位于美国纽约市曼哈顿东哈勒姆中心的城市布莱克·霍布斯（Blake Hobbs Play-za）是公共住房最集中的一个社区，与多个社区结合，为社区居民提供一个充满活力，活跃的城市空间，DREAM宪章学校学生，以及毗邻纽约市房屋委员会高级住房。在公园振兴之前，该场地是未充分利用的20,000 SF沥青播种，游戏设备不断恶化，沥青路面破裂，以及高难度的无障碍链条围栏。客户，设计团队和社区共同合作，为同时是游乐场和广场的空间制作了一个愿景 – “Play-za”。Play-za设计移除了破旧的不渗透沥青，保留了现有的令人印象深刻的树冠，并激活了各种表面纹理的空间，娱乐节目和播种。虽然适度，设计为社区建立了关键的社会基础设施，为代际交流提供了非常需要的灵活空间，并使所有年龄段的社会经济群体相互混合。

2016年ASLA荣誉奖

Located in the heart of East Harlem, a neighborhood with one of the highest concentrations of public housing in the city, Blake Hobbs Play-za unites a diverse community with a re-energized, active urban space that serves neighborhood residents, DREAM Charter School students, and adjacent New York City Housing Authority senior housing. Prior to the park’s revitalization, the site was an underutilized 20,000 SF asphalt play lot with deteriorating play equipment, cracking asphalt, and a tall, unwelcoming chain link fence. The client, design team, and community partnered together to craft a vision for the space that is simultaneously a playground and plaza—a ‘Play-za’. The Play-za design removed the dilapidated impervious asphalt, preserved the existing site’s impressive tree canopy, and activated the space with a variety of surface textures, recreational programs, and plantings. While modest, the design constructs critical social infrastructure for the neighborhood, providing much-needed flexible space for intergenerational exchange and the mixing of socioeconomic groups across all ages.

CLIENT

Harlem RBI / Dream Charter School

COLLABORATORS

New York Restoration Project New York City Department of Parks and Recreation Leonard J. Strandberg and Associates Gibney Design Delta Fountains Steven Dubner Landscaping

Photographed by Ty Cole Studio