一场街道战结束了。硬性基础设施变成了软性基础设施–从中央停车场到中央公园。夹在（以汽车为基础的）石油东道主城市Sandnes的两个背景之间，Ruten公园被高架火车轨道和一个大型购物商场所包围。以前的停车场提供了一个中央和慷慨的开放空间，仅由其汽车的容量保护。RUTEN一直是城市发展中的一个缓冲区，期待着更大的发展–就像纽约的中央公园在曼哈顿的网格被浓缩在它周围之前就已建成。
A street battle is over. Hard infrastructure turned soft – from central parking to central park. Sandwiched between two contexts of the (car-based) oil host city of Sandnes, Ruten park is framed by the elevated train tracks and a large shopping mall. The former parking lot provided a central and generous open space protected only by its capacity of cars. RUTEN has remained a buffer in the urban development in anticipation of something bigger – as the Central Park in New York was built before the Manhattan grid was condensed around it.
自2012年竞赛获胜以来，一个范式的转变，取消了所有的停车场和交叉交通–通过建筑师在当地实施的9年的研究、外交和活动过程，大力推动了这一转变。
A paradigm shift since the competition win in 2012, removing all car parking and cross-traffic – has been heavily pushed through by a 9-year process of locally implemented research, diplomacy and activism by the architects.
桑内斯的历史中心仍然是一个小规模的城市结构。滨水区的新区有一个明显不同的维度–与现场旧的后工业结构的比例。通过重叠这两个相邻的环境，新的RUTEN适应了这两个环境。参照邻近的历史城市，一个6×6米的树木、柱子和灯柱的网格被延伸到场地。
Sandnes’ historic center remains a small-scaled urban fabric. The new district by the waterfront has a distinctly different dimension – scaled up to the old post-industrial structures on site. By overlapping the two adjacent contexts, the new RUTEN is adapted to both. Referencing the adjacent historic city, a 6x6meter grid of trees, columns and lampposts is extended onto the site.
该环形结构反映了滨水区快速发展的城市的巨大规模。总之，这些层次重新确立了RUTEN作为桑德内斯未来城市的自然中心和支点的地位，具有强大的根基和自豪的当地历史。作为一个标志性的地标，”RING “提供了新的身份和新的联系，在光线统一的屋顶下和内部创造了一个新的公共空间。作为城市的保护伞，这个离地面5-6米高的漂浮、起伏的结构庆祝所有的天气条件，并邀请人们在当地平均228个年雨天扩大使用。
The Ring reflects the large scale of the fast-growing city on the waterfront. Together, these layers reestablish RUTEN as a natural center and pivoting point of Sandnes´ future-looking city with strong roots and proud local history. As an iconic landmark, The RING provides new identity and new connections, creating a new public space below and within the light unifying roof. As an urban umbrella the floating, undulating structure 5-6 meters above the ground celebrates all weather conditions and invites for expanded use on the local average of 228 annual rainy days.
照明计划被整合到环形的60根钢柱中，增强了它的亮度，（110个1000流明的LED灯泡），上射灯和专用的下射灯定义了特定用途的区域，如操场、舞台、瀑布和滑板公园。
The lighting plan is integrated into the 60 steel columns of the Ring, enhancing its lightness, (110 LED bulbs of 1000 lumen) with uplights and dedicated downlights defining zones for specific usages, like the playground, stage, waterfall, and the skating park.
我们的策略是将一个大型的城市公园，为即将到来的人口增长和大型活动，与一个可能性的网格结合起来–一个较小的专用空间分区，具有亲密性和活动的多样性。
Our strategy has been to combine a large urban park, for coming population growth and for the big occasions and a grid of possibilities – a smaller subdivision of dedicated spaces with intimacy and diversity of activities.
城市公园平衡了所有的场合；亲密_开放，具体_灵活，小规模，大规模。
它允许有代表性的和有计划的，同时也鼓励自发的、非正式的和意外的活动。
The urban park balances all occasions; Intimate _ Open, Specific_ Flexible, Small scale, large scale.
It allows for the representative and planned, as well as encourages the spontaneous, informal and unexpected.
Architects: SpaceGroup
Year: 2021
Photographs: Ivan Brodey
Structural Engineer: Dipl.-Ing. Florian Kosche AS
Lighting: Light Bureau
Traffic: Norconsult
Project Architect:Gro Bonesmo
Design Director:Gary Bates
Partner In Charge:Floire Nathanael Daub
Architect:Naofumi Namba, Javier Elvira López de la Cova, Aleksandra Chylinska, Marin Kulaas Fredrik Krogeide, Jose Hernandez, Asya Guney, Anna Nilsson, Britt Alexandra Johnson, Peder Brand, Saga Andersson, Zarina Belousova, Zlatko Nikolic, Erik Solheim
Visualization:Weiss
City:Sandnes
Country:Norway