多帕奇绳索步道

在旧金山多帕奇区（Dogpatch），人们总能体验到多层次的当代历史，而在3号大街和23号大街的交会处，这种多元性可谓达到了极致。依循着历史建筑的体量，可以找到Tubbs绳索公司曾经所在的位置。曲折的码头打破了城区方格状的肌理，一直延伸到1000英尺之外的海湾，连接了制绳厂以及与海洋有关的客户对象。

There are many layers of contemporary history that one can experience in the Dogpatch, but few sites encapsulate this multiplicity like the intersection of Third and 23rd Streets. Here, the uncharacteristic angle of historic homes hint at the site’s heritage, the location of the Tubbs Cordage Company Ropewalk, whose slanted pier once pierced the traditionally gridded fabric of the neighborhood, extending more than one-thousand feet into the Bay, and connecting the ropemaking factory with its maritime customers.

▼步道鸟瞰，aerial view

制绳厂运营于1856年至1963年。为了配合海运业的转型，工厂建筑于70年代末期被用作John M. Woods客车中心，如今则已经无迹可寻。该区域仅存的几间仓库和工厂也都在旧区改造的过程中不见了踪影，为的是迎合旧金山日益增长的住房需要。该项目旨在致敬多帕奇的工业历史，以绳索走道的形式唤醒码头昔日的氛围，同时通过新的景观来讲述与海运有关的故事。

The factory operated from 1856 to 1963 but was leveled in the late 70’s to accommodate Muni’s “John M. Woods Motor Coach Center,” part of a community transition away from maritime industry. Today, no remnants of the building exist. The few warehouses and factories that remain throughout the community are quickly being lost to gentrification, as San Francisco seeks to meet the City’s housing shortage. As a tribute to this important chapter of Dogpatch industrial heritage, the Dogpatch Ropewalk was designed to evoke the aura of the historic pier and to use the landscape to tell the story of maritime industry in the Dogpatch community.

▼从平台俯瞰步道，terrace view

设计初期的研究表明，原先的海岸线落在了现有场地的半路位置。这一发现为中段步道的设计带来了启发。整个通道依此被分为三个主要区域：“水”、“沼泽”以及“海岸”，每个区域均包含不同的功能、路面、植物和氛围特征。

In the initial phases of the design process, research showed that the original shoreline of the bay fell halfway through the existing site; this fascinating discovery inspired the cardinal elements of the Midblock Passage design. The throughway is accordingly divided in three zones (Water, Marsh, Shore) all of which exhibit distinct program, paving, planting and atmospheric qualities.

▼平面图，右起依次分为“水”、“沼泽”以及“海岸”三个区域，from right, the throughway is divided in three zones (Water, Marsh, Shore)

“水”广场与城区的主干道（3号大街）距离最近，是三个区域中最为抽象和缥缈的区域。以逝去的鬼魂为灵感，Fletcher Studio为该区域设计了名为Nomads（流浪者）的钢制长椅系列，并由Chambers Art & Design在奥克兰进行生产。紧挨着这些长椅的是名为“绳结车站”（Rope-Tying Station）的互动艺术装置，它鼓励着行人与场地中的遗迹进行亲密接触。

The ‘water’ plaza is closest to the neighborhood’s arterial roadway, Third Street, and is the most abstract and ethereal of the three zones. Here, ghosts of the past inspire the unusual form of a family of Nomads, a collection of sculptural steel benches, designed by Fletcher Studio and fabricated by Chambers Art & Design in Oakland. Adjacent to these benches, an interactive art installation – the ‘Rope-Tying Station’ – encourages passerbys to engage first hand with the heritage of the site.

▼“水”广场中摆放着Nomads钢制长椅和“绳结车站”互动艺术装置，the ‘water’ plaza features a collection of  sculptural steel benches and the ‘Rope-Tying Station’ installation

“沼泽”区域将人们从“水”广场引至更具冥想性的“海岸”广场。“沼泽”区域中最具特色的部分是一座由木板和钢材搭建的栈桥，它追溯着Tubbs码头的过往。这坐栈桥横跨于茂密的、能够收集并存蓄雨水的植物之上，暗中呼应了原本覆盖着海岸线的沼泽。“沼泽”区域同时还是一个生物滞留地带，能够为整个场地提供雨水，同时利用植物来过滤污染物并减缓水流的排放速度。

The ‘marsh’ zone draws visitors from the activity of the ‘water’ plaza through the site to the more contemplative ‘shore’ plaza. In the ‘marsh’ zone, the main feature is an elevated wood and steel boardwalk that harkens back to the original Tubbs Cordage pier. The boardwalk is suspended over thick planting that is designed to collect and retain rainwater, suggesting the marsh that originally covered this part of the shoreline. The ‘marsh’ also functions as a bioretention area, collecting the rainwater for the entire site and using the planting to filter pollutants and slow the water’s release into the sewer system.

▼“沼泽”区域横跨于茂密的植物之上，the ‘marsh’ zone is suspended over thick planting

▼夜景，night view

“海岸”区域是最具历史意义和象征意义的区域，这里展示着历史照片的拼贴以及Tubbs制绳厂的原始图像。这一永久性的公共展示空间围绕在广场周围，广场中还设有座椅和由Fletcher Studio设计的考顿钢桌子，用以唤起人们对于往昔伸向海湾的码头的记忆。

The ‘shore’ zone is the most concrete in its significance and symbolism, utilizing above-grade transformers as a surface for historic image collages and original imagery of the Tubbs Cordage Factory and Ropewalk. This permanent public exhibition surrounds a public plaza with seating and a massive corten steel community table designed by Fletcher Studio to evoke the pier that used to jut into the Bay.

▼“海岸”区域鸟瞰，aerial view of the  ‘shore’ zone

▼广场中设有座椅和由Fletcher Studio设计的考顿钢桌子，the public plaza with seating and a massive corten steel community table designed by Fletcher Studio

▼这里展示着历史照片的拼贴以及Tubbs制绳厂的原始图像， a public plaza surrounded by historic image collages and original imagery of the Tubbs Cordage Factory and Ropewalk

▼社区夜景，night view of the neighborhood

▼渲染图，rendering

▼手绘图，design sketches

THE DOGPATCH ROPEWALK

Completed: 2018

Size: 1.2 Acres

Budget: $1.2 Million

Client/Owner: AGI Capitol

Lead Designer: David Fletcher

Landscape Contractor: Martina Landscape Contractors

Civil Engineer: BKF

Irrigation Design: ISC Irrigation

Irrigation System: Hunter Industries

Photographer: Craig Crozart

Furniture: Custom Designed fabricatedby Chambers Art and Design

Materials: Concrete, Stone, Stainlesss Steel, Accoya Wood, Thermory Wood

Soil: American Soil and Stone