HUB-Park+Ride Antwerp
이 지상주차장은 사람들이 앤트워프지역으로 들어오는 공공 광문이기도 하다. 다양한 사이트 수준에서 개인과 보다 집단적인 교통 모드간의 물리적 전환이 매우 중요하다. 그런 의미에서 이 지상주차장 건물은 말 그대로 앤트워프 시를 드나드는 모빌리티 스트림을 보다 지속 가능하고 집단적으로 만들기 위한 노력을 구현한다. 즉, 이러한 건물과 부대시설은 환승의 환경으로 이해될 수 있다. 공항, 기차역 및 지하철 노선과 같이 환승의 편안함, 가독성 및 안전성이 주요 역할을 한다.
이 건물에는 정면이 없다. 대신 콘크리트 기둥과 목재 빔이 있는 매우 깔끔한 하이브리드 구조가 강조된다. 중앙에 위치한 안뜰은 채광을 구조로 가져오고 다양한 교통 흐름의 방향을 지정하는 역할을 한다.
The City of Antwerp wants to give mobility a more sustainable place in the city and the wider region. The development of a number of Park + Ride buildings is a crucial part of this initiative. As well as improving mobility, the city also seeks to lend a face to the access point to the Antwerp area. Consequently, the Park + Ride buildings are also public gateways through which people enter the region.
The Park + Ride challenge involves various forms of transition, on different scales. These transcend the space of the Park + Ride in itself but do need to be reflected – afforded an identity – within it.
At the level of the various sites, the physical switchover between an individual (car) and the more collective traffic modes (tram, bus, and bike-share) are of crucial importance. In this sense, the Park + Ride building literally embodies the efforts to make the mobility streams that enter and exit the city of Antwerp more sustainable and collective. In other words, these buildings and the accompanying facilities can be understood as ‘transit’ environments; like airports, train stations, and metro lines, where the comfort, legibility, and safety of the transfer play a primary role.
These are the critical factors for ensuring that this transition is a success and that improving the sustainability of mobility is aligned with the needs of the traveler, visitor, or resident within the metropolitan network. The meticulous intersection of this network is the core specification for the Park + Ride facility.
Three Park + Ride buildings will be constructed: Luchtbal, Linkeroever, and Merksem. These provide room for 1,800, 1,500, and 680 parking spaces respectively, and represent a combined budget of c. €56,000,000.
The architecture of the buildings is dictated by their structure, and the way in which this encloses collective, green outside spaces.
There are no facades. Instead, the very neat, hybrid structure – with concrete columns and timber beams (for a more sustainable material use) – is emphasized. The centrally located patios bring daylight into the structures and serve to orientate the various traffic streams.
Photography by Jeroen Verrecht, Wouter De Ceuster
from archdaily