Parkdale广场

公司：	mbac	类型：	景观
地区：	加拿大	标签：	公共空间

Parkdale Plaza是位于纪念大道景观纪念区的新型公共空间。

Parkdale Plaza is a new public space on the Memorial Drive Landscape of Memory.

由Brian Tolle工作室创作的一座公共艺术雕塑，由Mount Peechee的按比例倒置剖面组成，Mount Peechee是Bow冰川的位置，也是Bow河水源。这座雕塑成为了广场的焦点。该雕塑取代了现有的雨水排放口，并吸引了两个层次的探索：第一个是作为更广泛的自然景观中的一个物体，第二个是雕塑内在地形中嵌入的意义。

A public art sculpture by Brian Tolle Studio – consisting of a scaled and inverted profile of Mount Peechee, the location of the Bow Glacier and the source of the water for the Bow River – provides the plaza’s focal point. The sculpture replaces an existing storm water outfall and invites two levels of discovery; the first being as an object in the broader natural landscape, the second being the meaning embedded in the inner topography of the sculpture.

当雨水流过Mount Peechee的倒置铸模时，它鼓励了路径和广场使用者参与形成一个在Bow River Valley和Bow冰川之间建立联系的过程，从而促进对流经此地的水的起源理解并充分利用河流景观。

As storm water flows though the inverted cast of Mount Peechee, it encourages the participation of pathway and plaza users in forming an intellectual link between the Bow River Valley and Bow Glacier, thereby fostering a collective understanding of the origins of the water that flows through this well-used river landscape.

Parkdale Plaza的构想是对艺术品所在位置的一种回应。在这个意义上，雕塑本身形成了其周围广场的背景。相反，广场旨在为艺术体验建立一个中立的背景。因此，它被设想为日常领域和崇高领域之间的交汇点，其中艺术作品提供了一种机制来理解我们与更广泛的自然景观的关系。作为纪念大道记忆景观的一个节点，该广场旨在成为一个休息和沉思的时刻，既与周围繁忙的大都市相连，又与之分离。

Parkdale Plaza is conceived of as a response to the location of the art piece – in this sense, the sculpture itself forms the context for the plaza surrounding it. Conversely, the plaza is intended to establish a neutral context for the experience of art. It is thus envisioned as a point of intersection between the realm of the everyday and the sublime, where the work of art provides a mechanism for understanding our relationship to the broader natural landscape. As a node along the Memorial Drive Landscape of Memory, the plaza is intended as a moment of repose and contemplation that is both connected to and set apart from the busy metropolis surrounding it.