Creating a recreational park in the sky
Connected to the subway
It also links up the neighboring
Community, service and leisure facilities
A "High Line Park" like this.
Have you heard of it?
On March 14th, the Nanjing Municipal Bureau of Planning and Natural Resources announced the results of the design competition for Nanjing's first "High Line Park". The park is located inThe 400-meter-long skytrain at Xiaoxing subway stationIn the future, it may be magnificently transformed into parks, sports venues, rooftop cafes and other facilities to provide a new place for the public to relax.
"What exactly is the High Line Park?
Ltd. general manager Liu Jingjing introduction, the so-called "high line park", the key word is "high" a "line"."High" is easy to understand.
Usually it's built in the air, associated with abandoned sky tracks, viaducts, etc., not a park on the ground."Line" refers to linear design.
These parks are limited in width but long in length and are not "one" parks in the usual sense.
For example, the most classic case of High Line Park is the High Line Park in Manhattan, New York, U.S.A. This is a sky park transformed from an abandoned elevated freight railroad, which is about 2.33 kilometers in length, with a height of about 9 meters above the ground and an average width of 9 meters. The High Line Park is also a way of transforming old cities, which utilizes stock space to create urban vitality, while linking up the surrounding community, services and leisure facilities, etc.
High Line Park, New York. Photo credit: NJ Planning Resources
Nanjing's First High Line Park
Nanjing's first "high line park" is located in yuhuatai district small line subway station next to a section of the unused air subway line, Nanjing Metro Group related persons, this track and Ningwu Railway, previously mainly used for subway line 1 transportation materials and vehicles. It is understood thatDue to the Ningwu Railway outside the circle, this section of the connecting line will be idle, the length of about 400 meters, the bridge width of 5.2 metersThe
In terms of height, the rail bridge is about 3.5 meters to 13.5 meters above the ground, almost equivalent to the height of a 1-story to 4-story building. According to the design requirements announced by the Nanjing Municipal Bureau of Planning and Natural Resources, the unused 400-meter Xiaoxing subway connection line will be transformed into a sky park with landscape combining facilities and buildings.Provide the public with an aerial 400-meter walkway, as well as sports, activities and services along the way.
Winning entries for "400 meters in the air
Nanjing's attempt to create a "High Line Park" is based on the design of two nodes along the 400-meter walkway in the sky, and participants can choose any of these venues to develop a design that integrates sports, special activities, and community services, both above and below the bridge. Participants can also choose to remove or retain the railroad tracks according to their design.
According to the Nanjing Municipal Bureau of Planning and Natural Resources, a total of 207 submissions were received from eight countries and 21 regions across the country since the public call for proposals from home and abroad in October last year, with one first prize, three second prizes and six third prizes ultimately selected, although it is still unknown when construction will begin. Among the winning entries, the one that won the first prize was namedThe Garden of ClimbingThe design includes nine parts, including high line landscape walk, yoga classroom, badminton hall, table tennis hall, rooftop café, open green space, landscape path, play beach, shuttle trail, etc. "Climbing" in the design concept is the connotation of gradual climbing, from the ground level to the sky level of the viaduct, and people will be brought together here through different thematic activities. The "Garden" refers to the four themed venues.
Among the winning entries in thisStacked Gardens, 100+ Hanging Lanes, Half Empty, Half Circle.Three works won the second prize, and six other works won the third prize. Some of the design solutions are positioned as a suspended walkway, suspended in mid-air, bringing a new perspective of the cityscape; some of the semi-circle as the design concept, through the three-dimensional intermingling of the air and the ground.
