卡迪纳尔梅西尔广场

卡迪纳尔梅西尔广场
Kardinaal Mercier Square

Omgenging风景园林城市化：卡尔迪纳尔·梅西尔广场位于杰特中心，但这并不是它成为公民活动中心的唯一原因。旧市政厅——如今用作警察局、车站、主要电车站和公共汽车站、教堂、图书馆、学校和其他中心活动，可以在广场上或广场附近找到。这意味着在设计中，广场上的城市连接网络必须得到保护，如果可能，还必须尽可能扩大。广场上的活动需要小规模延长慢行交通的连接，从而可以通过各种方式平整火车轨道的障碍物。
OMGEVING landscape architecture urbanism: Kardinaal Mercier Square lies in the centre of Jette, yet this is not the only reason why it is a hub for civic activities. The old town hall – which nowadays serves as a police station, the station, a major tram and bus stop, the church, the library, schools and other central activities can be found on or nearby the square. This means that in the design, the network of urban connections over the square must be safeguarded and, if possible, expanded as much as possible. The activities on the square demand a small-scale extension of connections for slow traffic, whereby the barrier of the train track can be levelled in various ways.

Kardinaal Mercier Square

Multimodal junction

在未来几年中，捷特车站将在区域快车网络（GEN）范围内进行重大整容，这为组织和表现所需的空间和功能连续性提供了机会。轨道下现有的东部通道已经升级，新的西部通道已经建成。交通便利性和空间质量得到了极大的改善，使旅行者能够轻松地在站台、卡迪纳尔·梅西尔广场和杜普里街的北部停车场之间移动。电车和公共汽车是公共交通网络中的第二个重要环节，在教堂的南立面有一个联合站。由于汽车在这一多式联运框架中也起着主导作用，因此短期停车位和kiss&；将在车站前面引入骑乘区。广场中心计划为残疾人提供两个停车位。从这里开始，有两条通往警察局、图书馆和警察局的小步行线。
Over the next few years, the station in Jette will be undergoing a major facelift within the scope of the Regional Express Network (GEN), which provides the opportunity to organise and represent the desired spatial and functional continuity. The existing eastern passage under the tracks has been upgraded and a new western passage has been created. Accessibility and spatial quality have been drastically improved, and allows travellers to move between platforms, Kardinaal Mercier Square and the northern car park on Dupré Street with ease. Tram and bus, the second important link in the public-transport network, have a joint stop at the southern façade of the church. Since the car also has a leading role in this multimodal framework, short-term parking spaces and a kiss & ride zone are to be introduced in front of the station. Two parking spaces are planned on the centre of the square for people with a disability. From this point, there are two small walking lines toward the police station, the library and the station.

Avoiding search traffic

广场上的停车位已被削减为道路沿线的狭窄停车区和L.Theodor街北段居民的停车场。通过这种方式，空间被重新分配，停留在广场的中心位置。该设计对机动交通具有中立立场。开发区的结构允许将来改变或关闭交通方向，而无需调整设计。警察可以在广场上自由走动，就像教堂和市政厅的仪式车辆一样。在不同的地方都有降低的安全带，以便组织装卸，使公共汽车能够通行，并进行必要的消防演习。长期停车集中在车站北侧。目前的停车场已经优化，并通过切割属于市政当局的一块荒地来增加。通过在这里集中停车，避免了交通堵塞，卡尔迪纳尔·梅西尔广场可以充分发挥捷特接待室的作用。
The parking spaces on the square have been cut back to a narrow parking area along the road and a parking cluster for residents in the northern section of L. Theodoor Street. In this way, the space is redistributed and the stay acquires a central place on the square. The design has a neutral stance toward motorised traffic. The structure of the area under development allows traffic directions to be altered or closed off in the future, without the design having to be adjusted. The police can circulate freely over the square, just as the ceremonial vehicles for the church and the town hall. There are lowered strips at various places in order to organise loading and unloading, to allow the buses to circulate and make necessary fire service manoeuvres possible. The long-term parking is concentrated on the north side of the station. The current car park has been optimised and increased by cutting into a plot of wasteland belonging to the municipality. By concentrating parking here, lost traffic is avoided and Kardinaal Mercier Square can fulfil its role as Jette’s reception room to the full.

The place to be

理想的连接功能最好由蜿蜒在广场上的停车路径表示。这条小路采用对比鲜明、光滑的材质，不仅是一种蜿蜒的元素，它还以一种有趣的方式组织了步行路线、停车点和区域。公园路径穿过车站环境的多个分区，并将它们连接在一起。
The interventions thus improve the identity and the quality of the surroundings on the square. The church, the old town hall, the station and the library are connected with each other spatially by keeping free the lines of sight and the walking lines, and by common paving. The square offers space for civic activities and events such as music festivals, the brocante market and the Christmas market. The elongated wooden benches entice people to take a rest and to enjoy the setting offered, or somewhere for a good chat with friends or a spot for school children to picnic at lunchtime. If you also take the terraces at various places on the edges of the square, then Kardinaal Mercier Square is the place to be in Jette. The whimsical way the trees are planted over the square refers to the intended continuity in the greenery and park structure. By removing some of the trees and planting new ones, an enhanced composition of age is brought about and the prevalent east-west direction of the trees is broken up. The pleasant municipal park is subtly inserted into the square, and gains a striking entrance gate. The park entrance is marked out by board steps and distinctive awnings as a contemporary interpretation of a kiosk. Small-scale performances and events can take place here in an informal fashion, although the main function of the kiosk is to announce the park.
The desired link function is best represented by the park path that meanders over the square. The path is has been executed in a contrasting, smooth material and more than being a meandering element, it also organises the walking lines, stops and zones in a playful way. The park path cuts across of the subareas of the station environment, and threads them together.

Landscape architect: OMGEVING landscape architecture urbanism
Project Location: Jette, Belgium
Project Size: 4 hectares
Design: 2007 (international competition)
Completion: 2013
Owner/Client: Beliris
Text: OMGEVING