DAISY PARSONS MA LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE WRITTLE COLLEGE 2012-2014
DAISY PARSONS MA LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE WRITTLE COLLEGE 2012-2014
GLASTONBURY IN RUINS
FINAL PROJECT
2014
CHELMER ARBORETUM
FIRST SEMESTER PROJECT
2013-14
CONSTRUCTION DETAILS CONVERSION YEAR
2012-13
The network of footpaths links car parking in the nearby village of Street with the pilgrimage route that runs west-east from Wearyall Hill with the Glastonbury Thorn, through Abbey Park, across to the Chalice Well Healing Gardens and then up to the Tor, from where a view over the whole park can be taken in - at this point public footpaths lead out towards Worthy Farm at Pilton where Glastonbury Festival is held
Abbey Park
Glastonbury Tor
Wearyall Hill Chalice Well Healing Gardens
Parking in Street
LOCAL AREA STRATEGY PLAN
BRIEF: TO REDESIGN THE PARKLAND SURROUNDING THE RUINS OF GLASTONBURY ABBEY IN A WAY THAT IS SENSITIVE TO THE HISTORY OF THE SITE WHILST CELEBRATING ITS ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSETS.
Worthy Farm
GLASTONBURY IN RUINS
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FINAL PROJECT
2014
A raised walkway whose structure evokes the forms in the ruins is constructed from steel and timber, with wire trellis and affords the visitor a new perspective of the ruins.
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PLAN VIEW OF PROPOSED DESIGN FOR ABBEY PARK
Monks’ Patch
A community garden of 0.5 acres
Abbey House Retreat
Surrounded by the Meditation Garden, which is lined with trees to buffer festival sounds
Monks’ Orchard
Growing Somerset’s traditional and threatened varities, such as the Hangdown of Glastonbury
Cloister Garden
A reflecting pool with stepping stone surrounded by living willow walls
Nave Theatre
A glass roof and raised flooring allows use of the nave as a space for both ritual and music
Sacred Figs
Line paths and populate the meditation garden
The Ravine Abbot’s Kitchen
The surviving kitchen houses a cafe, the old kitchen garden serving as an outdoor seating area and performance space
The Great Lake
A retaining pool reflects the hydrological heritage of the area - neolithic tracks, lake villages, King Arthur and the flooding Levels
The Labyrinth
In keeping with the concept of ruins, this is deliberately not a true labyrinth, as it has unexpected dead ends
Paths winding through limestone boulders, reflecting the site’s geological and architectural heritage
The Plateau
Paths in the Ravine lead to the highest point on the site, from which the whole park can be surveyed
Glastonbury thorn
A hawthorn flowering at Easter and Christmas and associated with Joseph of Arimathea, lines the eastern market road
The Amphitheatre and Covered Hall
Behind the amphitheatre, a building with a vegetated roof set into the slope provides a performance space for inclement weather
The Glades Abbot’s Canal Market
A wooded expanse of varying density, planted with trees important in the Landscape Character Area
Abbot’s Canal Entrance
To Chalice Well Healing Gardens and Glastonbury Tor
The main path leading into the site accommodates market stalls and follows the route of the mediaeval abbot’s canal
Forms main point of entry for both festival-goers and pilgrims
To Wearyall Hill for the Glastonbury Thorn
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STRATEGY DIAGRAMS
MEDITATION GARDEN DETAIL PLAN
Pedestrian Shared space Vehicular Park paths Blue badge bays Entrances
TRAFFIC AND CIRCULATION
Water enters pools on site
Runoff flows down through channels
Overflows run through channels to the Levels
SUSTAINABLE DRAINAGE Circulation is hierarchical Trajectories are all arched
CIRCULATION
Lower ground
Higher ground
GRADING Meditation Recreation Production Organised events Markets
PROGRAMME
Meditation Play Recreation Drifts of shrubs, herbaceous perennials and annuals, along with raised or sunken pools form a walkable maze - pools are planted SCALE IN METRES with species that are rare or endemic to the local area, such as the sedge Carex evoluta and a species of carnivorous sundew. 0 20
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MEDITATION GARDEN DETAIL An arch of paving encroaches on the pool, with a sacred fig and planting bed that provides some privacy and defensible space.
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MEDITATION GARDEN PERSPECTIVE Phenomena on which to meditate abound: a corten steel arch half is completed by its reflection in the water; dappled sunlight through leaves; the watery mirror of the sky.
NAVE THEATRE BY DAY AND BY NIGHT
EAST MARKET ROAD AND TOR VIEW ENTRANCE
Raised flooring and glass panels help to protect the ruins from human damage, and a glass roof offers protection from rain to both ruins and audiences or congregations
The Glastonbury Thorn, Crataegus monogyna ‘biflora’, flowers at Easter and Christmas - this passage of hawthorn with a view of the Tor echoes another passage of hawthorn futher up the mount on the approach to the Tor
The nave is reactivated as a place for both worship and music - such use brings revenue that will help to preserve it
CLOISTER GARDEN MATERIALS PLAN limestone benches
LABYRINTH PLANTING PLAN
limestone pavers
watts, 2014
glass canopy
carson, 2014
felding, 2014
Plants obscure dead ends and are chosen for their symbolism - red colour for the holy blood, elders to keep black magic away, self-seeding annuals for the unceasing turn of time and change.
crataegus monogyna 'biflora'
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calluna vulgaris
hypericum perforatum
glastonbury abbey, 2014
aquilegia vulgaris
mavis, 2014
bbc, 2014
chamaemelum nobile
calluna vulgaris
hypericum perforatum
alchemilla mollis
achillea ptarmica
Stepping stones take paths leading somewhere or nowhere, whilst some are submerged - all echoing the concept of ruin. corten steel sculpture sampson, 2014
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living willow fence calder, 2014
moreton, 2014 rhs, 2014
alchemilla mollis
genista tinctora
chamaemelum nobile
alchemilla mollis
forten, 2014
genista tinctoria sambucus nigra 'gerda'
calluna vulgaris
lunaria annua
alchemy, 2014
davis, 2014
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hypericum perforatum
genista tinctoria
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chamaemelon nobile
author, 2014
achillea ptarmica
crataegus monogyna 'biflora'
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achillea ptarmica
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sambucus nigra 'gerda'
author, 2014
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author, 2014
achillea ptarmica
board, 2014
cantes, 2014
PERSPECTIVE VIEW FROM AMPHITHEATRE NORTH WEST TOWARDS RUINS
Raised seating looks down over a stage area with fountains and light displays, set against the backdrop of the ruins framed by trees
BRIEF: TO CREATE A NEW WOODLAND PARK AT THE CONFLUENCE OF THE RIVERS CHELMER AND CAN IN CHELMSFORD. THE PARK SHOULD IMPROVE THE ECOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL VALUE OF THE SITE.
CHELMER ARBORETUM
FIRST SEMESTER PROJECT
2013-14
CHELMER ARBORETUM MILL PLAZA
Areas closer to the town centre will be dominated by ornamental species prized for their spring or autumn colour as well as for scientific value.
Street Trees
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Guiding people from the town centre towards the arboretum and linking the forest with Central Park.
These areas have a high flood risk and will be planted with watertolerant species, primarily Populus nigra ssp. betulifolia, as well as Salix spp. and Alnus glutinosa.
200m
Converted from both local and Ground floor p the building
Cycle Path
Perspective of Mill
Joining the cycle network from Central Park through the site and beyond.
Daisy Parsons Writtle School of Design
Gallery
Theatre
Converted fro works, to seat people, and to h performers an known names.
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The Meaning of the Forest Ecology
Section B-B ’
Flooding
Heat Island
Pollution
Habitat
Carbon
Edge Condition
A permeable edge has a gradually decreasing height of vegetation and becomes less dense towards the edge. Legacy Media, 2013
Flooding has a huge effect on the city of Chelmsford, and forests can mitigate this effect. They do this by dissipating the kinetic energy of the volume of water moving along and out of the river channel. They also offer the benefit of water storage as it is drawn up by the roots of the trees and is transpired through their leaves. Flood waters are brown in colour because of the sediment they carry, and thus they can cause soil erosion. Tree root systems help to stabilise soil structures and therefore reduce the amount of erosion at times of flood.
Radio Four, 2013
The heat island effect that cities have been shown to produce in their environments is caused by the inability of hard surfaces such as concrete, asphalt, brick and stone to absorb heat. Trees and other vertical vegetation masses have just this ability that the hard surfaces lack.
Okron, 2013
Tree roots filter water pollution from surface runoff, and their leaves have a similar effect on air pollution. Particulates are taken in through the stomata on the surface of the leaves and are retained within the plant whilst oxygen is given out.
Rough Guides, 2013
Forests are a vital element of the British landscape where habitat for wild animals is concerned. They provide cover for movement of otherwise vulnerable individuals, and as well as being a home in themselves, they therefore afford landscapes permeability.
Wizitch, 2013
Carbon offsetting is a term that is heard everywhere at the moment, and forests are a huge factor in this. Trees take carbon from the air to use in photosynthesis, and store it for the duration of their lives, some hundreds of years.
Entrance
Culture
B Secondary
The Forest in our Collective Consciousness
The idea of the forest looms large in our history as a species, as a nation, and in the history of the county of Essex.
entry point for people coming from residential area.
Mental and Physical Health
Forest Retail
Local commercial businesses in the building converted from the Tesco Home Plus.
In Europe in particular the mythos of our ancestors is represented by a vast collection of stories related to forests, woodland and trees. The fairy stories that have come down to us testify to this. Little Red Riding Hood must traverse a dark forest , Sleeping Beauty is imprisoned in a forest of thorns, Snow White must survive hidden in the woods, having been shown mercy by a woodsman, and Hansel and Gretel are abandoned to die in a forest. In our British history, the forest is a central theme in our myth-making as well. Sherwood Forest gives Robin Hood a hideout, The Babes in the Wood wander into the woods following their parents’ deaths, the forest is the scene for the tangled mischief of A Midsummer Night’s Dream; forests form the setting for the tales of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table; The Wind in the Willows gives us the Wild Wood; and the sacred groves of the Druids and the image of the mysterious ‘Green Man’ inspire feelings of awe at the rites of peoples that once inhabited this ‘green and pleasant land’. Green Man, 2013 Essex itself has a history concerning the woods also. The word ‘forest’ originally referred to any area of land given over to the king who thereby had the sole right to hunt here. For over a thousand years, Essex has continually been designated as forest, at some times in part and at some times completely.
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Street Trees Westonbirt Arboretum, 2013
Woodland is increasingly seen as a place for recreation and outdoor activity. The benefits of contact with ‘nature’, with vegetation and fresh air have now been confirmed by scientific studies.
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Guiding people from the residential areas towards the arboretum.
Street Trees
Site Plan
Vehicular Access
Masking the sounds of traffic crossing the flyover.
From the town centre to the gallery and theatre as well as to the Essex Records Office
Cycle Path
m the gas works, to show d nationally-known artists. parking is the first level of
Linking the cycle network from Central Park through the site and downstream to Maldon.
Industrial Estate
To be converted to residential as per the council’s suggestions.
om the gas t around 1000 host both local nd nationally.
Bays
Artificial bays provide a shallower edge and a microhabitat for a different kind of ecosystem.
Allotments
Centre
arters and information or the forest regeneration
Backwater Entrance
Primary entry point for people coming from residential areas.
Following the original course of the Chelmer, the backwater provides a different kind of habitat from that offered by the running river.
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RESIN BOUND AGGREGATE SURFACE HAND-TROWELLED 15MM DEEP. RESIN TO BE CLEAR AND UV STABLE. AGGREGATE OF SIZES 2-5MM, MINIMUM HARDNESS OF 6, MINIMUM POLISHED STONE VALUE OF 35EST. 'BIRCH' COLOUR FROM CLEARSTONE PAVING OR SIMILAR TO BE AGREED WITH DESIGNER. AGGREGATE TO BE WASHED, THEN BOUND WITH RESIN IN FORCED-ACTION MIXER. SCATTER ANTI-SLIP GLASS SAND ON TOP AND LEAVE SURFACE TO SET FOR 24 HOURS. MAINTENANCE: WASH WITH POWER WASHER USING APPROPRIATE PRESSURE AND NOZZEL DISTANCE.
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RESIN BOUND AGGREGATE SURFACE TO BE LAID ON 50MM BINDER COURSE OF OPEN GRADED ASPHALT CONCRETE.
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ASPHALT BINDER COURSE TO BE LAID ON 100MM SUB-BASE OF DTP TYPE 3 OPEN GRADED UNBOUND AGGREGATE OF SIZES 20-40MM, WASHED AND WELL-COMPACTED FOR 20% VOIDS. SUB-GRADE TO BE WELL-COMPACTED, ALL IMPURITIES AND GAPS REMOVED.
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GRANITE SETT DRAINAGE CHANNEL
ASPHALT BINDER COURSE
DTP 3 HARDCORE SUB-BASE
PERGOLA SIDE VIEW - FROM RIGHT/ WEST 1:20
TIMBER SLEEPERS
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WALL BRACKETS ISOMETRIC VIEW - FROM SOUTH WEST 1:5
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GALVANISED STEEL NUT
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CONCRETE FOUNDATION DTP 3 HARDCORE SUB-BASE
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SOURCES FOR CONSTRUCTION DETAILS AND NOTES: FORTLAGE (1996, PP 2, 23, 40, 65, 69, 153); FORTLAGE (2001, VOL 3, PP 39, 41, 49); LITTLEWOOD (1993, VOL 1, PP 68, 87); LITTLEWOOD (1993, VOL 2, PP 48, 55, 82-4, 148, 155, 162, 183, 191, 195); STEVENS ET AL. (1991, PP 66-68, 98, 122); THALLON (2003, PP 20-1, 138-40).
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TIMBER: UNTREATED SWEET CHESTNUT. ROUGH HEWN AND SAWN FINISH. KILN-DRIED BUT NOT OVER-DRIED. PRE-DRILL HOLES FOR GALVANISED NAILS AND SCREWS. POSTS: 125MM X 125MM X 2400MM. BEAMS: 35MM X 150 X VARIOUS LENGTHS. RAFTERS: 47MM X 100MM X 3295MM. RAFTERS THREADED WITH 3MM THICK GALVANISED WIRE ROPE AND FIXED TO WALLS WITH GALVANISED SCREWS OR EXPANSION BOLTS THROUGH JOIST HANGERS - SEE HAND SKETCH ON SEPARATE SHEET. SWEET CHESTNUT IS CLASSED AS DURABLE (CLASS 2) - LIFE EXPECTANCY 15-25 YEARS. OAK OR CEDAR A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE.
GALVANISED STEEL JOIST HANGER
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RECLAIMED GRANITE SETT DRAINAGE CHANNELS. HEWN AND WEATHERED FINISH, GREY COLOURS, 100MM CUBES (9 11). THREE COURSES LAID IN A LONGITUDINAL DISHED CHANNEL. LAID ON 50MM DEEP MORTAR BED OF 4:1 BUILDING SAND TO ORDINARY PORTLAND CEMENT (BS 5628), JOINTS POINTED.
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RECLAIMED TIMBER SLEEPERS USED FOR RETAINING WALLS. UNTREATED OAK. 150 X 250 X VARIOUS LENGTHS. STABILISE SLEEPERS WITH GALVANISED STEEL ROD. PRE-DRILL HOLES FOR GALVANISED NAILS AND SCREWS. LAID ON IN SITU CONCRETE FOUNDATION, STRENGTH C20, AGGREGATE SIZE 20MM, MEDIUM WORKABILITY (75MM SLUMP) - BS 8500-1:2006. BS EN 942; BS EN 350-1. OAK IS CLASSED AS DURABLE (CLASS 2) - LIFE EXPECTANCY 15-25 YEARS. SWEET CHESTNUT OR CEDAR A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE.
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RESIN-BOUND AGGREGATE SURFACE TOPPED WITH GLASS SAND
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