“百老汇花束”——纽约无车地球日的街头艺术装置
`Broadway Bouquet` – artwork feature of the NYC/DOT Car Free Earth Day

由专筑网pilewyj，李韧编译

“百老汇花束（Broadway Bouquet）”是曼哈顿街道上人们最熟知的景观之一，它的存在让人们日复一日的通勤都成为了享受，这个装置有着典型的纽约风格，柔化了城市的整体氛围，同时让人们了解绿色城市生态理念，激发着人们的无限想象力。

The ‘Broadway Bouquet’ takes one of the most familiar and portable landscapes found on countless street corners in Manhattan and turns it into a larger than life experience, which is quintessentially New York. The artwork captures the scale-bending qualities of the city while giving people a glimpse of how introducing plants and urban ecology in civic spaces can spark the imagination.





“百老汇花束”表达了最具代表性、永远不乏惊喜与奇迹的纽约精神，而这些精神正是来源于城市环境的深层内涵。这一公共艺术装置源自于插花文化，要知道，插花元素在曼哈顿市区与郊区随处可见。而在这里，设计师把它变成一种更为丰富的生活体验，因为在城市中的景观设计并不常运用这样的插花方式，从而让这一独特的景观逐渐成为了公众的目光焦点，在人来车往的街道上，这一大束花让人们心情舒畅的同时，也更加了解城市绿色生态系统，同时还激发了人们的想象力。

The ‘Broadway Bouquet’ captures the quintessentially New York spirit of spectacle and wonder that the city’s scale-bending urban environment cultivates. This public art installation revels in the culture of cut flowers found on countless street corners from Manhattan to the outer boroughs and turns it into a larger than life experience where individual trees and shrubs replace cut stems and flowers. This portable landscape is turned into a destination for the public inspiring delight and wonder in a space that might otherwise be dedicated to the automobile and giving people a glimpse of how introducing plants and urban ecology in civic spaces can stir the imagination.



“百老汇花束”长40英尺（约12.19米）、高8英尺（约2.44米），于2018年4月21日在曼哈顿Flatiron区百老汇和第二十四街（24th Street）的十字路口进行公开展示。艺术装置是NYC/DOT（纽约市交通运输部）无车地球日活动的特色作品。在一年一度的活动中，从时代广场（Times Square）到联合广场（Union Square）三十个街区的车辆通道暂时关闭，形成了临时的行人空间，让人们在这里进行游乐。本次活动中的各种项目都是由百老汇城市机构和非营利组织负责管理，其中包括公共艺术、音乐盛典、运动项目等活动，主办方希望通过这些活动促进人们对气候变化、可持续发展问题的了解，促使人们关注环境话题，并且重新思考对城市街道的利用方式 。

“百老汇花束”极具代表性，当城市充斥着忙碌的车辆，人们似乎忽略了城市空间和公共艺术的美感。想象一下，在世界上最繁忙的空间中如果能存在这样一个有生命力的呼吸花园，那么城市是否会变得更加美好？因此，“百老汇花束”还大大激发了人们的想象力。

The ‘Broadway Bouquet’ is a 40′ feet long by 8’ high temporary public art installation that was displayed at the intersection of Broadway and 24th Street in the Flatiron District of Manhattan on Saturday April 21, 2018. The art installation was a featured piece of the NYC/DOT Car Free Earth Day event. The annual event closes thirty blocks of Broadway from Times Square to Union Square to vehicular traffic, creating a temporary pedestrian space for people to explore for the day. A variety of environmental programming including public art, musical performances, and various exercise activities were introduced by city agencies and nonprofit organizations along Broadway to promote activism and education surrounding climate change, sustainability and rethinking how we use our city streets.
The Broadway Bouquet provides a tangible example to the public of what we give up – civic space and public art – when cities are dominated by vehicular traffic. The art piece captures the imagination by illustrating the potential for a car-free future with a living breathing garden in the middle of one of the busiest spaces in the world.







感谢下列组织对该项目的支持与配合：纽约市交通运输部（NYC DOT）、Blondie’s Tree House、 DeSimone Engineers。

航拍图片来源：纽约市交通运输部（NYC DOT）

Terrain Work thanks the following organizations that enabled this project to come to life through their generous support: NYC DOT, Blondie’s Tree House, and DeSimone Engineers. Video courtesy of Alexius Tan of DeSimone Engineers. Aerial photos courtesy of NYC DOT.


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