FLOWCITY

FLOWCITY 流动之城

KAAN Architecten + RNDR

The era of new mobility is coming closer, urban infrastructure faces the challenge of adding both new systems and patches to the existing. The increasing complexity in urban mobility has enhanced the great importance of nodes in urban infrastructure. Time spent in these infrastructural nodes has been stretched and the importance of ‘passenger experience’ has increased accordingly.

An infrastructural hub, as the node this in new mobility, is like a city of flows. Movements of people are not just determined by destination but also largely influenced by the space embracing them. When do people stop, how do they move; what is the different rhythm between queuing and wandering? As a hub of infrastructure, its ultimate goal is to provide smoothness. To accommodate and facilitate a seamless flow it is not just key to optimize functionality but also to enhance the interactivity of building systems with users. The more intelligent/smart buildings become the less that needs to be expressed in impressive and excessive formal complexity but rather enhanced by clarity and spatial openness in architecture with intelligent use of light and materials.

KAAN Architecten in collaboration with Estudio Lamela, ABT and Ineco, (abbreviated as KLAIR) is designing the new terminal at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. Central to the design is the urban integration of the new terminal with the rest of Schiphol on both landside and airside to expand and reinforce the ONE Terminal concept. An overlapping area and a diversity of user flows distinguish the reception hall for departing passengers and make a distinctive space for the baggage reclaim hall underneath the raised check-in floor. Furthermore, short and direct routes on the landside, maintaining the efficient connection to train station, bus station and parking area are urban integration elements that contribute to keeping Schiphol a “compact city”.

The video installation presented here uses metaphorical impressions to express the notion of seamless flow in an era of new mobility. Through showing the immense density, variety, and seemingly chaotic actions and movements of people in contrast with a background that presents the freedom of running and walking in an abundantly lit open space we express our aim to create the future of mobility nodes – the ultimate fluent experience.

In the installation, a column of screens is located in the middle of the Biennale audience flow. Videos of busy walking movements are to correspond and emphasize the flow in the Biennale. In contrast, the big curved wall projects a movie of running and walking under the bright, spacious ceiling, expressing the sensation of both freedom and calmness such a space can provide.

随着新型交通时代的来临，现有的城市基础设施迎来更多变化与挑战。城市交通设施将与新型交通系统共存，或是在现有设施上拼凑修补。城市交通系统变得日益复杂，使得交通节点的重要性逐渐增强。随着复合型交通节点消耗了人们越来越多的时间，“乘客体验”的重要性也相应地增加了。

作为交通节点，新的大型交通枢纽就像一座流动的城市。人在交通节点中的活动绝不仅仅取决于其行程的终点，而是更大程度上被置身其中的空间所影响：人们何时走动，何时停下脚步，人们在排队或是徘徊张望时又有怎样不同的节奏？交通枢纽的终极目标是提供畅达性。这不仅仅需要优化空间功能，更需要充分考量建筑系统和使用者之间的互动。建筑在变得日益智能的同时，也越来越不需要使用过度复杂的形式语言凸显自己。在新的交通节点中，更为重要的是如何合理运用光线与材料语言，来提高建筑的清晰度和空间的开放性。

由KAAN Architecten，Estudio Lamela，ABT和Ineco组成的KLAIR团队正在为阿姆斯特丹史基浦机场设计新的航站楼。该设计的核心便是新航站楼在城市尺度上和周边现有设施的整合。从陆侧到空侧，新航站楼确保了流线和空间的良好衔接，使得整个机场“枢纽“的概念得到了扩展和加强。机场通过纵向区分不同人流，为乘客创造了独立的离境大厅，并在出发层下方的行李提取大厅创造了独特的开敞空间。此外，机场尽可能地缩短与陆侧的连接。与火车站、公交车站、停车场等设施有效而紧密的衔接，保证了机场和原有环境关系的完成程度，更加强了史基浦的“紧凑之城”形象。

这里所展示的视频装置试图通过隐喻的方式，来表达新交通时代的无缝流动这一概念。通过展示旅客们高密度、多样化、看似混乱的行为或动作，与人们在明亮的开放空间中的自由行走和奔跑形成强烈对比，从而提供一种在未来新交通节点中的终极流畅体验。

展览中，一根由多个屏幕组成的柱子被置放于双年展密集的人流之中。视频中繁忙的脚步回应且突显出福田高铁站以及双年展密集的人流。同时，大型弯曲的投影墙上投射出人们行走和奔跑在明亮宽敞的天花之下的场景。我们希望在这样的对比中，让观众体会置身于新型交通节点中的平静与自由。

Credits:

Kees Kaan, Yang Zhang 张洋, Martina Margini, Shushen Zhang 张淑慎, Hrvoje Smidihen, Michael Cardelli, Alexis Keng Yee Oh 胡琼洢, Yagiz Söylev, Valentina Bencic.