Power Picket Austin, TX, USA

奧斯汀市向西擴張并重新調整城市電網的工業用地，用于民用、商業和住宅項目。新的主要公共圖書館，城市自行車道和幾個混合用途開發地點將圍繞仍在運作的西霍爾姆變電站。從概念上來說，該項目協調并突出了幾個領域，隔離墻超越了功能，提供了無法簡化為單一現象的體驗，同時解決了城市環境、規模、計劃、門檻、邊緣和體驗的動態變化帶來的問題。各種各樣的材料，建筑類型，照明和多孔性可以與變電站相鄰的特定環境進行互動，同時允許在變電站中隱藏視野，認可為城市供電所需的基礎設施。

The City of Austin is expanding westward and repurposing industrial sites of the city grid for civic,business, and residential programs. The new primary public library, an urban bikeway, and several mixed-use development sites will surround the still functioning Seaholm Electrical Substatio.Conceptually,the wall project negotiates and accentuates several realms. The wall transcends the functional,offering experiences that cannot be reduced to a single phenomenon while addressing the changing dynamics of the urban context, its scale, programs, thresholds, edges, and experiences.Varied materials, construction types, lighting, and porosity engage the specif i c contexts abutting the substation while allowing veiled views into the substation, acknowledging the infrastructure that is required to power the city.