The Luchtsingel by ZUS

“基于‘永久的瞬间’理念，‘卢克辛格尔’的设计引入了诠释城市的新方式，它以城市的发展特征和现有的形式为出发点，因此我们正在为设计、融资和规划发展新的思路方法”，ZUS的合伙人Elma van Boxel这么说道。

‘Based on the idea of Permanent Temporality, the Luchtsingel introduces a new way of making city. This means using the city’s evolutionary character and existing forms as a starting point. Therefore, we have developed new instruments for design, financing, and planning’, says Elma van Boxel, partner at ZUS.

2011年政府取消了鹿特丹中央区的一项开发计划，导致该地区出现了许多空置的办公空间，设计师利用前办公楼开发了一个城市实验室，该实验室目前是年轻企业家的重要孵化器。它拥有底层商店、酒吧、厨房餐厅、信息中心以及名为达克克的屋顶，这是欧洲第一个城市农业屋顶，是可持续发展的雏形。

When, in 2011, it was announced that a planned office development in Rotterdam Central District had been cancelled, leaving many existing office spaces vacant as a result, ZUS decided to take matters into their own hands. They used a former office building, the Schieblock, to develop a city laboratory, which currently acts as an important incubator for young entrepreneurs. With its ground-floor store, bar, culinary workshop, information centre, and its rooftop field called the Dakakker, Europe’s first urban farming roof, it has become a prototype for sustainable development.

通过增加行人的可达性，这座400米长的桥可以确保不同场所能够发挥相互间的协同作用。如今，从车站向北走，再经过庞贝堡到劳伦斯夸蒂尔是很平常的，这些独特的联系使该地区在鹿特丹的城市结构中具有独特的地位。

By simply increasing accessibility for pedestrians, the 400-meter-long bridge will ensure synergy between the various sites. It is now the norm to walk from the Station Quarter to the North, and to the Laurenskwartier via Pompenburg. These distinctive connections give the area a unique position in Rotterdam’s urban fabric.