野生步道是一个互动式自然散步在野生中心,一个非营利组织和自然中心致力于帮助人们探索和了解阿迪朗达克斯的自然环境。
野生步道建在森林里,被设计成高架的桥梁,创造了一个学习的景观;将访客带入树梢,为森林提供新的视野。
该项目由一系列由桥梁连接的平台组成,从平均水平开始,逐渐将40英尺以上的人们视为周围的林地。这些平台由Corten钢柱支撑,旨在成为周围白松树的抽象。野生步道几乎完全可以接近,以家庭为导向,包括四层树枝树屋,摇摆桥梁,一个蜘蛛网,共享游戏徘徊在24英尺的地面,并有许多机会坐下来观察和了解下面的森林。
钢是突出的材料,因为它是耐用的,其变化的调色板融合到森林中。在使用Corten成本高昂的地方使用镀锌钢。该项目由国家和个人捐款资助,所以预算严格,不得不维持。
设计师,制造商和建筑师在整个设计和施工过程中共同合作,以确保预算得到满足.Wild Walk被实现为一个设计建造项目,因为Adirondacks的建设季节很短,时间至关重要。考虑到几何形状的复杂性,整个项目(包括所有钢构件)都以3D形式进行了数字化建模。数字模型被给予承包商,然后在施工季节之前,将许多部件(包括所有的桥梁)在商店中预制。
Wild Walk is an interactive nature walk at the Wild Center, a non-profit organization and nature center committed to helping people explore and learn about the natural environment of the Adirondacks. Built in the forest, Wild Walk is designed as an elevated trail of bridges that creates a learning landscape; bringing visitors up into the treetops to offer a new perspective of the forest. The project consists of a series of platforms connected by bridges that start at grade level and gradually bring people 40 ft. above grade to look out over the surrounding woodlands. The platforms are supported by Corten steel posts designed to be an abstraction of the surrounding white pine trees. Wild Walk is almost fully accessible, family oriented and includes a four-story twig tree house, swinging bridges, a spider’s web for shared play hovering 24 ft. off the ground and many opportunities to sit, observe and learn about the forest below. The walk culminates in a life-sized bald eagle’s nest at the highest point that visitors can inhabit.The Adirondacks Park Agency required that Wild Walk blend into the forest as much as possible and that it be minimally seen from the surrounding mountain peaks. Corten steel is the prominent material because it is durable and its changing color palette blends seamlessly into the forest. Galvanized steel was used where the use of Corten was cost prohibitive. The project was funded by the state and individual donations so the budget was strict and had to be maintained. The designers, fabricators and builders worked collaboratively throughout the design and construction process to ensure the budget would be met.Wild Walk was realized as a design build project since the construction season in the Adirondacks is short and time was crucial. Given the complexity of the geometries the entire project, including all of the steel components, was modeled digitally in 3D. The digital model was given to the contractor who then prefabricated many of the components, including all of the bridges, in the shop prior to the construction season. In order to disturb the site as minimally as possible a lot of attention was paid to how the prefabricated parts could be brought on- site without harming the existing landscape. Any new landscaping consists entirely of native plantings. The project opened on July 4, 2015.
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