蒙特利尔皇家山公园Escales découvertes改造

公司：	civiliti	类型：	景观
地区：	加拿大	标签：	公园绿地

“将一次令人愉快且引人入胜的体验融入环境。”评委会评论道。

"A delightful and engaging experience integrated gracefully into the environment" comments the jury.

蒙特利尔以其历史悠久的建筑和充满活力的城市生活而闻名，也因其在圣劳伦斯河上的独有风光和市中心的绵延的小山峰而闻名。众所周知，皇家山是蒙特利尔人常去的休闲胜地，长期以来吸引大量游客前往。

Montreal, celebrated for its historical architecture and its vibrant urban life, is also recognized for its unique setting on the St. Lawrence River and for its small, but highly emblematic, mountain rising from the downtown core. Mount Royal, as it is known, is a year-long destination for Montrealers and has always been a magnet for visitors.

Frederick Law Olmsted在19世纪将495英亩的土地改造成公园，是1850英亩领土的一部分，被指定为皇家山遗产地，包含三座山峰，五座墓地，两座大学校园和许多重要的历史建筑。与蒙特利尔老城区一样，该遗产地是该市最受保护的区域之一。

The 495-acre area transformed into a park in the 19th century by Frederick Law Olmsted is part of a larger and lesser-known 1850-acre territory, designated as the Mount-Royal Heritage Site. It encompasses three distinct summits, 5 cemeteries, 2 university campuses and significant historical buildings. Along with Old Montreal, this heritage site is one of the city’s most ‘protected’ sectors.

2017年，在举办第67届世博会50年后，蒙特利尔通过一系列城市干预措施来庆祝其375周年诞辰。这个名为Escales decouvertes（Discovery Halts）的项目是为皇家山遗址设计的，它与其他融入技术手段的纪念项目形成鲜明对比，项目是关于连接，发现和互动的，从一开始就谨慎而大胆，旨在为游客提供全新的体验，并更清楚地了解这座山的自然和历史特征。

In 2017, fifty years after hosting Expo 67, Montreal set out to celebrate its 375th anniversary with a series of urban interventions. This project called Escales decouvertes (Discovery Halts) was designed for the Mount Royal site and it stands in sharp contrast with other more technologically savvy commemorative projects. It is about connecting, discovering and interacting. Discreet yet audacious, it was intended from the start to provide visitors with an entirely new experience and a clearer understanding of the mountain’s natural and historical features.

▽平面图

与传统的线性小径、方向标牌或纪念标等导向设计不同，由Civiliti和Julie Margot设计组成的设计团队选择了一种开放式方法，使用大多数自然特征作为导向设计。根据该遗址的特殊遗产地位的特点，开发了一系列导向元素，并以花岗岩和青铜制造，安装在整个公园及其周边地区，旨在吸引游客对场地进行感官上更加直观的感受。在接受SEGD网站编辑的采访时，Civiliti的Peter Soland解释说：“人们将直接与这些标识对话，而不是被引导。出现在景观中的元素将是神秘的，并吸引人们前往查看。

Staying away from traditional wayfinding options, such as linear trails, directional signage or commemorative markings, the design team made up of civiliti and Julie Margot design opted instead for an open-ended approach using mostly natural features as wayfinding clues. A family of objects was developed in keeping with requirements deriving from the site’s special heritage status. Designed in granite and bronze, these were installed throughout the park and its immediate surroundings. They are meant to engage visitors in a sensorial and intuitive discovery of the site’s features. Interviewed by the SEGD website's editors, civiliti's Peter Soland explained: "We started talking about objects, rather than signage. Objects appearing in the landscape would be enigmatic and attract people to them."

团队创造了三种类型的景观标识：设计为定向装置的三维地图，用作景观中位置标记的矮圆锥形石头，以及大型观景台休息点。每幅地图都设置在花岗岩底座上，战略性地放置在十二个出入口。每张地图都清楚地标明了皇家山的三座不同山峰，这些山峰耸立在城市之上，还有三座建造的地标。它们共同为游客加深了对这座山的视觉和触觉理解。

Three types of objects were created: tridimensional maps designed as orientation devices, low conical stones serving as place-markers in the landscape, and larger belvedere-like halts. The bronze maps, each set on a granite base, were strategically placed at twelve access points. Each map clearly identifies Mount Royal’s three distinct summits, rising above the city grid, and three built landmarks. Together they provide visitors with a visual and tactile understanding of the mountain’s geographical identity.

▽定向装置三维地图

大小不一的圆锥形地标三两成组，有些像垫脚石一样小，有些大到可以坐下或靠在上面。刻在石身上的铭文，为这座山的历史遗迹和自然景点的更亲密特征提供了线索，例如著名的岩层，草原，现已掩埋的河流的痕迹或消失的雪道滑坡。项目最初规划放置25个花岗岩锥体地标。

The conical place-markers, clustered in groups of two or three, vary in size, some as small as stepping-stones, others large enough to sit or lean on. With their bronze inscriptions, they provide clues to the more intimate characteristics of the mountain’s historical and natural features such as notable rock formations, prairies, the trace of a now-buried river or a vanished ski slope. Twenty-five of these granite cones clusters were initially planned for the project.

▽石身上刻有铭文

▽锥体地标模型

公园景观的最后一部分由十个观景台状休息点组成。每个都锚定在地面上或从悬崖上突出。由花岗岩打造，其中包含刻着蒙特利尔诗人专门为该地点写的诗句。这些观景台有的呈曲线形，有的棱角分明，但统一带有内置座椅，它们被摆放在风景优美的观赏点，享有皇家山内部最迷人的景色。

The last segment of this family of objects consists in a series of ten landscaped belvedere-like halts. Each one is either anchored in the ground or projecting from a cliff. It is also defined by a granite border featuring a verse written specifically for the location by an assigned Montreal poet. The halts, at times curvilinear, at times angular, all with built-in seating, are located in strategic locations with privileged views of Mount Royal’s interior landscapes.

“这些导向标与导语的出现并不刻意。”评委会评论道。

"Wayfinding and interpretation suggested without imposing" comments the jury.

这些导向标的位置设置均来自严格的场地和景观分析，其中包括四季摄影调查。每个拟议的地点都提交给了由各利益攸关方组成的委员会。设计师还要确保这些标识在整个场地中的协调性，以确保充分欣赏这座山。在SEGD网站采访中，该项目的首席视觉设计师Julie Margot解释了这个设计概念是如何演变的：“我们希望摆脱'方向'和'指导'等词汇的限制，鼓励创造不同空间和地点的直观体验。

Locations for each intervention derived from rigorous site and landscape analyses, which included four-season photographic surveys. Each of the proposed sites was submitted to a committee composed of various stakeholders. An additional challenge consisted in making sure the objects were positioned throughout the entire site to ensure full appreciation of the mountain. In the SEGD website interview, Julie Margot, the project's lead visual designer, explains how the concept evolved: "We wanted to move away from ‘direction’ and ‘directing’ and encourage an intuitive experience of the different spaces and places."