来自专筑编辑朱王倩，刘庆新的报道。为了扭转芝加哥鹅岛这个小而独特的地区的命运 ，房地产开发公司 R2公司和城市规划组织PORT Urbanism 联手设计了一个复活鹅岛方案。这个人工岛有着悠久的制造业历史，但是缺乏许多其他芝加哥地区的收入流。所以开发团队希望2025年之前改善这种条件，使它发展成可持续的、高科技社区，使其与芝加哥的城市化连接起来。

Hoping to reverse the fortunes of this small but distinctive area of Chicago, real estate development firm R2 Companies and urban planning group PORT Urbanism have teamed up to devise a plan to renew Goose Island. A man-made island with a long history of manufacturing, Goose Island lacks the revenue stream of many other Chicago regions, but the development team hopes to improve conditions by 2025 by enabling it to develop into a sustainable, high-tech neighborhood connected to Chicago’s urban grid.

The current state of Goose Island/鹅岛的现状。Image Courtesy of PORT

The current state of Goose Island/鹅岛的现状。Image Courtesy of PORT

鹅岛是芝加哥河上唯一的岛屿，它被芝加哥河的北支从西面，1853年开挖的北支运河从东面与陆地隔开。鹅岛是近一百年的制造业和航运中心，但在第二次世界大战之后，制造业公司开始向郊区搬移，这里工作岗位减少了。经过漫长的经济衰退后，当地政府开始创建机制激励开发商去建造鹅岛，该城市经济条件有所好转，但尽管一些组织如箭牌公司和Kendall大学已经把鹅岛当作他们的家，该地区仍然没有芝加哥其他地区的经济来源。

Created in 1853 by the dredging of the North Branch Canal, Goose Island was a major manufacturing and shipping center for almost one hundred years, but after World War II, manufacturing companies began to move to move to the suburbs, and fewer jobs were available. After a lengthy economic slump, the city began to see an upturn in economic conditions when legislators created incentives for developers to build in Chicago - but in spite of organizations like the Wrigley Corporation and Kendall College who have made Goose Island their home, the area has not kept up fiscally with other parts of Chicago.

Diagram of existing conditions on Goose Island/鹅岛现有条件图。Image Courtesy of PORT

对鹅岛困扰的经济问题的回应，同时也是重建公司对都市环境的兴趣和创造设计元素的体验的一个示范，这些鼓励公众发展该城市。为实现这些，该项目涵盖了近年来热爱技术的精神，为目前的创新打下坚实的基础，并继续发展，在未来世界经济中发挥作用。人们在这里采取了一些可持续发展的措施，如大量太阳能电池板的应用，水径流系统，和雨水收集系统以及最新的办公室和培育植物等都在方案之列，巩固了芝加哥的新兴科技产业，使鹅岛成为美国中西部的重要的制造中心。

The response to the economic problems that plagued Goose Island is simultaneously a demonstration of renewed corporate interest in urban environments and an exercise in creating design elements that encourage public interest in urban development. To achieve both of these, the project embraces the technology-loving spirit of recent years, firmly grounding it in current innovation that will likely continue to develop and play a role in the world economy for years to come. Sustainability measures such as enormous arrays of solar panels, water run-off systems, and rainwater collection systems as well as up-to-date offices and manufacturing plants fill the proposal, bolstering Chicago's burgeoning technology industry and establishing Goose Island as an important manufacturing center for the American Midwest.

Diagram of proposed transportation improvements for Goose Island/鹅岛运输改进图。Image Courtesy of PORT

对于R2和PORT来说， 振兴鹅岛也是连接其他城市的过程。团队已经创建了一个创新循环和基础设施道路的体系来将这个岛与外界连接起来，这无论是个人还是企业，都是很有吸引力；项目会增加行人和车辆桥梁，以及火车站和水上计程车站。北支运河将成为一个水上花园，可以乘坐皮艇安全地游览部分芝加哥，为骑行的人提供了一个有吸引力的休闲运动区。

For R2 and PORT, reinvigorating Goose Island is also process of connecting to the rest of the city. The team has created a system of innovative circulatory and infrastructural pathways that reconnect the island to make it an attractive destination for individuals and businesses alike; the project would add pedestrian and vehicular bridges, as well as train and water-taxi stops. The North Branch River Canal would become a water garden, allowing for kayakers to safely explore part of Chicago, and providing an attractive recreation and exercise area for bicyclists.

Diagram of the Goose Island proposal/鹅岛建议图。Image Courtesy of PORT

对于开发团队，方案并不代表一个实现的想法， 但他们希望方案能成为这个有着经济增长潜力的地区发展的开始。在接受《克瑞恩芝加哥商业》采访时，高力国际的房地产公司Mick Senner敏锐地用一句话描述了该团队项目的雄心：

“这就像你在世界博览会上看到的，因为有些事情永远不会发生。但是对R2来说，他们正在思考发生什么，有些东西肯定会发生。他们是那些真正想让事情发生的人，这就转化成工作。”

For the development team, the proposal does not represent a completed idea - rather they hope their proposal can be the beginning of a long-term discussion on a region with plenty of potential for economic growth. Mick Senner, of the real estate company Colliers International, astutely described the ambition of the team’s project in a remark to Crain’sChicago Business:
“It’s like something you’d see at a world’s fair, because some of it’s never going to happen. But to (R2’s) credit, they’re thinking about what can happen there, and some of that stuff definitely will happen. They’re the ones who are really trying to make something happen there, which translates to jobs.”

Labeled plan of Goose Island proposal/鹅岛建议计划。Image Courtesy of PORT

对于 R2设计公司来说， 与PORT Urbanism 一起发展的设计将作为一种向导，因为它增加了岛上的土地。但也许更重要的是，该设计为其他公司提供了一种愿景，鼓励他们来这里投资，并为鹅岛提出统一的目标。

For R2 Companies, the design developed with PORT Urbanism will serve as a guiding vision as it adds plots of land on the island to its portfolio. But perhaps more importantly, the design offers a vision to other companies which will encourage them to invest in the area, and present a unified goal for Goose Island once they do.

Rendered plan of the Goose Island proposal/鹅岛建议计划。Image Courtesy of PORT

East Canal Section Sketch/东运河剖面示意图. Image Courtesy of PORT

Boulevard Section Sketch for UI Labs/大道实验剖面示意图。Image Courtesy of PORT

Boulevard Section Sketch/大道剖面示意图。Image Courtesy of PORT

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