【時報訊】聖路易著名地標拱門將在五年內呈現新風貌，全世界49家建築設計公司參與競賽之拱門重新設計比賽，日前揭曉，哈佛大學設計研究所教授Michael R. Van Valkenburgh主持之景觀建築公司雀屏中選，將在一個為期五年、整個拱門所在區佛弗森國家紀念公園重建計劃中改變拱門風貌。這位教授得知中選後表示，這是一項極大的榮譽，也可能將是他一生中最重要的一項設計。
聖路易人可以開始興奮的期待一個新的拱門風貌。
GSD Professor's Firm To Redesign Area Around Gateway Arch
The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Mo. will soon be getting an update courtesy of a team led by Harvard Graduate School of Design Professor Michael R. Van Valkenburgh. Van Valkenburgh's landscape architecture firm, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, was selected from a pool of 49 international architecture firms to redesign the area around the Arch-also known as the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial-as part of a five-year plan to renew the monument's surroundings and connect St. Louis to East St. Louis, which is on the other side of the Mississippi River in Ill. He said his latest project could serve as an example of how eco-urbanism can transform cities. "It's an amazing honor," he said. "I can only imagine it will be the project of my lifetime." |
