有点太暗，无法在晚上行走。行人路有很大一部分用作停车，供电单车过路，即有部分电单车在行人路上行驶。把巨大的虚空、阴影和摩托车结合在一起，这个地方就是犯罪活动的完美场所。

The lowest floor was about 5 meters drop from the footpath, which needed guardrails to prevent people from falling down. A number of tall royal palm trees were planted there for years, creating heavy shades which make it a bit too dark to walk in the evening. A good portion of the footpath was used as parking for passing by motorcycles, meaning that some of them were driving on the pedestrian path. Combining the huge void, the shade, and the motorcycles together, the place was just perfect for criminal activities.

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(C)Spaceshift Studio/Pirak Anurakyawachon，Aranyarat Prathomrat

最初，我们的范围主要是设计新商场内的庭院。这位客户希望他们的新庭院在商业活动和“哇效应”方面成为“城市的话题”，以便与他们的竞争对手-该地区的其他高端购物中心-竞争。新的零售被设计为一个2层楼的流体外观设计。由于它是在现有结构的基础上建造的，其最低楼层比街道高出约2米。

Originally, our scope was mainly to design the courtyard inside the new mall. The client wanted their new courtyard to be 'Talk of the town', in terms of commercial activities and Wow effect, in order to compete with their competitors, other High-end malls in the area. The new retails were designed as a 2-storey building with fluid facade design. As it was built on the existing structure, its lowest floor was about 2 meters higher than street level.

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(C)Spaceshift Studio/Pirak Anurakyawachon，Aranyarat Prathomrat

新的零售店只通过入口的小径连接起来，似乎被停车场的通风空洞切断了公共人行道。另外，从街道回首，从他们的眼睛水平来看，行人只会看到大楼的桥墩。考虑到上述情况，我们发现我们的主要任务应该是在购物中心以外的地区，我们的主要目标应该是改善公众的步行环境。

Linked only by small pathways at its entrances, the new retails appeared to be cut apart from public footpath by the ventilation void of the parking lots. Also, looking back from the street, from their eye level, pedestrians will only see the plinth of the building. Considering the mentioned conditions, we found that our main task should be the area outside the mall, and our main goal should be to improve the walking environment of the public instead. 

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(C)Spaceshift Studio/Pirak Anurakyawachon，Aranyarat Prathomrat

由于建造，现存的皇家棕榈树被移除并重新种植在其他地方。其结果是，大量的阳光现在可以到达地面，为行人创造更方便、更安全的行走环境。为了安全和视觉上的建议，沿着公共道路创造了一个绿色的地形。新的设计是一个线性的景观坡度，从地面到2米高。从街道的水平，通风空洞现在完全隐藏在这种倾斜的景观，这也有助于保护人们不跌倒。即使与新的零售没有联系，景观似乎也是建筑的新的绿色平台，为行人提供了在旅途中可以看到的好东西。

Because of the construction, existing royal palm trees were removed and replanted somewhere else. The result is that a good amount of sunlight now could reach the ground surface, creating easier and safer walking environment for pedestrians. A green landform was created along the public pathway for both safety and visual proposes. The new design is a linear landscape slope, ranging from ground level to 2 meter high. From street level, ventilation void is now completely hidden by this inclined landscape, which also helps protecting people from falling down. Even though not connected to the new retails, the landscape appears to be the new green plinth of the building as well, providing pedestrians something nice to look on through their journeys.

一系列的当地灌木和花卉被战略性地种植，以创造一个盛开的花园全年。与最初的硬景观设计相比，这种新的景观有助于降低地面温度，使它更舒适的步行。同时，由于其新的分排水系统，该设计还有助于减少地面流水，这部分导致附近街道的洪水。然后收集过多的水用于灌溉植物。

A series of local shrubs and flowers were strategically planted to create blooming garden through out the year. Compared to the original hardscape-only design, this new landscape helps reducing the temperature on the ground level, making it much more comfortable to walk. At the same time, with its new sub-drainage system, the design also helps reducing the surface running water, which partially causes flood on the nearby street. Excessive water is then collected for irrigation of the plantings later on.

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(C)Spaceshift Studio/Pirak Anurakyawachon，Aranyarat Prathomrat

除了绿化景观外，其他地方现在只供行人使用。平坦和干净的硬景观被提议为每个人，包括残疾人创建一个简单的步行表面。摩托车停车场被拆除，使该地区的摩托车免费和安全的行人走过。

Other than the green landscape, the rest of the area is now dedicated for pedestrians only. Flat and clean hardscape was proposed to create a simple walking surface for everyone including the disabled. Motorcycle parking was removed, making the area motorcycle-free and safer for pedestrians to walk by.

在曼谷炎热的夏季，沿街的现有树木都被保留下来，以提供一些阴影。在过去，行人只使用天桥，一条在火车轨道下的高架通道，通勤通过附近。从根本上说，天道只不过是一条钢结构的通道，有点沉闷和令人沮丧的气氛。新的景观鼓励行人下地靠近花园。这样，我们相信他们可以与自然和周围的人有更好的联系。

Existing trees along the street are all kept in order to provide some shades during the hot summer days of Bangkok. In the past, pedestrians used only the skywalk, an elevated pathway below the train tracks, to commute through the neighborhood. The skywalk is basically nothing but a steel structure pathway, a bit dull and depressing atmosphere. The new landscape encourages the pedestrians to come down to the ground and get closer to the garden. This way, we believe they could have a better connection with nature and the people around them.

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(C)Spaceshift Studio/Pirak Anurakyawachon，Aranyarat Prathomrat

自建成以来，新的景观已经成为曼谷其他人行道可能成为的一个例子。行人现在整个地区自由而安全地行走。汽车司机现在有一些绿色的东西看，减轻他们的压力，因为恶劣的交通状况在附近。路人停下来，拍下花园的照片，向朋友和家人展示。偶尔还会组织一些特别活动，为行人创造更多的活动。

Since completed, the new landscape has been an example of what Bangkok's other footpaths could become. Pedestrians now walk freely and safely throughout the area. Car drivers now have something green to look on, reducing their stresses from bad traffic conditions in the neighborhood. Passerby stops and takes photos of the garden showing to friends and families. Once in a while, special events are organized to create more activities for pedestrians.

在客户的帮助下，我们能够做一些以前在曼谷从未做过的事情。虽然这只是一个简单的设计姿态，这个区域只是曼谷公共通道系统的一小部分，但是我们相信，为了改变一些大的东西，每个人都必须参与。通过首先这样做，我们也迫使我们的邻居开始重新思考他们的财产。如果大家合作，我们相信我们可以为曼谷的所有人创造一个更好的行人通道系统。

With the help of the client, we are able to do something that has never been done before in Bangkok. Even though this is just a simple design gesture and the area is only a small section of Bangkok's public pathway system, but we believe that, in order to change something big, everyone has to participate. By doing this first, we also force our neighbors to start re-thinking of their properties. If everybody collaborates, we believe that we can create a better pedestrian pathway system for all people in Bangkok.

Architects A49, FOS, SDA, T.R.O.P

Location Bangkok, Thailand

Category Shopping Centers

Project Year 2012

Photographs Spaceshift Studio / Pirak Anurakyawachon, Aranyarat Prathomrat

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