国立水族馆港湾湿地丨美国巴尔的摩丨Ayers Saint Gross 事务所

国立水族馆肩负着激励人们保护水生生物的宏伟使命。水族馆位于巴尔的摩内港的黄金地段，其目标是将其园区改造成Chesapeake湾的示范景观，因此与Ayers Saint Gross事务所合作，建造了一个可持续发展的高性能浮动湿地，以扩大其园区的栖息地。

The National Aquarium has an ambitious mission to inspire conservation of the world’s aquatic treasures. With a prime location in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor and a goal of transforming their campus into a Chesapeake Bay demonstration landscape, the aquarium worked with Ayers Saint Gross to produce a sustainable and high-performing floating wetland to expand habitat on their campus.

▼湿地鸟瞰,  Ariel view of the wetland ©Philip Smith, National Aquarium

▼湿地近景,  closer view of the wetland ©Philip Smith, National Aquarium

▼湿地人视,   wetland  pedestrian view ©Philip Smith, National Aquarium

▼对水资源的净化清洁,  promote healthy clean waters ©Philip Smith, National Aquarium

▼湿地细节,  wetland detail ©Philip Smith, National Aquarium

在国立水族馆园区的3号码头和4号码头之间，港湾湿地在2024年对公众免费开放。占地约10,000平方英尺的栖息地将让游客们身临其境地感受盐沼栖息地，就像几百年前的这片土地。

▼平面,  plan ©Ayers Saint Gross

Opening in 2024 between Piers 3 and 4, the Harbor Wetland will open to the public as a free exhibit on the National Aquarium campus. The 10,000 square foot habitat will allow visitors to immerse themselves in a salt marsh habitat like those that existed in this space hundreds of years ago.

▼湿地施工过程,  construction progress ©Philip Smith, National Aquarium

▼志愿者和保护员工种植植物,  Volunteers and Conservation Staff plant grass ©Philip Smith, National Aquarium

▼水族馆工作人员沿海港湿地分发牡蛎 ,  Aquarium staff distribute oysters along the Harbor Wetland ©Philip Smith, National Aquarium

港湾湿地项目起源于早先的滨水园区规划，同样由Ayers Saint Gross事务所完成。Ayers Saint Gross事务所与美国国立水族馆生物栖息地、McLaren工程集团和Kovacs、Whitney & Associates公司合作，设计了漂浮湿地的原型，延续了Studio Gang的EcoSlip概念。通过数年的学习和对原型的不断完善积累的知识成为了设计过程的基础，促进港湾湿地的全方位落地。

▼剖面,  section ©Ayers Saint Gross

The Harbor Wetland project was born out of an earlier Waterfront Campus Plan, also completed by Ayers Saint Gross. That project led to the design of a Floating Wetland Prototype, on which Ayers Saint Gross worked with the National Aquarium and Biohabitats, McLaren Engineering Group, and Kovacs, Whitney & Associates in continuation of Studio Gang’s EcoSlip concept. The knowledge gained from years of studying and refining the prototype became the basis for the design process of the implementation of the full-scale Harbor Wetland.

▼完成的壁画 ,  The completed mural at the Harbor Wetland Exhibit ©Philip Smith, National Aquarium

学习码头将成为内港新的都市锚点，吸引游客前来体验海港内的野生动物。除了作为社交空间外，湿地还种植了30,000多株草和灌木，并结合了水曝气技术。植物成熟后，该展区将成为绿色基础设施，维系健康清洁的水域，吸引本地生物，并为其提供各种栖息地，以支持强大的生态系统。

The learning dock will act as a new civic anchor in the Inner Harbor, drawing visitors in to experience the wildlife that fills the harbor. In addition to being a social space, the wetland utilizes over 30,000 grasses and shrubs combined with water aeration technology. Once the plants mature, the exhibit will act as green infrastructure to promote healthy clean waters, attract native species, and provide a variety of habitats to support a strong ecosystem.

▼志愿者及工作人员种植植被,  volunteer and staffs planting grasses ©Philip Smith, National Aquarium

该项目为国立水族馆提供了一个免费的户外展览区域，在这里公众可以学习关于港湾的一切。这一极具创新的设施确保这一投资将远远超过传统的浮动湿地，成为内港的地标。

The project provides a free outdoor exhibit in which the National Aquarium can educate the public and study the harbor. The innovative construction ensures that this investment will far outlast conventional floating wetlands and become a landmark in the Inner Harbor.

▼渲染图,  rendering ©Ayers Saint Gross

Location: Baltimore, MD

Size: 10,000 GSF

Completion: 2024

Services: Landscape Architecture