LANDSCAPE STUDIO 4: DESIGNED ECOLOGIES TIKILARA | SPIRIT OF PLACE
“INTRODUCING THE IMPORTANCE OF CULTURAL AND SOCIAL FRAMEWORKS FOR THE COMMUNITY’ WELLBBEING”
HISTORY
SITE ANALYSIS > UNIVERSITY SQUARE WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE SITE PROVIDES A LARGE OPEN SPACE AND SEATING AREAS, HOWEVER, THERE IS A LACK OF ORGANISATION AND SHADED AREAS THAT PROVIDE DISCOMFORT FOR THE VISITORS. THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE DUE TO ITS COLD SEATING MATERIAL (STONE) AND SHADING ELEMENT (TREE CANOPY).
1856 MELBOURNE BUSINESS SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY SQUARE
2016
“The pub, once called the Carlton Inn Hotel, was a favourite among university students.” - ABC AU.
THE CARLTON INN/ THE CORKMAN IRISH PUB PM
AM
PRECEDENT STUDIES
PELHAM STREE
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< UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE IS A PART OF KULIN NATION OF WURUNDJERI PEOPLE.
RMIT, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA NGARARA PLACE
STREET
MELBOURNE LAW SCHOOL
- REMARK THE IMPORTANCE OF INDIGENOUS CULTURE - A PLACE FOR CONTEMPLATION IN THE MIDST OF A BUSY UNIVERSITY - LANDSCAPE PATTERN IS DESIGNED BASED ON ABORIGINAL ART AND THE HISTORY OF ABORIGINAL CULTURE - THE IMPORTANCE OF LANDSCAPE IN SUSTAINING LIFE AND CULTURAL PRACTICE - CULTURAL EXCHANGE THROUGH HISTORY AND INDIGENOUS PLANTATION
COMMERCIAL
LEICESTER
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
RESIDENTIAL > WATER FLOW SLOPING TOWARDS ONE DIRECTION (SOUTH-EAST), GREAT SUN ACCESS. > STRATEGIC LOCATION OF THE SITE THAT COULD ATTRACT STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONAL WORKERS.
CARLTON
RESIDENTIAL
N
SCALE 1:500 @A1 5m 0m
UNIVERSITY SQUARE
MONASH, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA ABORIGINAL BUSH MEDICINE GARDEN
15 m 10 m
LEGEND:
30 m
- REMARK THE IMPORTANCE OF INDIGENOUS CULTURE - KNOWLEDGE AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE THROUGH HISTORY AND BUSH MEDICINE PLANTATION - PROVIDE MEDICINE TO IMPROVE WELLBEING AND HEAL CERTAIN ILLNESS - LOCATED NEAR THE MEDICAL SCHOOL IN MONASH, PARKVILLE
SUN PATH BUS STOP WATER FLOW WIND DIRECTION BUILDING FOOTPRINT SITE: 160 LEICESTER STREET
LINCOLN SQUARE
0.5 m
ARGYLE SQUARE ^ THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN A BUSTLE OF BUSY UNIVERSITY. FACT: 61.8% OF THE POPULATION IS ATTENDING EDUCATIONAL INSITUTION.
LEGEND:
N
^ CARLTON IS SURROUNDED BY EUROPEAN STYLE GARDEN THAT IS IDENTIFIED THROUGH GEOMETRIC SHAPE AND SYMMETRICAL PLANNING.
CARLTON GARDEN
TRAM ROUTES 15 m
SCALE 1:2000 @A1 0m
10 m
30 m
WATER SENSITIVE URBAN DESIGN
INDIGENOUS GARDEN
SCALE 1:200 @A1
3m
WHY?
- THERE IS A SMALL NUMBER OF REGISTERED SITES OF CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE IN MELBOURNE AREA. - ADJACENT PARKS LACK OF ‘STORY’ AND INTIMATE PLACE, ALSO WERE INFLUENCED BY EUROPEAN STYLE GARDENS WHICH GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A GARDEN THAT IS INSPIRED BY ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIA. - STRENGTHEN THE COMMUNITY AS A PART OF RECONCILIATION. - PROVIDE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT INDIGENOUS CULTURE AS AN EXTENSION OF THE EDUCATION PRECINCT.
THIS FOCUS WILL BE RESOLVED THROUGH AN INDIGENOUS MEDICINE GARDEN AS AN ACTIVE GESTURE OF LANDSCAPE THAT INTRODUCES THE IMPORTANCE OF CULTURAL AND SOCIAL FRAMEWORKS FOR THE COMMUNITY’ WELLBEING. IT IS A PLACE FOR CONTEMPLATION AND HEALING THAT ACKNOWLEDGES THE HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS CULTURE IN THE AREA.
EDUCATION PRECINCT 5m
1.5 m
BASED ON THE ANALYSIS IDENTIFIED 0m 1m ABOVE, THIS PROJECT WANTS TO FOCUS ON CREATING A SPACE THAT ENHANCES THE WELLBEING OF THE VISITORS, MAINLY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONAL WORKERS IN CARLTON.
SITE: 160 LEICESTER STREET
N
HOW?
INTRODUCING INDIGENOUS CULTURE THROUGH NATIVE MEDICINE PLANTS THAT CREATES A STORY TELLING JOURNEY AND IMPROVE WELLBEING.
WHY?
- FOR PEOPLE TO BETTER APPRECIATE AND UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF NATIVE LANDSCAPE THAT BOLSTERS THE BIODIVERSITY. - NATIVE PLANTS ARE SUSTAINABLE, CLIMATE TOLERANT, REQUIRE LESS WATER, A FAVOURED HABITAT AND SOURCE OF FOOD FOR MANY NATIVE ANIMALS SUCH AS BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES. - THE NATIVE PLANTS CAN BE USED TO IMPROVE THE IMMUNE SYSTEM, HEAL CERTAIN ILLNESS, AND BUILD FURNITURES.
GATHERING SPACE
WHY?
WHY?
- CREATE A SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT TO ADDRESS THE CLIMATE CHANGE AND URBAN ECOLOGIES.
HOW?
- RAINWATER COLLECTION FROM ADJACENT BUILDING WILL BE USED AS AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM. - RUNOFF WATER FROM THE STREET WILL BE CHANELLED AND ABSORBED BY THE GARDEN BEDS. - VEGETATIONS WILL BE PLANTED ACCORDING TO THE LEVEL OF WATER SENSITIVE. I.E. VEGETATION THAT NEEDS MORE WATER WILL BE PLANTED ON THE NORTHERN SIDE TO CAPTURE MOST OF THE RUNOFF WATER. THE LEAST WATER REQUIRED PLANTS WILL BE PLANTED ON THE SOUTHERN EAST SIDE AS IT WILL LESS LIKELY TO CAPTURE THE WATER. THESE STRATEGIES WILL BE DESIGNED IN CONJUNCTION OF DIFFERENT MATERIALITY. CONCRETE WILL BE USED AS AN IMPERMEABLE PAVING THAT DIRECTS THE WATER FLOW INTO THE GARDEN BEDS OR GRASS ONTO THE GROUND.
DEMOLITION
HOW?
- THE SITE THAT USED TO BE A MEMORABLE COMMUNITY PLACE FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WAS DEMOLISHED IN 2016 AND SOME STUDENTS WROTE PETITIONS ABOUT RECLAIMING THE SITE WHICH SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DEMOLISHED PUB. - THE UNIVERSITY SQUARE ADJACENT TO THE SITE LACKS OF COMFORT IN TERMS OF THE SEATING AND INTIMATE PLACE DUE TO THE ORGANISATION AND THE SIZE OF THE SQUARE, THEREFORE, THE SITE NEEDS A FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE CAN RELAX AND SIT COMFORTABLY.
- NATIVE PLANTS WILL BE PLANTED ACCORDING TO THE LEVEL OF WATER SENSITIVE WITH A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF EACH VEGETATION. - WATERPUMPS WILL BE DESIGNED TO REMIND PEOPLE TO STAY HYDRATED.
ACCESSIBILITY
HOW?
WHAT?
- STEPPED FORM THAT ALLOWS SEATING AND ALSO ACT AS AN AMPI-THEATRE. - USE OF FRIENDLY MATERIAL SUCH AS LOCAL TIMBER AND GREEN LANDSCAPE. - SEVERAL PROGRAMS CAN BE HELD ON SITE, SUCH AS EVENTS, WORKSHOPS, PERFORMANCES, ETC.
- WHEELCHAIR ACCESS WITH RAMP 1:20 TO FOLLOW THE REGULATION. - PEDESTRIAN SHORTCUTS AS A STRATEGY TO DRIVE PEOPLE INTO THE SITE.
FORM - FINDING
ITERATIONS
SHORTCUTS
WATER FLOWS = PLANTATION
ALLOW EASY ACCESS FOR PEDESTRIAN = DRIVES PEOPLE INTO THE SITE
KULIN NATION
DIRECT AND CAPTURE
ALLIANCE OF 5 ABORIGINAL TRIBES IN SOUTH CENTRAL VICTORIA PATTERN: OLD MAN’S WEED
WATER FLOWS DETERMINE THE PLANTNG PALETTE
RUNOFF WATER WILL BE DIRECTED INTO THE SITE AND ABSORBED BY THE GROUND
MASTERPLAN
OLD MAN’S WEED Centipeda cunninghamii for wounds, infections and inflammation.
BLACK WATTLE Acacia mearnsii timber seating & hut
GREEN PIGMENTED CONCRETE impermeable paving
SECTION PERSPECTIVE INDIGENOUS SHELTER / HUT material: black wattle
LEMON-SCENTED TEA TREE Leptospermum petersonii for coughs and colds. RUN-OFF WATER COLLECTION
PELHAM STR
EET BOTTLE BRUSH Callistemon citrinus for coughs and colds.
30
WET LAND
WETLAND DARLING PEA Swainsona greyana for bruises and swelling.
WATER FLOW
REET
WATER CHANNEL
LEICESTER ST
DRYLAND
1.5 m
SCALE 1:200 @A1 0m
1m
3m
ISOMETRIC VIEW
QUININE BERRY Petalostigma pubescens for toothache and sore eyes.
PEL
0
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TREE
S HAM
1:2
HICKORY WATTLE Acacia implexa for skin diseases.
TREE GARDEN BED STEPPING STONES GARDEN BED
20
1:
29
MID LAND LOMANDRA Lomandra longifolia for aching limbs.
FLOWERS LOCAL TIMBER GREEN PIGMENTED CONCRETE INDIGENOUS SHELTER
YELLOW BUTTONS Chrysocephalum apiculatum for parasitic worms.
0.5 m N
0.5 m
MIDLAND
HOP GOODENIA Goodenia ovata as a sedative.
1.5 m
SCALE 1:200 @A1 0m
1m
3m
DRY LAND
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RS
TR
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0.5 m
T 1.5 m
SCALE 1:200 @A1 0m
1m
3m
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