Sasaki Wins National APA Achievement Award for Gulf State Park Master Plan
Transformative coastal park honored for Planning and Implementation
凭借一系列绿色建筑以及可持续经济措施，海湾州立公园在饱受飓风和漏油事故摧残之后得以重生
海湾州立公园总体规划
Gulf State Park Master Plan expands environmental education, overnight accommodations, and outdoor recreation while enhancing environmental sustainability and resilience
2010年墨西哥湾漏油事故对附近大范围海洋造成严重破坏，事故不但导致阿拉巴马州的许多海滩关闭，也造成持续至今的经济影响。占地达2,490公顷的海湾州立公园是墨西哥湾沿岸面积最大的开放保护区，公园如同阿拉巴马州的滨海走廊，每年都吸引大量本地与外地游客到访。这个极受欢迎的旅游景点为当地所带来的巨额收益足以支撑整个阿拉巴马州公园系统的运营。Sasaki的总体规划方案建基于海湾州立公园独一无二的优厚条件，制定符合国际水平的可持续环境发展和经济发展模型。
The master plan provided a roadmap to achieve a bold vision, transforming the park into an international sustainable tourism destination and improving Alabama’s national reputation. Many of the first and second phase improvements are now complete or in progress.
The Gulf State Park Master Plan and its implementation demonstrate the power of planning to effect positive change
此项总体规划以五大要素主导：提升访客体验，修复沿岸的沙丘，建立一所游客教育中心，创造以倡导学习为概念的园区，以及重建在2004年被飓风伊万摧毁的公园度假村。全新落成的逾16公里长的人行步道、自行车道和跑步路径将为海湾州立公园每年60多万名访客带来截然不同的旅游乐趣；总长约5.6公里的现有公园爬山步道将得到优化；园内的连接措施也将进一步加强，以减少人们对车辆交通的依赖。
Home to the federally-endangered Alabama Beach Mouse and an important flyway stopover, Gulf State Park is a critical environmental resource encompassing a diversity of ecosystems
The team engaged with more than 3,000 residents and park visitors, including feedback from all 67 counties in Alabama and 34 states
Developing a park brand that represented the diversity of the park as well as the core elements of the vision was a critical first step. Deployed throughout the park, the brand is now a recognizable and defining feature of the experience.
项目通过创新技术以及种植原生植物对公园范围内面积相当于50几个美式足球场的沙丘进行修复，避免了在现场额外铺沙的需要。修复后的沙丘能抵抗暴风雨，同时为动物提供栖息地。此外，本方案也提出野生动植物自然栖息地修复策略，尤其以全国性濒危的阿拉巴马海滩鼠、筑巢海龟和水鸟为关注重点。通过策略性地打开缺口修筑护堤，并借由栽种原生植物、建造防沙栅栏与灭除入侵物种等策略进行加固，沙粒就能更容易流入次级和三级沙丘。沙丘修复过程在第一批缺口准备就绪后随即启动，所有数据将被持续监测。
The master plan envisioned an interpretive center that would celebrate a healthy and dynamic dune system and teach park visitors about the park’s diverse ecosystems
A tall engineered berm blocked natural sand movement. Five cuts were made in strategic locations, allowing sand to move naturally and restoring secondary and tertiary dunes.
Implemented dune restoration projects are helping to grow healthy dunes that provide important habitat while protecting the park and surrounding community from storm events
The master plan envisioned an interpretive center that would celebrate a healthy and dynamic dune system and teach park visitors about the park’s diverse ecosystems
A tall engineered berm blocked natural sand movement. Five cuts were made in strategic locations, allowing sand to move naturally and restoring secondary and tertiary dunes.
Implemented dune restoration projects are helping to grow healthy dunes that provide important habitat while protecting the park and surrounding community from storm events
Parking once to explore via bike and foot was an important theme of the master plan vision
The park has already implemented many of the phase 1 and 2 improvements of the master plan
The new trail system reveals and connects some of the park’s most beautiful moments
An expanded trail network includes 15 miles of new trails and 2 pedestrian bridges over a major beachfront state road, making it possible to travel between all major park destinations by bicycle or by foot
全新的学习园区将提供各种教育活动和研究项目，新增的住宿设施为学生团体、研究人员和游客营造不一样的造访体验，其附属的餐饮设施则服务于园内访客和广大市民。学习园区选址于现有的公园办公总部附近，便捷的地理位置鼓励区内市民和学生参与公园所举办的教学活动。新建的游客教育中心集合了聚会空间与教学环境，其设计以“生态建筑”为概念，并以教育用途为重心，在室内、外举行互动展览。上述两个项目目前均在施工中。
The new Gulf State Park Interpretive Center is on track to be one of just 21 certified Living Buildings in the world, demonstrating innovative best practices in sustainable development
The Interpretive Center and the Lodge occupy formerly developed sites within a gulf dune system, but maintain a buffer from the primary dune to allow for dynamic dune growth over time
Although the interpretive center building sits high above the floodplain, accessible moments within the center allow for interpretation of the site’s growing dune system
Swing benches at the beach plaza allow visitors to take a shady pause from their adventures through the park
为保护公园自然区域中的核心栖息地，本次总体规划所划定的发展范围集中在已开垦的区域。与此同时，未来任何开发项目也将以绿色建筑标准为作业基础，从而保护甚至为公园环境带来裨益。各种规划元素为海湾州立公园构建出经济上持续可行的运营方案，以产生足够资金作景观维护和修复之用，甚至能为整个阿拉巴马州的公园系统提供经济支持。
As the first hospitality building to certify as both SITES and LEED Platinum, the Lodge welcomes visitors to a unique experience of sustainable tourism at the edge of the Gulf
Future enhancements include converting the Golf Course to a “Park Adventure Launch.” The existing Golf Course was struggling financially and was closed in December 2018.
Sasaki led the master plan including the engagement process, designed the new park branding, and completed landscape design for the Lodge, Interpretive Center, and Learning Campus. Sasaki was also engaged for on-call planning support through implementation to advise as issues arose and to support with implementation progress. The results of the project show how an interdisciplinary approach to the project support faster, more integrated implementation. Sasaki’s team included planners, landscape architects, civil engineering, graphic designers, and computer programmers and data analysts (who developed SmartPark 1.0, a park revenue tool, for this project).
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