亚历山德拉拱门森林步行街

亚历山德拉拱门森林步行街
Alexandra Arch & Forest Walk

外观建筑师：Alexandra Arch和Forest Walk由一条1.6公里长的高架人行道（从Telok Blangah Hill公园开始）和横跨Alexandra路的80米长的Alexandra桥组成，为新加坡的自然遗产宝库打开了大门。Alexandra Link由LOOK Architects Pte Ltd设计，是实现城市重建局的愿景的一个关键要素，该愿景旨在连接9公里长的南部山脊，包括费伯山，Telok Blangah Hill和Kent Ridge–形成一个不间断的联系网络，让公众能够方便地接触大自然。
LOOK Architects: Comprising a 1.6 kilometre elevated pedestrian walkway beginning from Telok Blangah Hill Park and the 80 metre long Alexandra Bridge across Alexandra Road, Alexandra Arch and Forest Walk has opened a portal to the treasury of natural heritage in Singapore. Designed by LOOK Architects Pte Ltd, Alexandra Link is a key element in bringing to life the Urban Redevelopment Authority’s vision of linking up the 9 kilometre rolling expanse of the Southern Ridges – consisting of Mount Faber, Telok Blangah Hill and Kent Ridge – to form an uninterrupted network of linkages for the public to enjoy convenient access to nature.

Alexandra Arch & Forest Walk

Gateway to Nature

亚历山德拉大桥横跨城市喧嚣与自然宁静之间的门槛，其雄伟的造型吸引着旁观者穿过大门进入一个宁静的休息圣地。该桥的弯曲桥面高出Alexandra路约15米，逐渐过渡至相邻Alexandra连接线的引道。亚历山德拉大桥的拱形钢肋电枢在白天表现出结构的活力，但随着夜幕降临，它变成了一个非物质化的光雕塑。
Straddling a threshold between urban bustle and the tranquillity of nature, the sweeping form of Alexandra Bridge alluringly beckons at the onlooker to cross the gateway into a sanctuary of calm repose. Rising about 15 metres above Alexandra Road, the curving deck of the bridge introduces a gradual passage of transition into the approach of the adjoining Alexandra Link. The arching steel rib armature of Alexandra Bridge asserts a structural dynamism in the day, but metamorphoses with nightfall into a dematerialised sculpture of light.

Serpentine walk among the treetops

游客们将在蜿蜒的地形上展开一次刺激的探索之旅，高架人行道巧妙地穿过丘陵地带，人们会为偶尔出现在前景中的城市和海滨美景而欣喜。游客们会被各种各样的体验所宠坏，因为在树冠顶部的高架走道可以鸟瞰次生林，而地面上的土径可以让人与森林地面上繁衍生息的野生动物进行坦率的接触。链接的建筑结构模仿了“每分钟一英里”植物独特的生物构成，其等边三角形的叶子在构成人行道结构的预制金属铺板模块的镶嵌中找到了有趣的相似之处。
Visitors would embark on a titillating journey of exploration through sinuous topography as the elevated walkway deftly traverses the hilly terrain, and one would be delighted by breath-taking views of the city and waterfront that sporadically ruptures into the foreground. Visitors would be spoilt for choice by the varied range of experiences – raised walkways brushing the tops of tree canopies offer a bird’s eye view of the secondary forest, whilst ground-level earth trails allow one to have a candid encounter with wildlife thriving on the forest floor. The architectonics of the link mimics the unique biological makeup of the “mile-a-minute” plant, whose equilateral triangle-shaped leaves find an intriguing likeness in the tessellations of the prefabricated metal decking modules that constitute the construction of the walkways.

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Location: Alexandra Road & Telok Blangah Hill Park, Singapore
Year of Completion: 2008
Master Planner & Developer: Urban Redevelopment Authority
Owner: National Parks Board
Architect: LOOK Architects Pte Ltd
Principal Designer: Mr Look Boon Gee
Civil & Structural Engineer: Ecas-EJ Consultants Pte Ltd, Buro Happold (Singapore) Pte Ltd
Mechanical & Electrical Engineer: HY M&E Consultancy Services Pte Ltd
Quantity Surveyor: JIA Quantity Surveyors & Project Managers Pte Ltd
Main Contractor: CKT Thomas Pte Ltd
Steel Specialist: Yong Nam Engineering & Construction Pte Ltd
Lighting Specialist: Lighting Planners Associates Inc.
Text & photos: LOOK Architects