Gustafson Porter + Bowman: Parque Central公园的一期工程由 Gustafson Porter + Bowman 景观设计公司设计完成，这个面积约为 11.5 公顷的全新城市公园，以前曾是巴伦西亚市中心的一片铁路和工业用地。新公园为当地不同年龄人群和社区提供了一个全新的中心绿地，其艺术、活动空间和社区活动特色区域的设计引用到了西班牙城市的三个典型特征：水、食物和地中海景观。

Gustafson Porter + Bowman: Landscape architect Gustafson Porter + Bowman has completed the first phase of Parque Central, a new 11.5ha urban park formerly occupied by railway lines and industrial land in the centre of the city of Valencia. The first phase of Parque Central provides a new focal green space for a range of age groups and community uses and is characterised with areas for art, activities, and community events that refer to three quintessential characteristics of the Spanish city: water, food, and the Mediterranean landscape.

▼巴伦西亚及帕克中央公园鸟瞰 Aerial of Parque Central and wider Valencia

▼帕克中央公园北向鸟瞰 Parque Central Valencia looking north

新公园由一系列各不相同的多层次花园组成，而花园则由一系列的大“碗”构成——源自该地区传统陶瓷——通过重塑地形的方式表现为自然景观中的凹陷洼地。他们将公园划分为六个区域，并引导游客进入公园中心，这里的公园办公室建筑由农业建筑 (Alqueria) 改造而成。还有儿童花园，浪漫花园，鲜花花园，Orchard 花园和 Demetrio Ribes 艺术广场。

The new park consists of a series of varied, multi-level gardens that have been created as a series of large ‘bowls’ – inspired by the region’s traditional ceramics – manifesting itself as concave depressions in the natural landscape that are created through sculpted landforms. They define the six areas of the park and attract visitors to the heart of the park where a former agricultural building (Alquería) has been renovated to serve as the offices for the park. There is the Children’s Garden, the Romantic Garden, the Flower Garden, the Orchard Garden and the Demetrio Ribes Arts Plaza.

花园设计概念-- 相互连接的“碗”Series of interconnected bowls

▼11.5 公顷的中央公园一期平面 Phase 1 of Parque Central 11.5 hectares