2023 ASLA ANALYSIS AND PLANNING AWARD OF HONOR: The Chattahoochee RiverLands by SCAPE

“评委会对这个美国拥有最拥挤的地铁线路的区域之一印象深刻。这个雄心勃勃的计划，旨在以一条长达125英里的绿道连接周围的100万居民。这个富有远见的规划方案展示出兼顾宏观和微观的方法，并以强大的社区驱动力为基础，注重公众的参与与普及。生态保护和环境正义是该项目愿景的核心，设计旨在强调公平性，并将西亚特兰大的不同部分与河流连接起来。此外，项目中还提出了一系列吸引定居以及创造劳动机会的策略，以空间与形式的表达，创造出富有创造性与连续性的场景。汇报展览与图像类叙述展示了设计团队对于场地的充分了解与提出的改进策略。公众的积极参与证明了社区对Chattahoochee地区这种改善的渴望。总体来说，该项目展示出了一个令人印象深刻的未来，方案中提出的战略将有能力改变当地人们的生活。”
– 2023年ASLA评审委员会评语

“The jury was impressed with the regional scope for one of the most congested metros in the country. To connect one million residents to a 125-mile greenway is ambitious. The visionary plan takes a careful macro and micro lens approach and is grounded in a strong community-driven foundation with care toward universal access. Conservation and environmental justice lie at the heart of the vision, as the plan aims to expand equitable access and connect disparate parts of West Atlanta to the river. The inclusion of anti-displacement strategies and workforce development opportunities is tremendous. The plan delivers creative and coherent place-making, spatial, and formal expressions. The exhibits and narrative show robust knowledge of the proposed site and improvements. The public engagement proves the community’s desire for such improvements in the Chattahoochee area. Overall, this is an impressive plan with tactical strategies that have the power to change lives.”
– 2023 Awards Jury

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The Chattahoochee RiverLands｜SCAPE

项目陈述
Project Statement

在50多年的基层规划基础上，长达125英里的Chattahoochee河地实现了将当地绿道、蓝道和开放空间编织成网络的世代愿景，将横跨亚特兰大地区的Chattahoochee河与100多万居民重新连接起来。经过两年多的开发，在290多个当地团体的100多次的会议参与下，本项目将Chattahoochee河地的开放空间连接成了一条连续的多功能步道，进而扩大了西亚特兰大社区的连通性，为曾经缺少与河流联系的社区带来了经济发展的机会。本项目目前已经吸引了超过1.69亿美元的投资，并激发了一系列州和联邦的政策举措。

Building on over 50 years of grassroots planning, the Chattahoochee RiverLands is a generational vision for a 125-mile greenway, blueway, and network of open spaces reconnecting over 1 million residents with the Chattahoochee River across the Metro Atlanta Region. Developed over two years and underpinned by a tremendous engagement effort encompassing over a hundred meetings with more than 290 local groups, the vision stitches together open spaces into an uninterrupted multi-modal trail—expanding connectivity and economic development opportunities in West Atlanta communities that have historically lacked access to the river. Already, the vision has spurred over $169 million in investment and inspired state and federal policy initiatives.

▲The Chattahoochee河地：在一代人的努力下，亚特兰大地区与Chattahoochee河重新连接在一起。基于数十年的河地规划，项目重塑了整个亚特兰大大都会地区与Chattahoochee河的关系，The Chattahoochee RiverLands: A Generational Effort to Reconnect the Metro Atlanta Region to the Chattahoochee River. Building on decades of planning, the RiverLands vision reconsiders the entire Metro Atlanta Region’s relationship with the Chattahoochee River. © SCAPE

项目说明
Project Narrative

Chattahoochee河地横跨亚特兰大地区，长达125英里，以连续的绿道、蓝道和开放空间网络实现了当地规划层面的世代愿景，河地绿道跨越了19个城镇和7个县，将100多万居民与Chattahoochee河重新连接起来。

2020年，区域规划机构一致通过了本项目提案，该提案建立在50多年的基层规划和环境倡导基础上，重新审视了20世纪70年代的政策，以大幅扩大河流通道和连通性，同时将生态恢复策略纳入其中。两年的规划过程涉及了广泛的公众参与，包括与290多个当地团体举行了100多次会议，会议形式包括：开放式讨论会、焦点小组会、驾车旅行以及被称为“河上漫步”的沉浸式现场讨论会。其中一次“河上漫步”是与国家公园管理局和当地一家青少年行为健康中心合作进行的漂流之旅；此外，设计团队还与一系列为身体和精神残疾人士提供支持的服务组织合作，旨在完善步道系统的无障碍设计。因此，绿道中将包含“盲文步道”以及以其他感官为媒介的介绍和安全功能。该团队还开发了一个交互式项目网站，网站中将向公众展示出示范项目、站点历史、参与事件概述以及正在进行的项目信息。

在更广泛的范围内，河地规划的愿景结合了新的公平发展指导方针，这些指导方针是从与当地学者和社会正义倡导者共同领导的一系列“公平工作室时间”（equity studio hours）中提炼出来的，包括具体的反流离失所战略以及其他正在拟议中的政策，这些策略都旨在为社区带来更多价值，创造劳动机会，以及为西亚特兰大社区创造高薪工作，以减轻这些社会面临的中产阶级化风险。

自2020年完成以来，本项目取得了重大进展，包括投资超过1.69亿美元用于收购新地块以及建设试点项目（包括“展示项目”，涉及到建设区域步道的各个方面)。一家著名的国家非营利组织于2018年召集了Chattahoochee工作组，以继续支持河地生态修复的伟大愿景，并以明确的管辖权对项目进行后期维护，保证使用者体验，并在其发展过程中恢复区域生态栖息地。最初的团队还制作了一份全面的设计指导文件，为未来几十年项目的道路设计、身份定位、选材以及生态和社会影响提供了支持。

▲项目中的几个重要数据：包括100万用户，125英里，19个城市和26个公园，The Chattahoochee河地生态规划堪称一个世代项目，改变了整个地区的开放空间，RiverLands by the Numbers: Encompassing 1 million users, 125 miles, 19 cities, and 26 parks, the RiverLands is a generational project transforming open space across the region. © SCAPE

▲重塑河岸：设计重新审视了20世纪70年代的环境政策，将居民带回水边，将连续的绿道和蓝道编织在一起，Revealing the River: Revisiting 1970s-era environmental policy to bring residents back to the water’s edge, the vision weaves together a contiguous greenway and blueway. © SCAPE

▲数十载的努力：这一愿景推动了50多年的基层规划和倡导，并已经推动了联邦和州的政策倡议，Decades in the Making: The vision advances 50+ years of grassroots planning and advocacy—and has already spurred federal and state policy initiatives. © SCAPE

▲属于所有人的公共空间：在西亚特兰大，设计沿着Proctor溪重新引入了公共通道，使历史上的闲置空间重新焕发生机，并连接了48个社区，A Common Ground for All: In West Atlanta, public access is reintroduced along Proctor Creek—an historically disinvested space connecting 48 neighborhoods. © SCAPE

▲以社区为基础的愿景：以社区的意志作为愿景的基础，在两年多的时间里项目团队组织了数百次会议，吸引了6000多名居民和66个合作组织，A Community-Based Vision: Hundreds of meetings conducted over two years form the vision’s foundation—engaging over 6,000 residents and 66 member organizations. © SCAPE

▲生态保护与可达性的平衡：设计以全方位保护并恢复了当地关键生态系统和栖息地，同时增加了自然与公共空间的可达性，Balancing Conservation & Access: In all aspects, the vision incorporates conservation goals, protecting and restoring critical ecosystems and habitat while enhancing access. © SCAPE

▲根植于生活体验：交互式模型和地图被证明是必不可少的参与工具，这些工具明确了公众的愿望和场地的限制，奠定了最终规划方案的基础，Rooted in Lived Experience: Interactive models and maps proved an essential engagement tool, layering aspirations and constraints to determine the ultimate trail alignment. © SCAPE

▲以环境正义为中心：环境正义是愿景的核心，同时兼顾公平发展目标和创造工作机会，以为当地创造出更多价值，Centering Environmental Justice: Environmental justice is at the vision’s heart, incorporating equitable development targets and workforce initiatives to capture value locally. © SCAPE

▲河上漫步：两项名为“河上漫步”的互动活动将青年和残疾人支持组织带到河畔，帮助团队设计无障碍步道，River Rambles: Two interactive events dubbed River Rambles brought youth and disability support organizations to the river to help inform accessible trail design. © SCAPE

▲利用数字工具：为该项目特意打造的互动网站平台为规划过程提供了信息的透明度，记录了“河流故事”和关键性事件，Leveraging Digital Tools: An interactive website created for the project provides radical transparency into the planning process, documenting ‘River Stories’ and events. © SCAPE

▲示范点：一系列示范点优先落成，每个示范点都对道路设计、身份和愿景的关键方面进行了试点，Demonstration Sites: A series of demonstration sites are prioritized for implementation, each piloting key aspects of the trail design, identity, and vision. © SCAPE

▲道路剖面（设计指南）：设计团队还为公众提供了详细的设计指南，以告知人们步道的设计过程，身份定位，材料选择和生态影响，Split Path (Design Guidelines): The design team also fleshed out detailed design guidelines to inform trail design, identity, materiality, and ecological impacts. © SCAPE

▲寻路系统（设计指南）：指南从宏观和微观的角度分析了步道的设计 —— 从十字路口，到路的对齐，再到标牌、家具，以及盲文步道，Wayfinding (Design Guidelines): These guidelines take both a macro and micro look at trail design—from intersections and path alignments to signage, furnishings, and braille trails. © SCAPE

▲木板路（设计指南）：该指南还规定了减少生态系统和栖息地影响的方法，同时将人们带回河流，Boardwalk (Design Guidelines): The guidelines also specify ways to minimize ecosystem and habitat impacts while bringing people back out onto the river. © SCAPE

▲规划、资助和建设：迄今为止，该地区的河地修复项目已投资超过1.69亿美元，其中许多项目正在迅速进入建设阶段，Planned, Funded & Built: Over $169 million has been invested in RiverLands projects to date across the region, with many advancing quickly into construction. © SCAPE

Project Narrative

Spanning over 125 miles across the Metro Atlanta Region, the Chattahoochee RiverLands is a generational vision for a contiguous greenway, blueway, and network of open spaces that will reconnect over 1 million residents with the Chattahoochee River across 19 cities and seven counties.

Unanimously adopted by a regional planning agency in 2020, the vision builds on over 50 years of grassroots planning and environmental advocacy, re-examining 1970s-era policy to drastically expand river access and connectivity while also incorporating ecological restoration initiatives. The planning process entailed an extensive two-year engagement effort, including over a hundred meetings with more than 290 local groups —a combination of open houses, focus groups, driving tours, and immersive on-site programs dubbed “river rambles.” One ramble partnered with the National Park Service and a local behavioral health center for youth on a rafting trip; another partnered with a number of supportive service organizations for individuals living with physical and mental disabilities to help inform accessibility guidelines for the proposed trail system. As a result, the guidelines now incorporate a ”braille trail” and other sensory, interpretative, and safety features. The team also developed an interactive project website populated with proposed demonstration projects, site histories, engagement event recaps, and information about projects now underway.

At a broader scale, the RiverLands vision incorporates new equitable development guidelines distilled from a series of “equity studio hours” co-led with local scholars and social justice advocates—including specific anti-displacement strategies and proposed policies to capture value, workforce development opportunities, and better-paying jobs in West Atlanta communities that are at particular risk of gentrification.

Since the vision’s completion in 2020, the project has made significant advancements—including over $169 million in investment to acquire new properties and build pilot projects (including a “showcase project” where all aspects of the regional trail will be built out). The prominent national non-profit that convened the Chattahoochee Working Group in 2018 continues to champion the RiverLands vision and hold jurisdiction for its goals, helping ensure a continuous user experience and restored regional habitat as it evolves. The original team also fleshed out a comprehensive design guidelines document to inform trail design, identity, materiality, and the ecological and social impacts of projects in decades to come.

Project Credits
Trust for Public Land, Client
Atlanta Regional Commission, Client
City of Atlanta, Client
Cobb County, Client
Gresham Smith Landscape Architects: Louis John, ASLA; Jared Kaelin, ASLA; Erin Masterson, ASLA; Morgan Dunay, ASLA, Subconsultant – Transportation & Multi-modal Trail Design
Biohabitats, Subconsultant – Ecological Design & Planning
New South Associates, Subconsultant – Anthropology & History
Dr. Na’Taki Osborne Jelks, Subconsultant – Environmental Justice
Dr. Richard Milligan, Subconsultant – Geography
Edwards-Pitman, Subconsultant – Environmental Engineering

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