2023 ASLA ANALYSIS AND PLANNING AWARD OF EXCELLENCE: The Franklin Park Action Plan by Reed Hilderbrand LLC with Agency Landscape and Planning and MASS Design

“该项目认识并发掘出富兰克林公园的最大价值与潜力，即，人民、景观，以及历史，设计旨在尊重和保护公园对邻近社区的价值，同时使公园重新焕发活力。这个经过深思熟虑的计划尊重了公园的设计遗产，同时在不对原公园设施进行改造的情况下吸引并扩展了用户群体。此外，该设计还更新了公园内的生态系统，并为邻近社区与公园之间寻找到了独特的兼容方式，进一步满足了人们的需求。设计将自然系统的整合和对气候变化的适应纳入到考虑之中，彰显了对自然与人文的尊重。”
– 2023年评审委员会

“The applicant recognized and embraced the park’s greatest resources: its people, landscape, and history, to develop a plan that rejuvenates the park while respecting and protecting its value to adjacent communities. This thoughtful plan honors the park’s design heritage while engaging and expanding its users without reinvention. The design renews ecological systems and heightens the unique ways adjacent communities have adapted the park to meet their needs. It also represents a respectful intervention considering the integration of natural systems and adaptation to climate change.”
– 2023 Awards Jury

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The Franklin Park Action Plan by Reed Hilderbrand LLC with Agency Landscape and Planning and MASS Design

项目陈述
PROJECT STATEMENT

富兰克林公园堪称波士顿最多样化的社区娱乐、聚会和探索自然的场所，并且长期以来一直受到当地人们的喜爱。该行动计划源于“想象波士顿2030计划”，其基础是对公园的历史结构、生态系统以及当代用户群体的平等尊重，以回馈那些在多年的撤资环境中任然对公园不离不弃、持续管理着这里的人们。设计关注公平性、生态恢复力、气候变化和文化意义等问题，具有前瞻性和远见，但以实际和面向行动的建议为基础。项目中所提出的提倡均经过了深思熟虑的思考，在社区的推动下改进实施，进而为其争取到了与其他设施同等的投资，以让这座珍贵的公共公园能够继续运营下去，并为人们带来更好的体验。

Franklin Park has long been a beloved center of recreation, gathering, and discovery for Boston’s most diverse communities. Emerging from the Imagine Boston 2030 Plan, the Action Plan is founded on equal respect for the park’s historic fabric, ecological systems, and the strong community of contemporary users who have stewarded it through years of disinvestment. Focused on issues of equity, ecological resilience, climate change, and cultural significance, its aspirations are forward-looking and visionary, but based in practical and action-oriented recommendations. It advocates for thoughtfully guided, community-driven improvements implemented through equitable investment to enable this treasured park to do what it does now, only better.

▲Peabody圆环：在公园边缘创造出欢迎所有人的灵活场所；设计改变了以汽车在公园周边的主导地位，以重新规划的道路网络扩展了公园空间，为社区提供了灵活的活动空间，并提升了步行游客的体验，Peabody Circle: Make a Place at the Edge to Welcome All: Dominated by vehicles today, reconfigured circulation expands park space, provides flexible community use, and elevates pedestrian visitor experience © Design Team, Google Street View, Swarthmore, Millicent Harvey, MapQuest, Boston Voyager

项目说明
PROJECT NARRATIVE

富兰克林公园由美国景观设计学奠基人Frederick Law Olmsted设计规划，旨在以广阔的新英格兰风格景观，欢迎所有人来此娱乐休闲，让身处城市中的人们也能享受到自然带来的益处。渐进式的改造使公园逐渐远离了最初的设计。不断更迭的新租户与汽车交通将公园分割成碎片，让人们难以进入，公园中的漫步体验也变得十分不理想。多年的延期维护已经使公园的物理结构和生态系统严重衰退，其周边充满文化融合性的社区也没有得到应在城市中得到的公共服务，因此，这些周边社区成为了富兰克林公园改善计划最有力的倡导者和管理者。

在成功获得2800万美元的城市资金和维护基金后，波士顿公园和娱乐部门聘请设计团队制定了富兰克林公园行动计划，该计划也是30年来这座波士顿最大公园的首个综合改善计划。在具有广泛专业知识的多学科顾问的支持下，团队一致认为，更新公园需要围绕以下方面进行，包括：尊重其设计遗产，吸引并扩大用户群体，更新公园内的生态系统，并使其与周围社区重新联系在一起。

该行动计划并不旨在重塑公园，通过包装或商业项目来改变公园的设计，特点，或初衷。相反，它参考了邻近社区一直以来对于该公园的运营与管理方式，以满足当地使用者的需求，并迎合当今人们在城市中的生活方式。设计切合实际，面向行动，以改善社会和生态健康为重点展开。

设计旨在使公园回归到Olmsted最初的设计初衷，同时保留公园的演变痕迹，迎合当前使用者的需求，将人们与自然之力联系起来，以开放空间鼓励户外娱乐，达到改善人们日常生活，改善公共卫生，支持公民话语权的目的。团队实施了一种分层式的社区参与方法，以触达公园周围的所有社区，强调人们的参与在项目中的重要性，从当地人们的口中充分了解到公园的前世今生，并与当地社区团体保持紧密的合作。

即使是在疫情期间，包括讲习班、社区会议、走访调查、快闪式活动和社区拉票在内的外联工作都是以七种语言进行的。通过项目网站、电子邮件、社交媒体，以及公园信息栏进行的宣传活动提高了人们对这一过程的认知，并进一步鼓励了公民参与，这些举措收获了良好的成效，触达的个人及单位高达26000之多。数据分析与持续的公众参与同步进行，旨在从多样与广泛的反馈中提取出具有代表性的意见。在对广泛的参与、投票，以及对公园历史、社区和土地的深入分析后，项目团队为公园的更新管理和持续发展提出了五项主要建议:

1、激活公园边缘，使其与周边社区建立联系；2、梳理出明确的交通流线；3、增强公园吸引力，使其成为社交目的地；4、将碎片化的公园统一起来；5、塑造公园弹性，使其能够拥抱改变

实施重点包括反对粗暴的改造拆除、为公园争取与其他设施平等的采购权，综合治理、定制符合社区情况的资助策略。该计划强调持续的社区参与、保持与项目各方合作伙伴之间的紧密关系，注重后期运营和管理，并依赖于新的城市工作组之间的有效协调，以确保公园能够实现更长远的发展目标并支持计划中提出的优先事项的具体实施。

▲保护、提升、创造：公园遗产的演变；富兰克林公园是当地重要的、受人喜爱的文化和娱乐资源，几十年来公园的管理由周边的社区承担，Protect, Enhance, Create: Evolving the Park’s Legacy: Franklin Park is a critical and beloved cultural and recreation resource for the surrounding neighborhoods, which have stewarded it over many decades © Sahar Coston-Hardy, Casey Preston/White Birch Media, Design Team, Franklin Park Coalition

▲回顾历史，展望未来：公园DNA；虽然Olmsted原始设计的一些方面已经消失，但关键元素仍然存在，并继续以重要的方式构建着公园的使用方式和游览体验，Looking Back to Look Forward: Park DNA: Aspects of Olmsted’s original design have disappeared, but key elements remain and continue to structure park use and experience in important ways © Design Team, Missy Harvey, United States Department of the Interior

▲股权投资：作为重要的文化和公共卫生资源，尽管投资大幅减少，但富兰克林公园仍持续在其周边社区的公共卫生和福祉中发挥着关键作用，Investment as Equity: Franklin Park as a Critical Cultural & Public Health Resource: Despite significant disinvestment, the park continues to play a critical role in the public health and well-being of its neighbors © Design Team; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Boston Area Researh Initiative

▲触达并欢迎所有人：社区的广泛参与；分层式的外联方法使团队能够通过面对面和数字手段与26,000多位邻居和数百个组织进行交流，Reach Out, Welcome All: Engaging Diverse Communities: A layered outreach approach allowed the team to engage over 26,000 neighbors and hundreds of organizations through in-person and digital means © Design Team

▲五大理念：建议总览；结合反馈分析以及社区优先事项，设计团队提出了五个“大想法”，这些想法指导了详细计划建议的发展，The Five Big Ideas: Recommendations Overview: Team analysis and community priorities informed five ‘Big Ideas’ that structured the development of detailed plan recommendations © Design Team

▲第一“大想法”：激活公园边缘，使其与周边社区建立联系；从公园内部到面对的社区，场地边缘的改善计划加强了公园与社区的联系，保证了公共安全，同时保持了公园的历史身份；Big Idea #1: Make Connections & Activate Edges: From inside the park to the facing neighborhood, edge recommendations improve connections and safety while maintaining the park’s historic identity © Design Team, Sahar Coston-Hardy

▲第二“大想法”：梳理出明确的交通流线；改善停车场和车辆交通线路、建设多模式交通与步道网络，以增强公园的可达性，为其赋予宁静的环境氛围，Big Idea #2: Clarify Movement: Improved parking and vehicular, multi-modal, and trail circulation promotes equitable access to park destinations and quiet moments alike © Design Team, Sahar Coston-Hardy

▲环路：恢复原始设计中的多模式路径；在Olmsted的原始设计中，公园内采用了两条主要环路以及多模式的交通网络。这些策略的恢复有助于重塑安全和包容的出行系统，The Circuit Loop: Restore a Multi-Modal Path: The original circulation used two park loops and separated modes of travel. Their restoration establishes safe and inclusive multimodal movement © Design Team, Google Street View

▲第三“大想法”：增强公园吸引力，使其成为社交目的地；在对深受喜爱的活动中心进行更新，并为公园增添经过深思熟虑的扩展项目后，如今的公园能够满足各种聚会规模的需求，Big Idea #3: Amplify Magnet Destinations: Renewing much-loved centers of activity and thoughtfully expanding programs ensures that all sides of the park fully serve gatherings large and small © Design Team, Sahar Coston-Hardy

▲Playstead游戏与运动场：保证人们休闲娱乐的权益；Playstead游戏与运动场将作为娱乐，表演和聚会空间，增强公园的耐用性和弹性，更好地支持多种活动，The Playstead: Protect the Right to Recreate: Recreation, performance, and gathering space with enhanced durability and resilience enable The Playstead to better support its many activities © Design Team, Google Street View

▲熊穴：对历史遗迹进行再想象，并为其赋予灵活的使用模式；历史遗迹为公园增添了特色和魅力，因此，设计团队提议对这些遗迹进行加固、修复，并赋予新的用途，The Bear Dens: Reimagine Historic Ruins & Design for Flexible Use; Historic ruins contribute to park character and charm; recommendations for their future include stabilization, restoration, and imaging new uses © Design Team, Historic New England, Leslie Jones

▲第四“大想法”：将碎片化的公园统一起来；对公园八个生态区进行的生态恢复和管理，有效地增加了公园的气候适应能力，并巩固了当地宝贵的公共卫生资源，Big Idea #4: Unify the Park: Restoration and management of the park’s eight ecological zones increases climate resilience, and stabilizes an invaluable public health resource © Design Team, Missy Harvey, City of Boston

▲Ellicottdale：增加林地边缘的多样性；林地和开放区域之间的过渡带能够减缓雨水径流，提供生态栖息地，增强物种多样性，并提供季节性美景，Ellicottdale: Increase Diversity at Woodland Edges: Transitions between woodland and open areas are used to slow stormwater and provide habitat, species diversity, and seasonal beauty © Design Team, Strictly Medicinal, Yvonne L. Bordelon, University of New Hampshire

▲雨水的重新定向、收集与清洁：加强公园内的水系统；通过引入软基础设施和适当大小的管道排水系统，将雨水引向修复后的池塘，进而达到改善水质以及预防城市洪水的效果，Redirect, Collect & Clean: Strengthen Water Systems: Introducing soft infrastructure and right-sizing piped drainage improve water quality and urban flooding as stormwater moves towards a restored pond © Design Team, Missy Harvey

▲第五“大想法”：塑造公园弹性，使其能够拥抱改变；新的公园管理组织将监督并维护公园与城市和社区合作伙伴的关系，以确保改善策略能够公平和有效地实施，Big Idea #5: Build Capacity & Enable Change: A new park administrator will oversee and maintain relationships with city and community partners to ensure equitable and responsible implementation © Design Team

PROJECT NARRATIVE

Background Frederick Law Olmsted’s plan for Franklin Park conceived of an expansive New England landscape where all were welcome to enjoy the benefits of recreation and experience nature within the city. Incremental changes have obscured this design. New leaseholders and car traffic split the park into pieces, making it hard to get to, move through, and experience. While years of deferred maintenance have left the park’s physical fabric and ecological systems in severe decline, its neighbors — a rich convergence of cultures also underserved by their city — have become its strongest advocates and stewards.

Intent With $28 million in City funding and a maintenance endowment in place, the Boston Parks and Recreation Department engaged the design team in the creation of the Franklin Park Action Plan—the first comprehensive plan for Boston’s largest park in nearly 30 years. Supported by multidisciplinary consultants with wide-ranging specializations, the team united around an understanding that renewing the park requires honoring its design heritage, engaging and expanding its users, renewing its ecological systems, and reconnecting with surrounding communities.

The Action Plan does not seek to reinvent the park by packing it with revenue-driven program or to transform its design, character, or original intention. Instead, it embraces the ways adjacent communities have adopted and adapted the park to meet their needs and the way people live in cities today. Recommendations are practical and action oriented, focusing on improving social and ecological health.

The Plan promotes a return to Olmsted’s original principals without displacement of its evolved significance and current users — linking people to the power of natural phenomena and cultivating access to open space and outdoor recreation, both in the belief that they enhance our daily lives, improve public health, and promote civic discourse. Engagement & Design Process The team implemented a layered approach to community engagement to reach all of the park’s neighborhoods and emphasized the practices of meeting people where they are, uncovering rich information about the park’s past and present, and working with local community groups.

Outreach methods were deployed in seven languages, including workshops, neighborhood meetings, surveys, pop-up events, and neighborhood canvassing, even amid the challenges of the pandemic. Campaigns via a project website, email blasts, social media, and park signs bolstered awareness of the process and encouraged participation, resulting in over 26,000 touchpoints. Ongoing participation data was analyzed to prioritize broad and diverse representation. The extensive engagement inputs and the team’s deep analysis of the park’s history, communities, and land has shaped five primary recommendations for the park’s renewed stewardship and continued evolution:

Make Connections & Activate Edges Clarify Movement Amplify Magnet Destinations Unify the Park Build Capacity & Enable Change

Implementation priorities include anti-displacement, equitable procurement, governance, and funding strategies aligned with the community context. The Plan emphasizes continued community engagement, strengthened partnerships, civic stewardship, and relies on effective coordination amongst a new City Task Force to ensure broader goals and initiatives support plan priorities.

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