Brainport智慧街区--应对未来生活的荷兰创新举措

Brainport Smart District: A Unique Dutch Initiative for Future Living

时至今日,建筑师和设计师倾向于在小规模范围内讨论一些未证实的概念和解决方案-普遍以展亭等小型建筑的形式来表达一些创新的概念和想法,也许有一天这些想法会在某些问题中派上用场。但是面对实际生活和急迫的挑战,已经没有时间再提出模糊的概念和乌托邦式的提案了。建筑师和城市设计师现在需要去设计和开发可落地的解决方案来面对当今的挑战,提高城市生活的质量。不过,为了达成和评估预期的结果,动态、创新的实验场地不可或缺,以保证设计师和规划师可以在实践中获得经验。以近期的Brainport智慧街区项目为例,介绍在真实生活中进行实验的整体解决方案,来应对建成环境中的挑战。

To date, architects and designers have often tended to communicate as yet untested concepts and problem-solving solutions on a small scale - commonly expressed in the form of a pavilion that displays innovative concepts and ideas that could, perhaps, one day, provide a means to solve a specific problem. But when it comes to real life, urgent challenges, the time for vague concepts and utopian proposals has passed. Architects and urban designers now need to design and develop workable solutions to today’s pressing challenges, solutions that improve quality of life in our cities. However, in order to be in a position to measure and achieve the desired results, active, innovative testing sites are required, where designers and planners can reap the benefits of learning by doing. This essay introduces the Brainport Smart District as an example of a recent project that is designed to test real life, integral solutions to current challenges in the built environment.