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2020 2020 ADAM Adam GERARD GerardWOJCIK Wojcik
About me
Adam Wojcik Profile
Urban planner & designer Lund, Sweden / Melbourne, Australia I am a young urban planner and designer who loves both urban and natural environments. I am passionate about community development, sustainable transport and ecological restoration. I strive to make a meaningful and positive impact with my work, studies and activities. I enjoy collaborating with others to share and develop new philosophies towards city life focusing on sustainability, liveability and social justice. My dream city has more green space than roads.
Education
Master of Science in Architecture 2018 — Present Lund University Specialisation in Sustainable Urban Design Bachelor of Environments 2013 — 2016 University of Melbourne Specialisation in Urban Design & Planning
Employment
Strategic Planner at City of Casey March 2016 — July 2018 Project management, activity centre planning, planning scheme amendments, development & master planning, cultural management reports
Details
adam.wojcik.g@gmail.com +46 704 392 917 /in/adam-g-wojcik
Languages English Polish Italian
Certificates
Swedish for Immigrants January 2020 from Hvilan Sfi Lund
Swedish
Certificate of Engagement June 2017 from IAP2 Australasia
Key skills
Tools
Passions
Structure planning & urban design
Illustrator
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Photoshop
Architecture
Community engagement
InDesign
Philosophy
Sustainable transport design
QGIS
Politics
Ecologically sensitive design
AutoCAD
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Rhino
Music
Mapping & communication design
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Contents
Projects
1 Archipelago Ystad 4-11 2 Echoing Green 12-21 3 Harmonious Society 22-29 4 Eco-retrofit Suburbia 30-33 5 CycleSpace 34-39 6 Let’s Make A Park 40-45 7 A Place of Debate 46-49 8 Hampton Park Central 50-53 Ystad, Sweden
BarkĂĽkra, Sweden
Dujiangyan, China
Epping North, Australia
North Melbourne, Australia
Strathmore, Australia
Carlton, Australia
Hampton Park, Australia
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Archipelago Ystad
Archipelago Ystad 1 Ystad, Sweden
Inspired by Ystad’s built heritage, green links, walkable streets and a network of public spaces, this project proposes to extend these qualities to connect Ystad with the harbour, and ultimately inviting the sea to the city.
How do we reconnect Ystad with the sea?
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Archipelago Ystad
Context
Located in southern Sweden, Ystad’s harbour has historically separated the medieval town centre from the sea. With the future relocation of the old harbour, there is ample opportunity for reclaiming this brownfield site for a new urban development, with the ultimate goal of reconnecting Ystad with the sea.
Skåne SWEDEN
Copenhagen
Lund Malmö Ystad
Design site Public space Library & Community Precinct
Library & Community Precinct
Monastery
School
Monastery
tan
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Stora Österga
Stora Österga
Town Hall
Town Hall Cathedral
School
Art Museum
Cathedral
Theatre
Public pool
Art Museum
Theatre
Public pool Train Station
Train Station Repurposed Warehouse
Repurposed Ferry Terminal Repurposed Ferry Terminal
Repurposed Silo
Existing civic nodes The project replicates existing patterns of Ystad’s public space network within the as the basis of a new urban structure for the harbour.
Proposed harbour nodes
Green Network Norra Promenaden
Green Junction + Wetland
Skåne Coastline
To San
Proposed biodiversity corridors
Ystad’s harbour provides opportunities to connect regionally signficant ecology and extend Ystad’s existing green links. Biodiversity corridors, embraced by built form, become living streets which allow residents and visitors can interact daily with urban ecology.
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Archipelago Ystad
Master Plan
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Archipelago Ystad
A new harbour town linking old and new, green & blue The proposed network of green corridors, diverse public spaces, quality built form aims to extend the medieval town centre and reconnect it with the sea.
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Archipelago Ystad
Principles and Strategies
Green & Blue
Sea-level rise Manage the impacts of climate change and rising sea levels
Integration Integrate water and greenery into the design of all public spaces
Interactivity Maximise opportunities to interact with flora, fauna, water and the sea
Biodiversity Establish biodiversity corridors to regional habitats, and design spaces for biodiversity
Locally Inspired Design built form inspired by Ystad’s town centre
Recycled heritage Recycle, enhance and celebrate high-quality industrial heritage in the harbour.
Housing diversity Design for housing diversity
Microclimate Be conscious of microclimate and viewlines
Overcome barriers Overcome the railway barrier and enhance pedestrian connections from city to harbour
Walkable Streets Create a safe, pleasant and walkable street network
Coastal Trail Complete the c oastal trail
Sustainable modes Prioritise pedestrians and cyclists over private motor vehicles throughout the city
Diverse Functions Identify appropriate locations for different functions
Street Life Create a public space network which supports a vibrant street life and diversity of experiences
Civic Nodes Create new civic and cultural destinations that complment and meet people’s needs
Generators Enhance the train station and ferry forecourt areas with a strong sense of arrival
Built Form
Access & Movement
Destinations & Placemaking
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Archipelago Ystad
intended to flood.
Wetland park visualisation Where biodiversity corridors meet,
Time aspect
During storm surges
Initial
Medieval Ystad
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Becoming the archipelago... Instead of fighting rising sea levels with walls, let Ystad welcome water back. Designing for water as an essential aspect of public life supports a green city, connects public spaces, manages storm surges,
Medieval Ystad
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minimises filling of land, and re-establishes a unique landscape that acts dynamically with sustainability at the fore. Over time, as storm surges and sea levels rise, the green corridors become increasingly permanently flooded, creating individual islands.
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Archipelago Ystad
Repurpo se Termina d Ferry l Buildin g/ Future C ommun ity Facility/ Neighbo urhood Centre
Detailed design
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Living Streets Ystad’s harbour provides opportunities to connect regionally signficant ecology and extend Ystad’s existing green links. Biodiversity corridors, embraced by built form, become living streets which allow residents and visitors can interact daily with urban ecology. This promotes active transport, and discourages vehicle use.
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Archipelago Ystad
Floodable spines The shaded blue areas indicate areas which can be flooded in the event of storm surges and rising sea levels.
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Echoing Green
Echoing Green 2 Ă„ngelholm, Sweden
Inspired by Ystad’s built heritage, green links, walkable streets and a network of public spaces, this project proposes to extend these qualities to connect Ystad with the harbour, and ultimately inviting the sea to the city.
Reinterpeting history, to reimagine how we live in connection with the environment.
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Echoing Green
Background
Located in north-western Skåne is the municipality of Ängelholm. As a growing city, it is becoming increasingly integrated into the larger Öresund region, with transport links to Copenhagen. In order to support its growing city, the municipality successfully advocated for the delivery of a new railway station in an outer area adjacent to an old village called Barkåkra. Accordingly, this largely rural area will soon be the site of future urban expansion.
Design site Ängelholm Municipality Helsingor
Landskrona
Copenhagen
Examining the issues of rural-urban conversion, sprawl, heritage, biodiversity and food security, I explores the layers of history and landscape to develop a sustainable project with a strong sense of place.
Historical site context
Skåne SWEDEN
Helsingborg
Lund Malmö
Barkåkra
Barkåkra Parish
Barkåkra Village
Barkåkra Village
Skjepparekroken
Skepparkroken Design site Design site
1726
1812
Barkåkra
Barkåkra
Valhall Valhall Skepparkroken
Skepparkroken
Design site
1860
Agricultural changes over time The Swedish land reforms between 1750-1820 had a dramatic effect on the historical development of Barkåkra. The largest of these - the Storskiftet consolidated many smaller farms, and resulted in
Design site
1960
almost the entire settlement of Barkåkra vanishing. I wanted to rediscover this lost village to find inspiration for a new built form which “echoes” this distant past.
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Echoing Green
Structural principles
Station anchor To Båstad To Göteborg
Main street nodes
Defined towns
Ecosystem services
Stone walls
Breathing spaces
Permeable blocks
Barkåkra
Björkhagen
To Vejbystrand
Valhall
Skepparkroken & Skälderviken To Ängelholm To Malmö To Copenhagen
Coastal views
Typology process
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Vårdträd Up to four separate houses form a central private courtyard. The buildings are oriented and sited to create the best microclimate. The communal space is used for food production and relaxation.
Communal plaza A group of vårträd courtyard houses are placed around a central plaza. These feature a greenhouse, an dining and entertaining area as well as extra spaces for communal food production.
Green coastal view Wide green corridors follow slopes and keep direct views to the coast. Align with stone walls.
Slow-speed streets Perpendicular streets follow topography provide vehicular and cycling access
Echoing Green
Conceptual axonometric
old becomes new
Plaza network Build a network of small scale intimate spaces that are linked by walkways
Block by block Fill in the negative spaces of the public space network with 30x30m lots. These are filled with houses, private yards and communal courtyards.
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Echoing Green
Axonometric master plan
Barkåkra Train Station
New bus stop
Station Plaza
Preserved Cottages Main Street
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Skepparkroksvägen
Barkåkra Station
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Echoing Green
Village Green
Recycled Food Market
Salamander Corridor Regional Cycling Corridor
park
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Echoing Green BarkĂĽkra Train station
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Green Corridors Salamander Pond
Plazas
Heritage stonewalls
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Detailed design
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Residential precinct Through a combination of retaining the heritage walls, green spines maintain strong public viewlines to the coast. Footpaths link to the train station and main street, creating a more permeable network that promotes active mobility and discourages private automobile use.
Echoing Green
Visualisation
Wetland corridors Salamanders are a protected species in this region, therefore careful design of spaces are needed to link populations across the landscape.
Sketch model
Sketch model Testing how the multi-family houeshold lots can be arranged to create a variety of private and communal yard spaces, with the ideal microclimate.
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Echoing Green
Model
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Residential precinct 1:200 model Once the sketch model was tested, I expanded it further to demonstrate the qualities of the inbetween spaces and public realm created by the housing.
Echoing Green
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Harmonious Society
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Harmonious Society Dujiangyan, China
In its socio-economic vision known as the “Harmonious Society”, China is beginning to acknowledge the increasing social conflicts and inequality emerging as a result of unchecked economic growth, and its dramatic pace of urbanisation. In response, the government expanded its development indicators beyond the economic to include environmental and social factors.
I hold an optimistic view of China’s developent, but one thing that dismays me is the lack of any encouragment of democracy - even on a local level. I wanted to explore an alternative approach to China’s urbanisation - one in which individual citizens are included in the shaping of their neighbourhoods. Although at times contrary to the ambitions of the CCP, I wish to find a model of urbanisation that can meet its demands while ensuring a robust, resilient and democratic social society.
What are the design conditions necessary to foster social capital and democracy?
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Harmonious Society
Idea exploration & discovery
how do we define
The first part of my project was to explore the different ways in which social capital and the democratic process manifest through an urbanism lens. Ultimately, my project seeks to find how urbanism can aplify these qualities that support robust democracy.
DEMOCRACY
UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION THE RIGHT TO PROTEST
HARD
LOCAL DEMOCRACY + REPRESENT -ATION VIBRANT PUBLIC SPACES RULE OF LAW
SOCIAL + CIVIC CAPITAL
SOFT
COMMUNITY ANCHORS
HOUSING
FREE ELECTIONS
AFFORDABILITY
how can urbanisation fuel democracy?
1 2 3 Vision
Cities themselves facilitate coordinated public action
more people, closer together, with easier access to information
Citizens may increase their demand for democracy
as citizens increase their prosperity, they accrue more capital, knowledge & power
Cities develop civic capital enabling citizens to improve their situation themselves
cut out the government, solve your own problems with your friends
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COMPONENTS of CIVIC CAPITAL
engaged residents inclusive community leadership collaborative institutions embracing diversity & equity authentic communication culture of engagement shared vision & values
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Harmonious Society
Sparsely settled ethnic minority areas are seeing increasing Han migration and settlement.
In this area alone, more than 100 linpan villages were demolished for urban expansion Design Site
Pre-2008 urban extent
Intensified movement & infrastructure between Chengdu & Dujiangyan
Expansion since 2008
To Chengdu
Regional Context
Dujiangyan’s peri-urban changes since 2008 Following the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, the rate of urbanisation in the region dramatically accelerated.
Observing the trends of urbanisation can help us better understand the social conflicts that arise from urbanisation.
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Harmonious Society
Lot consolidation New villages constructed in non-local styles Urban Sprawl
Road widenings
Large scale nursery plantations
Linpan demolition
Large infrastructure projects Original local village style called “linpans�
Trends
Changes to the rural landscape of Sichuan This diagram shows a snapshot of the urban-rural interface and the changes occuring in the region. The dramatic urbanisation of Dujiangyan, Chengdu and surrounds has seen the traditional rural landscape heavily altered. These changes can give an insight into some of the social conflicts that may be arising.
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Harmonious Society
Principles Locally inspired typologies
Reuse Buildings
Local construction, design, & artists
Bike Friendly
Slow streets
Diverse & Affordable Housing
Redefining Chinese squares
INCLUSIVE FUNCTIONS & SERVICES
DEMOCRATIC PUBLIC SPACES
Road Diets
UNIVERSAL MOBILITY
HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT Urban water treatment
Diverse public spaces
Places of encounter
Local food production Diverse & Affordable Housing
Master Plan
Detailed design 1 Artisan precinct
Detailed design 2 Informal settlement upgrade precinct
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Access to biodiversity
Harmonious Society
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Artisan precinct The original long-form warehouse buildings are repurposed to encourage sustainable manufacturing, industries, crafts and art. Fine grain street frontages create an attractive pedestrianised public realm which celebrates individual studio spaces, while the back laneways align with courtyards for collaborative work.
Function
Collaborative courtyards Workshop spaces are organised to create increasing scales of idea-sharing and collaboration, while retaining the high amenity fine-grain street frontages characteristic of older Chinese urban settings.
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Harmonious Society
Model Site
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Detailed design 2
Informal settlement upgrade This precinct aims to maximise the retention of buildings whilst creating a collection of courtyard blocks in pedestrian friendly street network, linking intimate public spaces.
Building retention Retaining buildings allows people to reside in their own communities, and can minimise the community dislocation that commonly occurs when residents are forced to relocate for large scale urban projects.
Phasing
Phase 0 - Identify
Phase 1 - Legible
Phase 2 - Upgrade
Phase 3 - Integrate
Demolish dangerous buildings which are structurally unsound, or irreparably damaged by the earthquake.
Create a legible urban structure - establishing sightlines, courtyards and easier movement. Minimise demolition.
An opportunity to reconfigure building footprints, encourage consoloidation and create mini plazas.
Use new buildings to reinforce the new urban structure whilst integrating the existing built form.
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Harmonious Society
Model
1:200 model This model aims to highlight how the qualities public space are amplified by the presence of ecological systems, and the voids of the built form. The old canals become a centrepiece of the plaza space.
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Suburban Eco-Retrofit
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Suburban Eco-Retrofit Epping North, Australia
Much of Australian cities are dominated by a low density housing with underperforming ecosystem services.
How can we improve the ecology of our already-built suburbs?
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This project was an attempt to see what measures could be used in an everyday Australian context to improve biodiversity.
Suburban Eco-Retrofit
Context
The subject site is located 20km north of the Melbourne CBD in a suburb called Epping North. This area has a suburban context typical of much of Metropolitan Melbourne, dominated by low density housing and high network of roads.
Today, most of the land is used residentially, but approximately 5ha of the site’s public land is reserved for parklands along the Darebin Creek. Of the public space within the residential area, most is impervious area for vehicles, and the remainder are nature strips.
Prior to agricultural and urban development, this area was part of the grassy plains woodland ecosystem of the Victorian volcanic plain, dominated by grasslands and river red gum patches. Evidence of this can be seen through the very few remaining red gums scattered throughout the suburban matrix – however all on private property, and the basalt outcrops – rocky knolls, that exist in the parklands.
The topography of the entire site slopes gently eastward down to the creek, indicating the need for storm water management. The interventions could only take place on public land, although I have included River Red Gums on private land for their important role as a keystone species in the landscape.
Existing Site
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Typical Australian Suburbia Predominantly low-rise detached housing in a dense network of vehicular streets.
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Suburban Eco-Retrofit
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Master Plan
Typical Australian Suburbia Predominantly low-rise detached housing in a dense network of vehicular streets. The public realm is disproportionately dedicated to vehicular movement, underutilised and lacking ecosystem services.
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Suburban Eco-Retrofit
Principles
Improve the water quality of the Darebin Creek using water sensitive urban design.
Restore the original plains grassy woodland ecological vegetation class where possible.
Reconnect the river red gum patches scattered throughout the suburb.
Minimise the edge effects of the suburban roads
Strategies
Reconstructing Native Grasslands Native grasslands are an endagered ecosystem in Victoria. By seeding the parkland with native grasses and sporadically burning these patches, the ecosystem can be restored.
Networking Water Sensitive Urban Design Stormewater is filtered as it flows to the creek through swales and retention basins. Sediment ponds, and artificial frog ponds link with shallow marshes and wetlands to slow water speed and improve ecology.
Restoring Woodland Diversity Intensifying the missing understorey by planting grasses, shrubs and wattles to promote biodiversity and provide extra ecological niches for different fauna and minimise the domination of single species.
Linking River Red Gums These keystone species are scattered throughout the suburban matrix. Focusing on establishing green links between these trees allows for easier faunal movements.
Reclaiming Road Space Through road closures, thinning, traffic calming and curvilinear design, we can reduce noise, pollution and impervious surfaces for additional space to treat stormwater and build habitat.
Establishing Grassland Boardwalk Raised boardwalks and signage can be used as an effective way of inviting & educating visitors of the environmental significance of the area. It also minimises damage to vegetation whilst activating the space.
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Cycle Space
Cycle Space 5 North Melbourne, Australia My agenda was to focus on making the space childfriendly. This was to counter rhetoric that the city was not safe for children to be independent.
I wanted children to not only ride their bicycles safely in the area, but to give them the confidence to venture out and explore their communities independently.
Imagine an urbanism that actively encourages independence, exploration and a sense-of-wonder
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Cycle Space
Background
Melbourne’s inner city is a place of dramatic demographic change. In the suburb of North Melbourne, located just 3km from the Central Business District, the fastest growing demographics are between the ages of 25-34, and 0-4.
One reason why families choose to leave the inner-city is a false perception that the city is unsafe to children. I believe that kids should be free to be independent, self discover and connect with nature, and one way to achieve this is through high quality, cycling infrastructure.
With more young families move into the area, my project aimed to encourage these families to remain in the area - rather than moving to the outer suburbs which commonly happens once families reach a certain age.
This project integrates water management and cycling to help encourage youth independence and mobility in an urban environment.
Context
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University and Medical Precinct
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North Melb Village
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Design Site Queen Vic Markets
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Industrial Warehouse 237
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Transport map & Lynch analysis Although seemingly well-connected by public transport, there exists a large gap in the cycling network; particularly in north-south movements. Our site has the potential to provide this missing link.
Tram Line Bus Route Cycling Lane Edge / Barrier
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Cycle Space
To create a child-friendly urban experience, which promotes fun, education and independence. 6
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Cycle Space
Vision
A child-friendly urban experience, which promotes fun, education and independence.
Principles Cycling Network Filling in the gaps in the cycling network and providing a clear and accessible north-south link through the site to the Central Business District.
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Peel St
“The Network City”
Victoria S
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Proposed separated bicycle route + pollinator pathway
Existing bicycle lanes
Other proposed bicycle lanes
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“The Self-Sustaining City”
Water resilience Water is embraced and celebrated. By collecting and directing rainwater flows throughout the gardenbeds, it becomes filtered for storage and reuse in dryer seasons.
Primary stormwater pipe (Carries unfiltered stormwater)
Secondary stormwater pipe (Carries filtered stormwater once it has passed through swales)
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Cycle Space
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Detailed Design
Stormwater pipe
Section A
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Seating elements & stormwater piping
Stormwater pipe
Elegantly tucked into the seating elements are the stormwater management systems. The idea is that the systems which sustain the project’s resilience are still visible yet unobtrusive, and that children can witness the flows of water through the site.
Cycle Space
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Stepped plaza & bridges
Section B
The elevated areas of the site take advantage of the strong viewlines to the city centre, with sloped lawns facing the north to maximise solar exposure.
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Let’s Make A Park
community volunteer work
Let’s Make A Park 6 Strathmore, Australia
In late 2017, I started a community organisation with a friend with the aim of empowering young locals to get involved in shaping their neighbourhoods. This group became Let’s Make A Park and our first placemaking success took place in my home neighbourhood. The project began as part of a placemaking bootcamp run by CoDesign Studios, with our funding provided by the Myer Foundation.
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Let’s Make A Park
Mission & Vision
Let’s Make A Park is about creating decent quality public spaces which enable young people to thrive. LMAP wants to create new green spaces with a strong focus on empowering young people and building community connections. Too often, young people have very few places where they can spend time in public without also having to spend money. Most of the time the only spaces left for young people are unremarkable, unpleasant or undesirable.
Isabelle
Suhani
Daniella
A city that’s green where everyone connects with nature everyday. A city where everyone can shape the design of cities. A city which empowers young people to have real impact on their neighbourhood
Jess
Adam
Michael
Shobhit
... and many more volunteers!
Core project group Our team consists entirely of young people - aged 13 to 25. We also garnered additional volunteers, worked together with our local municipality and leaveraged community groups to realise the project.
Project Site
Our first site In the Melbourne suburb of Strathmore, a lone traffic island stands beside the local shops and train station. Hundreds of schoolkids and commuters walk past the site every day, and we wanted to build
upon this precious asset and turn it into a destination where people willingly spend time. When people pass through, we want them to be engaged and interested in nature, local history and the community.
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Let’s Make A Park
Engagement
Community outreach We conducted our own community engagement sessions. Although predominantly targeting local school students, everyone in the community was invited to participate.
Co-Designing
Place audits In our advocacy and activism, we had to show evidence to the municipality that the area needed improvements. We used a pedestrian count and desire line study to argue for a pedestrian crossing.
Design workshops Over a series of weekly meetings, young people developed a Master Plan for the site. This would continue to evolve as discussions with Council officers provided further input (and restrictions!)
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Let’s Make A Park
Site Plan
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Construction & Placemaking
Small Planter 0.8m x 0.8m
Little Free LIbrary
Pallet (Planted) 1.2m x 0.3m
Lawn area
Metal Planter 1.2m (with tree)
Garden Beds Shrubs and grasses
Gravel Paths with kerb ramps Potential Art Location
Power Pole
Basalt Boulders
Strathmore Station
Building workshops Young people designed and built the furniture in our park themselves. Partnerships with other community groups provided guidance and support, giving young people hands-on skills to make a change in their community.
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Let’s Make A Park
Planting
Planting We selected indigenous native plants to fill our garden beds to help support the local ecology. Many children participated in the planting, in order to build a sense of pride and connection with the site.
Mural
GROW mural A group of highschoolers were empowered to take the lead in designing and painting a mural, inspired by native flora. I coordinated the event and supplied the paint and food!
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Let’s Make A Park
Event planning
Launch event & street party Our street party showcased young local musical talent, artists, and businesses. It was an opportunity to meet with many skeptical people in our community, as well as demonstrate the viability of street closures.
built by young people, for all
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A Place of Debate
A Place Of Debate 7 Carlton, Australia
My task was to create a space of political and philosophical debate, and transform an existing town square in Melbourne. I focused on creating a space that promotes environmental and social discourse, with the goal of inspiring and raising awareness of society’s relationship with nature.
Question the separation between human society and the environment
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I recreated landscapes of an immersive nature and symbols of politics and philosophy - questioning their place in a dichotomy between nature and humanity. Both environments are dramatically manipulated, and the central premise of the space is to question the dichotomies and supposed separation of humanity and the environment.
A Place of Debate
Background
Concept
Our brief was broad, specifying only that our project had to create a place of debate, and be a reconfiguration of an existing square in Melbourne. Beyond this we were free to interpret the brief however we wanted. Anagoge
Debate
Pedagogy
Modes of debate & philosophy Exploring political and philosophical thought behind anagogic and pedagogic learning, as well as the public versus private experience in spaces.
The existing square I chose to upgrade was Argyle Square, in the inner city suburb of Carlton. My interests lie heavily in democracy and ecology, and this became a central idea in my project.
The Conch as a symbol and form
The conch is the central metaphor for democracy in William Golding’s 1954 novel - Lord of the Flies.
Reinterpreting classical symbols of power...
...in various states of decay
Master Plan
The ‘Atmostheatre’
The ‘Conch’ Ampitheatre
A two-sided square The existing square’s original form was one of contrasts. One side featured an urban plaza, and the other a more natural park environment. I retained this contrast as a central theme of my project - symbolising our perceived separations between human society and the environment.
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A Place of Debate
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The Conch Ampitheatre An urban hardstand space similar to a traditional ampitheatre. The conch spiral effect has the symbolic meaning that all people in this space are equal - literally sitting on the same level. Scattered are monuments associated with western civic society in various states of decay. The conch ampitheatre also forms another analogy - a quarry. This depicts human extraction of materials. The hard surfaces in this half of the square is intended to juxtapose sharply with the soft, lush and immersive ‘atmostheatre’.
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A Place of Debate
The Atmostheatre
Anagoge Enclaves
Forest Forum
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Atmostheatre Featuring smaller enclaves to create intimate spaces intended for anagogic discussion and personal reflection, allowing users to sink into a densely vegetated space that inspires awe at the natural world.
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Hampton Park Central
professional work
Credit: Geoff Falk Illustration
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Hampton Park Central City of Casey, Australia
During my time as a strategic urban planner at the City of Casey, I coordinated the strategic plans intended to guide the revitalisation of Hampton Park Central - a town centre in suburban Melbourne.
Revitalising a town centre, by prioritising community needs first.
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I project managed both the Community Precinct Master Plan and Town Centre Development Plan. This was a team effort where I coordinated internal stakeholders - transport planners, urban designers, landscape designers and social planners; external consultants - WilliamRossArchitects, K2 Planning, Tract Architects, Institute for Sensible Transport; and engaged community stakeholders and major landowners.
Hampton Park Central
Context
Hampton Park Central is an important local retail and community destination which suffers from a lack of coordinated development between major landowners. This has resulted in a poor road network with no clear streets, a poor built form with many
blank walls, as well as vacant, underutilised and poor-quality outdoor spaces. The presentation of the centre contributes to low perceptions of safety, affecting civic pride.
Somerville Road
River Gum Creek Reserve
Hallam R oad
S tuart Avenue
Woolworths
Hampton Park Central Community Precinct Kinder
garten
Arthur Wren Hall
Community House
Youth Info Centre Library
Enterprise Av en Orient P lace
Commerce Drive
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Fordholm Road Fordholm Reserve
Hampton Park Town Centre Council owns approximately 1.4ha of land within the Town Centre which hosts its community facilities. These include a Library, Large Hall, Youth Centre, Community House and a Kindergarten. Library and Youth Centre
Kindergarten +200m2
Meeting spaces Existing childcare space
80m2
Library 800m2
115m2
+115m
+115m2 180m
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Extra kinder room
Occasional care room
Large hall
Small meeting rooms
Community facility needs assessment
25m2
25m2
50m2
80m2
+50m2
500m2
80m2
+100m2
+70m
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Outdoor play spaces
Amenities
Community Admin CSO shared office space
+330m
2
+660m2
Business hub +80m2
Facility area requirements A social planning analysis identified major shortfalls in community infrastructure for the Hampton Park community. In collaborating with architects and social planners, we explore approaches to use spaces
+90m2 Community Kitchen
Restrooms
+440m2 Storage
more innovatively and efficiently. This led to a design that creates a shared office space for community service organisations that encourages collaboration between different service providers.
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Hampton Park Central
Vision
The Hampton Park Central Community Precinct is a vibrant, safe and inclusive place which supports and empowers a thriving community. The precinct is sustainable, resilient and reflects the identity of Hampton Park, celebrating the community’s unique culture, history and wisdom.
Principles
Welcoming, safe and inclusive public spaces
Meeting our community needs
Connecting with nature
Revitalising the precinct
Master Plan Future Private Development
M ain
Future Private Development
St Storm-water Garden
Anzac Memorial
River Red Gum Tree ne
Potential future expansion area
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Multi-Level Community Hub
n Tree Protectio
Mixed Use
Car Park
Arthur Wren Hall Foyer
Children’s Play Space
» Council Kindergarten » Neighbourhood house Kindergarten (occasional care and after school care) » Maternal and child health center » Common areas
Early Year Services
Future Private Development
Play Zone
Comm erce D r
Waterplay
Plaza Play Space
Children’s Play Space
Art Mural and Green Wall
Stu ar t Ave
Youth Services
The Community Hub includes: » Meeting Rooms
Library Potential Library Expansion
» Hampton Park Community House » Activity Rooms
Existing Shops
Legend
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Plaza & Footpaths Lawn & Gardens Water Sensitive Urban Design Arrival Forecourt Internal walkway Main entrance metres 0
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Proposed Community Facility & Town Space Upgrades An integrated facility was developed to make use of existing facility spaces, as well as a new town square which celebrates the iconic River Red Gum tree. The site also allows the delivery of a Main Street to create a more legible and attractive movement through the town centre.
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Hampton Park Central
Development Plan
Environment
Built form
Create and maintain new biodiversity links and habitat connections between natural assets which integrate with built form and the public realm.
Deliver a variety of high quality private and public realm which are human-scaled, safe, comfortable, accessible, inclusive and legible.
Street Network
2m 1.5m 2.5m footpath landscape WSUD +dining +parking
3.5m drive lane
2.5m WSUD +tree
3.5m drive lane
2.5m Urban Creek
3m footpath
Community Precinct Town Square
Main Street 21m
Proposed new streets
In order to improve the legibility of the centre, a new “main street” was proposed to form the central focus of any of the private landowners’ redevelopment. The ambition was to daylight a major stormwater drain to become a new ‘urban creek’ which ran alongside this main street.
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