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Nelson Byrd WoltzLandscape Architects：占地 100 英亩的陆桥与草原项目位于纪念公园的中心地带，是美国目前正在规划或建设的同类项目中规模最大、最宏伟的项目之一。
Nelson Byrd WoltzLandscape Architects：Located in the heart of Memorial Park, the 100-acre Land Bridge & Prairie project is one of the largest and most ambitious projects of its type currently in planning or construction in the country.
纪念公园占地 1464 英亩，是美国最大的城市公园之一，也是休斯顿最大的荒野区域。1955 年，六车道的纪念大道建成；它将公园一分为二，使行人难以穿越公园，甚至无法穿越公园，降低了公园的生态弹性，破坏了数十种生物的栖息地和迁徙路径。67 年后，“陆桥与草原”项目正在建设之中，以重新连接和修补被分割的公园。
Memorial Park is a 1,464-acre park – one of the largest urban parks in the United States and Houston’s largest wilderness area. In 1955, the six-lane Memorial Drive was built; it dissected the park into two parts and made it difficult, if not impossible, for pedestrians to traverse the park, made the park less ecologically resilient, and disrupted habitat and migration for dozens of species. Now, 67 years later, the Land Bridge & Prairie project is under construction to reconnect and mend the divided park.
陆桥与草原的设计体现了 2015 年纪念公园总体规划中提出的许多指导理念，该规划由 Nelson Byrd Woltz 景观设计事务所提出，3000 多名休斯顿市民参与了规划的制定。陆桥与草原是“十年规划”的重要组成部分，它加快了总体规划中重要项目的开发，并计划于 2022 年 12 月向公众开放（项目最终于 2023 年 2 月正式开放）。
The Land Bridge & Prairie design embodies many of the guiding values set forth by the 2015 Memorial Park Master Plan, created by Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects and informed by more than 3,000 Houstonians who contributed to its development. The Land Bridge & Prairie is a key component of the Ten-Year Plan that accelerates the development of significant projects within the Master Plan and will open to the public in December 2022.
一个新的标志性目的地 A New Iconic Destination
陆桥与草原项目和纪念公园本身位于美国种族最多样化的大都会区的中心，这里拥有繁荣的医疗保健和研究经济，也是生态生物多样性的地区热点。陆桥与草原位于主要城市公园的中心地带，在墨西哥湾沿岸丰富的文化和生态环境中创造了一个新的公共使用空间，并将提供丰富多彩的愉悦体验，增强纪念公园的城市荒野特色，同时为所有休斯顿人提供主动和被动娱乐的机会。家庭、学生、游客和自然爱好者将能够更多地了解本地生态，精心规划的小径将满足多层次的娱乐需求，从适合在草原上悠闲漫步的蜿蜒小径，到适合跑步者和骑行者进行剧烈间歇运动的山路和坡路。在陆桥的顶端，休斯顿市中心和上城区天际线的新制高点将为日出冥想、傍晚观星和特别活动提供一个标志性的聚会场所。
The Land Bridge & Prairie project and Memorial Park itself are at the center of the most ethnically diverse metropolitan area in the U.S., with a robust healthcare and research economy and a regional hotspot for ecological biodiversity. Situated in the heart of a major urban park, the Land Bridge & Prairie creates a new public use space within the rich cultural and ecological Gulf Coast context and will offer varied and enjoyable experiences that enhance the urban wilderness character of Memorial Park while providing opportunities for active and passive recreation for all Houstonians. Families, students, tourists, and nature enthusiasts will be able to learn more about the native ecologies, and carefully planned trails will accommodate multiple levels of recreational pursuit, from winding paths for leisurely strolls along the Prairie to hills and scrambles for rigorous interval work by runners and cyclists. New vantage points of the downtown and uptown Houston skylines on top of the Land Bridge will provide an iconic gathering place for sunrise meditation, evening stargazing, and special events.
生态恢复与沿海草原 Ecological Restoration and the Coastal Prairie
沿海草原是北美最濒危的生态系统之一，其历史分布范围目前仅剩不到 1%。陆桥与草原项目将在纪念公园中心打造超过 45 英亩的沿海草原，帮助加强周围的生态环境，并为休斯顿人提供一个身临其境的机会，体验和欣赏这一重要的本地生态环境。该草原将成为众多重要和濒危动植物物种的家园，并为候鸟和昆虫提供必要的食物和栖息地。也将为后代累积生态效益。陆桥和草原的设计可以抵御暴风雨，处理雨水，同时为人类和动物提供一个健康的环境。这里的土壤和 200 多种本地树木、灌木以及深根沿海草原植物均经过精心挑选，它们都具有很强的抗灾能力，能够在经过仔细校准的渠道和湿地中减缓和储存雨水。这种土壤深层恢复的生态将固存大气中的碳，提供更清洁的空气，并改善动物和昆虫的栖息地。
The Coastal Prairie is one of the most endangered ecosystems in North America, with less than 1% of its historic range remaining today. The Land Bridge & Prairie project will create over 45 acres of Coastal Prairie in the center of Memorial Park, helping to strengthen the surrounding ecologies and bring Houstonians an immersive opportunity to experience and appreciate this critical native ecology. The Prairie will be home to numerous significant and endangered species of flora and fauna and will provide essential food and shelter for migratory birds and insects. It will provide cumulative benefits for generations. The Land Bridge and Prairie is designed to withstand storms and process stormwater while providing a healthy environment for people and animals. Soils and over 200 native species of trees, shrubs, and deep-rooted Coastal Prairie plants have been selected for resiliency and their ability to slow and store stormwater in carefully calibrated channels and wetlands. This soil-deep rehabilitated ecology will sequester atmospheric carbon, provide cleaner air, and improve animal and insect habitat.
弥补鸿沟 Mending the Divide
陆桥本身在纪念大道上建立了两个动态连接，将纪念公园的南北两侧重新连接在一起，同时扩展了现有的步道系统网络，增强了整个公园的连通性。纪念大道的路面上并排修建了两条巨大的隧道，分别长 400 英尺和 560 英尺。2022 年初，纪念大道转向了新的路线，现在，车辆交通已经从隧道中通过。在修建路桥的过程中，超过 50 万立方码的土壤是从其他公园场地（如挖掘附近东部沼泽地的海因斯湖）以及陆桥与草原项目范围内采集和预留的，用于覆盖隧道和建造陆桥土丘。竣工后，这片新公园将是“绿色”战胜“灰色”的象征，弥合了因修建纪念大道而造成的鸿沟。
The Land Bridge itself creates two dynamic connections over Memorial Drive that reunite the north and south sides of Memorial Park while expanding the existing network of trail systems and providing increased connectivity throughout. Two massive tunnels – measuring 400 and 560 feet long – have been built side by side over the Memorial Drive roadway. In early 2022, Memorial Drive shifted into a new alignment, and traffic now flows through the tunnels. Over half a million cubic yards of soils were harvested and reserved from other park sites, such as the excavation of Hines Lake at the nearby Eastern Glades, and from within the Land Bridge & Prairie project boundary and were used to cover the tunnels and create the mounds of the Land Bridge. When completed, this new parkland will symbolize the triumph of “green” over “gray,” healing the divide created by the construction of Memorial Drive.
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创新与韧性 Innovation and Resiliency
陆桥与草原的工程设计和施工需要跨学科的广泛协调，包括景观设计师、土木工程师、结构工程师、科学家、河流地貌学家、草原专家和生物学家等。这是德克萨斯州最大的陆桥，与美国其他同类项目不同的是，该项目涵盖了一个重要的水文组成部分。建造的河床集雨水管理和水质处理于一体，同时也是一座“栖息地”桥梁，将纪念大道六车道上的动植物连接起来。该项目也与其他大多数陆地桥梁一样，不仅仅是一个物理连接点；它还是一个联系的纽带，在这个纽带上，复杂而多面的系统–包括人类系统和自然系统–已被整体构想为更伟大愿景的一部分。
The engineering and construction of the Land Bridge and Prairie required an extensive coordination effort across disciplines: landscape architects, civil engineers, structural engineers, scientists, fluvial geomorphologists, prairie experts, and biologists. It is the largest land bridge in Texas and, unlike others of its kind in the US, the project includes an important hydrological component. A constructed stream bed integrates stormwater management and water quality treatment, as well as functioning as a “habitat” bridge, connecting both flora and fauna over and under the six lanes of Memorial Drive. The project is not just a physical link like most other land bridges; it’s a nexus where complex and multifaceted systems – both human and natural – have been holistically conceived as part of a greater vision.
Project name: Memorial Park Land Bridge & Prairie
Project location: Houston, Texas, USA
Opening date: February 2023
Design firm: Nelson Byrd WoltzLandscape Architects
Company website: https://www.nbwla.com/
Clients/Consultants: Memorial Park Conservancy, Kinder Foundation, Uptown Houston, Houston Department of Parks and Recreation, The Nature Conservancy
Partner/Consultant: Walter P Moore, Freese and Nichols, Gandy² Lighting Design, Olsson, METALAB, Tellepsen Builders, Berg-Oliver Associates, Gunda Corporation, Texas Project Administration Services, James Pole Irrigation Consultants, Wildlife Habitat Federation, Hunt and Hunt Hunt Engineering Corp., Minor Design
项目名称：Memorial Park Land Bridge & Prairie
项目地点：美国 得克萨斯州 休斯顿
开放时间：2023 年 2 月
设计公司：Nelson Byrd WoltzLandscape Architects
公司网址：https://www.nbwla.com/
客户/顾问：Memorial Park Conservancy、Kinder Foundation、Uptown Houston、Houston Department of Parks and Recreation、The Nature Conservancy
合作者/顾问：Walter P Moore、Freese and Nichols、Gandy² Lighting Design、Olsson、METALAB、Tellepsen Builders、Berg-Oliver Associates、Gunda Corporation、Texas Project Administration Services、James Pole Irrigation Consultants、Wildlife Habitat Federation、Hunt and Hunt Engineering Corp、Minor Design
“ 陆桥和草原项目共同构成了一个整体的绿色基础设施，将建立更具弹性的生态，为公园使用者提供安全的通道，重新连接野生动物走廊，并有助于雨水管理，为城市造福。”
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