urban nature & culture park
Anna Kristín Guðmundsdóttir Urban Ecology for Landscape Architecture May 2020
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CULTURE PARK BY A GREEN CORRIDOR
green corrido r SOUTH EAST UPPSALA
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Source: Uppsala Kommun
culture house
train station
THE FUTURE
integrating urban and nature messy - biodiversity - healthy - playful
I N SP I R A T I O N A L T H E O R I E S
Ecological quality tends to look messy. It requires designing orderly frames for messy ecosystems
Restoration of nature within cities is the key to making cities livable, loveable and ecologically sustainable
A natural world where humans and human practices are reconfigured as part of nature – not apart from nature.
Joan Iverson Nassauer
Michael C. Houck (chapter 5)
Jason Byrne (chapter 6)
Summary from chapters in Routledge Handbook of Urban ecology and the article Messy Ecosystems – Orderly frames.
L A N D U SE I N 1 K M R A D I U S
Urban nature spaces are an important feature in creating healthy and walkable urban environments. Good proximity from a home to the park is within 1 km distance. Jenna H. Tilt (chapter 32)
Summary from chapters in Routledge Handbook of Urban ecology.
LOCAL FLORA AND NATURAL VALUE
Liljekonvalj Convallaria majalis
Blåsippa Anemone hepatica
kärrknipprot Epipactis palustris
skvattram Rhododendron tomentosum
Lingonberry
Blåbärsris
Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Vaccinium myrtillus
Renlavar
Calluna / Ljung
Cladonia rangiferina
Calluna vulgaris
Birch / Björk Betula
Willow / Sälg Salix Caprea
Juniperus
Hazel
Gran
Pine
Corylus avellana
Picea
Pinus
F R O M TH E N O R D I C
Svandammen
Source: www.pinterest.com/annakgudmunds/the-swan-lake/ & Rut Sofia Lindeberg
Kyrkparken
Nansenparken
Seljatjörn
Søerne
SE A SO N S
Source: www.pinterest.com/annakgudmunds/the-swan-lake/
FUNCTIONS AND BENEFITS
pollination
habitats
water management
biodiversity shelter
knowledge clean air
social well-being
Source: www.boverket.se/sv/samhallsplanering/sa-planeras-sverige/planering-av-mark-och-vatten/ekosystemtjanster/grafiskt-material/
cultural identity
peace and quiet
URBAN AND NATURE
MOVEMENT
RESIDENTIAL the nature is urban the urban is nature
MOVEMENT
MAIN STREET - MOVEMENT
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T H E SW A N L A K E Residential area
Perennial beds w/concrete seating
Wetland plants
Inlet
B A
Bike lane
B Walking lane
A Residential area
Green corridor
Culture square Timber path
Culture house
Permeable surfaces
Protection of existing trees
the nature is urban the urban is nature
Habitat island 500 m²
Concrete steps/seating
Pond 0,5 ha
Boardwalk
Pavement
Bridge Water channel
Grass-stone
Outlet Stormwater barrier
Plan 1:1000 @A4 10 m
Bridge
100 m
Main street Public transport, bicycle paths, pedestrians
POND AND WETLAND
A A
Section A-A Scale 1:100 @A4
1m
5m
boardwalk wetland grass habitat island
1:3
1:5 flooding level average water level
soft bottom (sand/mud)
local flora
C U L T U R E SQ U A R E
B B
Section B-B Scale 1:100 @A4
1m
5m
boardwalk
pavement
grass stone concrete bench
concrete steps pond
soft bottom
wetland grass
local flora
SP E C I E S
pond and wetland area
Inlet
Peaceful zone
Horned grebe Svarthakedopping Podiceps auritus
Great crested grebe Skäggdopping
Swan Sångsvan
Podiceps cristatus
Cygnus cygnus
Habitat island 500 m²
Wetland plants
Pond 0,5 ha Boardwalk
Mallard Gräsand
Canada goose Kanadagås
Grass snake Vattensnok
Anas platyrhynchos
Branta canadensis
Natrix natrix
Three-spined stickleback Storspigg Gasterosteus aculeatus
Outlet
and more...
Source: www.pinterest.com/annakgudmunds/the-swan-lake/
LOCAL FLORA
pond and wetland area
Reed / Bladvass Phragmites australis
Cotton grass / Ängsull
Birch / Björk
Eriophorum angustifolium
Betula
and more...
Source: www.pinterest.com/annakgudmunds/the-swan-lake/
LOCAL FLORA
concrete steps
Calluna / Ljung Calluna vulgaris
Birch / Björk
Source: www.pinterest.com/annakgudmunds/the-swan-lake/
Betula
Willow / Sälg Salix Caprea
Juniperus
Ormbunknar Pteridophyta
Lingonberry Vaccinium vitisidaea
Renlavar Cladonia rangiferina
Blåsippa Anemone hepatica
Skvattram Rhododendron tomentosum and more..
THE FUTURE
urban nature & culture park Anna Kristín Guðmundsdóttir Urban Ecology for Landscape Architecture May 2020