更多关于设计和比赛，休息后。

More about the design and competition, after the break.

 Plan. Image © Colwell Shelor, West 8 and Weddle Gilmore

计划。图片C：Colwell Shelor，West 8和Wildle Gilmore

来自建筑师：构想为“城市广场与扭转”，科威尔谢勒，西8和韦德尔吉尔摩的设计，使城市中心不仅仅是一个活动空间。它是城市的“绿色心脏”，也是梅萨市中心未来100年城市发展的催化剂。这一设计的特点是，宽敞的空间，灵活的用途，邀请景观庆祝索诺兰沙漠，和一楼的用途与面向公众的项目，吸引人们进入和通过梅萨城市中心到主街，艺术中心，会议中心和居民区。

From the architects: Conceived as a “town square with a twist,” Colwell Shelor, West 8 and Weddle Gilmore’s design makes the City Center more than just an event space. It is the City’s “green heart” and a catalyst for the next 100 years of urban growth in downtown Mesa. The design is characterized by generous spaces for flexible uses, inviting landscapes celebrating the Sonoran desert, and ground floor uses with public oriented programs that draw people into and through Mesa City Center to Main Street, the Arts Center, Convention Center and residential neighborhoods.

 Summer water feature. Image © Colwell Shelor, West 8 and Weddle Gilmore

夏季水特征。图片C：Colwell Shelor，West 8和Wildle Gilmore

活动广场是设计的中心集合空间。该项目的核心和图标是一个令人惊叹的亚利桑那铜阴影结构，包括一个被动蒸发冷却塔。一个最先进的水的特点是庆祝水的珍贵和嬉戏，在冬天变成一个溜冰场。

The Events Plaza is the central gathering space of the design. The centerpiece and icon of the project is a stunning Arizona copper shade structure, encompassing a passive evaporative cooling tower. A state-of-the-art water feature celebrates both the preciousness and playfulness of water, transforming into an ice skating rink during the winter.

 Upper terrace . Image © Colwell Shelor, West 8 and Weddle Gilmore

上露台。图片C：Colwell Shelor，West 8和Wildle Gilmore

上露台有一种更轻松的氛围，有一些索诺兰沙漠主题花园和小型广场供食品市场、小型音乐会和艺术展使用。休闲步行街是一条线性的道路，将上露台和事件广场公园的空间与座位和树木联系在一起，这样游客就可以出去观看活动。

The Upper Terrace has a more relaxed atmosphere, with pockets of Sonoran Desert themed gardens and small-scale plazas for food markets, small concerts and art shows. The Leisure Promenade is a linear path that ties the Upper Terrace and Events Plaza park spaces together with seating and trees, so that visitors can hang out and watch the action.

 Leisure promenade. Image © Colwell Shelor, West 8 and Weddle Gilmore

休闲长廊。图片C：Colwell Shelor，West 8和Wildle Gilmore

 Mesa City Hall. Image © Colwell Shelor, West 8 and Weddle Gilmore

梅萨市政厅。图片C：Colwell Shelor，West 8和Wildle Gilmore

该设计重新使用和更新了现场现有建筑物，以保留足够数量的用户，并建立一个协调中心，使新的开发项目超出项目界限。改造后的建筑将在底层安置新的餐饮场所，其中的露台将吸引公共领域的参与。市政厅将用立式鳍对建筑进行改造，以改变建筑结构，提高建筑的能源性能。

The design repurposes and renews existing buildings on site to retain a critical mass of users and to create a focal point from which new development will grow outside of the project boundaries. Repurposed buildings will house new food and drink venues at the ground floors, with terraces that engage the public realm areas. City Hall will be re-skinned with vertical fins to transform the building architecturally and improve its energy performance. 

 Beer garden. Image © Colwell Shelor, West 8 and Weddle Gilmore

啤酒花园。图片C：Colwell Shelor，West 8和Wildle Gilmore

Colwell Shelor，West 8和Wildle Gilmore团队的城市中心设计结合了城市和社区对举办重大活动和节日的渴望；一个阴凉、绿色的欢迎环境和一个标志性的世界级空间，宣布台地是一个创新、艺术、商业和社区的领先城市。获奖队伍的梅萨城市中心设计是一个目的地，将是一个活跃的市中心枢纽和一个诱人的公共场所，在任何季节和时间的一天。

Colwell Shelor, West 8 and Weddle Gilmore team’s City Center design combines the City’s and community’s desires for a venue for its major events and festivals; a shady, green welcoming setting and an iconic, world-class space announcing Mesa as a leading city for innovation, arts, business and community. The winning team’s design for Mesa City Center is a destination that will be a lively downtown hub and an inviting public place during all seasons and times of day.

建筑师韦德尔吉尔莫黑色岩石工作室，西8，科威尔谢洛尔位置南大厅，台地，AZ 85204，美国类别公园顾问迪布尔工程，PFocus，HR

Architects WEDDLE GILMORE black rock studio, West 8, Colwell Shelor Location South Hall, Mesa, AZ 85204, United States Category Park Consultants Dibble Engineering, Pfocus, HR&A, ETM Associates, Rider Levett Bucknall, Pentagram, Fluidity, schlaich bergermann and partner lp Area 64750.0 sqm Photographs Colwell Shelor, West 8 and Weddle Gilmore