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BRUNSWICK MARINA.
CAIN’S BREWERY.
CONTEMPORARY URBAN CENTRE & ELEVATOR BUILDING. (SOON TO BE A NEW COLLEGE).
WEDDING HOUSE.
QUEENS DOCK.
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Site & nearby parks & green spaces.
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of Liverpool from Princes Dock to the Coburg Dock
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UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE BOUNDARY & BUFFER ZONE BOUNDARY THAT RUNS THROUGH THE CORE OF THE SITE.
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View towards Radio City tower.
Key view down Parliament St towards the Queens dock & Customs house.
View from the water sports centre towards the Cathedral.
Anglican Cathedral in the background.
View from Maraners wharf bridge towards the city centre.
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Whilst at the site we discovered that the Liverpool Marina is part of the Transeurope network, which connects marinas across Europe. We noted how bring European visitors to Liverpool.
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Whilst in Porto, Portugal, we were lucky enough to visit one of the marinas part of the Transeurope network. This was the Duoro Marina. “The Douro Marina is a marina with 300 places of mooring for boats, which represents a new concept of marina that unites but also for locals and visitors alike.�
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Community workshops next to the new luxury marina.
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Community wash lines next to the new luxury marina.
Community wash house.
Water level access on the riverside walls. water level.
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New bridges for large vessel access.
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Civic spaces & landmarks route.
New proposed edges on the site.
Proposed boulevards on Liverpool’s
as a measure for enhancing the city both visually and did not focus on the architecture of buildings, but the
route with landmarks and public squares along street such as Dale Street, Water Street, Hope Street and The
a public square to complete this circuit.
New Islington, Grove Street, Parliament Street and the
desirable areas to be more integrated with the city and the roads will become far more pleasant for users whether they are travelling by foot, bicycle or car.
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The boulevard type to be implemented would be a One-sided Boulevard Street and the precedent we took for this was Avenue Franklin Roosevelt in Paris. The boulevard would be 40 metres wide and have two lane roads separated zone, which is, linked with a cycle lane and a one-sided a counter ally for the industrial buildings along the road.
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Boulevard and the precedent we took for this was Queens Boulevard in New York. The boulevard would be 40 metres wide and have 3 lane roads separated by trees would shelter pedestrians and cyclists from the busy road.
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high pedestrian use due to a university library and student residences. Therefore the boulevard type to be implemented would be a Boulevard Street and the precedent we took for this was Corso Isonzo in Italy. The boulevard would be 27 metres wide with single lane roads, two counter allies for residents parking the road with trees to act as a noise barrier.
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pedestrian use. The boulevard type to be implemented here would be a for this is Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn. The boulevard would be 60m in width and include two lane roads separated by
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pedestrian use. The boulevard type to be implemented here would be a the precedent for this was Bordeaux in France. The boulevard would be 40m in width and include two land roads one counterally to give access to the landscape with strategically placed trees between the road and counterally will also block the linear park from the busy road.
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CONCEPT SKETCHES FOR THE DOCKS, PROPOSED ROUTES AND CIVIC SPACES
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3D MASSING MODEL OF THE PROPOSED DESIGN.
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NEW ACTIVITY WITHIN THE PROPOSED DESIGN.
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MASTERPLAN FOR NEW BOULEVARDS, WATERFRONT & CIVIC SPACES.
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KEY SITE MOVES & ROAD CHANGES.
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IMPROVED ACCESS FOR PEDESTRIANS & WATER.
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NEW WATERFRONT,THE STRAND, CHALNOR STREET.
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PARLIAMENT STREET, CIVIC SPACE, EDUCATION & BREWERY
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ST. JAMES SQUARE, NEW TRAIN STATION & CIVIC SQUARE.
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the marina will be a luxury
Along the waterfront boulevard will
as up market retail outlets and leisure
will give a hard edge to the city. Once broken out of this city edge there is a waterfront boulevard, with one counterally next to a linear park to
the sky line.
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for people and families to wander and relax. There will be pavilions along here, which will be of quality to the waterfront. These will act as level changes to bring the public down to the water level (-4metres)
Parliament Street will
stop and park. As the street widens here it
buildings on and the public square by the
along the Parliament Street as the width
include, the Anglican Cathedral, the Cains Brewery, the CUC and Elevator building and Camp and Furnace. The counter allies central to the road provide a place for the cars to
outside of the CUC and elevator building will
the civic square will be located outside of the new St James pedestrian zone outside of Limestreet
hub.
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SECTION SHOWING EXISTING & PROPOSED BUILDINGS ALONG PARLIAMENT STREET.
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3D SKETCH
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LAND USE.
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FOOTPRINT AREAS.
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