昆山城西是昆山市一个以创新产业为核心的科技新区，吸引着无数的高新科技工作者和居住者在此定居。昆山市做为上海苏州周边飞速成长的新兴城市，在城市发展的过程中，逐渐意识到城市建设的扩张需要有意识地与绿色景观基础设施相结合。
昆山城西与生俱来的良好生态环境成为了该区域景观基础设施发展的支撑，星罗棋布的水系以及广泛的自然湿地构成了开发开放公共空间的基础。而占地163公顷的昆山森林公园做为昆山城西最为重要的区域性公园，大尺度的公共开放空间，是庙泾河水系和城西中央景观轴的重要链接枢纽，为科技新区提供了大量的自然生态和城市休闲活动空间。
PLAT Studio: A growing suburb of Shanghai and Suzhou, Kunshan finds itself in a formative period of expansion that requires intentional inclusion of green infrastructure design alongside its developmental growth. As a result of its proximity to major urban centers, Kunshan West is a flourishing tech region that is growing into a new innovative core district of its own, attracting an influx of industry workers and residents alike.
This development core is supported by a series of large water and open space resources, anchored by the expansive wetlands of Forest Park. The 163-hectare Kunshan Forest Park, as the most important regional park in the west of Kunshan City,The district park is located within the Miaojing River watershed, a historical and preserved drinking water aqueduct resource between Kuilei Lake and Kunshan’s Old Town.
昆山森林公园此前的设计挑战主要在于较少的入口连接以及周边大量的私人开发界面造成的不可及性，尤其是公园的西侧边界没有任何入口，更是在周边社区和公园之间形成了一道隔离的阻碍。然而与此同时，昆山森林公园的良好自然生态也为设计奠定了优越的基础，辽阔的现存水系及湿地植栽为景观设计提供了整合的空间，以提升成为区域性径流过滤处理系统。景观设计的目标在于策略性的解决此前的设计挑战并整合现有資源，提升森林公园使之成为一个休闲与生态价值并存的城市公园。
Previously underutilized as a recreational open space for residents of the district, Forest Park’s site challenges included an inaccessible overgrown and densely vegetated interior within an interface dominated by private developments with very few neighborhood entry points. The western edge of the site acts as a barrier between the neighboring communities and the amenities of Forest Park. The large existing network of waterways on site however presented an opportunity to utilize and improve upon the water filtration services the park was already providing the surrounding district. Strategic design was required to transform Forest Park into a district park that is equally valued as a recreational resource as it is an ecological one for Kunshan West.
景观设计的总体目标在于为周边逐渐成长的社区需求创造一个完全可企及的区域性公园，让社区与公园之间建立起紧密的联系，创造具有地域特征以及能为城市环境提供功能性与生态服务的区域性公园。
可达性，生态价值，休闲设施是在公园设计中非常关注的3个层面。可达性通过创建西侧入口以及服务行人和自行车流线的西侧环道来实现；生态价值通过水道的连接以及将公园径流处理基础设施与周边城市环境互相融入来贯彻。与此同时，设计也提供一系列的静态动态相结合的娱乐休闲设施，让森林公园成为一个城市里受欢迎的目的地。
The park’s design aims to realize a fully connected Forest Park with improved accessibility for surrounding neighborhoods, a community culture significant to the identity of the district and a functional ecological service for the park’s urban context.
Accessibility, ecological value, and recreational facilities are the three levels of attention in the design of the park. Strategies to achieve this goals address accessibility, ecological value, and recreational amenities. Accessibility is achieved by creating a West Entry and establishing the West Loop for connected pedestrian and cycle circulation. Ecological value is improved by linking waterways with the rest of Forest Park and integrating the park’s water infrastructure into the surrounding urban context. A variety of both vibrant and passive recreational amenities are provided for adjacent communities, making Forest Park a regional destination as well.
景观设计的架构着重通过在森林公园西侧的边界增加新的入口节点来解决可达性的问题，从而打破森林公园西侧的现有边界感，增加森林公园在西侧的可企及性。由此西入口将成为一个重要的门户节点，进入其中，首先印入眼帘的是开阔的水面与活动广场，在这里，配备有完善的社交和户外聚会设施，比如露天阶梯座椅，游客服务以及轻食餐厅等等，这些公共设施与西侧的水塘相结合，提供了一个开阔的自然画布，生机勃勃的湿地植栽，以及由层层叠叠树林形成的自然天际线取缔了城市化的界面。这里将公园的自然特色扩展到城市公共生活当中，创建一种健康融于自然的生活氛围。
The design framework addresses accessibility by providing a new entry point on the western border, breaking an existing barrier into Forest Park. The West Entry acts as a vital gateway node that leads visitors into a recreational plaza fitted with amenities for social and healthy outdoor gatherings. This active node welcomes visitors into the park and links them into the network of trails and boardwalks within the interior of Forest Park, extending the natural character of the park into the urban public realm. Here an amphitheater, visitor center and dining take advantage of grand views over the West Pond, invigorated by aquatic planting and screens of trees to minimize views of skyline development.
从休闲广场出发，游客将进入森林公园内部的小径，内部的流线被西侧入口的流线所激活，引导游客探索更多不同形态从湿地到森林的自然栖息地。木栈道蜿蜒地穿过层层水生种植，而硬质的铺装则带领游客进入色彩缤纷的落叶树林去探险。这些新增的路线最终连接到傀儡湖自行车系统，形成一个活跃的，以社区为导向的大型水岸公园。
Internal pathways lead visitors to explore different peaceful and natural habitats ranging from wetlands to forests as they journey through Forest Park’s now accessible interior. Timber boardwalks meander through aquatic planting and beds of reeds while hard paved footways adventure into tracts of colorful deciduous trees. These routes stemming from the West Entry Plaza connect into the bike system of Kuilei Lake and work to form an active and community-oriented waterfront park.
为了将昆山城西的社区文化引入森林公园，西入口和休闲广场的设计创建了各式各样社区聚会，运动和餐饮等活动的设施和空间， 这些设施极大的被周围的居民所利用，成为了一个极受欢迎的社区公共开放空间。我们观察到在夏季凉爽的傍晚，这里却充满了活力，附近的居民聚集在这里慢跑，练习太极拳，和邻里拉拉家常。在喧闹的白天，咖啡馆和游客中心为居民提供了休憩的机会，并且在这里探索风景如画的自然公园。
The West Entry and recreational plaza extends the identity of the district of Kunshan West into Forest Park by providing space for community gatherings and active amenities like exercise and dining. This area is energized at night as residents of Kunshan West gather here to jog, practice Tai Chi and meet for family social functions in the cool summer evening temperatures. During the day, a cafe and visitor’s center both provide valuable programs for residents to enjoy as they venture out to explore the scenic and natural park on their doorsteps.
这种活动的策略从入口延伸到了公园内部的湿地莲池区域。这里的木栈道带领游客直接与大自然接触，悠闲地漫步在湿地种植区域，宁静地坐在其中的平台，都能沉浸于公园的自然美景，呈现一种静态的美感。
This programmatic strategy extends the gateway identity of the West Entry through to the Lotus Walk of wetland boardwalks. This trail allows visitors to come in direct contact with nature on a more passive route to leisurely stroll through swathes of wetland planting and provides restful areas to sit together, engaged in the natural beauty of the park.
森林公园西入口设计的成功在昆山繁忙的都会生活中被充分体现出来，在这里，我们观察到在木栈道平台上钓鱼的人们，在池塘边享用下午茶点心的人们，在广场中拉家常锻炼身体的人们。通过充分高效的连接及可达性，完善的活动以及生态的功能，森林公园已成为昆山城西正需的一种景观基础设施，它极大满足了该地区目前正在经历的不断增长的人口和发展的需求，支持了昆山城西建设的繁荣未来。
The impact of the design of Forest Park’s West Entry is evident in the bustling activity observed day to day within its now open western border, where visitors are seen fishing on boardwalks, strolling through lush planting and having an afternoon snack by the West Pond. By becoming fully connected, Forest Park has become the landscape infrastructure that Kunshan West needs to serve the growing population and development the district is presently experiencing. The park now fulfills the needs of the community through efficient accessibility, abundant ecology and dynamic recreational amenities, supporting the flourishing future of Kunshan West.
森林公园的绿色基础设施设计策略旨在战略性地通过有效利用其庞大的湿地网络来改善整个区域的水质。在水泵系统和茂密的水生种植的帮助下，森林公园将过滤邻近城市界面的雨水径流，并将清洁过后的水进行循环利用。雨水花园，生态植草沟和自然湿地在提供观赏性的同时，也减缓了市政雨水系统的压力，创建一个健康的水文生态区域。
多样的动植物种类被引入设计之中培养生物多样性，供人们在自然中观察和学习。不仅如此，植栽设计更是强调呈现季节性变化，丰富的灌木和树林也将隔绝了外部城市界面。最后，各个层面的广泛植栽搭配，旨在让游客沉浸在自然和平的环境中，创造一个祥和的都市绿洲。
The green infrastructure strategy of Forest Park aims at improving the overall water quality of the whole district by effectively utilizing its vast network of filtrating wetlands. With the aid of both a water pump system and extensive aquatic reed planting, Forest Park filters storm-water runoff from neighboring urban development and recycles clean water downstream back into the southern edge of the district. Bioswales and ornamental wetlands support the park’s mechanical infrastructure to mitigate the pressure put on urban storm sewers, creating a healthy hydrological district.
The variety of flora and fauna species incorporated into the planting palette foster a strong level of biodiversity within the park for people to observe and learn about. This planting palette presents an array of seasonal color, evident in the rich layers of shrubs and trees that screen outside development. The wide range of planting on all levels envelop visitors’ senses, immersing them in a natural and peaceful setting.
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森林公园多样化的种植设计也将极大改善场地的生物多样性，并为整个区域提供了有效的雨水径流处理系统。今天，森林公园已经提升成为了一个充满活力的地区公园，一个强而有力的景观基础设施，一个支持昆山城西繁荣发展的生态绿洲。
A diversified planting palette improves the biodiversity of the site as well as serves the overall district with an effective stormwater runoff treatment system. Today, Forest Park has transformed into a dynamic district park and a fundamental piece of landscape infrastructure that will support the thriving future of Kunshan West.
项目名称：昆山森林公园西入口
项目地点：昆山市
景观面积：27.81公顷
设计时间：2014
建成時間：2017
业主单位：昆山城市建设投资发展集团有限公司
景观设计：PLAT Studio
团队成员：廖德轩、王诗婷、蓝仕霖、隋虎、刘灿、庄惠茗、王显爱、Ellen Orchard
合作伙伴 ：澳洲E2 Design Lab(水资源管理）、苏州园林设计园（施工图单位）
景观摄影：PLAT Studio、直译摄影
Project Information
Project Name:Kunshan Forest Park West Entry
Location:Kunshan, China
Area Size:27.81 Ha
Start Date:2014
Completion Date:2017
Client : Kunshan City Construction Investment Development Company
Landscape Design: PLAT Studio
Team member: Fred Liao, Kit Wang, Shih-lin Lan, Tiger Sui, Can Liu, Huei-Ming Juang, Ivy Wang,Ellen Orchard
Consultant: E2 Design Lab, Australia(water management), Suzhou Landscape Design Institute (Construction Documents)
Photographer: PLAT Studio, Archi-Translator
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