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Departure Into the Landscape
Editor's note
This poetic intervention by Thilo Folkerts marks a former train station. The elements are placed partly on a green park structure and partly on paved, more urban area which suggests a departure/arrival from/to somewhere else. The sign marking the station name is redundant.
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100Landschaftsarchitektur：乌德车站Plein是前85号区域列车线的一部分，现在称为“Trimaarzate”。1960年，圣丹尼斯的火车交通被废弃。最近，一条自行车道沿原轨道铺设，将旧车站广场与不同休闲路径的密集网络连接起来。这些新路径利用了景观中给定的空间位置以及建成区中的开口和布局。在新的交通和休闲网络中重新利用的铁路轨道的线性残余与历史背景有着非常明显的联系。在其他城市化程度更高的地区——如车站广场——前一种情况不再明显。因此，有些“奇怪”的地方似乎没有他们的故事。Lelijke-Plekjes/丑陋景点倡议提供了澄清和交流背景的机会，为重新连接莱德尔和西佛兰德风景的伟大成就增添了叙事脉络。
100Landschaftsarchitektur: The Oud Stationsplein is part of the former regional train line 85, now called ‘Trimaarzate’. Train traffic in Sint Denijs was abandoned by 1960. Recently a bicycle path was laid out along the former track, connecting the old station square with a dense network of different recreational paths. These new paths make use of the given spatial situation in the landscape and of the openings and layouts in the built-up areas. The linear remnants of the train tracks that are reused in the new transport and leisure network are quite obviously linked to the historic background. In other, urbanistically more complex areas – such as the area of the station square – the former context is not as obvious any more. As a consequence there are ‚strange‘ places that seem to have no story to them. The Lelijke Plekjes/Ugly Spots initiative gives the opportunity to clarify and communicate a context, adding a narrative vein to the great achievement of newly reconnecting the landscapes of Leiedal and Westflanders.
Situation
圣丹尼斯的老车站广场已经闲置了几十年。车站大楼很久以前就被夷为平地，除了一个小公共汽车站和现在破旧的酒店外，几乎没有什么地方可以参照中央交通开关的位置，在公共活动之前，这个地方曾经朝着小镇的历史中心移动。尽管如此，这里还是一个十字路口，现在骑车人和流浪者都要经过这里。
The old station square in Sint Denijs had been lying unused for many decades. The station building was long ago razed and except for a small bus stop and the now run-down hotel, little remained that references the central traffic switch position that the place used to have before public activity moved towards the historic centre of the small town. Still, the place is a crossroads, where now cyclists and wanderers pass through.
Proposal
–澄清空间相关性并赋予函数“自己的位置”
The proposal for the regeneration of the shape and state of the station square focuses on three issues:
– opening the visual connections across the square
– reintroducing a narrative element that makes the background and history of the site legible.
– clarifying the spatial correlations and giving functions their “own place”
Opening the Square
最重要的空间姿态是打开整个空间的视觉关系。为此，大坝上现有的树木被稀释。其目的是创造一种变革姿态，从Helkijnstrat广场上的单株树木的开放性，通过中心部分没有灌木丛的松散树冠，到“引导”到开阔景观的更密集的植被体。广场将焕然一新。每个穿越和绕过的人现在都会注意到经过或经过一个广场。广场的开放性通过在广场一侧设置公共汽车站以及在空间中心清理额外物体和交通标志来加强。广场上种了两棵大郁金香树。作为一对，他们将形成一个通往广场的“门”，以及一个从Helkijn Straat通往田野开阔景观的门。
The most important spatial gesture is opening the visual relationship across the whole width of the place. For this the existing trees on the dam are thinned out.The aim is to generate a transformative gesture that spans from the openness of single trees on the square at Helkijnstraat, via a loose tree canopy with no undergrowth in the central part to a denser vegetative volume that “leads” into the open landscape. The square will have a new presence. Everyone crossing and bypassing will now notice passing over or by a square. The opening of the square is reinforced by placing the bus stand on the side of the square and generally clearing extra objects and traffic signs out of the centre of the space. Two large tulip trees are planted in the square. As a pair they will form a “gate” onto the square, and a gate from Helkijn Straat into the open landscape of the fields.
New platforms
中央，几乎是雕塑般的姿态，为旧车站广场的重新设计提供了可能重新激活的催化时刻，是一对不同宽度和长度的“平台”。这些体量与相邻的房屋一样，完全由砖块覆盖，通过这种方式，在一个手势中创建了火车站和站台的抽象提醒。这两个重新设计的“站台”位于广场上，延伸至相邻的大坝，通过对前火车站的叙述，增强了背景。这些形式创造了一种过渡的、方向性的姿态，介于赫尔基因斯特拉特附近的城市广场和树木覆盖的大坝与开阔景观之间。平台可以成为公共空间中的社会功能元素。设置在55厘米的高度，可用作座椅和/或舞台。他们之间的空间有着相聚的邀请。广场上不需要更多的现场家具。大坝上小树林的树冠下提供了更多的座位。在这个介于广场和开阔景观之间的地带，野生玫瑰等开花灌木可以成为一个荫凉的公园。这里有几条长凳，提供放松的座位，供您在自行车旅行中休息、看书或友好聊天。
The central, almost sculptural gesture to give the redesign of old Station Square catalysing moment for its possible reactivation, is a pair of “platforms” of different width and length. These volumes are fully clad in bricks, like the adjacent houses, and in this way create an abstract reminder of the train station and platforms in one gesture. Set on the square and extending into the adjacent dam, the two re-enacted „platforms“ enhance the context with a narrative of the former train station. The forms create a transitional, directional gesture between the more urban square next to Helkijnstraat and the departure of the tree covered dam into the open landscape. The platforms can become socially functional elements in the public space. Set at a height of 55 cm they can be used as seat and/or a stage. The space between them has invites to meet and come together. No further site furniture is necessary on the square. More seating is offered under the tree canopy in the grove on the dam. In this zone between square and open landscape flowering shrubs such as wild roses could make for a shady park-like place. Here a few benches offer relaxed seating for a rest on a bicycle tour, for reading a book, or a friendly chat.
Making places
广场表面的轻微重组将有助于为公众用户创造实用的机会。机动交通不应完全排除在广场之外——毕竟，车站广场本质上是不同交通方式的融合。同时，行人交通和放松、开会、甚至举行小型文化活动的地区目前还不存在。同样的做法也发生在巴黎咖啡馆旁边。这将创建两个不同的曲面，供行人使用。Oud StationPlein又有一个（中央）广场和咖啡馆前的露台。咖啡馆将有机会使用室外空间作为户外座位。
A slight reorganisation of the squares’ surfaces will help to generate the functional opportunities of public users. Motorised traffic should not be excluded from the square are altogether–after all a station square is essentially about the convergence of different modes of transportation. At the same time, pedestrian traffic and areas for relaxation, for meeting, or even for staging small cultural events do currently not exist there.The sidewalk at Helkijnstraat is extended to create a paved surface in the middle of the square. The same is done next to the Café de Paris. This creates two distinct surfaces that offer themselves to pedestrians. The Oud Stationsplein has a (central) square again and a terrace in front of the café. The café will have a chance to use the exterior space for outdoor seating.
Short office name: 100Landschaftsarchitektur
Role of your office in the project: landscape design
Website: www.100land.de
Project location: Oud Stationsplein Sint Denijs, Zwevegem (B)
Design year: 2011
Year Built: 2017
Photo credits: Thilo Folkerts
