比利时布鲁日"Het Zand" 广场提案

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比利时布鲁日中心的公共广场与街道一直保有和谐的建筑关系，不过 ‘Het Zand’广场提案却拥有自己的强烈个性。整个广场宽敞而开放，适合举办各种大型活动，是城市公共空间主要组成部分，就这点来说，该广场的形象应该是鲜明的，容易被识别的。

广场的北面有一个与广场等宽的半透明圆形亭子，亭子顶部造型就像一个底面正中有个圆洞的漏碗。正对着圆洞的地面位置设置了水池和喷泉，在这里因为水与光的互动，产生了更为变化莫测的氛围与体验。中央广场的水喷泉是这个宽敞广场的另外一个亮点。

The streets and public squares of the centre of Bruges retain a remarkable harmony with their buildings. However, the square ‘Het Zand’, situated on the border of the inner city,  is an exception to this rule and presents itself as a large empty place with no real relation to the surrounding buildings. Only the concert hall at the Southern edge of the space is somewhat related to the scale of the square. The square is intensely used by a variety of large scale activities that creates a lively, functional and essential part of the city. In order to keep this functional quality to its maximum, one should provide the space with a focus point, a ‘place-mark’, instead of strenghtening the spatial definition of its borders.

This place-mark creates a counter point to the spatial emptiness of the square and locates a meeting point for when the square is used.

At the North side of the square we propose a circular, translucent canopy, the same width as the square. This object; a round bowl with a circular oculus in the middle, functions as both a sheltering roof and as a waterfall. The reflection of the water, the play of light and shadow,  defines an ever changing atmosphere and experience.

The object itself is as immaterial as possible; a translucent fabric suspended below a series of concentric rings which catch the rainwater into a cascade that flows softly towards the central waterfall opening. At the level of the square further fountains are foreseen,  their change in flow and ebb providing a constant varying play of water. The new fountain canopy becomes a point of attraction which allows the  inhabitation of the empty vastness of the square and creates opportunites for different activities and appropriations.

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