芝加哥野外一英里生态公园丨美国芝加哥丨SOM

Wild Mile 将为芝加哥河打造新的居住、教育和休闲环境。该项目按照 17 英亩的水上生态园设计，旨在推进社区主导的重建城市生态的愿景，帮助加强邻里纽带，提供更清洁的水资源，并支持更有活力的生态系统。

A community-stewarded eco-park seeks to transform a branch of the Chicago river—from an industrial canal into an inviting habitat for wildlife and a living laboratory for education and research.

▼项目概览，overview

实现长久以来的美好愿景

A long-held vision comes to life

该项目坐落在古斯岛东侧，位于北支运河和转头水域。自 2003 年制定芝加哥中心区规划以来，该区域被设想为一种生态公园。2016 年，Urban Rivers 与 SOM 安装了 1,500 平方英尺的水上花园，作为实现 Wild Mile 愿景的第一步。The Wild Mile will create a new environment for habitat, education, and recreation on the Chicago River. Designed as a 17-acre floating eco-park, it advances a community-led vision of renewed urban ecology that helps strengthen neighborhood connectivity, generate cleaner water, and support more vibrant ecosystems.

▼鸟瞰，aerial view

自那时起，该项目已演变为与芝加哥市、O-H 社区合作伙伴、Near North Unity 计划、Omni Ecosystems、Tetra Tech、d’Escoto 及当地社区成员之间的合作，围绕其目标、目的和优先事项提供意见。

The project is located along the east side of Goose Island, on the North Branch Canal and Turning Basin. This area has been envisioned as a type of eco-park since the creation of the 2003 Chicago Central Area Plan. In 2016, Urban Rivers and SOM installed a 1,500-square-foot floating garden as a first step toward making the Wild Mile vision a reality. Since then, the project has evolved into a collaboration with the City of Chicago, O-H Community Partners, Near North Unity Program, Omni Ecosystems, Tetra Tech, and local community members providing input central to its goals, objectives, and priorities.

▼沿河景观，landscape along the river

为所有人打造的便利设施 Creating an amenity for all 由于毗邻超过 40 所学校和学术机构，Wild Mile 融入了丰富的教育和社区功能空间规划。其中包括志愿者主导、技术驱动型的计划 River Rangers，该计划招募“公民科学家”以记录并定期报告外来植物和野生动物。

Making the most of its proximity to more than 40 schools and academic institutions, the Wild Mile incorporates rich educational and community programming. These include a volunteer-led and technology-driven initiative, River Rangers, which recruits “citizen scientists” to document and provide regular reports on reintroduced plants and wildlife.

▼皮划艇码头，kayak docks

▼船上视角，view on the kayak

完工之后，Wild Mile 将把古斯岛沿线芝加哥河原本工业化的人造支流变成一座生态公园，造福于人类、野生动物和环境。凭借一系列水上花园、带公共走道的森林、皮划艇码头和其他配套设施，该项目旨在出于公益目的复原河流。

When completed, the Wild Mile will transform the formerly industrialized, human-made branch of the Chicago River along Goose Island into an eco-park that serves people, wildlife, and the environment. With a series of floating gardens, forests with public walkways, kayak docks, and other amenities, the project is designed to restore the river as a public trust.

▼鸟瞰场地，aerial view of the site

客户 City Of Chicago – Department Of Planning & Development

专业知识：公共+政府, 图形设计+品牌, 城市设计+规划, 文化, 景观+生态

地区：北美

地点：Chicago, Illinois, United States

尺寸：占地面积: 17 acres，总建筑面积: 17 square feet

奖项：

2020, World Changing Ideas Award, FAST COMPANY New York

2019, Design Excellence Award – Merit, AIA Chicago

2019, Strategic Plan Award, American Planning Association Illinois

2019, A+ Awards, Architizer

合作者：

Omni Ecosystems

O-H Community Partners

TetraTech

Near North Unity Program

Urban Rivers