EDMONTON
Roding Valley
Angel Road
Higham's Park
Woodford Green
WOODFORD Northumberland Park
OTTENHAM
South Woodford
Tottenham Hale Blackhorse Road
WALTHAMSTOW
Seven Sisters
Wood Street
Walthamstow Central Queens Road
St James Street
Snaresbrook
WANSTEAD
South Tottenham
Wanstead
s Stamford Hill
House
Leyton Midland Road
Leytonstone
Stoke Newington
Leytonstone High Road Clapton
STOKE NEWINGTON
LEYTON
Ilford
Rectory Road Leyton
Discovering the Lower Lea Valley
Manor Park
Wanstead Park
Woodgrange Park
A journey between industrial areas, high streets, housing and their relationship to pulic space. Forest Gate
Dalston Kingsland
Canonbury
Hackney Downs Hackney Central
Homerton
Maryland Dalston Junction
Stratford
HACKNEY
Hackney Wick Stratford
London Fields
East Ham
STRATFORD Upton Park
Haggerston Pudding Mill Lane
WEST
Cambridge Heath
Plaistow
BOW
Hoxton
Old Street
Bethnal Green
BETHNAL GREEN
HAM
EAST
West Ham Bow Church
Bow Road
Bromley-by-Bow
Mile End Bethnal Green
Shoreditch High Stret
HAM
Devons Road Stepney Green
Whitechapel
Liverpool Street
STEPNEY Aldgate East
Langdon Park
Limehouse Shadwell
Beckton
Canning Town
POPLAR Custom House Prince Regent
All Saints
Westferry
Royal Victoria
East India Poplar
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Cyprus Royal Albert
Beckton Park
Blackwall
West India Quay London City Airport
Canary Wharf
Wapping
West Silvertown
Heron Quays
Pontoon Dock
South Quay
King George V
Silvertown
North Woolwich
North Greenwich
Crosshabour
Woolwich Dockyard
Mudchute Island Gardens Charlton Westcome Park Cutty Sark
Deptford Greenwich
Maze Hill
GREENWICH
WOO
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Andi Rupf MA Spatial Planning and Urban Design Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design Year 2014
Content 01. Lea Valley map 02. Industry and Housing Blackhorse Lane Collage Cody Road Collage 03. Stratford High Street Axonometric & analysis 04. Public vs. private Stratford Tower 150 Poplar Balfron Tower
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Recycling & Industrial Estate
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Week 1, Oktober 2013 SPUD Studio, Andi Rupf
Blackhorse Lane
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victoria house type private housing
big buildings housing estaite
tall buildings housing estaite
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Olympic Park
Gas Tower
countryside feeling, very green, leisure area less orientention, no landmarkes, less sign invisible Reserviors
limitations of access good orientention with landmarkes like olympic orbit
over regulated, limitations of access missing orientention and information
The Lea Valley offers a wide range of housing types which are related to the Valley from private housing to social-housing and on narrow boats.
working center
Leven Road
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Cody Road
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Imperial Street
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Bow Back
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Hackney Wick
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Argall Ave
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You can distinguish the Industry areas by size, age, legacy, fabric of building and density. I observed that areas which are closer to the city have mostly older characteristics and fabric of buildings with a longer history and legacy behind. It is a organic growth with smaller blocks of buildings.
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Where are the industrial and housing areas and how big they are? Do they have a specific characteristic?
Blackhorse Lane
An industrial area with identity and characteristic. Blackhorse Lane has a valuable heritage and legacy. We can see a organically and slow growth. The uses of the buildings and shape of roofs underlines this impression.
The area is layered with the river in the east, industry in the middle and housing in the west. I tried to make the river visible and provided access and space for the community.
See through, connect and make space useful. Blackhorse Lane at Hooker’s Road
Cody Road Cody Road is an industrial location which has the character of an efficiently planned area created by an investment consortium. Good access to highways and spacious streets seem to be their recipe for success. It is embedded between the railway and river Lea. I found a forgotten space on the edge of the area with an amazing existing ‘dockyard’ looking pool. With a new big stairs for the full side of the pool I have turned it in a unique new Lido.
Stratford High Street - Who takes control?
Dimension and proportian of buildings, infrastructure and their relation to the public realm.
Stratford High Street - Who takes control?
Dimension and proportian of buildings, infrastructure and their relation to the public realm.
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Three points of attention 1. Living and shopping on a high traffic junction 2. The feeling for pedestrian between high buildings 3. How to cross the street?
Stratford Station
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“Welcomed developers spellbound by visions of soaring glass shards, and egged on by the GLA’s boomtime tower fetish.” Report bdonline.co.uk
1. Living and shopping on a high traffic junction.
Living on a busy traffic street
Is StratfordHigh High Street a place a to live or great shopping? Is Stratford Street place toforlive or great for shopping? Is this High Street comparabal I would say no because of all the traffic noise and air pollution, the massive street width and the odd public space. with other and is the street scale a lagacy issue or current need? Is this high street comparable with other high streets? No it’s not comparable. The scale of buildings and the infrastructure like streets are much bigger than on other high streets. I suggest to: - Reduce the width of streets and junctions. - Give more attention to the coexistence and mix of public realm use. - Better design and improve streets and places so they are matching with the private and public space.
2. The feeling for pedestrians between tall buildings
How is the relation between tall buildings and public realm? What is the feeling for pedestrians in terms of comfort to stay and pause? The density of buildings in this road section is high and built close to the pedestrian zone. It isn’t a place to stay or rest. It is noisy and the air pollution seems to be high.
The Fassade, used material and fabric of building give a impression of the this particular street section. The ground floor and use isn’t connect Bulidings and with the public realm.
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pedestrian zone
bicycle lane
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bicycle lane
I suggest to: Keep the balance between the height of the buildings and the public realm. Tall buildings should be placed in the second row.
pedestrian zone
The ground floor and its use has no relation with the public realm.
How tall is a building and how is it related to a pedestrian zone or public
Dimension of space uses
3. How to cross the street Who is dominating the street and realm between the buildings on the right and left side? The traffic with the green unused space in between has the biggest claim of public realm.
Stratford Station
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I suggest to: - Get rid of the middle green - Combine the street and give space back to the pedestrian zone on the right and left.
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Cars, lorries and buses dominate Stratford High Street and bicycle lanes are completely separated.
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Who is dominating the street and realm between the buildings on the right and left side?
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How is the street divided in section for each road user? Cares, Lorries and Buses dominate the Stratford High Street. Bicycle Lane are completely separated.
pedestrian zone
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It is difficult for pedestrians to cross the street with its huge width. Reducing the width of the street makes crossing easier and gives more quality to the public space. bicycle lane
pedestrian zone
is dominating the street and realm between the ings on the right and left side?
s the street divided in section for each road user? , Lorries and Buses dominate the Stratford High
Feeling of a barrier between one side to the other. It is difficult for pedestrians to cross the street with his huge
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Which area in a big housing estate feels private or public? The range of colors show the spectrum from public to private space. Also a flat can have a range of private elements.
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Balfron Tower was built in 1956 and has a complex external space but if you enter the main door there is a feeling of community where people know each other. The bright corridors which open up three level of housing has many doors and windows and gives a intensive public and welcome community feeling. If we can new organize the outside area we would be able to become a successful public but also semi-public estate.
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