2012伦敦奥林匹克公园的生态种植设计

介绍了詹姆斯·希契莫夫(James Hitehmough)和奈杰尔·邓内特(Nigel Dunnett)教授为2012年伦敦奥林匹克公园设计和营造草本植物群落景观的相关工作.伦敦奥林匹克公园可能是奥运会发展至今最具可持续发展观的,这一理念在250hm2的绿地景观中得到了充分展示.场地种植设计的亮点,是营建生态结构合理的植物群落以最大尺度的实现稳定可持续性.形态和季相色彩丰富的绿地景观不仅为奥运会期间的游人服务,之后大部分的景观会得以保留,进而成为伦敦东部的一个新的地区公园.描述和讨论了公园和自然式的种植设计在当前追求更加持续稳定的城市环境设计中的实践和理论哲学地位.

Ecologically-based Planting Design at the 2012 London Olympics

This article describes the work of Professors James Hitchmough and Nigel Dunnett on developing the herbaceous plant communities at the 2012 London Olympic Park.The London Olympic Park is probably the most sustainable of any games to date,and this is particularly evident in the landscapes of the 250hm2 site.The overriding planting design philosophy for the site has been to use ecologically informed plant communities to maximize sustainability but which are designed to maximize drama and seasonal colour both for visitors to the park during the 2012 Games,but also in the longer term when much of the landscape is retained to form a major new regional park for the east end of London.The park and naturalistic planting design are described and discussed in the context of current practical and philosophical positions towards the design of more sustainable urban environments.