Skylab事务所联手2.ink Studio，在与波特兰公园娱乐中心的紧密合作下，于城市东北部附近创建了这座16英亩的沙漏状公园。设计团队根据一项综合策略来将前Beech公园进行改造，创建了仅需有限维护的被动草甸区域以及高度活跃的项目元素区域。公园附近的社区既有长期居民，也有不断涌入的新居民。具体的项目元素，是通过一系列公共开放住宅和与项目设计顾问小组的会议来与当地居民协调发展的。

Skylab Architecture worked alongside 2.ink Studio and in close collaboration with Portland Parks and Recreation to create this 16-acre, hourglass-shaped park in a northeast Portland neighborhood. The design team developed the park, formerly Beech Park, around an integrated strategy that creates both passive native meadow areas that require limited maintenance as well as areas for intensively active program elements. The neighborhood is a mix of longterm residents and an increasingly diverse population of new residents. The park’s program elements were developed in coordination with area residents through a series of public open houses and meetings with the project’s Design Advisory Group.

▼项目概览，overview © Stephen Miller

公园的开发引入了包括社区圆形剧场、野餐场地、洗手间、自由遛狗区、大型社区游乐场、互动水景、停车场、步行道和社区花园在内的一系列活动场所。与此同时，还可开展滑板、攀岩、篮球、乒乓球和足球等运动项目。公园的设计不仅把哥伦比亚河及远处的圣海伦斯山美景“收入囊中”，同时还延续了该地区浓烈的自然栖息感，以将公园的所有元素联系在一起。

公园内标志性的元素是一个占地1760平方英尺的多功能庇护所，它由一系列相互连接的穿孔板和镀锌钢板等边三角形组成。折角式的灵感来自于周围的三角形山峰、印第安人的板房和河滨捕鱼平台。简单的钢管框架支撑着庇护所，为野餐聚会或夏季音乐会创造了一个灵活的空间。

The park’s development introduces a mix of new activities onto the site including a community amphitheater, picnic shelter and restroom, off-leash dog area, a large community playground, interactive water feature, parking areas, walking paths, and community garden. Active uses include a skate spot, climbing wall, basketball, ping pong and soccer. The park’s design takes advantage of views to the Columbia River and distant Mount St. Helens while introducing a strong sense of the area’s native habitat to tie all of the elements of the park together.

The signature element, a 1,760-square-foot multipurpose shelter, is made from a series of interconnected equilateral triangles of perforated and galvanized steel plate. The folded angular form takes its inspiration from the triangulated peaks of the surrounding mountains, Native American plank houses and river fishing platforms. A simple steel pipe frame supports the shelter to create a flexible space for picnic gatherings or summer concerts.

▼多功能庇护所，the multi-purpose shelter © Stephen Mille

▼折角式的灵感来自于周围的三角形山峰、印第安人的板房和河滨捕鱼平台，the folded angular form takes its inspiration from the triangulated peaks of the surrounding mountains, Native American plank houses and river fishing platforms © Stephen Miller

▼一个可供野餐聚会和夏季音乐会的灵活空间，a flexible space for picnic parties and summer concerts © Stephen Miller

通过公园的轴向连接，居民增强了对公园以外的世界的认识。项目元素和树木经过特别的设置以通向胡德山和圣海伦斯山的观景走廊，并把包括一个小型钢铁覆面卫生间在内的其他场地元素组织在一起。在场地的最高点，一个圆锥形的山丘让人联想起地平线上的火山渣锥。主要元素之间的视觉联系展现出一种沿横纵轴线观光的体验。

Axial connections through the park enhance user awareness of the world beyond the park. Park program elements and trees are arranged to manipulate view corridors to Mt. Hood and Mount St. Helens and help to organize other site elements including a small steel-clad restroom building. At the highest point on the site a conical mound recalls the volcanic cinder cones on the horizon. Visual connections between key park elements articulate the experience along and across the axis.

▼小型钢铁覆面卫生间，small steel covered toilet © Stephen Miller

▼建筑细部，details of the structure © Stephen Miller

▼项目平面图，plan © Skylab

▼项目立面图，elevations © Skylab

Skylab Architecture team：Jeff Kovel, Principal, Design Architect, Brent Grubb, Principal-in-charge, Jamin AAsum, Project Director, Eddie Peraza Garzon, Project Designer

Consultant team：Skylab Architecture (architecture), 2.ink Studio (landscape architecture), 3J Consulting (civil engineering), Peterson Structural (structural engineering), R&W Engineering, Inc. (mechanical engineering), Northwest Geotech, Inc. (geotechnical Engineering), Mauricio Robalino of Artpeople (artist), Ambrosini Design (graphic design), Grindline Skateparks, Inc. (skatepark consulting), Architectural Cost Consultants (cost estimating), Treecology, Inc. (arborist), DEW, Inc. (water feature consulting)

Photography：Stephen Miller (all still photos), Brian Dalrymple (drone photo only)