在超过75年的时间里，温哥华滨水公园所在的场地一直作为工业区运作。和遍布美国各地的水道一样，工业切断了公众的通道并使前滩受到污染，阻断了河岸景观吸收洪水、提供丰富栖息地和运输沉积物的能力。该项目的客户和设计团队试图重新恢复支持栖息地存续的物理过程并治愈目前的损伤，使景观能够应对气候变化带来的威胁，从而将社区与它们的海滨重新连接起来。

For over 75 years, the Vancouver Waterfront Park site was a working industrial waterfront. Like waterways all across America, the industry cut off public access, contaminated the foreshore, and interrupted the riparian landscape’s ability to absorb floodwaters, provide rich habitats and transport sediment. The client and the design team sought to heal this harm and reconnect the community to their waterfront by restoring the physical processes that support habitat and adapt the landscape to climate change threats.

▼项目概览，overview © PWL Partnership

项目所在的场地被一条活跃的铁路线一分为二，这为重新连接市中心和滨水区的计划带来了障碍。在这一情况下，抬高铁路线，建立连接历史城区与河流的地下通道，成为了振兴该区域的一个有力选项。这一举措将带动文化层面的转变：通过改善步行环境和公共通道的可达性，原本用于工业的河道将被重新定义为归属于社区的、富有价值的开放空间。

An active rail line bisecting the site was a significant barrier in creating a connection between the downtown core and the waterfront. One of the most powerful choices to revitalize the area was elevating the rail line and building an underpass connecting the historic downtown to the river. This move generated a cultural shift, redefining the space from a working river to a valued open space belonging to the community through walkability and public access improvements.

▼场地位置示意，location map © PWL Partnership

▼场地平面图，site plan © PWL Partnership

该项目的形式、材料以及植物的选择均是出于对河流本身的敬畏之情：宏伟而连贯的步行长廊呼应了水的流动；铺地的图案和材料则反映了土地的历史和原住民文化的持续影响。

The project’s form, material and planting palette were all selected in reverence to the river. The pedestrian promenades’ sweeping forms gestures to water movement, while the paving patterns and material tell the story of the land and First People’s cultural influence.

▼公园与城市肌理融合，urban u’fabric integration © PWL Partnership