泰国高档居住区Quattro景观设计 / T.R.O.P: terrains+open space

项目概述 Project Statement:

这个拥有三个花园的公寓景观项目，位于曼谷闹市区，其内部古老而巨大的雨树（豆科含羞草）以及一些小型寄居者（松鼠和鸟类）被设计师看作是场地内的“原住民”。设计师通过设计向这些“原住民”表示着尊重，并倡导入住的业主与这些“原住民”及周边自然环境和谐共处。基于这一理念，该设计将雨树作为该公寓景观的主体，其它景观元素作为配景和补充。

3 Gardens designed for a new Condominium in the middle of over-crowded Bangkok. The main idea is to respect the existing “Residents”, which are old giant Rain trees (Leguminosae Mimosoideae) and their small inhabitants (squirrels and birds) and to encourage the new residents to live with Nature. The Rain Trees become the heart of our design, while all other garden elements are created to complement those trees.

▼中心庭院，main garden

项目说明 Project Narrative:

Quattro是一个服务于曼谷上流社会的高端住宅项目。如果你环顾当今的曼谷环境，你很难在市区中找到裸露的土壤，大部分地面都被混凝土和柏油覆盖。市民的生活也随着城市面貌而发生着变化。遥想过去，人们住在城外的小房子里，有自己的院子，每日为工作通勤于市区间。而今时不同往日，为了适应生活的快节奏，泰国新一代年轻人选择了搬离家乡，移居到了城市的高楼大厦中。以往的平房被认为是过时的，高楼大厦才是主流选择。如今的我们基本上都生活在码放整齐的城市“盒子”里。无论是30平米的蜗居还是更大的豪宅，但终究只是“盒子”。这些混凝土“盒子”一个挨一个地不停向上堆积，而能看到裸露土地的区域却越来越少。导致这样的居住模式与理想的“家”的面貌背道而驰。如果你让孩子们画出理想的“家”的样子，你一定会发现结果都是相似的，即，里面会有座房子，一个像花园的空间，一个可以钓鱼的池塘，等等。相比我们如今的实际居所，我们的确是拥有一套房子，但是花园和池塘早已不复存在。设计师表示，对于这种不尽如人意的现状，他们正试图去改变它。

Quattro is a High-end Residential Project in the up-scale area of Bangkok. Look at Bangkok now. You can hardly find soil in the city full of concrete and asphalt. Her people have changed their ways of living too. In the past, we may prefer to live in a small house, with small garden, outside the city areas, and commute in and out the city daily. Not anymore. To fit the present time’s fast life style, It is quite normal these days that younger generation of Thais are moving in town and choose to live in high-rise buildings, instead of their out of town homes. Horizontal Living is out. Vertical one is the thing to do. Basically now we live in a box. Stacked boxes, to be precise. Ranging from 30 sqm to larger ones, they are still boxes. Concrete boxes that are put on top of each other, instead of soil. This is far from the ideal “Home” that everyone has in his/her mind. If you ask kids to draw their ideal “Home”, you would surely see similarities between each drawing. It may have a house, a garden of some sort, a fish pond, etc. Compare that to the condominium boxes we are living in, we may still have a house, but a garden and a pond are gone. Well, that is not good, and we would like to change that.

▼主庭院中保留着既有的雨树，the Rain Trees are remained in the main garden

主花园Main Garden:

Quattro原址是一处带有大花园的住宅。当设计师第一次探访这个场地的时候，看到这些据说有40年历史的漂亮雨树，萌生的第一个想法就是“要不惜任何代价把它们保留下来”。本着这一信念，景观设计师和地产商，建筑师以及法律顾问密切交流合作，调整了两栋居住楼的位置，才使得这些雨树免遭砍伐。虽然其结果导致地产商减少了一些开发空间，但能使这些无价资产得以保留，着实令人欣慰。

The site of Quattro was an old house with a big garden. When we first visit the site, we saw beautiful rain trees, planted in the middle of the site for more than 40 years. Our first thought is that “we have to save those trees. No matter what it would take”. Working closely with the Owner, the architects and other legal consultants, we managed to locate 2 tall residential towers away from the Trees. By doing so, the Owner lost much of their selling space, but, instead, we can keep the price-less feature of the site, the Trees.

▼围绕中心水池设置的休息空间，the rest areas surround the pond

景观设计师的下一个目标是围绕着这些树来设计主庭院。他们计划将这片场地塑造成曼谷的中心绿洲。这一愿景从研究这些雨树就开始了，并一贯而终，最终收效颇丰。例如，由于树冠遮挡了部分阳光，营造出了林下舒适的小气候。这处林下空间自然也成为了一处景观中的“新凉亭”。为了减少树木球根对地面的影响，设计师避免了大面积种植，而是在不同区域设计了一些分散的小台地，在其上种植了鼠尾草，铺设了一些卵石，来营造微气候。基于同样的原因，主池塘也选择了远离树木的位置，并在四周设置了围墙，高于花园大约80cm，借以边缘景观设置和穿流而过的流水营造出了“白噪音”效果–即减弱外部交通噪音的影响。该设计的灵感来源于这个项目的名字，Quattro. 设计师将矩形组合形式运用到花园中，一些大矩形构成台地，而小矩形作为路径。一系列矩形石块被设计到亭子的墙体上，营造出半围合效果。主花园旨在表现乡村景观意象，以疏解新驻业主的思乡之情。花园中设有一开敞空间，除了保留的雨树，没有设置任何景观设施，成为了项目中罕见的做法。

Our next move is to locate the main garden around the trees. Here we planned to create an urban oasis in the middle of Bangkok. We started by studying the trees and all effects they made for the area around them.  For example, Sunlight is basically filtered through their tiny leaves, creating comfortable temperature for the space below. No doubt, the area below their big branches become our new seating Pavilions. In order to minimize any impact to the Trees’ root balls, we avoided large hardscape area. Instead, a series of terraces are added here and there, with soft scape, Mouse tail Plant (Phyllanthus Myrtifolius Moon), and small pebbles in between, creating microclimate effect. The main pool is also located away from the root balls. Placed by the boundary wall, and raised at approximately 80cm from the garden, the Infinity Edge and its over-flowing water creates “White Noise” effect, which also helps reducing the outside traffic noises greatly. Design-wise, the inspiration comes from the project’s name, Quattro (4). So we play with a combination of rectangular shapes, combining them into 3 dimensional garden compositions. Some bigger rectangles become terraces, while the smaller ones are used as stepping pathways. A series of rectangular stones is also used on the pavilions’ walls, creating semi-enclosed space for their users. Overall, the Main Garden is a memento of our new residents’ old out-of-town homes. A big open space with nothing in between the ground and the sky, except the Trees’ huge canopies. A rarity for this kind of project.

▼利用植物和水体降低庭院内的气温，营造庭院小气候，make microclimate by plants and water

两个屋顶花园 2 Roof Gardens :

两个屋顶花园设在两个塔楼的屋顶。在塔楼A的停车楼上方，设计师策略性地安排了一个水池。该设置不仅成为一处景观亮点，促进了楼盘销售；水体也很大程度上降低了楼板的温度。由于屋顶面积有限，设计师没有留出很大面积作绿化用，只是围绕着水池做了一些小型的花带，精选了两株素馨树栽植在上面。而素馨树的树冠延伸到水面之上，减少了建筑表面的阳光直射。

2 small gardens are also created on each of the towers. At Tower A, a Pool Terrace is strategically located on top of its parking structure. Not only that this pool helps selling the units, its water also greatly helps reducing heat for the lower floor units. Because of the roof’s small size, we do not have much green area left. Instead of creating small strips of plantings around the pool, we handpicked 2 special Frangipani trees, that extending over the water. Their shades also help reducing the glare that will be reflected into the surrounding units.

▼塔楼A顶层景观，the landscape of the top of Tower A

由于塔楼B近邻主花园，因此没有为其另设水池。而是设置了一个多功能聚会台地。利用和之前类似的做法降低楼板温度，该台地被分为两个铺装区域，中间由反光池分隔。曼谷的乡土树种是印度橡树和乒乓球树，设计师在这个台地上栽植了一些以营造场地微气候。尽管曼当地气候并不适于进行室外活动，但是这个场地却全天都很受欢迎。

Tower B is close to the Main Garden, so we do not need another pool here. Instead, we created a Party Terrace for multipurpose activities. Using similar idea to reduce heat, the Terrace is divided into 2 smaller hardscape areas, with reflecting pond in between. Bangkok’s local trees, Indian oak (Barringtonia acutangula) and Pong Pong Tree (Cerbera odollamGaertn.), are planted here to create microclimate effect to the Terrace. As the result, both Terraces can be used all day, despite Bangkok’s infamous heat.

▼塔楼B顶层景观，the landscape of the top of Tower B

尽管这个社区以年轻业主为主，但是亚洲居住文化不同于西方，三代人居住在一起的模式很普遍。这种情况在Quattro也一样。因此，一些人接来了父母与他们同住，也有一些人很快组建了自己的家庭。设计师表示，他们正是为了生活在这里的人们才精心塑造环境，为使他们能生活在一个有意义的场所里：一个人们愿意在那里休闲、放松的场所，一个能让老年人感觉舒适的场所，一个可以在那里和孩子共度美好时光的场所，一个可以服务三代人的城市绿洲。

Even though our new residents are younger generation of Thais, but, in Asia, our living culture is different from Western Families. It is quite usual to have 3 generations of family members in one household. At Quattro, it is the same. Some already brought in their parents, and some will have their own family soon. What we try to create for them here is not just any garden, but a special place. A place where they can spend the rest of their lives. A place where the elders can have their comfortable space. A place where one can raise his children. A true urban oasis for all 3 generations.

▼塔楼B顶层景观夜景，nightview of the landscape of the top of Tower B

▼景观陈设，the infrastructure in the garden

▼主庭院平面，plan of main garden

▼两个楼顶景观平面，plans of the two top gardens

Project Title: Quattro Location (City & State): Bangkok, Thailand Project Type: Residential Company Name: T.R.O.P: terrains+open space Client/Owner: Sansiri Photography credit: Wison Tungthunya Project Director :Pok Kobkongsanti Project Designer : Chonfun Atichat Project Team : Anuwit Cheewarattanaporn, Nattapong Raktai, Chatchawan Banjongsiri