M.ARCH THESIS STUDIO 2022-HS1-ARC80003 - Desin Research Studio D (Semester 2), Swinburne University of Technology Led by Dr Ammon Beyerle submitted by A S M Forhad Hossain Master of Architecture Student Id_103141287 KOOYONGKOOT: deep time reckonings THESIS BOOKLET
CONTENT 01 CONTEXT 02 RESEARCH, THINK & ANALYSIS 03 DESIGN DEVELOPMENT (MASTERPLAN) REFFERENCES & LINKS 04 DESIGN DEVELOPMENT (INTERVENTION) 05 PROPOSED INTERVENTION
Over the past several thousand years Kooyongkoot has gone through radical transformation in terms of resource distribution within its built environment that impacted on its ecological equilibrium. The hunter and gather community of first nation maintained their land management techniques to observation and understanding of the environment, of the plants, fish, birds, insects, animals and seasons and of the varied sources of water.4
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These were subtle skills learnt through constant observation and practice and passed on from generation to generation.
After arrival of settler, they started to incorporate their imported technology to the existing culture of aborigines which was eventually replaced over the time of colonization to support their survival economy. Industrial revolution accelerated the process of urbanization and the industrial economy dominated over the ecological priorities with lots of radical actions. Which let to unsustainable and harmful consequences such as extinction of several plants and animal species, regular flooding, high acoustic levels, raise in temperature, segregation in social and ecological connection. In present time it is our responsibility to rethinking and deep time reckoning for establishing an ecological networking for a sustainable future.
01Context
5 Ecological Boundary RailwayFreewayCreek KOOYONGKOOT
Level of barrier hold the water in different segment of the creek
Bridge connections for the adjacent neighborhood
Tunnel connection for bikers and pedestrians Structures
Site Overview
Multiple layered transportation over the creek
Train overpass creating scope for children play blockConcrete
Bicycle lane connect the city bikers to suburban community
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Site Excavation _1: Site context overview
According to Census 2016: Australian Bureau of Statics
Family household: 24,489 Single person household: 15,013 Group Household: 4,219
Structures are Study
used as graffiti wallSite Excavation _1: Demographic
STONNINGTON
People: 86,657 Male: 48.5% Female: 51.5%
People: 167,231 Male: 47.9% Female: 52.1%
Single person household: 11,757 Group Household: 5,104
BOROONDARA
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YARRA
StoningtonYarra PreparedBoroondaraByApekshaPatidhar
Concrete covered creek portion block the thriving of ecosystem
Male: 47.5% Female: 52.5%
Family household: 42,244 Single person household: 14,473 Group Household: 3,134
Family household: 19,384
Demographic Situation
People: 103,832
Major Infrastructure
Vulnerable locations of the creek due to radical infrastructure development
The current masterplan is focusing on develop the area near major vehicular connections that already exist and a very few minor pedestrian connections. Which leads to a very unsustainable scenario with void spaces that are not connected through the creek corridor. These spaces bubbles radius are range from 0.8km to 2.5 km with no interval or resting point for users. This blind bubbles are creating serious security concern for the neighborhood. The current strategies only working on the trail’s accessibility and green corridor but no major interventions with the adjacent neighborhood.
Accessibility and connectivity
Long trail connection with no resting points
PREPARED BY HAO THANH PHUNG
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TRZ Transportation Reinvestment Zone
Land use pattern along the creek
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GRZ General Residential Zone
In looking at the land use pattern, we see that a majority of the zones on the Northern side of the creek is dedicated to be Neighbourhood Residential Zones which makes the density far lower, making people more reliant on automobiles to get to their destination. Meanwhile on the Stonnington side of the creek, a lot of the zoning are turning into General Residential Zones where denser communities are being developed, this resulted in more localised communities where people don’t have to be that reliant on cars and it’s just on the other side.
NRZ Neighbourhood Residential Zone
RGZ Residential Growth Zone
PUZ Public Use Zone
LEGENDS
C1Z/C2Z Commercial Zone
INZ Industrial Zone
PPRZ Public Park and Recreational Zone
SUZ Special Use Zone
MUZ Mixed Use Zone
PDZ Priority Development Zone
CDZ Comprehensive Development Zone
Creek throughoutconditionsthesite
The current masterplan has significant strategies for the healthy waterways for the creek, but it has lesser planning to improve the biodiversity conditions depending on the local context. The masterplan produce generic strategies which leads to some difficulties to develop due to its contextual requirements.
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The flood catchment is a very big issue for the creek specially in specific location. The downstream flooding is happening due to different infrastructure development in the specific location which leads to serious damage for neighborhood community.
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Flood Overlay mapping along the creek
Activity frequency along the creek has diverse scenarios. Due to the sports complex and education facilities are major attraction of the area the public frequency mostly happening morning to evening time. Specially afternoon to evening hours are key aspect to think to design development.
Activity frequency in different time in a day along the creek
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The current masterplan has not had any major strategy to tackle the acoustic conditions near the freeway which has serious impact on the biodiversity and neighborhood. It only rely on the sound wall and existing green barrier of the creek.
Acoustic conditions along the freeway
Acoustic mapping
20 02Research, Think and Analysis
The Three Ecologies Félix Guattari 1992
Guattari’s achievement is to link three spheres of ecology –environmental, social and mental – into a set of interrelations he calls ecosophy, a term he coins seemingly unaware of the “deep ecology” movement or the ecosophy of Arnold Naess. Now we see a different hierarchy of units –gene-in-organism, organism-in-environment, ecosystem. Guattari’s transversalist notion of subjectivity avoids the individual-social difference as well as the subject’s givenness or preformedness as a person or individual.
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The illustration visualize the living condition within the context of nature in Kooyongkoot. All the leaves and flower are representing as letter of nature with layer of texting. With is this lush layer of text different species are playing and living their life. How two distant communicator are communicating through the multilayer text of nature without saying a ward.
Visual Poem
The illustration visualize an individual’s space thinking. Different letter are following the shape of natural element and creating a poem to that person to invite within their realm. Different color giving an ambience of calm.
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The illustration visualize the power of Kooyongkoot through its path. How it still create ecosystem where possible. Far distant texts are having intense feeling of nature in different spots where the lush vegetation happening. Faded blue areas reminding the creeks power that it can came out from the detention any time and swamping across its path.
2020 CE
5710 CE
By the year 5710 CE there will a major climatic change going to happen due to global warming and sea level rise. I believe people will still survive with a more radical development as multilayered connection to more decentralized scenarios to adjust the sea level rise. Kooyongkoot will merge with the surroundings.
By the year 2020 CE major urban design and architecture intervention happening with a focus on city dwelling. We are losing natural lands and the water flows. Major water bodies are either covered or with mega structure or forcefully change its stream. Connecting the city to far corner suburban area is a major concern now. Monash freeway is shallowing the natural stream like a giant sneak. It is cutting the community with a sharp edge. Make the biodiversity in a dangerous situation
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Project world in time
By the year 35102 CE human civilization may going for the space exploration and earth may become unlivable. But people may come to visit to find the any chance to re habitat again in the valley of Koyoongkoot.
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35102 CE
The primary purpose of the built environment is to provide for human well-being through the provision of housing, clean air and water, food, energy, sanitation, jobs, and happiness. The social roots of the area and community are where design should begin. The main design challenge for the twenty-first century is to modify the built environment such that it not only meets the social requirements of the community, but also does so within the boundaries of ecological systems by taking an integrated approach to social, ecological, and technical systems.
ArchitectsStudioare
Richard Graves et al
A Social-Ecological Approach to Architecture and Planning
Ivan Redi ORTLOS
Architecture of NetworksExperiment or Reality
What is ecological economics?
Key Literature relavent to question
Volume 2, Issue 4, 2019, PP 33-44
also overwhelmed by the amount of information and data they must analyse on a daily basis. We need to understand how they are linked throughout their lives. To put it another way, how everything is linked to everything. “Network Architecture” presents methodologies, tactics, and tools for dealing with such complicated difficulties in a more productive manner. So, in architecture, innovation is no longer about discovering something completely new, but rather about determining how the things we currently have are interrelated and what their performance is.
Professor and Director of the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, University of Vermont
Journal of Architecture and Construction
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Robert Costanza
Ecological economics is neither an economics nor an ecology subdiscipline. That is what is required to obtain a more complete picture of how people have interacted with their environment in the past and how they may interact in the future. It also includes certain design components, such as how can we build a sustainable future? It is not only an examination of the past, but rather the application of that examination to the creation of something new and improved.
New economies and markets can emerge from those interactions, from within those communities, and they can provide models for rethinking the meanings of infrastructure and density.
Teddy Cruz an American architect, urbanist
Taking inspiration from the ways in which informal settlements creatively reuse 'waste' material and make flexible spaces with overlapping programmes.
It’s not enough to design the physical systems. We also need to design the political, civic, and economic processes that would enable those physical systems to be truly inclusive.
Key Precedent relavent to question
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Teddy Cruz
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03Design(Masterplan)Development
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RESEARCH QUESTION
What could be the contribution of architects towards generating an ecological network through socio-ecological system for zero waste future?
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How this contribution drives to shift the concept of industrial economy to an ecological economy?
How will the advanced fabrication process have an impact on developing a zero-waste ecological module?
Ecology Social Economy GenerateEcologyEconomysocio-ecologicalDevelopsystem Socio-EconomicalProgress Network Network NetworkSustainable 1 2 3
What are different toolkits that would link environmental ecology to social ecology and to mental ecology?
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Phase 1
Identify, evaluate the different key bubbles related to high value of ecology, social and economy Ecology
Social
Phase 2
Economy
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Design Research & Development Phase
Develop a masterplan on selected bubbles according to accesibility, neighbourhood context, creek condition and interaction with freeway
• The developed workflow will be applied to fabricate 1:1 scale prototype module for proof of concept.
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Phase 4
Select different simulation process to evaluate different iterations designed in detail habitat
Phase 3
Issues:
Masterplan Progress : Key issues and opportunities for masterplan proposal (Group)
WATER – CATCHMENT AND HEALTH BIODIVERSITYOPEN SPACE - ACTIVE & PASSIVE RECREATION
pathcreekwidth, separate communitybetteracrossview transport use,.
Opportunities: Issues: Opportunities: Issues: Opportunities: Issues: Opportunities:
BIODIVERSITYOPEN SPACE - ACTIVE & PASSIVE RECREATION CULTURAL
WATER – CATCHMENT AND HEALTH
• Downstream flooding is an issue.
• Water quality is rated very poor. .
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Issues: Opportunities: Issues: Opportunities: Issues: Opportunities: Issues: Opportunities: ACCESS CONNECTIVITYAND
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Kooyongkoot
design
Issues:
Spatial scale to develop the strategies for future
Opportunities: Issues: Opportunities: CULTURAL VALUES ECONOMYANDECOLOGICALSCIAL
38 Masterplan Progress : Proposed masterplan Strategies 1. Introduction of floating bridge in appropriate locations 2. Biophilic bridge connection to merge within nature. 3. Eco Bridge connections inspired from indigenous art and weaving
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Prepared By Apeksha Patidhar
Key design drivers to develop master plan (Group)
Territory Socio-Equity Sustainable Affordable Social Economy Ecology
Masterplan Progress : Initial idea sketches of interventions (Individual)
ideationurbanEcologicallyKooyongkootinspiredlivingspace
How the two different community can stay together with a sustainable ecological network?
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Initial idea generation of creating Socio-eco logical network with all the major component in
Ideation of different urban sprawling with respect to site context rather than predefined grid pattern design
Different idea generation of using the tree as a living space and how the it can engage with othersHow natural space can inherit into the living space
Thinking of community engagement through their living space and the kooyonkoot context. Howw the different tire of living space can stay together to communicate?
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Idea of
Masterplan Progress
neighbouhood bridge materialscreekWalkwayconnectionalongthewithsustainable
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of interventions (Individual)
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Initial idea sketches
in internal space
Vegetationnetwork
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Idea of human, nature and non-human
give the opportunities to find different connection of both side community through multi layer access through the freeway, creek and neighbourhood.
Existing typologies
44 Masterplan Progress : Disecting the site for scope of interventions 11109876543211 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 GREENRESIDENTIALRAILWAYFREEWAYCREEKZONE
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Over pass freeway section over the creek give opportunity for a non-vehicular overpass
Lower ground freeway section give opportunity for a non-vehicular overpass
High ground freeway section give scope for tunnel conections
Scope of connections
46 INTERVENTIONSCONDITIONEXISTINGPROPOSED
Creek
NeighborhoodBoorondaraaccess Train station
CommunityOverpass
Communityhousing
Wetland reservation with aboriginal grass and plants and their cultural values
Masterplan
connecting two community on selected site
interactionNeighborhoodpoint
housingExisting Progress : of
Existing foot overpassfreewayover
Generating eco overpass that can minimize the scale of freeway and its super imposing character interventionDesign
Ideation
Creek lookout andengagementcommunity
Reservedwetland
Eco BridgeMulticomplexresidential
Initial idea iteration 2 (Eco_Corridor)
Secondary axis Withunderpassexisting
20M
Primary axis with existing foot overpass
Mixedcomplexuse
Secondary axis With existing foot overpass
CommunityStoningtonconnection
interactionNeighborhoodNeighborhoodStoningtonaccesspoint
InterventionDesign
BoorondaraCommunity
Neighborhoodinteraction
BoorondaraCommunityconnection
CommunityStonington
WetlandreserveamenitiesPublicNeighborhoodinteraction
Allowing a visual connection between two community
Idea sketch of zonning
Initial idea generation of creating eco bridge by using the existing footbridge with other amenities add-on and different way of functional activity like performing place, open workshop, plantation, and public amenities.
Masterplan Progress : Initial idea sketches of master planInitial
idea sketch of Eco-bridge
Community.Boorondara
Community.Stonnington
Design ideation of masterplan zoning focusing on existing structure and connection and the topography of the creek context.
Idea sketch of Masterplan
Idea sketch Eco-Boulevardof
Developing the Eco-Boulevard with different activity points in it’s path to give different user experience and engage the community with socio-economical activity in an ecological enrich context.
Developing of masterplan focusing on design intervention zoning for mixed-use muti-residential complex it the context of Kooyongkoot.
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Masterplan Progress : structure Schematic (respecting flood and native plants)
Floating
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Masterplan Progress
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Eco bridge structure Schematic (respecting community and ecology)
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Masterplan Progress Seating Schematic (respecting community and ecology)
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: Eco
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Crafting kiosk Schematic (respecting community, ecology and economy)
Progress :
Masterplan
Design Development :
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Thinking of living in ecological reach neighbourhood
Individual mind space framing into nature
Ideation of spatial quality
Ideation of different community space filled with ecological component in different level have the scope to have the experience of Kooyongkoot
Ideation of courtyard context between the multi-residential block where urban farming, seating, kids play area etc. are possible for community interaction and economical benefits
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56 CIRCULAR CONNECTIONBRIDGEECO-HOUSINGCOMMUNITYSCHEMETICZONNING
57 OPEN AMPHI THEATRECOMMUNITYRESOUCECENTER ECO- OVERPASSMIXED USE PROPOSAL HYDRO- PASS BOULEVARD 1 COMMUNITYBOULEVARDPARK 2 COMMUNITYPARK
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04Design(Intervention)Development
60 Design Development : History of suburban residential typologies of Australia PRE-FABRICATED1830-1850 MODULE SHIPPED FROM UK MID-VICTOTIAN1860-1875 DURING GOLD RUSH LATE-VICTORIAN1875-1900 DESIGNED FOR VICTORIANSWEALTHY FEDERATION1901-1914 SEARCH FORLOOKAUSTRALIAN BUNGLOW1910-1930 INFLUENCEDAMERICAN
ULTRA-SUSTAINABLE2020PREFABRICATED INFORMAL & LIVINGCASUAL
INFLUENCED BY EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN STYLE
INFORMAL & LIVINGCASUAL COST DESIGN IDEAS
1945-1970MODERN
FEDERATION1918-1939 LOW
RANCH-STYLE1990S
BUNGLOW1910-1930
INFLUENCED BY AMERICAN
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typologies study with aggregationcomputationalpattern
Elongated multi unit Aggregation study focusing on multi directional openings
100 units generative iterations to find a optimum solution responding to context, climate social performance through computational aggregation
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process .3m.6.4mm Single unit with one balcony condition Design Development :
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Multi-unit
Multiunit Aggregation with open green space in different level
Multiunit Aggregation with solid void ratio
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Multiunit Aggregation with open different materiality
Design Development : Mapping future occupant scenario inspired from forgotten
64 PREABORIGINALSETTLEMENTOCCUPENCY
Understanding and respecting the fist nation people’s occupancy and living in the region of Koyoongkoot to identify the missing link in present day
past
FUTURE SCOPE OF HUMANDEVERSIFIEDOCCUPANCY
Continuous innovation affords the human race the ability to adapt to future constraints and opportunities. With the advancement of new technology and future liv ing amenities, the future objective of living space will shift dramatically from functional demand to spatial significance.
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66 1 BEDROOM UNIT 40 SQM +10 SQM 2ADAPTIBILITYBEDROOM UNIT 60 SQM +15 SQM 3ADAPTIBILITYBEDROOM UNIT 80 SQM +20 SQM ADAPTIBILITY RELAXING LIVING/BEDROOM UTILITY TOILET/LAUNDRYSTAIR/KITCHEN/Design Development : Module design for different unit formation 4m X5m Module
Different aggregation pattern study of different unit module with structure
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Multiunit Aggregation focusing on only one direction depending on the climatic constrain
Multiunit Aggregation focusing on multi directional openings
Multiunit Aggregation focusing on two direction depending on the climatic constrain
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Using wasp plugin for grasshopper(avisual cripting language) to generate different aggregation pattern with diefferent constrain
Multiple constrain aggregation helps to control the different activity space position and its future possibilities. This con strain aggregation also allows different contextual constrain like contour line, freeway sound wall or any other solid infrastructure or natural elements for future growth.
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Different unit module cluster aggregation with future projected green module
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Developing scope of possibilities of future adaptibility or expansion
Three types of unit module cluster aggregation
study along Freeway
Aggregation study along Eco-Boulevard
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Aggregation.
Volumetric transformation for a different spatial experiences
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Proposed a multi unit residential complex with public amenities_workshop, shops, food court, display and performing area along the new eco-boulevard
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70 Design Development : Vertical clustering with 1 bed and 2 bed unit
Typical.
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Glulam Frame Beam and Column
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Prefabricatedpanel
Glulam timber fram structure with prefabricated wall panels to accomodate future adaptibility
frame structure and wall panel system
DIfferent functional allocation and adaptation system within the structure
Wall, floor joinary system with column and beam frame
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Design Development
Modular structural system to accomodate flexibility and future adaptibility
Aggregation pattern study for optimise soliution
Single layer study of multi unit linear aggregation Future adaptation of green module
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Using designed module component (4mX5m) with multilayered aggregateion for different required 1,2 & 3 bed unit in an optimal scinario that can adapt maximum future adaptibility. The orientation of module depend on the basis of unit number and openings of the module. The process was studying with wasp plugin of grasshopper (A visual scripting language) with different constrain and structural aalignment.
Design Development :
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FInal iteation taken in account for design development
Scope of future adaptibility
Double layer study of multi unit linear aggregation Future adaptation of green module
05Proposed Intervention
THEATREAMPHI
PROPOSEDMULTIUNITMIXEDUSE OVERPASSECO CIRCULARBRIDGECONNECT STONINGTON BOORONDARCONNECTPASSA Development : Final Iteration_Eco-Boulevard
Design
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HYDRO
COMMUNITYPARKPLAYFIELD
A A B B
Design Development : Final Iteration_Eco-Boulevard
SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE AA’
SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE BB’
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INPERFORMINGNATURE
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84 Structural frame with vertical circulation Design Development : Proposed Iteration Three different modular •formation4mto 4m connection • 5m to 5m connection • vertical connection Future adaptation of • Green module
85 Visualising full context of structure
LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2GROUND A B’BB’BB’B SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE AA’ SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE BB’ Public Rentabelamenitiesspace Design Development : Proposed Iteration_Detail Design of Prototype
87 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 GroundRoofLEVEL 3 LEVEL 4 ROOF A’B’B B’B
SECTIONAL BOULEVARD
PERSPECTIVE ACCROSS
91 KOOYONGKOOTCONNECTING
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KOOYONGKOOTREGENERATING
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103141287@student.swin.edu.a Key research link: 1. What is ecological economics? | Yale Insights 2. Natural Parameters: digital material design | Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership (oocdtp.ac.uk) 3. Architecture of Networks - Experiment or Reality | IVAN REDI 4. Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Chapter 1, page 3 (unimelb.edu.au) 5. pdf (sryahwapublications.com) 6. REVIEW | ARCHITECTURAL ROBOTICS - Design Robotics 7. ROB|ARCH 2020 – Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art, and Design (robarch2020.org) 8. (PDF) Ecological and economic aspects of planning of urban development (researchgate.net)
