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Small Ideas Book This document contains small scale proposals, ideas and interventions for the site.
Interaction
History
This proposal tackles mixed social use, enhancing interactions, relationships and connections both physically and socially.
This proposal is related to issues which deal with preservation, memory and conservation as well as new interpretations of historical traces.
Street Scape
Transition
This proposal considers the character and funcationality of the ‘street’.
This proposal uses transition as a key driver in the design process. Transitions can relate to the change in built form, activity and social elements.
Play
Landscape
This proposal considers the idea of ‘play’ within a design. Playgrounds for example are born out of strong community involvment and are involved in the every aspect of community life.
This proposal relates to the landscape and rural context. It proposes ideas around green spaces, bio-diversity and ecology.
Housing
Walking
This proposal deals with housing on the site. The design approach tackles both housing planned by the housing association and proposes alternative designs for the site.
This proposal places an emphasis on walking as the key driver in the design. Walking is not only important to health, but also increases interactions, ensuring a thriving and active village.
Transport
Identity
This proposal considers issues around vehicle access, safety, parking and road infrastructure.
This proposal considers ways to enhance the village’s character and identity. It refers to elements which make Forkhill unique and attempts to build upon them.
Civic centre in the small Belgian village of
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Corner Entrance The new face of the site has to be as open as possible, in order to demonstrate the life of the Master Plan M1 new area. The corner is an important spot for the village, stairs lead smoothly to the creche, the cafe/ Large L11 library and the new playground of Forkhill. They allow an easy connection for the entire village. Research Appendix R3
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Interactions and Connections A creche, a cafe/library and some public activities outside will bring people from the village and its surroundings. They are visually connected to allow people to meet and to regenerate a community spirit. The trees are also located in the opposite parts of the site to link through the village.
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Concept Generation
1. Proposed location of the kids facilities
2. A pedestrain path connecting the facilities
3. Green spaces along the path and a proposed botonical garden near the crech
4. A meeting point engaging the interaction between community and kids
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Kids’ Stage
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Open Spaces for Kids This design is concerned with the needs of kids and tries to set up a connection linking the kids and the community in Forkhill.
Wood Wall
exisitng context: stone fences in Forkhill
stone fences in Forkhill
an example of a gabion bench
example of gabion bench
skethes of a bench in context
sketches of bench in context
Simple & natural materials Easy assemblage Flexible form Blending into exisitng context
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Gabion Bench Gabions are units of caged stones that can be assembled quickly on site and replicated easily. Benches can be constructed using these structures and placed freely around the village without having to be fixed at locations.
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Plans showing location of the missing corner
One approach to an active neighbourhood is to use the corner for a creative activity: -Provide a footpath around it and connections to the housing and wider site to create a walkable neighbourhood. -Design free sports facilities for residents to enable more interaction.
People can play at one level whilst others are sitting or chatting below.
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The Missing Corner The real purpose of naming the corner as `missing’ is that the original housing design has simply ignored this corner. Different approaches have been tested and the proposal suggests using the corner as a free gym with footpaths alongside to focus on a walkable interactive neighbourhood.
Differences in levels leads to the creation of a varied spatial experience.
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Interaction: Sharing one space
Interaction: Talking
Option 1 Open playground with temporary facilities... Option 2 Public house...
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The Connection Point The proposal shows two options of connecting the housing site to the wider site. One is with an open space with temporary facilities and the other is a public house with an accessible roof for everyone. The main aim is to maximise the possible interaction.
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‘The Art of Forgetting’ A useful book addressing the issues of memorial space.
Trig points on Slieve Guillion Tradional stone markers
Maintain existing access to telephone exchange
An Orchard is an especially evocative image.
How to represent memories of conflict?
Konzept Haus - example of a modern gabion interpretation.
Use of local stone reinforces the connection to the landscape.
Community built gabion wall
Shop frontage
Playground view
Site of barrack wall door
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Memory On a site where history has been so turbulent it seems pertinent that a memorial exist in some form Master Plan M3 in order that lessons be learnt from conflict on a larger scale. A community built gabion wall is a Large L12 suggestion marking the entrance to the site and a Research Appendix R17 R18 symbol of the site returning to the community.
Gabion clean finish
Gabion & Stone bench
Gabion wall construction
Examples of Gabion wall construction details showing how they could be fixed to an existing wall and the external finished aesthetics that can be achieved.
Telephone Exchange Gabion Screen Elevations: Community Notice Boards
Seating and Shelter
Maintaining Original Access
Community Built Local Stone Gabions
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Memory A community built gabion wall is a memorial suggestion marking the entrance to the site and a symbol of the site returning to the community. It becomes a useful public space by incorporating a notice board and public seating.
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Joseph Beuys for the Documenta in Kassel
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Gilles ClĂŠment for the Biennale of the Estuaire, in Nantes
A memorial in Albania by the architecture
Memories and Growth The future of Forkhill is implicitly related to its memory. Planting trees today that will grow involves Master Plan M1 a positive change. They can be used to connect the village and maintaining some calm. The . helipads can Large L4 L12 be turned into white benches almost like a memorial and enlivened by the sound of children near by. Research Appendix R4 R17
Proposed bridge across helipad providing views over Forkhill
Merton priory ruins protected from erosion by the flyover overhead
A second world war pillbox in Portadown, Northern Ireland
Treatment of the existing helipads: Interaction points on site
Remove and re-plant Their positions are found by marked differences in the ground Soil marks, Slieve Gullion
Maintain and cover build over them using unobtrusive foundations to leave open the option of re-discovery Site for greenhouses
Tree planting limited
Maintain and leave exposed with a protective boundary to prevent damage from tree roots Forest Research, “Trees and Forestry on Archaeological sites in the UK: A review document, www.forestry.gov.uk
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Three Approaches to the Helipads “Respect the history of the site, and appropriately protect and integrate features of the archaelogical and built heritage.” (”Creating places”, DOE, DRD pg 16)
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Appropriate boundary of School Road site
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Bench Installments in the design
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Open Spaces for Kids This design is concerned the needs of kids and tries to set up a connection linking the kids and the community in Forkhill.
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Run with the slope buildings step down contours or narrowly traverse.
Use existing boundaries, hedgerows or tree lines to integrate.
The barracks ignored all the characters of setting, boundary or slope. Use Building on Tradition, a Sustainable Design Guide for the Northern Ireland Countryside for more information about vernacular design. Traditional forms should use the existing boundaries, context, existing roads and contours of the site. Density near Main Street will give a natural growth pattern to the development.
Site Sketch of Streetscapes In contrast to the barracks, this design settles into the landscape. Could the empty footprints be unbuilt to subtly indicate the history of the site.
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Contour, Setting and Integration Irish rural and village architecture has a sensitive and comfortable relationship with the landscape. The barracks was a prominent block ignoring all its surroundings. The new development can be in complete contrast, sheltering and resting naturally.
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christmas lights
climbing plants
notice board chicken run
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Football Fence An extensive length of fencing is required to surround a football pitch. This could be utilised in creative ways to enhance the aesthetics of the area and provide extra functions.
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Celebrating the orchard
Traditional apple mills
An example of the playground area located by the orchard.
How each element could be linked.
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Playground Apple Press Seat As County Armagh is orchard County this design Master Plan M3 proposes that an area of the old helipad be given back to the community and incorporated in to the L4 playground in the form of a traditional apple press to Large provide a historicaly engaged form of play. Research Appendix R9
Nils Norman‘An architecture of play’
Adventure Playground Proposal
Traditional Mill and press
Section through playground area:
A traditional wooden press
Playground VernacularHow community built playgrounds can look
Abstracted Apple press toy that would be safe for children
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Childrens Playground & Apple Press A smaller scale press for children to be incorporated Master Plan M3 into the playground in the form of an apple press toy to provide a historicaly engaged form of play and L4 link the playground with the surrounding orchards. Large Research Appendix R9
Pitch with seating option
The Garden of Lost Footsteps
Pitch with seating and storage Diagrams showing how the location of the football pitch was chosen as well the rotated options for a North /South facing pitch and a East / West layout.
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Public Space and ‘Play’ The football pitch should be as best integrated into the landscape as possible and open to other public uses when it is vacant. The surrounding woodland areas will act as a noise buffer as well as help minimise the visual impact of any floodlights.
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Long strips could be utilised for a number of different buildings sharing a similar activity such as gardening.
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Long plots as multi-functional hobby spaces Plans, elevations and sketches exploring different functions and vernacular long plots.
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Similar and limited opportunities for interaction.
To make a space that can inspire people’s creativity and is active and busy. Using the contours to divide the space and make a different and interesting public realm.
Move the earth and change the levels.
Interesting spaces are created.
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The muti-functional space is surrounded by other spaces and becomes the central area.
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Public Spaces and Topography Changing landscape to create a public central space for villagers’ activities.
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Community House
Bar
Views of the housing area exploring public space and community buildings.
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Public Buildings and Facilities In the northwest part of the housing area, a piece of land can be used as playground. The south could connect the housing to the rest of the site, and could be the location of a public building bringing activity to the rear top of the newly proposed street.
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Whilst there are no possibilities of redesigning the houses there are some simple alterations for improving them to be more site specific and increase human interactions... Added details: -Tree-lined street -Bigger openings with revolving shades -Terrace -Green fence -Street lights -Pavement (shared surface)
Adding a terrace for increased views and street surveillance and increased opportunities for chatting.
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Housing Interaction A series of ideas exploring methods of adapting housing proposed by the Housing Association to increase shared space, surveillance and interaction. R3 R11 R12
Sitting on the hill randomly
Sitting on the contours of the hill
An ideal approach: Hybrid Space
Sitting at west end of site four attached houses in row for more energy conservation, maximumgain of sunlight with the east-west allocation green fences, private gardens and car parking with communal areas in the middle of each cluster.
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Housing Suggestions Proposals for housing situated on the hill with the optimum use of sunlight and maximum interaction with the wider neighbourhood. The ideas create a more active neighbourhood with the most social interaction while respecting the landscape.
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Shared spaces: Feilden Clegg Bradley - Accordia, Cambridge
Solar powered lighting
Pedestrian streets: Mackel + Doherty Architects - masterplan Darrara, Cork
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View of School Road at dusk featuring light installations and alternative road surfaces
Section of School Road showing widened pedestrian footpaths, fronted by retail, to bring activity to the street
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Pedestrian Activity on School Road: Lighting and Shared Surfaces This proposal focuses on methods which offer priority to pedestrians and ideas to make School road - with the addition of buildings addressing the street - a popular thoroughfare.
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Medium Ideas Book This document combines proposals from the ‘Small Ideas’ and ‘Large Ideas’ book to form a series of masterplans.
Interaction
History
This proposal tackles mixed social use, enhancing interactions, relationships and connections both physically and socially.
This proposal is related to issues which deal with preservation, memory and conservation as well as new interpretations of historical traces.
Street Scape
Transition
This proposal considers the character and funcationality of the ‘street’.
This proposal uses transition as a key driver in the design process. Transitions can relate to the change in built form, activity and social elements.
Play
Landscape
This proposal considers the idea of ‘play’ within a design. Playgrounds for example are born out of strong community involvment and are involved in the every aspect of community life.
This proposal relates to the landscape and rural context. It proposes ideas around green spaces, bio-diversity and ecology.
Housing
Walking
This proposal deals with housing on the site. The design approach tackles both housing planned by the housing association and proposes alternative designs for the site.
This proposal places an emphasis on walking as the key driver in the design. Walking is not only important to health, but also increases interactions, ensuring a thriving and active village.
Transport
Identity
This proposal considers issues around vehicle access, safety, parking and road infrastructure.
This proposal considers ways to enhance the village’s character and identity. It refers to elements which make Forkhill unique and attempts to build upon them.
Community The creche forms a focus with the cafe, small library, toy library and meeting rooms all accessed together. The amphitheatre which feeds off the new public square on Main Street, will be an impromptu meeting point and a venue for screenings or performance. The sports pitch uses the industry parking to ensure inhabitation throughout the day.
Streetscape Careful consideration has been given to School Road. We have created a safe environment by playing with different surfaces and tree lines. Pedestrian routes weave across the site, and along linear plots full of activity. Low walls, paths, fences and levels, raised beds, garden stores, and shelters are all used to define the strips, evolving with time and use.
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hobby spaces
outdoor classroom
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MUGA sports pitch
housing
chicken run
orchard
sheds
bike, bin stores
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sports club playground shelter
bike, bin stores
light industry vegetable plots
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greenhouse creche secure play
light industry
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community kitchen
paving bike, bin stores
cafe library
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amphitheatre shops
new square
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Streetscape and Transitions This masterplan explores the streetscape and character of public spaces created in the village and across the site. Vernacular ideas of strip plots and setting knit the design and village together and encourage slowness, interactions and activity.
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varied surfaces and tree lines along School Road
strip pattern and form
transition from centre to rural
active frontages graduated to the context
pedestrian access
Forkhill Village Plan
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forms adapted to the topography
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Streetscape and Transitions This drawing demonstrates the links and connections that the design could encourage. There is a natural pattern of growth responding to the existing terraced levels in Forkhill.The diagrams show ideas and concepts around streetscape.
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View of the New Square on Main Street
View to Crosslieve Past the Creche
View of Vegetable Plots from the Housing and McCreesh Park
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Streetscape and Transitions Sketch perspective views indicate a sense of space, form and activity. They show the buildings responding to the contours and the streets in the landscape.
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Strip massing across the gradients of the site
Activity and Focus to Main Street
Reinforcing the edge of School Road
Varied street views and frontages
Courtyard public space
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Streetscape and Transitions Process work and sketch masterplans show how the design has developed and brought together a range of ideas.
Green pedestrian routes
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hobby spaces
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playground sports club
bike, bin stores
creche
community kitchen shops
light industry
cafe library
main entrance
amphitheatre Axonometric View
shops new square
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Streetscape and Transitions This drawing indicates form and space, strip massing and the contour response. There is a careful consideration of context, re-emphasising Main Street and creating visible activity and slowness in the village, by encouraging walking.
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Fixed elements
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New elements
creche football pitch park business
seperating roads from footpaths
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central public area
Public Spaces that ‘Grow’ Ideas that are embedded in the design.
open space created SE - NW
locating elements by functionality & proximity
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Public space continues over the car access into the public space.
School Road looking south Footpath leading into public space & on-road loading zone for industrial units
Junction of School Road & Main Road Visitors are drawn into the site by shops, cafe, restaurants.
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Public Spaces that ‘Grow’ Images that visualise qualities of some of the important spaces within the proposal.
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Seperating vehicles from pedestrians and linking similar spaces by functionality. Two main public areas are created engaging people in different activities.
Car access is separated from pedestrian paths.Vehicles enter the site on the oneway ‘loop’. Streets are created by positioning shops in rows.
Two triangles: Red for future development and yellow for public space.
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Public Spaces that ‘Grow’ Working drawings of the development stages.
A single car access is established with two car parks. The commercial area to the south would naturally blend into the more leisure public space to north.
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A single car access provides dropping off points for the creche and the football pitch, and parking spaces for shoppers and visitors. The football pitch is not isolated but located near to the public spaces to become part of the habited village and not a caged activitiy. Red dotted areas on the north and west perimeters could be used for any future development. new west access
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shopping, eating & drinking
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Public Spaces that ‘Grow’ A masterplan that integrates a commercial and a leisure public space into a continuous promenade.
light industry & business
exisitng housing proposal
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An emphasis is placed on pedestrian connections encouraging interactions between the different users. The scheme makes use of the existing road structure to maximise the amount of pedestrian use & safe public space. The scheme is designed to bring together routes from the new school to the Creche as well as the Public square, playground and football pitch which become the focal public spaces.
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Public Space & ‘Play’ Focusing on play and recreation as focal spaces in a community. This strategy looks at the reinterpreSmall tation of the barrack traces. These traces inform the Large creation of new elements of public space within a landscape that allows interaction between all areas. Research Appendix
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Mixed Placing importance on the pedestrian and encouraging walking both within the site, and through the village.
Creating pedestrian pathways and lanes that draw upon the loanens that once existed within the village connections of different scales across the site.
Light industry, workshops Route to school Planting, allotments, greenhouses
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Engaging with School Road and opening up the site’s SE corner to address Main Street as well as stimulating activity at the rear of the site.
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Relationships between different areas of the site. The creche, playground and sports pitch are all linked in a car free area, also allowing a safe connection to the new school site.
Public Space & ‘Play’ Focusing on play and recreation as focal spaces in a community. This strategy looks at the reinterpre- Small tation of the barrack traces. These traces inform the Large creation of new elements of public space within a landscape that allows interaction between all areas. Research Appendix
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Section through site, indicating how areas and facilities relate to the existing topography.
Proposing a public area that sits within the existing topography, maximising sight lines across the site.
Proposing to connect the existing village to the site by using trees - a new planting. The unplanted parts will be shaped by the importance of play as a means for interaction.
Proposing different scales of connection through the site, recognising the individual nature of the site in terms of ecology and historical traces.
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Public Space & ‘Play’ Three initial plans, formed around themes of play, memory, public interaction and connections. These themes were further explored to produce a composite plan made up of various elements explored in these drawings.
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View from the secure play area, outside the creche, towards the public playground and cafe.
View from the football pitch towards the market space, shops and site entrance.
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Public Space & ‘Play’ The playground, a mainly green space amongst the concrete traces of the helipads uses play to stimulate interactions. The shop/market square by the site entrance is paved to allow the market stalls to create informal streets, with trees that connect across the site.
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Large Ideas Book This document contains large ideas which consider the site in a wider context.
Interaction
History
This proposal tackles mixed social use, enhancing interactions, relationships and connections both physically and socially.
This proposal is related to issues which deal with preservation, memory and conservation as well as new interpretations of historical traces.
Street Scape
Transition
This proposal considers the character and funcationality of the ‘street’.
This proposal uses transition as a key driver in the design process. Transitions can relate to the change in built form, activity and social elements.
Play
Landscape
This proposal considers the idea of ‘play’ within a design. Playgrounds for example are born out of strong community involvment and are involved in the every aspect of community life.
This proposal relates to the landscape and rural context. It proposes ideas around green spaces, bio-diversity and ecology.
Housing
Walking
This proposal deals with housing on the site. The design approach tackles both housing planned by the housing association and proposes alternative designs for the site.
This proposal places an emphasis on walking as the key driver in the design. Walking is not only important to health, but also increases interactions, ensuring a thriving and active village.
Transport
Identity
This proposal considers issues around vehicle access, safety, parking and road infrastructure.
This proposal considers ways to enhance the village’s character and identity. It refers to elements which make Forkhill unique and attempts to build upon them.
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Player & Spectator Relationship Watching a sport should be as exciting an event as playing it. A football pitch should be designed to Small S3 S4 S16 enrich the intimacy of the relationship between M2 players and spectators. It is therefore important to Master Plan provide viewing points close to the pitch. Research Appendix R1
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Links Through the Village The development has the opportunity to use existing connections in the village, such as re-instating the loanens, and to explore new links. A connection to the new school is vital as well as the possibility of a link to the football club and community centre to connect facilities through walking.
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Reference: Northern Ireland Monuments and Buildings record. http://www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/built/buildlist.htm NIEA monuments map Ring of Gullion - Landscape character area (Doeni)
Helipad at summit of Croslieve, a viewing point over neighbouring villages
Map of local points of interest “Forkhill
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Barracks Site - Progress Report March 2011.” PLACE -FADDA, page 30
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Proposed reconnection between the summit and valley. Reclaiming Croslieve as a place for hilltop walks.
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Heritage Networks Surrounding Forkhill are several mandmade ancient structures, such as cairns and enclosures, as well as later structures such as Jackson’s hunting lodge. These maps explore the helipads forming part of this heritage network for the area, as they were manmade in a strong historical context.
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Historic Network Rather than being demolished the preservation of the helipads can form a new network with other villages. As ‘artifacts’ they form a unique historical network. They celebrate Northern Ireland’s change and development.
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Helipad Historical Network The helipads built by the British Army are historical traces of Northern Irelands struggle through the troubles and are important historical traces of these events. The site is a catalyst for establishing a historic network.
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Existing site photos show the narrow gaps between plots and buildings as an important part of villages spatial identity.
Long thin narrow side streets alleyways and archways add variation to the streescape and walking experience. Youghal Co Cork, 2 Dun Laoghaire
Traditional Irish orchards and town plots often and long farm strips.
My initial sketch showing how a strip plot approach could create open public spaces, accesable frontages and building forms leading you onto the site.
Early massing model, though crude shows how ‘long ’finger’ plots can interact dynamically with the existing gradients.
See backup work for this type of approach in the research book
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Strips Massing experiments are designed to inform the basic approach to how the plot shapes on the site are approached in the final masterplan. Lets take some time to investigate areas that may seem surplus to requirements on first inspection. -
On this page I have tried to develop the massing into an active frontage onto School Road / Main Street
Although this looks far too massive, it shows how massing from strips can develop interesting inbetween spaces, streets and frontages
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Here the massing has been reduced, levels dropped and a more sensitive frontage treatment starts to evolve.
I like meeting people in the alleyways and having a chat. I like to sit on the grass and surf the web on my i-pad.
Active Frontage From Ftrip Massing Model Perspective view from Main Sreet towards crosslieve
The kids love playng hide and seek in all the alleyways. It’s safe and traffic free.
I am interested in the juxtaposition of contemporary polite modernism with vernacular building treatments
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Typology of typical street in Forkhill -Taking Main Street as an example
Solid boundary Definition of School Road -being UNIQUE 1.Different Functions There will be different functions in School Road from other streets or roads in Forkhill
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For the functions: -Low speed of cars -Encourage locals to stay, rest and walking -Leisure activities, as well as playing and interacting -Plant trees
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Changes in School Road School Road has been abandoned for a long time This design is keen on bringing School Road back to life. By changing the functions and spatial forms of School Road, it could be unique and well used
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Bringing Life To An Empty Football Pitch A football pitch may transform into other functions if located nearby the centre of the village. Small S2 S13 S16 S22 The large open ground and its facilities can Master Plan M2 potentially add to the function of a marketplace or be used for decoration. Research Appendix R1
Physical density is highest at School Road, reinforcing the edge and enhancing the centre’s tight character
Active frontages are increasingely offset from School Road as you progress along the street
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Enhancing Forkhill’s Physical Character The physical density and tightness of Main Street gives Forkhill its ‘village’ character. This is emphasised by the close proximity of active frontages facing Main street.
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View 1 The village is visible from the main Newry Road.
Shops create activity
View 2 Crossing the bridge and entering the village, the change in direction creates a place.
View 3 Heading up Main Street, another public space is vital to finish the view, and define Main Street.
Interactive light on the telephone exchange, maybe counting people in the creche and cafe
Prominent cafe to attract interest and make the most of the views
View 4 Trees to draw the eye onto the site
Change in surface to define a new public space, connecting across Main Street to form a central place in the village
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Entrance Sequence, Defining Main Street The changing views into Forkhill make the village. A new public square is critical to reinforce Main Street as a cohesive, more active place. The telephone exchange provides a backdrop for interaction and an amphitheatre.
Plan of New Square
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Historic maps show ornamental gardens and deliberate tree lines around the village. This idea is about re-establishing these sight lines and variety of green spaces. 1835 Map of Forkhill
New sports pitch could connect with the school and the Gaelic football club
1862 Map of Forkhill
The design should acknowledge the setting in the ring of Slieve Gullion
The tree line along School Road could be replanted slowing traffic and tieing the ends of the village together
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Transition of Green Space Forkhill has a beautiful rural setting, lying in a valley in the ring of Slieve Gullion. This landscape along with the variety of gardens, orchards, growing spaces and farmland in Forkhill can be used to link the development into the village and its setting.
Green Links and Spaces Woodland, orchards, kitchen gardens, greenhouses, and front gardens all have precedence within the village
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Re-established walking networks and loanens can inter-link with the already wider established tourist walking routes known as the ‘Poets Trails’.
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Various Loanens once connected these towns making them accesible by foot. These paths and lanes have been neglected and lost, limiting Forkhill’s connection with its surroundings.
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market of local food & drinks books, DVDs, games, library market of local food & drinks What could be added? cafeteria books, DVDs, games, library creche What could be added?publiccafeteria playground creche public playground supermarket (Costcutter) grocery store supermarket (Daytoday) used car dealer (Costcutter) primary school grocery store takeaway hat shop (Daytoday) takeaway bicycle shop beauty salon used car dealer primary primarytakeaway school hat shop news agentschool hair dresser x 2 takeaway grocerybeauty shop salon bicycle shop insurance brokers massage corner shop spa &news (Daytoday) primary agent school takeaway dry cleaning hair dresser x 2 supermarket grocery shop bank brokers spa shop & massage insurance restaurant x 2shop corner (Eurospar) pub (Daytoday) grocery school takeaway dry cleaning steel manufacturer primary supermarket funeral directors (Daytoday) bank restaurant (Eurospar) pub x 2 grocery shop primary school funeral directors (Daytoday) steel manufacturer
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Further Information Book This document provides further information and reseaerch related to each proposal.
Interaction
History
This proposal tackles mixed social use, enhancing interactions, relationships and connections both physically and socially.
This proposal is related to issues which deal with preservation, memory and conservation as well as new interpretations of historical traces.
Street Scape
Transition
This proposal considers the character and funcationality of the ‘street’.
This proposal uses transition as a key driver in the design process. Transitions can relate to the change in built form, activity and social elements.
Play
Landscape
This proposal considers the idea of ‘play’ within a design. Playgrounds for example are born out of strong community involvment and are involved in the every aspect of community life.
This proposal relates to the landscape and rural context. It proposes ideas around green spaces, bio-diversity and ecology.
Housing
Walking
This proposal deals with housing on the site. The design approach tackles both housing planned by the housing association and proposes alternative designs for the site.
This proposal places an emphasis on walking as the key driver in the design. Walking is not only important to health, but also increases interactions, ensuring a thriving and active village.
Transport
Identity
This proposal considers issues around vehicle access, safety, parking and road infrastructure.
This proposal considers ways to enhance the village’s character and identity. It refers to elements which make Forkhill unique and attempts to build upon them.
Lavender Sure Start Childrens Centre Hampshire Council Architects (Images from AJ)
This building has a capacity of 55 children and offers care, training, health and library services. Large bright playrooms are lit with roof lanterns and open onto a south facing terrace.
Local Childcare Provision
CABE has produced documents on designing sure start centres which can be found at: www.cabe.org.uk/publications/sure-start Clients and designers guides are available on CIS.
Childcare Space Diagram
Initial research shows Forkhill Children’s Centre is a viable proposal. A nearby centre offering care for 0-9 years has 100 children and an equal waiting list. Forkhill could offer a similar service and employ approximately 35 staff.
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Forkhill Childcare Centre As background research into the proposed childcare centre, we have looked into local provisions of childcare services, space diagrams and precedent studies.
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BENIFITS AND IMPACTS - create job oppotunities - release parents’ stress and help them to remain in work - a place for children to socialise with others (especially in a rural area) - share materials (such as toys) - provide facilities (such as health care room) and training classes - provide elderly and social activities
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Civic centre in Sognies, Belgium by Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Escaut
Community centre in Avelgem, Belgium by Dierendonckblancke
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Spaces that Generate Community These two references of community centre are both located in small villages. They multiply functions, create visual connections and use common spaces in order to gather people from the village and the surrounding area in order to be a central in the village and a real tool for the users.
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German submarine base in Nantes 1942, location of the actual planting by Gilles ClĂŠment
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Planting The cities of Kassel and Nantes organise a festival to commemorate war damages of their history. The artists Joseph Beuys (on the top) and Gilles ClĂŠment (on bottom) were invited and both decided to plant trees as a symbol of regeneration of life on previously negative site.
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Whitestown (with thanks to Fearghal Murray) Walls and buildings are positioned to create a focus in this tiny linear settlement. Parallel dwellings parallel act as a funnel, perpendicular buildings naturally indicate centre. Kearney This nucleated village forms an open green space with protection from a telescopic stepping building. A small dwelling marks the village boundary.
Killough The main street is a long row of buildings all fronting directly onto the street. Simple variation in height, roof line and window details provide a unique streetscape with a small village green stepped back from the road.
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Clachans and Vernacular Streetscapes By analysing the pattern of 3 local villages, the figure ground reveals ways of creating vibrant streetscapes, character and a sense of place and setting, typical to Irish villages and farm clachans.
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Local historical landmarks tells me to think about the imporatance of strips.
Irish peat strip farming on a large scale
My initial Sketch Plan, showing how a strip plot approach could create open public spaces, accessible frontages active street scapes.
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Strip Patterns The investigation into vernacular patterns shows how strips can create public space.
Skinny buildings
Long elongated plots are a common typology in Irish towns.
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References: Traffic, management and streetscape, Department for Transport, TSO 2008 NIEA historical maps
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Suffolk village - on street parking has slowed traffic. “Traffic management and
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View northwards along School Road - considered dangerous at night for pedestrians 1907
McCreesh Park bungalows
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“Hierarchy of streets: red - main street and approach roads, blue - secondary streets, green small access streets and lanes.” “Forkhill Barracks Site - Progress Report March 2011.” PLACE -FADDA, page 24.
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Diagram of desired car flow Red arrows - vehicular travel. When the site is developed, connecting School Road to Main Street and the rest of the village is key. The SE corner will draw people passing by up from Main Street.
School Road Analysis It is important to understand the growth and hierarchy of routes that exist in Forkhill. The development of the barracks site will bring activity and further car use to School Road. The car/ pedestrian relationships along it and different access points to the site should be considered.
Proposed access roads and pedestrian paths within site 2013?
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Treating the Telephone Exchange Ideas for stuctures and activities around the telephone exchange.
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London’s post war adventure playgrounds are strong examples of areas that emphasised the importance of ‘free play’ rather than ‘fixed play’. A more successful playground is most likely to involve all the community at some level and not have strict, organsised areas of fixed play activities. It should also emerge as a vernacular structure and relate to its context.
An example of a playground that reads as a complete landscape and public promenade is Parc Diagonal Mar, Barcelona by Enric Miralles. The above details show how subtle changes in material and level create divisions between activities.
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Playgrounds Forkhill and an ‘architecture’ of play.’ After periods of conflict often the first and most poignant things built Small S14 S15 are childrens playgrounds. This is partly because they become symbols of strong social involvement but Master Plan M3 also because they are involved in every aspect of Research Appendix R9 Large L4 local life.
CONTOURS AND SECTIONS The height difference west east across the site is approximately 10 meters.
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Section of the school road
School Road is in a steeply sloped, and feels abandoned. To change both sides of the road will make it more comfortable and active.
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Lighting is equally important to the design. In some areas discrete lighting may be more appropriate than conventional street lights, but areas will need to be well lit.
Avoid over excavation. A deep gouge from the hillside creates long term land slippage problems and a poor environment for the householders.
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Avoid mounding up to form a flat site. This makes the house more conspicuous in thelandscape, reduces its ability to retain heat/energy and exposes the exterior to the worst effects of weathering.
Contemporary Monopitch Split
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A slope can be accommodated without altering the ground, simply by changing the internal floor levels to suit. Seek a naturally flat site or cut into the hillside. Try to orientate the building with the contours to give an integrated appearance with the land, provide shelter and warmth, and reduce energy loss due to exposure.
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Things to Remember There are a myrid of points that must be considered in designing a neighbourhood and its houses; like lighting the paths and repecting the contours. Figures1 to 5 are taken from the Cork rural design guide.
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Avoid inappropriate big bulky houses. As a generel rule keep forms as simple as possible. Dormer windows were not a feature of traditional Northern Ireland farmhouses. Two storey houses without dormers acheive a much simpler form than storey and half houses with dormers and integrate better into the countryside.
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Housing The NI Rural Design Guide indicates some important principles for housing design. All the figures on this page are taken from The NI Rural Design Guide.
Traditional arrangement of Glebe houses and farmbarns The simplicity of form and grouping found in traditional Glebe and linear farmhouses offers considerable scope for breaking down the scale and complex, bulky massing of many poorly designed modern houses. These sketches show various combinations and permutations for this.
- When sitting on hilly sites cut and fill can be minimised by sitting narrow linear buildings parallel to the contours. OR - by positioning narrow linear buildings at right angles to the contours. In this case floor levels and ridge lines should step down the hillside- this avoids excessively high walls and ridgelines.
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McEvoy Architects’ vision of a ‘learning landscape’ in which rural farm land is used to re-connect people with the landscape through an enviroment designed for learning
Reconnecting Forkhill with the landscape and establishing new networks
23% decline in the number of Irish farms between 2002 and 2005
10,000 The projected number of full-time commercial farmers in Ireland in 2020. Today’s figure is 40,000
90% of the population 75% of Irish farmers residing who farm part-time within 40km of a large urban centre
*Data courtesy of Bucholz McEvoy Architects
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Future of Rural Villages Using the site as a catalyst for walking; re-establishing Forkhill’s relationship with the landscape through connections with neighbouring villages and clusters of dwellings, enhancing walking and cycling routes.
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References: http://www.hamilton-baillie.co.uk/ “Car parking - what works where” Design for Homes, English Partnerships, The National Regeneration Agency “Creating places - achieving quality in residential developments” DOE, DRD, The planning service, roads service May 2000.
Homezone, Gun wharf, Devonport, Plymouth
Range of activities accommodated by footpaths. “Creating places” page 71.
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Car/Pedestrian Relationships and Reducing Tarmac Ideas to integrate parking with other activities on the site such as on street parking and shared spaces. Road widths and alternative surfaces can alter the character of streets within the site and on the boundaries.
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Belfast NI Railways Nearest railways stations are Newry and Dundalk.
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“Forteresses du derisoire”, Jean-Claude Gautrand, 1977
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“Fortifications At Risk” was a 2 day symposium which discussed preservation and possible re-use of 20th century fortifications. It brought together experts from all over the UK: The Landmark Trust, The National Trust, Inspector of Ancient Monuments, CADW and the NIEA historic buildings unit.
Developing the Former Barracks Sites There are several former barracks sites in Armagh, and Northern Ireland, that are soon be developed. Strategies used in Forkhill can be reused and passed on. A link to the past is significant to the identity of the area.
References: www.militaryheritage.ie/ www.sinnfein.org www.victims.org www.irishavsites.com/ www.military.ie/info-centre
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Entrance Sequence The entrance sequence into a town is strong part of an Irish towns character. In preserving this sequence or enhancing it, the sense of discovery is increased, giving the town a unique identity and powerful transitional experience.
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