架构师提供的文本描述。领奖台屋顶花园是竞争胜利的方案“阿戈拉剧院”-内森菲利普斯广场振兴的第一个转变。这个占地3英亩的高层建筑是维尔霍·雷维尔1965年标志性的、富有远见的市政厅和多伦多的多层公共广场，最初是作为一个礼仪性的公共空间，通过一个巨大的雕塑坡道到达的。这片土地从未成功地吸引公众-它是一片冷酷、空旷、三英亩的混凝土，已经关闭了十多年。平台屋顶花园重新设想这一上层公共公园与高架人行道系统相结合，并尊重建筑群的遗产地位，重新向公众开放，作为一个真正吸引人的21世纪空间。

Text description provided by the architects. The Podium Roof Garden is the first transformation in the competition-winning scheme “Agora Theatre” – the Nathan Phillips Square Revitalization. This 3-acre upper-level component of Viljo Revell’s 1965 iconic and visionary City Hall and multi-level public square in Toronto was originally conceived as a ceremonial public space, reached via a giant sculptural ramp. The space was never successful at attracting the public – it was a grim, empty, three acres of concrete that has been closed for well over a decade. The Podium Roof Garden re-conceives this upper level as a public park integrated with the elevated walkway system, and while respecting the complex’s heritage status, reopening it to the public as a truly engaging 21st Century space.

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虽然它是加拿大最大的可供公众使用的绿色屋顶，提供了大量的技术环境效益，但平台屋顶花园被设计成一个巨大的花园公园，对其复杂的颜色和纹理的镶嵌进行了仔细的审视；它的结构是为了密切揭示建筑物引人注目的形式和纹理，并为漫步、挥之不去、亲密和聚集提供了充足的空间。同时，它提供了引人注目的图形清晰从周围的高层建筑.

Although it is the largest publicly accessible green roof in Canada providing a plethora of technical environmental benefits, the Podium Roof Garden is designed as a vast garden park which bears close scrutiny of its complex color and textural mosaic; is structured to closely reveal the compelling form and texture of the buildings, and provides plenty of spaces for strolling, lingering, intimacy and gathering. Simultaneously, it provides a compelling graphic legibility from the surrounding high-rise buildings.

公园由一座刚玉和多年生的马赛克周边花园、一个闪闪发光的黑色花岗岩铺砌的庭院和一个占据船头的咖啡馆甲板组成。这座花园是一段围绕着议会会议厅和塔楼的紧密结合的中心地带的旅程。受保罗·克莱恩的“复调”的启发，它种植了23种莎草和46种草本植物、葱和球茎，颜色微妙地从西南地区的更明亮的黄色和橘子转移到东北方向的红色和紫色-对双子塔所创造的遮荫和风环境做出了反应。一条宽阔的步道环绕着周边，另一条路紧贴着双子塔的底部-托隆托纳人在45年后才发现，这些塔楼都是用卡拉拉大理石覆盖的！交叉步道与这两条赛道连接在一起，中间有安静的座位。长凳照明在夜间吸引游客进入花园。

The park consists of a sedum and perennial mosaic perimeter garden, a sparkling black granite paved courtyard that frames the Council Chamber, and a café deck that occupies the prow. The garden is a journey around the centrally located close-knit ensemble of the council chamber and towers. Inspired in part by Paul Klee’s Polyphony, it is planted with a complex mix of 23 species of sedums inter-planted with 46 species of grasses, alliums and bulbs with the colors subtly shifting and progressing from brighter yellows and oranges in the SW to reds and purples in the NE – responding to shade and wind conditions created by the towers. A wide walk runs around the perimeter and another runs tight to the base of the towers-Torontonians are just discovering after 45 years that the towers are clad in Carrara marble! Cross walks join these two circuit walks with quiet seating areas nestled among the plants. Bench lighting draws visitors into the garden at night.

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半公里的步行揭示了时间在不同尺度上的流逝。阴影结构标志着太阳在一天中的运动，它们的影子在上午10点到下午2点的特定时间与长椅对齐。植物和花色的发展遵循着渐进式的循环，包括从4月到10月在花园的不同部分开花的新东西，这标志着季节的变化。最初的花园布局是僵化的，但随着岁月的流逝，植物将从抽象的几何图形移动到更加自由的漂流。

The half kilometre walk reveals the passage of time at different scales. The shade structures mark the movement of the sun over the course of the day, their shadows aligning with benches at specified hours from 10am-2pm. The progression of plant and blossom colors follows the progressive circuit and includes something new blooming in different parts of the garden from April to October, marking seasonal change. The initial garden layout is rigid, but the plants will shift and move from the abstract geometry to a more Fauvist set of drifts as the years pass.

院子里的黑色花岗岩让人想起了Revell最初的倒影池(由于漏水而提前拆除)，以及它的生气勃勃的光棍，从婚礼礼拜堂和未来的市政博物馆，以及艺术节目的日夜播放。它支持大型聚会，并预先为未来的食品亭做准备。这座有着3棵肯塔基州咖啡树(成熟高度40‘)的高大树种植者将提供树荫，并最终招手让人们从主广场前来欣赏他们的新公园。

The black granite of the courtyard recalls Revell’s original reflecting pool (removed early on due to leaks) and with its animating light sticks, provides spill out from the wedding chapel and future municipal museum, and arts programming day and night. The prow supports large gatherings and is pre-plumbed for a future food kiosk. The large raised tree planter with its 3 Kentucky Coffee Trees (mature height 40+’) will provide shade, and finally beckons people from the main square to come and enjoy their new park.

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